What bothers me more is that some FReepers, because some of the media stories were false, tend to think they all were.
I think its somewhere in the middle of both extremes, and wont forget how human nature can go real good or real bad fast in such situations. Katrina had both kinds.
Some of the good people in LA cant take comments about their criminals without realizing they arent being talked about, their criminals are.
The main probalem I have looking back is that Texas got dumped on, my state was preyed on by criminals
who we tried to help.
When they should have never been alowed to cross the state line without verifying they arent thugs.
Texas had enough of its own criminals.
Some werent criminals or welfare leeches, to them I say welcome to Texas.
To the others, I say go %&$#*&# home.
More should have gone north to Arkansas instead of Texas...they didn't. There's no doubt Louisiana let down their good citizens big time...I hope and pray they've learned and can take care of their own citizens moving them to northern Louisiana, next time. And there will be a next time.
I do think HPD is getting a handle on the problems that were created by the criminals from N.O.'s. I've seen White comment on these criminals...stating he couldn't understand why N.O.'s didn't take care of them their selves...and how we'd not ever allow this to go on here in Houston...lots of these criminals are no longer on the streets...they are now in our Texas Prison System.
I had to take a taxi and the driver was a hard working man from N.O.'s...he was a wonderfully nice man...I had to laugh at him 'cause N.O.'s has always been his home but he told me he'd not be returning until after hurricane season was over this yr. He plans to return in Jan. 2007.