Jazz for aficionados

I understand you being upset over the deaths during Katrina, however I think you are upset at the wrong people.

Most deaths in hurricanes are caused by the storm surge i.e. the water that is pushed ashore by the force of the hurricane winds. Flooding. The winds look dramatic on TV, but most of the deaths are caused by drowning. Therefore, most people are killed DURING the hurricane. What happens after a hurricane, is giving people water, food, shelter and medical attention. The military can be useful at doing that, but so can the state National Guard.

Most People died during Katrina due to the total corruption and incompetence of local and state government. After all the warnings, There was no organization. No plan. No evacuation. I think that clown they called mayor had laid on 12 school buses. WTF?? The total corruption of that city was exposed. Cops did not report for work and / or joined the looters.  Contrast that with the NYPD on 9/11.

And this is key, people died in the attics of their homes trying to stay above the water. They were trapped and died there. Where were the locals to help direct the rescuers to the correct houses? To account for missing people? Those that managed to cut thru the roofs were taken off by military helicopters. In the 9th ward it was every person for themselves. The young and strong survived, the old and weak were left behind. Not by the President, but by their "friends and neighbors" and local politicians. The young strong ones, who knew the local lay of the land and could have helped the trapped people, were busy lifting 75" flat screen TVs.

In the end, people died due to the indifference of their fellow citizens. The citizens of New Orleans. They just didn’t care about each other.

Cheers

Food for thought:

Katrina made landfall at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.  That town no longer exists.  At least not immediately after the storm.   There was not even any debris left.   But, this is a political storm, so no one cares about the folks in Mississippi.

Hurricanes still form off the coast of Africa EVERY YEAR, and head towards the Coasts of North and Central America and the Islands of the Caribbean.

New Orleans is STILL 10 feet below sea level.

Water STILL cannot be compressed

You do the math.

Better hope that next time there is a Republican in the White House.   Otherwise, who do we blame??? :(

Cheers

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