i have been waiting for the actual video of "The Drive-Lakeview", what happened to it?? You'll did so good on the other segments. I used to live in Lakeview and was so looking forward to your video segment of it. Will it ever come out????
It will come out. We're still waiting to record the voice over in a studio now that we don't have to do it in a FEMA trailer. Once the voice over is finished, we will ask if Gil Talmi will once again create an original score. We hope to have it finished within the next couple of months.
anderson cooper FROM CNN IS A SELLOUT!! Did you see his latest report about New Orleans? He didn't talk about the slow recovery & real issues. He talked about broken fema trailors being sold on auction websites,he didn't mention the school system or the slow recovery.
These kids in New Orleans are getting messed over by our government officials and fake ass anderson cooper doesn't really care. He said he was "keeping them honest" but he's all talk.
Thanks for showing the world the Lower 9th wasn't the only place that got hit that hard. I lived on Filmore a block from the Orleans Ave Bridge and got 10-12 feet of water. I wish I could find pre-K footage of Lakeview. I miss it so bad. Lakeview was what all of New Orleans could have been--if everyone cared. 70124ever!
prison-80%black...crime-85% black..welfare-85%black..unemployed-90% black..holding out hand for a freebie-99% black...who pays for it all...white..Im gonna kick the crap out of Abraham Lincoln if I ever run into him!
IronheadBobber, I don't know if you Know this but Abe is dead, non the less you would dare kick the ass of one of the greatest presidents ass, oh and by the way Abe was 6'2 6'3, and did a lot of manual labor when he was young, he would probably beat the living shit out of you, so yeah. You are stupid and a great big walking penis.
IronheadBobber, first of all Lincoln is dead, he has been dead for a while, just in case you didn't know. Oh, and he was 6'2 6'3 and did a lot of manuel labor when he was young, so he would probably kick your ass, you dick
If you think that 2007 is going to be a nicer year, think again. It's so very pathetic that your stupid government and your insurance companies never paid you the full amount is because if they did, they would bankrupt. How stupid.
I'm a New Orleanian paying mortgage and rent. I had to drop out of graduate school to pay my bills. I was refused FEMA and it took my insurance companies over a year to pay what was owed; they refused to pay full coverage! America wake up! The social-economic elite has a C student doing an A student's job in the White House. Democracy will work when the "common man" (us) becomes active. The Bush Administration, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the insurance industry are to blame.
i lived on 349 menge ave in pass christian mississippi and i have to ask the question why do you hear so much about louisiana and not that much about mississippi when mississippi got the worst of it louisiana was flooded mississippi got hit.
in my opinion, i think that we should be helping Louisianna instead of blaming it on things and people. Why cant we just help them? they need our help now and no one is giving it to them.
The French didn't build New Orleans below sea level. More than half is actually above sea level.)
The Americans built in the low lands after they bought the city. Since the 1800s, it was all-American capialism that "improved" swampland for profit.
It worked until the flood walls fell over. The Army messed up badly, but we can do it. People need to wise up that it should be done correctly and not on the cheap like before.
And lets just take a moment to thank the insurance companies. I know that they are given the right to decide just how the damage occured, and just how it isnt covered under whatever type of insurance that you didnt have. When you see that crazy person on TV he's staying there in order to witness for himself so that he might actually get a settlement and not be screwed over by some insurance company.
For all those shooting down America isn't it amazing that even when they are rebuilding at home they raise 60 million in one night to send to Africa ? Oh let me guess you choose not to remember anything like that . Maybe Idol should cancel that cheque and reissue it to New Orleans .
yeah but hey aren't shooting each other ..mother nature took a shot at them . As for money well just being american doesn't mean rich! some lost all . By the way I am not American I am Canadian a nation known for aiding other countries ..JUST LIKE THE STATES DOES ! I can't figure out why because there are problems in Bosnia or Africa it means that this is not a tragedy to those involved . Isn't it sad when anyone loses thier home no matter what nationality? Give it up hater!
Oh Mi Gawd. The oil companies and policies like Clintons It's not NET loss of wetland; which meant that when joe blow puts in a 5 acre pond in arizona, it allows the oil industry to destroy another 5 acres.
What???? a 5 acre pond in Arizona? Arizona is all lakes why do the need a pond?..........
It makes me sad to think that some people are so...ignorant to what has happened. I was in the Mississippi/Louisianna area, helping on clean up with 16 other highschool aged kids. What we saw and what we did changed our lives.
What happened to the wetlands? The oil companies and policies like Bush I's not NET loss of wetland; which meant that when joe blow puts in a 5 acre pond in arizona, it allows the oil industry to destroy another 5 acres.
You kidding jemc7? There is still plenty of deficit for us neo-cons to spend. SPEND IT ALL AND LET THE DEMECRATES SORT IT OUT. Besides its what your elections depend on. I don't recall anyone running for his or her life a year before this occurred and yes the problem did exist at least one year before. It's like moving near an airport then complaining about the noise a year later.
Betsy c.1965 was a cat 3 that DID make a direct hit, without this kind damage. Why? #1 reason is the loss of wetlands to absorb storm energy. What happened to the wetlands?
Funny how those decrying bigotry are the first to call others "crackers", "rednecks", etc. You should be able to make your point without resorting to ethnic insults, even if you think said insults are somehow acceptable because they're aimed at whites.
Grandparents live in west lakeshore (behind Robert E Lee theatre), water came up to the house but not in... I was astonished that a three block area was high and dry...
