Well, I am not in New Orleans. My house is actually on a little hill, and will never be flooded due to topographic reasons. I am not exactly in a "city" either, come to think of it.
Even in New Orleans, the total death toll was 1,464 persons, out of over 300 thousand people.
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Everybody's still blaming Bush for Katrina. Well, howcome for the THREE DAYS while Katrina was building up in the gulf, and the mayor was on TeeVee EVERY DAY, saying, "GET OUT!! I have ordered mandatory evacuations! GET OUT!!!" they all just sat there?
There was a string of buses waiting to evacuate people, but they were left to be flooded; all the residents said, 'Nah, suh, we's be fine - it's jess a lil' ol' hurricane." and sat there.
They have nobody to blame but themselves.
Thanks, Rich
Which was partially offset by the drop in the murder rate, at least until the original residents started returning.
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