Someones' Perspective In Katrinas' Path
#1
Just take it for what it is worth. One persons viewpoint (but they are there)
This note is from a girl who I work with named Robin. She's in Louisiana
and amid all the turmoil there.
Here's her note:
** We have had a battery operated TV so we've been getting local
channels
focusing on the situation there and here. I'm just getting the "national
perspective" and its *(&*&(*ing me off!
First, this is not a racial thing. I'm sorry if all the reporters are
seeing are black faces but if they would
take their cameras to places like Slidell, Mandeville, Metairie and
CHALMETTE! they would see a several thousand white faces being affected
by this. Most of the tip of the boot that is Louisiana south and east of
Baton Rouge is under water. Those people are stuck too waiting for help,
dying, but all the news people can focus on is the Superdome.
Another misconception. The violence going on there is not the reaction
of
desperate people. Its typical New Orleans on any given Tuesday!!! Its a
dangerous, dirty, drug infested place where the city police and city
government is corrupt and useless. Volunteers are getting shot at and
their cars vandalized. Helicopters are being shot at. Just another day
in the city.
Another misconception. These poor people couldn't get out because they
don't have cars. If the cameras show the city once the waters recede,
you'll notice all the flooded out cars littering the streets. They
couldn't all have been broken down before the storm hit . Yes, there are
always people who do not have transportation. Part of making the call
for a MANDATORY evacuation is that the city has to provide for
transportation and/or shelter in the city. People stayed for the same
reasons they always stay. They think the storm will turn and go in
another direction. They think they can "ride it out." Or, they're just
too (*&( lazy to pack up and leave.
Another misconception. The federal government was slow to respond. The
president issued a state of emergency BEFORE the storm ever hit,
unprecedented. This means that the full access of the federal
government, be it military or civil, were at our governors' disposal.
The levee broke early Monday afternoon. She did not call evacuation
until Tuesday morning. You cannot call up National Guard units in 20
minutes. It takes time. The
governor and mayor are in high CYA mode at the moment. The situation is
bad here. Crime is becoming a problem in Gonzales and Baton Rouge where
the evacuees are being housed. We live between the two cities and there
is pistol on my desk shelf as a type (yes, I know how to
use it). Helicopters flying overhead all day, gas is running out, stores
shelves becoming empty. Its like a war zone. Our kids are both here and
are staying here until the crime situation gets in control and I fear it
will get worse before it gets better. Pray for us. ** SO, that's all I'm
asking. SEND this to your friends and right now say a
prayer for the people going through this whole catastrophe. Thanks.
This note is from a girl who I work with named Robin. She's in Louisiana
and amid all the turmoil there.
Here's her note:
** We have had a battery operated TV so we've been getting local
channels
focusing on the situation there and here. I'm just getting the "national
perspective" and its *(&*&(*ing me off!
First, this is not a racial thing. I'm sorry if all the reporters are
seeing are black faces but if they would
take their cameras to places like Slidell, Mandeville, Metairie and
CHALMETTE! they would see a several thousand white faces being affected
by this. Most of the tip of the boot that is Louisiana south and east of
Baton Rouge is under water. Those people are stuck too waiting for help,
dying, but all the news people can focus on is the Superdome.
Another misconception. The violence going on there is not the reaction
of
desperate people. Its typical New Orleans on any given Tuesday!!! Its a
dangerous, dirty, drug infested place where the city police and city
government is corrupt and useless. Volunteers are getting shot at and
their cars vandalized. Helicopters are being shot at. Just another day
in the city.
Another misconception. These poor people couldn't get out because they
don't have cars. If the cameras show the city once the waters recede,
you'll notice all the flooded out cars littering the streets. They
couldn't all have been broken down before the storm hit . Yes, there are
always people who do not have transportation. Part of making the call
for a MANDATORY evacuation is that the city has to provide for
transportation and/or shelter in the city. People stayed for the same
reasons they always stay. They think the storm will turn and go in
another direction. They think they can "ride it out." Or, they're just
too (*&( lazy to pack up and leave.
Another misconception. The federal government was slow to respond. The
president issued a state of emergency BEFORE the storm ever hit,
unprecedented. This means that the full access of the federal
government, be it military or civil, were at our governors' disposal.
The levee broke early Monday afternoon. She did not call evacuation
until Tuesday morning. You cannot call up National Guard units in 20
minutes. It takes time. The
governor and mayor are in high CYA mode at the moment. The situation is
bad here. Crime is becoming a problem in Gonzales and Baton Rouge where
the evacuees are being housed. We live between the two cities and there
is pistol on my desk shelf as a type (yes, I know how to
use it). Helicopters flying overhead all day, gas is running out, stores
shelves becoming empty. Its like a war zone. Our kids are both here and
are staying here until the crime situation gets in control and I fear it
will get worse before it gets better. Pray for us. ** SO, that's all I'm
asking. SEND this to your friends and right now say a
prayer for the people going through this whole catastrophe. Thanks.
#5
[quote name='inanimate_object' date='Sep 9 2005, 04:55 PM'] it's like news companies there have opinions.
Mark
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lol its funny to see an outsider's perspective.
our media here is SO opinionated. i hate them, with a passion, forever, until i or they die.
hopefully its them first.
kevin.
Mark
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lol its funny to see an outsider's perspective.
our media here is SO opinionated. i hate them, with a passion, forever, until i or they die.
hopefully its them first.
kevin.
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