I have hundreds of pics after the storm (most taken in Sept - Nov of 05 of the lake front area by the light house, West End from I-10 to Robert E Lee Blvd)
New Orleans was crime riden city built below sea level with University that doesn't even have a decent engineering school. Everything good in thing Louisiana was built by outsiders. Louisiana + New Orleans = total crap. Give it back to French....they are really into welfare states.
NO is a beautiful city with a culture level you probably can't comprehend. Lots of hardworking decent people who lost everything. Louisiana has a history of cradle-grave welfare entitlement. The government has taken care of part of the population so long that they now can't take care of themselves. That is a small part of the population. If we did away with the entitlements maybe all the thugs would move to your city. Then we could have peace and our great restaurants, art, & culture.
let us keep our oil dollars and charge and keep all port goods, import and export. you cannot afford to not rebuild New Orleans. How many of your daily items came through our port? probably 40% or more. The port of New orleans itself is more important to this country than your entire state.
Lousiana=one big welfare state. And you wonder where their tax dollars went? When Katrina hit, thousands of the people came to my city (which is by the Lousiana border in Texas) and SURPRISE, SURPRISE! Our crime rate went up over 30%! I do pest control and i went to lots of their apartments and if it wasnt the smell of weed knocking you down, it was that 50" plasma tv blinding you!
I had, but now i have NO pitty for those loud mouth thugs with attitudes and their hands out!
darthwheat, please don't judge all of us by the SMALL percentage of people YOU have come in contact with! Those type of people exist EVERYWHERE- thugs do not just come from New Orleans.
imagine, a city with a million people has some percentage that are thugs and dope heads!?
that's just strange! why where i live ALL of the people are good-why we don't even have courts, judges and jails. in fact new orleans is the only place in the world that has any bad people...that's a fact.
Wow, you don't sound like a complete ignorant ass or ANYTHING. Way to be a dickhead. Instead of complaining, perhaps you should use that energy to educate yourself enough to actually sound like something other than a self-centered, immature duschbag.
The Katrina disaster is the government's fault. Poor people would get rich if they could. The government has no intention of making life better for anybody.
i'm not being cold hearted but i do feel that why would u live in a oacean really i don't understand if someone could inlighten me on this i relt like most americans did what a shame. i feel the gov can only do so much, we must help our selfs the one's i feel really bad for are the elderly and helpless one's everyone else should of been trying to help. we live in a free world so live where u want but we as americans have to accept resposisiability for our self's.
why do people live where there are earthquakes, tornados, typhoons? we can't all live in kansas...well and there has been that long term drought in kansas and they do have tornados...hmm? well, dig a hole and crawl in maybe it's totally safe there.
What's so very sad is if you could remove the impediments of the government slugs and just turn the money from the government over to private enterprise New Orleans could have been completely rebuilt in 18 months and a considerable less costs.
Democrats have flooded the government ranks with some of the most incompentent people for the past forty years. Unfortunately the last eight years have been Democrat lite Republicans doing the same thing.
Good Stuff. Little hard to follow in the very beginning with the multiple audio tracks, but after the last 'slow speed' V.O. it was easy to understand. Had a professional feel to it and showed a race angle that was different than most reports I have seen on Katrina.
I dont understand why ppl have to say such hateful things. If you dont have to live in it, and your tierd of hearing it, dont listen. Maybe it'll go away. Or you can be smart, learn the lessons we exposed in our goverment and PROTECT YOURSELF.but stop your hate we have been through a lot, were americans, and we WILL fight for what we deserve to aid in our rebuilding!A HUGE THANKS to all you who have aided and cared about the ppl of Katrina!
Sorry my last comment was meant to say "just because new orleans is getting the media exposure, does not mean that Mississippi or even outside of Louisiana are more humble." It just means what it is, they aren't getting exposure and they should. They probably need just about as much help if not more help. Someone needs to make that an issue.
ppl are so heartless. no one knows what it's like to experience something like katrina unless they have and those ppl who haven't have no right to criticize. I'd also like to point out that yes, the whole gulf coast was hit, but what makes New Orleans different is that the flood waters never receded and it took weeks to drain the city, causing much more damage.
Yes it was the governments fault, the State and Local government ! It is their resonsibility to Ask for Federal support in keeping these Dams and floodwalls in good repair and to plan for such disasters. It is also the resonsibility of the people in that area to make sure their elected officals prepare for these events. My heart and well wishes go out to the people. It is warning for the rest of the country.
Our local and state officials have been screaming for help with the levees and coast line for DECADES. The reps from other states shouted us down for DECADES! Ask YOUR local governments why they fought AGAINST helping us for DECADES!
1/3 of domestic oil comes from Louisiana, and it's distroyed our coastal wet lands that USE to protect us from this type of disaster. How about we just shut Louisiana down, and watch gas prices jump to $7/gal overnight? Would that make y'all happy?
I lived in NOLA and I never heard anyone beg for flood control, but I sure heard them beg for a land based casino! It flooded everytime it rained hard. EVERYONE knew NOLA could and would flood. People voted for entitlements over good leadership, and 50 yrs of city graft gave away the city to disarray
I can only say to my fellow Americans that what comes around goes around...you may be next. I sure hope you coldhearted bastards who have hatred in your heart reap what you sew.
