bubble_gum_yum
New Member
I agree, it doesnt make a difference what your race is. Perhaps people actually sat back and learned from the experience of what happened in New Orleans.
Hummm what do you think is the difference?
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I agree, it doesnt make a difference what your race is. Perhaps people actually sat back and learned from the experience of what happened in New Orleans.
smilin
BOXER NATION
Nope - rules are rules.
If they can eat you, or you can eat them, they aren't allowed in the shelters.
ylexot
Super Genius
Correct. That's why my sister couldn't go to the stadium (they have a dog). Luckily for them, one of the people at their church has an apartment that they were in the process of finding a renter for and is letting them stay there.
mAlice
professional daydreamer
Now that's just wrong. They're not pets. They're children. That's why they're "adopted".
smilin
BOXER NATION
Now that's just wrong. They're not pets. They're children. That's why they're "adopted".
Ahh... the who adopted who question? New thread topic!
Bustem' Down
Give Peas a Chance
Correct. That's why my sister couldn't go to the stadium (they have a dog). Luckily for them, one of the people at their church has an apartment that they were in the process of finding a renter for and is letting them stay there.
There are a ton of shelters that will accept people with pets. The Navy opened a shelter on base for dependants that will that in pets also.
awpitt
Main Streeter
Lots of differences....
These things were not possible during Katrina. Also, the Superdome lost all hotel service (water/sewage etc).
Imagine that, FEMA actually had some forthought this time...
You're talking apples and oranges if you try to compare this with Katrina.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Same president.. different mayor(s) and governor..
No chocolate city officials here (and I don't think I've EVER heard anything as racist as "chocolate city")
awpitt
Main Streeter
I agree with you about the "chocolate city" comment but I'm talking logistics here not politics. The situations at the two stadiums are entirely different. If San Diego was in the middle of a cat 4 or 5 storm, folks wouldn't be setting up tents in the parking lot and eating at resturuants on the club level. We're not gonna be seeing any CA wild fire refugees showing up in our area. Again, it apples and oranges.
desertrat
0_0
The storm was over before the crap started in NO. At least it continued long after the storm had gone.
desertrat
0_0
I read they could at Qualcom and Del Mar racetrack and fairgrounds.
Wildfires creating 'utter devastation' in Southern California - CNN.com
awpitt
Main Streeter
The levy broke the day after the storm went through thus making the Superdome an island with no utilities and limited access. That hasn't happened to Qualcom.
Pushrod
Patriot
Well, looking at the pictures of who is in the California stadium I don't think you can say it is race related, as all colors are represented. I would say the difference is that at the Superdome the people were mostly living off of entitlement programs and got upset and started looting and pillaging when their checks didn't come in. Plus a portion of them where probably already low-class criminals.
desertrat
0_0
Really?
awpitt
Main Streeter
Really.
itsbob
I bowl overhand
Ok, so let me get this straight.. If i get evacuated and we maintain electric and utilities I have to act like a civilized human being, BUT in the event we lose electricity I can then run amok and it will be ok?? I can rob, steal and rape my fellow evacuees and it will be ok, because we have no electricity??
This is stupid, making excuses for people that are so dependent on the government that EVERYTHING that goes wrong in their lives is the government's fault, and they've become so dependent on being taken care of, that in times of need they can't act accordingly, they can't take care of themselves..
Most of the people (I'd say a good 90%) that they showed on TV had working legs, and could actually stand and walk on their own two feet.. IF they weren't totally incapacitated by their own dependencies they could have WALKED to a part of the city where there was power, and water.. or they could have walked OUT of the city in less than 1/2 day..
"Katrina victims had it MUCH worse!!"
Well if that was the case, they should have shown some backbone, some resolve and proved to the world they were halfway civilized and TRIED to take care of themselves and TRIED to keep some sort of order. Instead it was anarchy, "The cops aren't here, we can get away with ANYTHING!!".
I remeber the next hurricane that came through.. they had a woman on TV talking about how bad conditions were.. and she explained to the TV audience how all she had to eat in the last THREE days was a handful of jelly beans for Lunch THREE DAYS before the hurricane made landfall.. they weren't even evacuated until the day before the interview.. Makes you want to say.. "WTF??"
LordStanley
I know nothing
It didnt take long for Anderson Cooper to not only blame this on Global climate change, but also air his two part show, Planet in Peril....
Disgusting..... the timing couldnt have been any better to release that garbage.
Disgusting..... the timing couldnt have been any better to release that garbage.
ylexot
Super Genius
Al Gore did it first.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L23520477.htm
Harry Reid concurs...
TheHill.com - Wildfires get personal for lawmakers
itsbob
I bowl overhand
WOW, it must have been REAL hot in California for the trees to Spontaneously Combust..
Now THAT is global warming!!
Couldn't have anything to do with the environmentalists getting in the way of forest management.. or the 'greens' doing everything in their power to stop the forest service, the governemnt and even local homeowners to cut and clear enough timber to prevent this from happening..
Now THAT is global warming!!
Couldn't have anything to do with the environmentalists getting in the way of forest management.. or the 'greens' doing everything in their power to stop the forest service, the governemnt and even local homeowners to cut and clear enough timber to prevent this from happening..