I don't have any sympathy for these people, they were told to EVACUATE, evacuate means LEAVE, if you chose to stay - you suffer the consequences, it's not like they weren't warned over and over again, it serves them right.
Emergency personnel (like police--read the article) were actually ordered to stay.
Yeah, seriously - and now police officers, who should be doing the rescuing, find themselves in need of rescue. It's a shame.
Pathetic.
I'm sure all the senior citizens too old or infirm to evacuate the city, and without any available public transportation to do so, would appreciate any ideas you may have on how to avoid this in the future.
I would presume you also then include those who didn't have the means to leave? People too poor to afford the gas it would take to evacuate, for example? (I mean, haven't we heard plenty of griping about the prices at the pump here on FR?) So, if they're too poor to leave...too bad for them? Or is there just absolutely NO excuses in your narrow little view? Too stupid to live?
The people that should have known better and had the means to go didn't deserve to die, either, though they should have seen that as a possible outcome of their decision to stay. Doesn't mean I don't feel sorry for them or their families. After all, how many times have hurricanes fallen short of the dire predictions that get repeated all over the televsion, ad nauseum? Even this one didn't turn out as badly as it could have, though it was certainly bad enough.
I don't recall anyone asking for your sympathy.
You're right. They were advised to leave, however and for what ever reasons, they chose to remain. It may interest you to know that there are some things many people will stay and protect, with the risk of their lives, if necessary.
Possibly not a noteably Commonwealth of Massachusetts trait?
There are a lot of moccasins floating around out there, why not pick up a pair sometime?
Yes, because someone who may behave foolishly deserves to DIE. Aren't you glad no one condemns you to death for the foolish things you have done in your life.
I was listening to one New Orleans resident being interviewed on the radio today.
He lent several of his neighbors $50 so they could buy gas and leave town.
Not everyone has gas money to leave everytime a hurricane warning is up.
And not everyone has a car.
And where do they stay when they have trouble even getting money for gas?
What if their car breaksdown on the causeway or only a few miles from home?
And meanwhile, their homes are looted while they are away, and they have no insurance because there's no money.
What do they do when they have no money?
Do you realize there are people hanging on to rooftops right now because they have no car or no money for gas?
Neither one of us know exactly who is floating. But I thought I would let you know, people with certain jobs get designated to stay during natural disasters. EMT, doctors, Nurses, Firemen....any profession that is deamed a first responder.
Funny thing is, we never receive ORDERS to stay. We just do. And show up and roll up our sleeves.
Unfortunately, some end up not making it through the natural disaster. And it is because they have sympathy for those that need them.
Keep that in mind when you aren't showing sympathy.
Even the poorest of the poor have tvs and radios. It's tragic that they lost their lives but we are not invincible and buildings aren't either. After last year's busy cane season, everyone in the south by coastal water should have the common sense to evacuate. Even when Katrina was a Cat 1, at least 9 people died in S. Florida. Most were hit by falling trees.
Well, in my opinion, it's harder to have sympathy if they were warned repeatedly to get the &%$* out. I have seen many raging fires in Southern California, and when told to get out, most do, with little hesitation, even if they have to walk out. And many times they are given less warning that this event. Sometimes they only have a matter of two or three hours or so.
Those that choose to stay behind to fight off the fires, knowingly do so at their own risk. I can't really blame them. It's an individuals choice, and they know the risks.
What I don't understand here, is there was no real chance of "fighting" this hurricane. So I cannot see very good reasons for staying put.
There are a lot of people who don't drive, or are old and sick with no one to help them. You are a heartless twit.
In your eyes, maybe. Let's not look to you for compassion on those who couldn't leave for whatever reason.
Hey, look. My sister's in that, okay?
First, that's something you save up for the heart-to-heart with the hardcore hard-to-reach later on, when everyone is safe and dry and it's time to start talking about preparedness for the next hurricane.
Second, you DON'T tell people that when they're swimming in disease-ridden floodwaters with dead bodies and live cottonmouths.
Third, I don't appreciate your showing your butt crack on FR with the whole world watching.
That's enough for now.
Scripsi, scripsi.
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