I worked at a Red Cross shelter after the hurricanes that hit. It was so sad to see how people felt their dignity was lost since they were reduced to being sent to a state away from their home and sleeping in a gymnasium. I wanted to hug each and every person there.
New Orleans is a unique and deeply spiritual city. No one in this town would turn such an evil, ugly, cold shoulder to fellow Americans in need that so many here have done. Have you no shame? No decency?
Sure Nagin and Blanco screwed up but get this--the way into New Orleans was dry and reasonably safe from day one. In fact, this route would've taken FEMA, the Red Cross, and the National Guard over a bridge that exits right at the Convention Center. The Federal Gov't let people die and suffer...
Sure, blame the gov. Blame the corps of engineers. Forget helping yourself. People who sit around on their ass relying on the gov. all the time should be prepared to be disappointed. It's funny that Mississippi was devastated by the same hurricane but you don't hear the citizens and their leaders sitting around whining with their thumbs up their ass like the people of N.O. and that moron Nagin.
You don't have a clue on this topic. The government admitted it caused this damage by its total failure on the levees. We all pay for that as taxpayers. Mississippi had the natural disaster, Louisiana's was man made. Their govenor is a Rep. up W's ass so they get the money. What a surprise. Most Americans are caring, you are an ignorant jackass.
zoe, your partisan comment shows ignorance too. Why have only around 280 claims (out of >10,000) for Road Home money been processed? The money is SITTING THERE. It's not the Feds holding it up, it's state & local. Many things like MRGO need to be looked at before setting up NOLA for another disaster. The country has a right to NOT tell these folks (who can't afford flood insurance) "just go home, it won't happen again." New Orleans is a wonderful city, but not a great plan.
What's different about N.O. is that the flood waters never receded and it took weeks to drain the city, causing much more damage. To describe the people of n.o. as "whining" is absurd. the people of n.o. should be SHOUTING. i live in n.o. and my house sustained minimal damage and i am lucky, but it has been well over a year and many parts of the city are still untouched. you people have no right to an opinion.you aren't living it. trust me, it's much different on the inside.
hahaha..are you from Mississippi? Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't happening. ANd they have every right to demand aid as well. There are some parts of Mississippi that are just gone. There are parishes outside of new orleans that literally have to be torn down. Because New Orleans is getting the media exposure, not being seen does not mean that they are more humble.
People in Mississippi are shouting and are as angry as Louisiana, get your facts straight. We've been asking for help to rebuild the wet lands that protect us for decades, reps from other states shout us down. It's our oil that runs you car.
Keep voting for people like Morial, Nagin, Blanco, Lanrieu, Jefferson and you are surprised?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? You reap what you sew....now you pay the bill on 50 yrs of freebies! Don't blame the US govt...blame your own leaders first. Now they have $25 bil and can't even figure out how to give it away...it will all be wasted again
Nearly everyone evacuated New Orleans at great personal expense. More homeowners in New Orleans carry flood insurance than in any other coastal city in the US. Insurance companies are refusing to pay up regardless of coverage. New Orleans flooded because the Army Corps of Engineers did not do their job. The entire concept of levees was THEIR idiotic idea. New Orleanians have been fighting for wetlands, natural sedimentation, and the closure of certain canals for decades.
I have to go along with the bubblegumblond, "Why dinn't you leave. Too much money has been squandered on people who had nothing to begin with and were given money by the Imperal Federal Goverment, and spent it on something else. I don't live in a flood plain but I dadgum sure have flood, fire and wind insurance. People need to quit looking to the Govt. (Taxpayers), for a hand-out.
Most New Orleanians evacuated. More New Orleanians carried flood insurance than in any other coastal city. New Orleans is an expensive city, with homes averaging around 250K. We pay our taxes and expect the Army Corps of Engineers to do their job. They didn't. And you go and pray that you will never have to use your insurance because they won't pay.
At least in New Orleans we're Christian and help others. So when a tornado hits, let's ignore those victems. When earthquakes hit, let's ignore them. When freezing weather kills people across the country, let's just ignor them. Cuase they all live in disaster pron areas. Right?
It is a national disgrace that our Goverment Agencies weren't there in a timely response; and it remains a disgrace that our goverment did help the poorest of the folks in New Orleans. If this were your hometown how would you feel if the goverment you pay taxes to didn't do enough to protect this large city in the first place, and the response afterwards was simply not enough. This city is rich with history and deserved better than this.
Lakeview is a neighborhood in New Orleans which was hit particularly hard by the flood waters after Katrina, due to its being below sea-level. Two canals in Lakeview burst, flooding most houses up to eight feet. Many people didn't evacuate.
Im sorry folks, but EVERYONE living there knew they were far below the lake, and far below the ocean, and sandwiched between both! There are lots of places to live in this country, but no....these people had to pick this above all. Sad? Yes! God gave us brains, they werent used here
i went down and helped in June, and the place was still completely destroyed.. that city will never be the same. seems like a dumb idea to build a city underwater in the first place. also, army's engineer corps is to blame, seeing as they obviously did not build the wall very well. if you want any pictures of the ninth ward and surrounding areas, i have some.
It is a terrible tragety that we are going to allow people to rebuild a city on land that is nearly 20 feet below sea level in places and is sinking and will always continue to sink and that civil engineers all over the world have constantly warned people not to build on for more than 40 years. Ignorance is a terrible thing with a terrible price.
Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Savannah, Providence, Miami, and many other cities in the US are mostly below sea level. Less than 50% of New Orleans is below sea level. Think about Venice and Copenhagan, think about the entire country of the Netherlands, all below sea level. Ignorance is a terrible thing, so learn something.
Here's an idea, just bulldoze Mt Hood so people will quit climbing, and put the dirt in NOLA, to build new houses on... what happened happened, leave it be and move on...
jeez those poor people. i do not no y ur blameing bush for this there was basically nothing he could do this was a huge hurricane that killed and destroyed everything in sight he did ive the the best he could give the poor guy a break
They did little or nothing to feed or help most of the people who had lost everything until 5 days after the event & even then, they did so little to help the residents. I wish it were mandatory for American citizens to see the Spike Lee Documentary on HBO thats about Katrina. It broke my heart & possibly if others saw it too, they'd have more empathy & a real sense of what took place. The TV news did not even begin to tell the story of what really happened.
Oh, those people weren't waiting for help. A lot of them had already been saved. The first priority was to save people. Those people were safe. The Nat'l Guard, and lots of other help, were searching houses in flooded areas to get remaining surviors out, not knowing if flooding would get worse.
I am a Caucasian woman in Los Angeles & I've been in shock & in mourning since Katrina because of the way our govt. treated the people in the 9th Ward & other parts of New Orleans.
There's your problem right there. You listen to rascist bastards like Spike Lee. Spike Lee wasn't there. Neither were you. Neither was the Louisiana Gov't. And, especially, neither was Nagin. Read this carefully. Get the whole picture without the help of left wing CNN pushing for government responsibility, just looking for something to bash Bush with. THINK FOR YOURSELF! Quit repeating what's been said on TV thousands of times before you.
Oh and crime was never higher. Did you ever hear the story of how a group of looters hid all there loot in an old store and put a fake bomb on it, to deter other looters from stealing it from them? Or how looters shot at helicopters? Of course not, we certainly couldn't pose there people in a bad light, even those things alone slowed down rescue procedures. Get the facts right.
Hey, I'm from St. Bernard parish which is predominatly white, and alot of people had already died and the parish was completly underwater while the media's biggest story was the fucking hole in the Superdome's roof. No one gave a shit about us untill after they started rescuing thoes people in New Orleans. Can you honestly fell sorry for them when they were shooting at the Blackhawk helicopters that were trying to rescue them from the Superdome. You are incredibly dumb.
the people went on about what they lost... materially sense and yet they didnt say anything about how THEY got out... if they hadnt they wouldnt be complaining...
Actually, you are the idiot! States rights (Fought over in a little war called the Amereican Civil War) Gives the state power to declare disaster areas. The federal goverment isn't allowed to just com on in when it wants or needs to. It has to have permission by the State Goverment. Hence the Three letters to the governors of both states by Bush.
Last off, anyone who has to respond like that is a coward and obviously is worthless to this great nation of ours.
Bush is a liar. Most Republican politicians support this liar. Why do so many Southerners support these Rebublican liars? Sometimes you get what you ask for.
Are you stupid, or just blind and deaf? The only thing Mississippi residents are constantly complaining. The dumbest thing is that they mostly complain about how New Orleans is getting all the attention.
The travesty of the situation is that the current administration has a comfort level in spending over $800 billion supporting an un-winnable war abroad while the constituency at home is still living in trailers 1 year later. It should not be an all or nothing proposition overseas, but rather a fiduciary commitment to the individuals supporting the war effort by relieving them of their burdens first.
Make a change this November and hold our leaders responsible.
one good reason why it flooded is because several years ago the mississippi river has had its path altered by man its natural levees were destroyed and replaced by rubbish man made ones. because of its alterated path the flooding was worst than it would have been. also why build yoyr houses on a natural river flood plane that close to the largets river in north America.
Stay in London genius. The Mississippi river never really had a "natural levee." Before man made levees were built for the river, it use to overflow its banks and actually change it's own path. That is one reason that our soil is so rich. What were we supposed to do, not try and keep it from going where ever the hell it wanted to go? How were we supposed to live here?
And in responce to your question "also why build yoyr houses on a natural river flood plane that close to the largets river in north America." Because we love our city.
Oh, Thank you very much! I wish you could have told us that and saved us all last year! Listen my poor victim of ignorance, We do vote here. Levee boards were all sepeate entities not under one organization. We have our former (dead and retired) politicians to thank for that. Get your facts straight before pointing fingers!
no one's seriously suggesting that the "hurricane was racist." the idea is ridiculous. but the federal government was obviously indifferent to helping the poor people in new orleans, who were overwhelmingly black.
i dont care how big new orleans is,but this would never happen in england.Our goverment care about its people, not how sombody else's country is being run.Gorge Bush has been your worst leader ever
It's actually not the president's duty to run to New Orleans after a hurricane has hit. It's the governer of the city's job to make decisions about what to do. Why did all the black people blame Bush but not say a THING about their black governer sitting on his ass doing NOTHING?! It's NOT the president's job to do those things. But Bush was nice enough to help out anyways.
AND oh yes, IT IS, in fact, the FEDERAL government's job to manage federally declared disaster areas. Do you know who is in charge of the federal government? Care to guess?
Last off, and believe me on this one jerkoff, if it had happen to you— to the house you live in and your f-ing parent's pay for, you'd be crying like a little bitch with a skinned knee.
the lazy and sleezy democrats ran this city, and the state for so long that no money or plan was left in place for any disaster, dont blame bush you libturd. Even the cops there left with stolen cadillacs, you piece of shit libturd.
