Topic : 08/29 Hurricane Katrina: One Year Later, Part 2

Jt

I have to disagree with you on the fact that you think the person questioning the parents who were not prepared for this.  I would have to bet that those who questioned the preparedness of those parents are DEFINATELY parents.  Would a parent that was leaving their house with their baby during a huricane not bring as many diapers as they possibly could and if the formula feed bring a stockpile of that?  I did notice that many of those in the early days of the huricane had their ciggarettes though.  I understand some of those people may have not been able to afford to stockpile supplies but alot of us have been through really rough times and when it comes to the neccessities of our children we would do whatever it took to make sure they had all they needed.  There is a difference between making a mistake and continuing to repeat that mistake.  It is not seeming like some of the people of New Orleans are learing from those mistakes.

As far as race differences, stupidity crosses all color lines. 

 I am not from the states, I am from Canada, and extremely thankful for it every day that I watch US news. I watched the devestation of Katrina and do sympathize with all of the lives destroyed. I can however, wonder the same questions as you, I do not understand why they are still in those trailers, waiting for someone to get them out. If they are working, why not get out yourself, move away and start over? I am not saying that it would be easy to leave your home, the place you have built your life, but I definelty would be getting myself out and starting over elsewhere, I would not be building a new home, and starting over from scratch in the same area, to risk losing it all again. And I too, do not think that the government is only to blame, but I saw all of those people living in the dome, and wondered where was Bush? With all of these troops over in Iraq, what about all of your people? If Bush was not so busy fighting "his" war, maybe more would of been done. And after a year, you would think that more would of been acomplished, this was not the first disaster to strike and the pieces seemed to be picked up faster from all the others. I hope that all those affected find peace and get their lives back, and many seem to have gotten back on their feet, but they didnt wait for someone to do it for them.

After today's show, I think that Eddie should run for mayor, he seems more honest, more caring and has more dignity than Ray Nagin.  I thought back when Katrina hit that Ray Nagin was useless and you proved it tonight.

 

He fired Eddie, and just played semantics - what choice did Eddie have, and on national TV Ray Nagin lied, and back peddled.   Is that the sort of man you want rebuilding your city?

 

Eddie, go for it, run for major, clean up New Orleans and run the dirt out of town, starting with Ray Nagin.

 

 

I watched the show today and was very angry at the way Mr. Compass was treated by the mayor.  Mr.  Nagin is nothing but a loud mouth who just wants all of the attention on himself!!   How dare he say that Mr. Compass embarrassed the city!!  How could a person not show emotion after what Eddie had seen and done!!  I truly admire the way Eddie handled the situation.  He must be a Christian to not have any animosity towards Mr. Nagin.   I agree with  Dr. Phil- that "it  sounds to me like it was a forced resignation".  The mayor showed just how stupid he really is by the comments he has made.  He wants the city to be a "Chocolate New Orleans".  He also said that New York has not been able to "fix that hole in the ground in five years".  What a jackass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I can't even stand to look at the man; let alone listen to him talk.  I think Eddie should sue the mayor!!  If I was on the jury, I would award Eddie a lot more than the $300,000.00 he lost because of that ignorant mayor.  God Bless you Eddie!!  I am so glad you exposed the mayor for what he truly is!!  I never liked him and today just proved to me even more why I feel this way!! 

Hello all,

I live in Wyoming and I have a Daughter and 3 Grandson's in southern Mississippi. And I have been very much affected by Katrina and the aftermath. All day I been hearing all about New Orleans and frankly I am getting tired of it. For the last Year I been sending monthly checks to my daughter to help, even though my husband is disabled and we live on less the $1200 a month. She is working two jobs, my grand son's spend more time with the babysitter then with their mother, just so she can make end meet. I can imagin she is not the only one in that position.

The only place to live she could find after Katrina, was 45 miles north of Long Beach. Her Ex-Husband and his family live inLong Beach and the "most wise Mississippi Law" gave them 50/50 custody over their kids at their divorce. So you see, my daughter can not move away from there, her ex just will not allow that. She has a home and a job waiting here in Wyoming any time she is able to come back home.

But back to Katrina and my complaint: My daughter has to fix,change or replace tires on her car at least twice a month, and so does everyone that has to do a lot of traveling to do to get to and from work, or even shopping. So much junk on the road from the clean-up, there is a very serious tire shortage in southern Mississpi, and what tires they can get are outragesly expansive.

Slowly, very slowly, she is getting back on her feet. Katrina took everything she had, FEMA gave her $2000.00 for her loss, and since she is working she does not have the time to stand in line with the rest of the people to get hand-outs, and for that fact she does not want hand-outs as long as she can work and pay for her own way.

All day on TV they are talking about New Orleans, what about the rest of the coast that got destroyed? What about the rest of the people that had to start all over again? What about the people that have not been able to even beginn to start all over again and have just bearly existed for the last year? What about the Native Americans in southern Louisiana that still have no electicity and no way of getting any? What about all of them? Did Katrina whiped the map clean on the Golf Coast and just leave New Orleans? Does the rest of the coast do not have a voice?

Even Dr. Phil is concentrating only on New Orleans. What about Biloxi Dr. Phil? What about the rest of the coast? Are the people there non-existent?

  greetings from a very frustrated and conserned mother

              Jenaka Curtis

 

I don't understand why it was such a big deal to Mayor Nagin that Eddie showed his feelings and cried on national t.v.   Under all the stress he was under, I think it was totally acceptable and necessary.    If he thinks that Eddie was losing his composure and embarrashed the police dept, then what did Major Nagin do when HE used profanity on national t.v.  He lost his cool, but didn't lose his job, did he?  I think Eddie should take Nagin's job as Major too.  He is a gentleman, and is more in touch with the people than Nagin ever will be.

Let me give you an answer.  I am on the Mississippi Coast, in a FEMA trailer.   Im a teacher and my boyfriend is a dialysis nurse.  He was out of work for 6 months, and we make enough to meet expenses.  We have gotten zero help, to date, from anyone....nothing from insurance, SBA, or FEMA.  We have gutted our house, everything that can be done by hand, without money.  Simply, because we have none with which to fix the house.  You can not simply "wipe away" mold.  You have to knock out the sheet rock 2 feet above the mold line and clear out the insulation.  Just becuse you can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.  We also have to replace all flooring, cabinets, the roof, and the ceiling.  This all takes money.  We still have to pay the mortgage on the house as well.  The cost of living has trippled down here, yet salaries have not gone up one cent.  This is also a very toxic place.  At the age of 27, I had a stroke due to the mold.  We wouldn't ask for help if we truly didn't need it.  So, before you judge us, I say, Shut up and shovel!

If you want to blame somebody for not talking about the Mississippi Coast since Katrina and no one talking about Hurricane Rita, maybe you should blame the media.  I lost everything in Katrina and the government has still awarded me $0.00 for property damage.  We can blame everyone else for what happened but it was a natural disaster.  The part that hurts the most is that our own government won't help us whether it was Katrina or Rita so stop belly aching at us people from New Orleans!!!!

Yes I am fully aware of all of that. Did you not read where I said, even the president makes mistakes, himself, he is not perfect. He is working harder to make things right. I am involved in community projects with the Police Department and a community emergency response team that prepares for emergencies and goes out when called upon and we help those victims and their families. I know everyone is wanting to go postal, but we all have to have faith that when we set our mind to it, anything is possible. We have to ask God to help us be better people when we do wrong.

 BTW, FEMA is NOT a first responder. It's up to locals in an emergency to respond. To say it's all Bush's fault is absurd. And if the people of NO reelected nagin, they get just what they deserve!