Re: Katrina on PBS

Posted by john in la on July 17, 2007 at 06:15:50 from (67.35.233.136):

In Reply to: Katrina on PBS posted by vally farm on July 16, 2007 at 21:17:23:

Well it is hard for me NOT to get worked up when ever you guys bring up this topic. The reason is you do not know the facts. I know you can only go by what you hear on TV so it is not really your fault. So I guess I really get upset that the media reports ratings news rather than factual news.

FACTS
A lot of us live above sea level and were still damaged by the storm.

Mississippi got more money from the feds after the storm but everyone looks at Louisiana and they are all above sea level in Mississippi.

Ride around the area and you will see many signs about insurance payouts. One says.......
I got blow## by Katrina; And screw## by my insurance. (Replace ## with ed so I can get past the filters) We have two insurance policies here. One is for wind and rain; and the other is for flood. Now if the flood is wind driven rather than just rising water who pays. I recon you can not answer that cause the courts have not done it yet.

For a long time the government could not decide what the rules will be now. What is the new building codes. Can we rebuild here are do we need to move. NO ONE KNOWS.

The area where I live (50 miles north of town and above sea level) is booming in new construction with all the people that have decided to leave the city but want to stay close enough they can commute to work.

WE could talk about how race has a factor in what you hear on TV but I might get in trouble for that with Kim. Wish I could because this is the biggest topic of the discussion and the biggest reason for all the things you hear on TV. Please do not lump the working class that pays for their own stuff and really does not want help from you with this class.

This whole problem was created by the government; mostly the corps of engineers so let them fix their own problems. In fact most of the money you hear about is for public works projects not given out to individuals to build a house.

The natural defense we have from storms and to build land ABOVE sea level was taken from us many years ago by putting levees on the Mississippi river and dumping sediment off the continental shelf. THANKS CORPS.

So you ask; should they rebuild N.O. That is a hard question. Most likely no but what are they going to do about that major deep water port then. Almost all the grain you guys in Iowa and ILL grow comes through this port.

There is a lot more to the subject but I will end here.
I do not live below sea level; and have replaced my roof so I am fine now. Thought about moving but am putting that on the back burner for now.
My parents and one sister lived in a suburb of New Orleans. My sister did not get flooded but she is selling 2 of her rental houses and has just bought a house in Houston so she is moving. My parents lost everything. And I mean everything except the cloths on their back. They are now living in my sisters 3rd rental house. They may also move to Houston with my sister but have not decided yet what to do. They are both 77 so they find no reason to leave. Their thinking is they will be dead before another major storm hits anyway.

So we are all doing well now. Thanks for asking.

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