I totally feel you. I was born and raised in st. Bernard Parish and we were destroyed too and its majority white so the racist issue made no sense to me.
um elmerz yeah we are not wrecked u idiot and we are not the most corrupt backward state we are hardworkin decent ppl who got hit by a hurricane u know y dont we just flood ur city and see how well u handle it
hey u know for all those idiots who r sayin that we r stupid for livin in new orleans how come no body tells ppl in floriday that they r stupid for leavin there cse they get like 5 hurricanes a year and katrina was like a rare event.and its the governors fault she is a moron
Yes but isn't it interesting that on CNN and other media outlets... all they showed on tv was the blacks looting department stores of TVs and food and hauling away goods, and of course the rapes in the new orleans dome, they made the context seem like it was all blacks... he media has to take blame for this.
Very powerful videos. I grew up in Lakeview, and my mom still lived there when Katrina came. She had water up to her second floor, and of course lost everything. I look forward to seeing the Lakeview segment.
Viewers would have to actually be there, since the total devistation in Orleans and Metairie is by land mass nine times the size of Manhatten Island and totally shocking to see. I live in Old Metairie, 20% of which also flooded. I had no water damage but over $100,000 in wind damage. Two of my cousins died, and four other cousins flooded. I have many friends who lost their homes in Orleans and Jefferson. News media have to stop trying to find fault, There are no quick answers.
I agree, you are retarted. Let me inform you on something. While I was evacuating away from New Orleans, all I saw going towards the city were power trucks and cables trucks preparing for the disaster. That's why 3 weeks after the storm large parts of the city were already up and running.
Why do people think that it was the presidents job to do anything for these people, its the local governments job to do these things, not the presidents. Also the percent of whites stated was because the media wants to spin it as only poor blacks died.
Several friends of mine lived in the Lakeview area and lost their homes in the flood. What I don't understand is why should the federal government spend tax dollars to rebuild parts of a city that is basically a fish bowl? LA should foot the bill for rebuilding the flooded areas. Thanks for the video tho I haven't been back since the storm came through and I was wondering what that area looked like now.
Amazing just how bad things are still. The manmade disaster part of this was just as bad as the hurricane from my view point. I thought Anderson Cooper said it so well the other night in the closing of his 2 hour special on this disaster.
Its not that people dont WANT to move after a disaster, its just that, IMO, the federal government does NOT offer enough assistance, as Somedutchguy said...i believe that by doing this, the bush administration is putting major damage on their reputation, having been building tanks instead of helping the citizens there. its just RETARDED. also, most people really have no money TO move OR relocate, as after getting hit by a natrual disaster is incredibly hard.
I dont understand why these people cant get their own affairs in order after a year. They need to get off their own butts and help themselves for a change. Your tax dollars would be better spent buying body armer for a soldier in Iraq, than liquor for all the "victims" in LA. 2000 dollar debit cards, what a joke. Every dime spent should be accounted for!
1minute and 59 seconds was my neighbors house i eish they would have shown mine
fishermankory 3 years ago
i love lakeview! its 3 years past katrina now cant people let it go! we moved on and almost everyone is back!
nawlinsfinest12 3 years ago
Nice Video~
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RLF777 3 years ago
Check out Hurricane Katrina, Wide awake!!
Audioslave3 4 years ago
i have been waiting for the actual video of "The Drive-Lakeview", what happened to it?? You'll did so good on the other segments. I used to live in Lakeview and was so looking forward to your video segment of it. Will it ever come out????
windray1 4 years ago
It will come out. We're still waiting to record the voice over in a studio now that we don't have to do it in a FEMA trailer. Once the voice over is finished, we will ask if Gil Talmi will once again create an original score. We hope to have it finished within the next couple of months.
TRyanNOVAC 4 years ago
anderson cooper FROM CNN IS A SELLOUT!! Did you see his latest report about New Orleans? He didn't talk about the slow recovery & real issues. He talked about broken fema trailors being sold on auction websites,he didn't mention the school system or the slow recovery.
These kids in New Orleans are getting messed over by our government officials and fake ass anderson cooper doesn't really care. He said he was "keeping them honest" but he's all talk.
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TheNoTown 4 years ago
Thanks for showing the world the Lower 9th wasn't the only place that got hit that hard. I lived on Filmore a block from the Orleans Ave Bridge and got 10-12 feet of water. I wish I could find pre-K footage of Lakeview. I miss it so bad. Lakeview was what all of New Orleans could have been--if everyone cared. 70124ever!
Nosleeptillakeview 4 years ago
this vid wud be better w/ led zep's when the levee breaks as background music
mikesjunk00 4 years ago
prison-80%black...crime-85% black..welfare-85%black..unemployed-90% black..holding out hand for a freebie-99% black...who pays for it all...white..Im gonna kick the crap out of Abraham Lincoln if I ever run into him!
IronheadBobber 4 years ago
IronheadBobber, I don't know if you Know this but Abe is dead, non the less you would dare kick the ass of one of the greatest presidents ass, oh and by the way Abe was 6'2 6'3, and did a lot of manual labor when he was young, he would probably beat the living shit out of you, so yeah. You are stupid and a great big walking penis.
captainmoosen 3 years ago
IronheadBobber, first of all Lincoln is dead, he has been dead for a while, just in case you didn't know. Oh, and he was 6'2 6'3 and did a lot of manuel labor when he was young, so he would probably kick your ass, you dick
captainmoosen 3 years ago
I hope everyone is ok ur in my prayers
fortminorfan4eva 4 years ago
!!!LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!
