Katrina's Devastation

[kyuusai]

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Jerx it's not that! can't you see that New Oreleans was totally wiped out and was totally devastated. They are asking for help co'z they have insufficient supplies of food and water. America has been a great help to other countries as well as the philippines and for that theres nothing wrong in asking for a help it is a matter of helping each other in times of calamities did'nt you ever think of that!...aren't you feel any sympathy to those victims of katrina? it wud be better if you wud just pray for them..

[Spec-V]

^ & the majority of the stranded only have an income of $13,000.00 annual; And they dont have any budget to buy a vehicle. These are the less fortunate folks @ the Big Easy were they rank No.1 in Crime on all 50 States.

[jerx d great]

^ & the majority of the stranded only have an income of $13,000.00 annual; And they dont have any budget to buy a vehicle.Â* These are the less fortunate folks @ the Big Easy were they rank No.1 in Crime on all 50 States.Â*

13,000 annually is so big compared to our's which is very small......there business are booming and they are one of the most developed nations in the world.....howcome they can't help there own citizen..may pa gani ta...in time of calamities we are united and helping each other pero sa U.S whaa!! ambot lang!!!!

[psyche_08]

somebody from kentucky told me that there was a certain part of new orleans, i mean there's a certain park there that has the statue of christ that didnt have a single scratch at all, behind it, a chuch, not a single damage except for the clock inside that stopped due to the power outage... miracle? i believed so.

[n`gel]

Jerx, ayaw pag-ana kay la ka kahibalo unsa gyud ang nahitabo. $13,000 is so big? If you spend it there in the Philippines. $13,000 annual income is like $1083/month income. Kahibaw ba ka pila mag apartment diri? $1,000-1,500/month. Food pa, telephone, send kids to school. Unsaon nila pagpalit ug sakyanan nga ilang kwarta sakto² lang para basic needs. Health Insurance pa diri $300-$700/family. Daghan pobre diri, that's what we don't know there. Besides that, daghan pa illegal.

Ang nahitabo gyud, sige na warning about a Category 5 storm that will hit New Orleans, gipa-evacuate na ang mga taw 3 days before the storm. Of course ang mga walay sakyanan, lisud ug bakwit, and... hadlok mobiya sa ilang mga balay tungod sa ilang mga kabtangan, besides that, wala sila nagtuo nga tinuod diay ang forecasted predictions that the city will be flooded because of the fact that it's below sea level, and naa pa gyud dagku nga rivers. Kasagaran nga nangahabilin kay mga pobre man, and those so paranoid of their belongings or houses or businesses. Nahitabo ni diha sa Cebu uy, nga ingnang pabakwit ang daplin sa dagat kay taub maabot ang bagyo, asa namakwit. Dugay kaayo motuo ba. Mao nang nasugamak ning mga taw sa New Orleans kay wala man nila tinud-a ang mga warnings. Daghan mga gahi ug ulo diri uy, labi na mga blacks. This is not racism ha, pero tinuod man, rough man sila ug upbringing, lahi ang mga whites kay disiplinado (of course lay labot nang mga batan-ong adik) pero kung normal lang and matured? Mao makit-an ninyo kasagarang nangawat mga itom, mga batan-on, di lang kay mga bugoy hasta tarong nga mga itom. Mas racist man gani ning mga itom against asians or latinos, mga maldito murang kinsa man na sila.

Unprepared sila even the governors office... mao wala na andaman ang gubot and unlawfulness.

Besides that, there was also a problem of communication. Walay cell signal, walay telephone, walay koryente. I don't personally know why it took 4 days before food or water made it to the astrodome. Considering the vast land area transportation has to travel to get to Louisiana, daku baya ning America mga manoy. It took us 3 days drive from Maryland (North East gamay) to North Louisiana last xmas. Stay me hotel for the night. However kung straight lang ang biyahe (pait kaayo na uy kapoy) they have to stop for food and gas. Plus, daku pa gasto ang government sa Iraq, most soldiers are there, gamay ra gyud ang law enforcers nga naa sa New Orleans. Pinakadali nila nga relief food kay military ready to eat lang gyud intawn.

Ngano gud tawn kaana ka wala nagtinabangay ang mga Americans. Kadyot raman ilang huwat gyud, wala may namatay sa gutom. Nangaon sad intawn na sila within those 4 days uy, ang bulto nga relief ang 4 days naabot.

[n`gel]

Luwason man gani iring ma trap ug pipe diri, samot na nang taw? Hehe, misconception ra na jerx.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

i was really shocked about what happent to golf coast...i thought after the hurling of katrina, all of the population would be in safety and has all the supplies of food..but i was wrong...many people are starving and looking for food....i did'nt believe and was terrified that america,a super power country would ask help from other countries for the foods and stuff for the victims....WHAT A SHAME!!!!!!!

Â* Â* Â* Â*The only thing the govt can do is get there and help them but they have hard time getting them out of the area . I just feel weird when someone says US is a SUPERPOWER but then it cant help its own calamity victims , it does not justfiy its status to not to seek help from other nations .

13,000 annually is so big compared to our's which is very small......there business are booming and they are one of the most developed nations in the world.....howcome they can't help there own citizen..may pa gani ta...

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$ 13,000 dollars bai is below avegrage income in the US . Dako siya ug ilis sa pesos but you are not spending pesos in the US but you are spending dollars also so mo even out ang value niya . Mao gyud na one thing a typical Pinoy thinksÂ* on us fellow FIlipinos living in the US na datu and kwartahan mi because we are earning dollars .

howcome they can't help there own citizen..may pa gani ta...in time of calamities we are united and helping each other pero sa U.S whaa!! ambot lang!!!

Â* Â* Â* We are united when we have our own share of CALAMITIES but w/ the absence of the SUPER POWERFUL countries ? They are always there bai . From Ormoc flood , Pinatubo , Quezon landslide etc .
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[FK]

$ 13,000 dollars bai is below avegrage income in the US . Dako siya ug ilis sa pesos but you are not spending pesos in the US but you are spending dollars also so mo even out ang value niya . Mao gyud na one thing a typical Pinoy thinks on us fellow FIlipinos living in the US na datu and kwartahan mi because we are earning dollars .

O.T.

datu inig uli sa Pinas...

[HoundedbyHeaven]

Common sense is called for here.

A New Orleans folk may be earning 13,000 bucks a year, but so what? You got a hurricane that bills you probably a hundred times your annual income; how the heck are you supposed to pay that? Not only does it cost you far more than your income, what little income you got left with you, pal, has just been washed away by the same hurricane. Praytell, what exactly do you have left to help others, much more help yourself?

The U.S. may be a superpower country, but what if more than half the number of its states sink below the ocean? How can it possibly recover that greater part without a little help from its neighbors, even from its enemies? That analogy is exactly what happen to Louisiana, Mississipi and the other places devastated by Katrina.

If Katrina costs x, and New Orleans earns y where x>y, how can New Orleans pay up unless an x-y amount is added to make x=y?

Shalom.

[tigerlily]

dili man mamili ang calamity ug superpower county or 3rd world country. when it hits, there will always be victims. i guess this is a reminder for all of us --- nobody is invincible.