Mississippi and Alabama were practically forgotten in Katrina and they were the states that actually suffered a direct hit!
It is true, people from those states didn’t get NEARLY the attention, or assistance of the idiots in New Orleans that chose not to evacuate even though Katrina was forecast to hit them directly five days out as a Cat 4-5 and their town is under sea level!
Here in Florida, where we know a thing or two about hurricanes, emergency management officials tell us DO NOT EXPECT ANY HELP FOR AT LEAST 72 HOURS! AND IF YOU REFUSE TO EVACUATE, ALL BETS ARE OFF!!!!
Who bungled this? The state of Lousiana and the City of New Orleans, no more no less. Quit blaming the Feds and grow up!!
“Who bungled this? The state of Lousiana and the City of New Orleans, no more no less. Quit blaming the Feds and grow up!!”
So it’s the fault of Louisiana or NOLA that a pine tree fell on my aunt’s house (she did evacuate, so she wasn’t hurt)?
It’s the fault of La. and NOLA that the canal levees broke and destroyed tens of thousands of houses?
If you’d read more carefully, you’d see that this thread isn’t about the evacuation or non-evacuation of New Orleans. I’m not blaming the feds or anybody else for the people trapped in NOLA right after Katrina. This thread has nothing at all to do with that. We’re talking about aid long after the hurricane. Help rebuilding homes, businesses etc.