KABOOOOOOOOOOM123 4 years ago
If you think that 2007 is going to be a nicer year, think again. It's so very pathetic that your stupid government and your insurance companies never paid you the full amount is because if they did, they would bankrupt. How stupid.
Windsong14 4 years ago
Sad. I lived through Hurricane Hugo, no comparison to what these folks have suffered. Makes me sick to think about it. Sick, and very, very sad.
terrijane61 4 years ago
I'm a New Orleanian paying mortgage and rent. I had to drop out of graduate school to pay my bills. I was refused FEMA and it took my insurance companies over a year to pay what was owed; they refused to pay full coverage! America wake up! The social-economic elite has a C student doing an A student's job in the White House. Democracy will work when the "common man" (us) becomes active. The Bush Administration, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the insurance industry are to blame.
midcity42 4 years ago
flooding is powerful symbolism - great video - understand the implications -
the stunderthorm is happening
stunderthorm 4 years ago
i lived on 349 menge ave in pass christian mississippi and i have to ask the question why do you hear so much about louisiana and not that much about mississippi when mississippi got the worst of it louisiana was flooded mississippi got hit.
ejmac2 4 years ago
because 1400 people died ejmac2
neemel 4 years ago
in my opinion, i think that we should be helping Louisianna instead of blaming it on things and people. Why cant we just help them? they need our help now and no one is giving it to them.
lora81492 4 years ago
it's mother nature that caused it smart shit
TubedUp909UNDEAD 4 years ago
Gotta love the French. Build a city below sea level between two large bodies of water in a hurricane zone... Gotta love 'em.
Tormekia 4 years ago
Sheer brilliance!
dougdougdoug456 4 years ago
The French didn't build New Orleans below sea level. More than half is actually above sea level.)
The Americans built in the low lands after they bought the city. Since the 1800s, it was all-American capialism that "improved" swampland for profit.
It worked until the flood walls fell over. The Army messed up badly, but we can do it. People need to wise up that it should be done correctly and not on the cheap like before.
To say otherwise is un-American.
economy1 4 years ago
And lets just take a moment to thank the insurance companies. I know that they are given the right to decide just how the damage occured, and just how it isnt covered under whatever type of insurance that you didnt have. When you see that crazy person on TV he's staying there in order to witness for himself so that he might actually get a settlement and not be screwed over by some insurance company.
megaseth999 4 years ago
Awesome!
ROCKME2THETOP 4 years ago
For all those shooting down America isn't it amazing that even when they are rebuilding at home they raise 60 million in one night to send to Africa ? Oh let me guess you choose not to remember anything like that . Maybe Idol should cancel that cheque and reissue it to New Orleans .
Concretehead01 4 years ago
get shut up idiot's...
every day in every angle of earth happened this thing..die poor everything, everywere,,
the america is rich and have money to rapair..look up for africa, croatia bosnia ucrania ...
help him not to usa idiots..
Otaku2209 4 years ago
We do help all over the world
lazman209 4 years ago
Agreed.
PetiteTabarnaque 4 years ago
yeah but hey aren't shooting each other ..mother nature took a shot at them . As for money well just being american doesn't mean rich! some lost all . By the way I am not American I am Canadian a nation known for aiding other countries ..JUST LIKE THE STATES DOES ! I can't figure out why because there are problems in Bosnia or Africa it means that this is not a tragedy to those involved . Isn't it sad when anyone loses thier home no matter what nationality? Give it up hater!
Concretehead01 4 years ago
You are a very poor example of human. Evena an idiot has more sense than you Otaku/22.09 percent brain capacity
saywhats 4 years ago
Oh Mi Gawd. The oil companies and policies like Clintons It's not NET loss of wetland; which meant that when joe blow puts in a 5 acre pond in arizona, it allows the oil industry to destroy another 5 acres.
What???? a 5 acre pond in Arizona? Arizona is all lakes why do the need a pond?..........
Redbirdman 4 years ago
do you wanto like... say that in human readable sentences and explain yourself more. B/c i have no clue what you are talking about.
MrPyro321 4 years ago
Where did you get those figures, redbirdman?
dowling1981 4 years ago
With all that devastation, some entrepaneur stillfound time to strip the " Rolls". Priorities
austinstein 4 years ago
It makes me sad to think that some people are so...ignorant to what has happened. I was in the Mississippi/Louisianna area, helping on clean up with 16 other highschool aged kids. What we saw and what we did changed our lives.
RainsOpacity 4 years ago
What happened to the wetlands? The oil companies and policies like Bush I's not NET loss of wetland; which meant that when joe blow puts in a 5 acre pond in arizona, it allows the oil industry to destroy another 5 acres.
gmfutube 4 years ago
You kidding jemc7? There is still plenty of deficit for us neo-cons to spend. SPEND IT ALL AND LET THE DEMECRATES SORT IT OUT. Besides its what your elections depend on. I don't recall anyone running for his or her life a year before this occurred and yes the problem did exist at least one year before. It's like moving near an airport then complaining about the noise a year later.
solopilot98 4 years ago
Katrina did NOT make a direct hit on New Orleans.
Betsy c.1965 was a cat 3 that DID make a direct hit, without this kind damage. Why? #1 reason is the loss of wetlands to absorb storm energy. What happened to the wetlands?
gmfutube 4 years ago
buledoze the whole city and raise the elevation. these idiots chose to live below sea level.
gboettner 5 years ago
What about St. Bernard and the Ninth Ward?
elespe 5 years ago
They already have one on the Ninth Ward. I believe there's a St. Bernard segment in the works.
JrsyBarry 5 years ago
ITS FIXED HAHAHA we have church camp there now HAHAHA
alqimesta 5 years ago
A tragic and beautiful film
Lordwigfried 5 years ago
niggas shoula learned how to swim
evilsqueezle 5 years ago
Smart comment,asshole!!!
Howyadodatthere11 5 years ago
Dumbass, it affected everyone in New Orleans. Maybe you should've watch the video, first before showing your age!!!! And It's shoulda not shoula!!!
dnye918 5 years ago
Arsehole - evil
corner2516 5 years ago
You should fill a bucket with water, then completely submerge your head in it twice and remove your head only once!
jzzc 5 years ago
good idea! Now that I'd watch....
btw...I think I'll find a place below fucking sea level and call it home...woops..now it's flooded..waaaaaahhh
austinstein 5 years ago
Yep, everyone should leave the area so your sorry ass will not have oil or gas, or anything that is moved through the port.
gmfutube 4 years ago
Bigot-trolls can't spell, especially one of those cueball goatee ugly-tat sportin' crackers.
OttoMaddock 4 years ago
Funny how those decrying bigotry are the first to call others "crackers", "rednecks", etc. You should be able to make your point without resorting to ethnic insults, even if you think said insults are somehow acceptable because they're aimed at whites.
bgoubler 4 years ago
Grandparents live in west lakeshore (behind Robert E Lee theatre), water came up to the house but not in... I was astonished that a three block area was high and dry...
I have hundreds of pics after the storm (most taken in Sept - Nov of 05 of the lake front area by the light house, West End from I-10 to Robert E Lee Blvd)
JIAFFI 5 years ago
New Orleans was crime riden city built below sea level with University that doesn't even have a decent engineering school. Everything good in thing Louisiana was built by outsiders. Louisiana + New Orleans = total crap. Give it back to French....they are really into welfare states.
estadosunid 5 years ago
estadosunid you know not what you speak
JIAFFI 5 years ago
NO is a beautiful city with a culture level you probably can't comprehend. Lots of hardworking decent people who lost everything. Louisiana has a history of cradle-grave welfare entitlement. The government has taken care of part of the population so long that they now can't take care of themselves. That is a small part of the population. If we did away with the entitlements maybe all the thugs would move to your city. Then we could have peace and our great restaurants, art, & culture.
acadianscot 5 years ago
let us keep our oil dollars and charge and keep all port goods, import and export. you cannot afford to not rebuild New Orleans. How many of your daily items came through our port? probably 40% or more. The port of New orleans itself is more important to this country than your entire state.
eddieff65217 5 years ago
So sad!
Ratfus1 5 years ago
Lousiana=one big welfare state. And you wonder where their tax dollars went? When Katrina hit, thousands of the people came to my city (which is by the Lousiana border in Texas) and SURPRISE, SURPRISE! Our crime rate went up over 30%! I do pest control and i went to lots of their apartments and if it wasnt the smell of weed knocking you down, it was that 50" plasma tv blinding you!
I had, but now i have NO pitty for those loud mouth thugs with attitudes and their hands out!
darthwheat 5 years ago
darthwheat, please don't judge all of us by the SMALL percentage of people YOU have come in contact with! Those type of people exist EVERYWHERE- thugs do not just come from New Orleans.
jdamron1234 5 years ago
imagine, a city with a million people has some percentage that are thugs and dope heads!?
that's just strange! why where i live ALL of the people are good-why we don't even have courts, judges and jails. in fact new orleans is the only place in the world that has any bad people...that's a fact.
jen8933 5 years ago
Wow, you don't sound like a complete ignorant ass or ANYTHING. Way to be a dickhead. Instead of complaining, perhaps you should use that energy to educate yourself enough to actually sound like something other than a self-centered, immature duschbag.
largemarge2490 5 years ago
The Katrina disaster is the government's fault. Poor people would get rich if they could. The government has no intention of making life better for anybody.
jakepolasky 5 years ago
That is dumbest comment I have ever read. The poor can get all the free education they want.
LairdRB 5 years ago
what a total fking nightmare. oh my god, you poor folk, it's so depressing, i wish there was something i could do.
70gary70 5 years ago
Great video thanks for sharing.
Hi From river ridge
solomonsporch 5 years ago
i'm not being cold hearted but i do feel that why would u live in a oacean really i don't understand if someone could inlighten me on this i relt like most americans did what a shame. i feel the gov can only do so much, we must help our selfs the one's i feel really bad for are the elderly and helpless one's everyone else should of been trying to help. we live in a free world so live where u want but we as americans have to accept resposisiability for our self's.
hinderlj 5 years ago
why do people live where there are earthquakes, tornados, typhoons? we can't all live in kansas...well and there has been that long term drought in kansas and they do have tornados...hmm? well, dig a hole and crawl in maybe it's totally safe there.
jen8933 5 years ago
What's so very sad is if you could remove the impediments of the government slugs and just turn the money from the government over to private enterprise New Orleans could have been completely rebuilt in 18 months and a considerable less costs.
Democrats have flooded the government ranks with some of the most incompentent people for the past forty years. Unfortunately the last eight years have been Democrat lite Republicans doing the same thing.
gboettner 5 years ago
lol its surprising how a bunch of retarded rednecks didnt listen to the warnings and stayed ^-^
bluewolfsama 5 years ago
Good Stuff. Little hard to follow in the very beginning with the multiple audio tracks, but after the last 'slow speed' V.O. it was easy to understand. Had a professional feel to it and showed a race angle that was different than most reports I have seen on Katrina.
Jared cicon
jaredcicon 5 years ago
I dont understand why ppl have to say such hateful things. If you dont have to live in it, and your tierd of hearing it, dont listen. Maybe it'll go away. Or you can be smart, learn the lessons we exposed in our goverment and PROTECT YOURSELF.but stop your hate we have been through a lot, were americans, and we WILL fight for what we deserve to aid in our rebuilding!A HUGE THANKS to all you who have aided and cared about the ppl of Katrina!
keahasissues 5 years ago
Sorry my last comment was meant to say "just because new orleans is getting the media exposure, does not mean that Mississippi or even outside of Louisiana are more humble." It just means what it is, they aren't getting exposure and they should. They probably need just about as much help if not more help. Someone needs to make that an issue.
hobglobin 5 years ago
ppl are so heartless. no one knows what it's like to experience something like katrina unless they have and those ppl who haven't have no right to criticize. I'd also like to point out that yes, the whole gulf coast was hit, but what makes New Orleans different is that the flood waters never receded and it took weeks to drain the city, causing much more damage.
hannalurye 5 years ago
All these New Orlean folk can buy and try to live in California homes that leak then slowly deteriorate.
They know not what torture is.
suecarmichael 5 years ago
Yes it was the governments fault, the State and Local government ! It is their resonsibility to Ask for Federal support in keeping these Dams and floodwalls in good repair and to plan for such disasters. It is also the resonsibility of the people in that area to make sure their elected officals prepare for these events. My heart and well wishes go out to the people. It is warning for the rest of the country.
AMERICA1NATION 5 years ago
Our local and state officials have been screaming for help with the levees and coast line for DECADES. The reps from other states shouted us down for DECADES! Ask YOUR local governments why they fought AGAINST helping us for DECADES!
1/3 of domestic oil comes from Louisiana, and it's distroyed our coastal wet lands that USE to protect us from this type of disaster. How about we just shut Louisiana down, and watch gas prices jump to $7/gal overnight? Would that make y'all happy?
benb60 5 years ago
I lived in NOLA and I never heard anyone beg for flood control, but I sure heard them beg for a land based casino! It flooded everytime it rained hard. EVERYONE knew NOLA could and would flood. People voted for entitlements over good leadership, and 50 yrs of city graft gave away the city to disarray
eelowe 5 years ago
I can only say to my fellow Americans that what comes around goes around...you may be next. I sure hope you coldhearted bastards who have hatred in your heart reap what you sew.
Antgne 5 years ago
I worked at a Red Cross shelter after the hurricanes that hit. It was so sad to see how people felt their dignity was lost since they were reduced to being sent to a state away from their home and sleeping in a gymnasium. I wanted to hug each and every person there.
delriogirl 5 years ago
desde mexico estamos contigo new orleans
saladeespera02 5 years ago
I agree, you wanna live there, you can pay the price. I'm tired of the white/black, republican/demorcat crap. Move on with your lives.
shortyk9 5 years ago
New Orleans is a unique and deeply spiritual city. No one in this town would turn such an evil, ugly, cold shoulder to fellow Americans in need that so many here have done. Have you no shame? No decency?
Evangeline8888 5 years ago
Sure Nagin and Blanco screwed up but get this--the way into New Orleans was dry and reasonably safe from day one. In fact, this route would've taken FEMA, the Red Cross, and the National Guard over a bridge that exits right at the Convention Center. The Federal Gov't let people die and suffer...
Evangeline8888 5 years ago
Sure, blame the gov. Blame the corps of engineers. Forget helping yourself. People who sit around on their ass relying on the gov. all the time should be prepared to be disappointed. It's funny that Mississippi was devastated by the same hurricane but you don't hear the citizens and their leaders sitting around whining with their thumbs up their ass like the people of N.O. and that moron Nagin.
Stikkmann 5 years ago
You don't have a clue on this topic. The government admitted it caused this damage by its total failure on the levees. We all pay for that as taxpayers. Mississippi had the natural disaster, Louisiana's was man made. Their govenor is a Rep. up W's ass so they get the money. What a surprise. Most Americans are caring, you are an ignorant jackass.
zoe3fleming 5 years ago
zoe, your partisan comment shows ignorance too. Why have only around 280 claims (out of >10,000) for Road Home money been processed? The money is SITTING THERE. It's not the Feds holding it up, it's state & local. Many things like MRGO need to be looked at before setting up NOLA for another disaster. The country has a right to NOT tell these folks (who can't afford flood insurance) "just go home, it won't happen again." New Orleans is a wonderful city, but not a great plan.
rhodeymark 5 years ago
What's different about N.O. is that the flood waters never receded and it took weeks to drain the city, causing much more damage. To describe the people of n.o. as "whining" is absurd. the people of n.o. should be SHOUTING. i live in n.o. and my house sustained minimal damage and i am lucky, but it has been well over a year and many parts of the city are still untouched. you people have no right to an opinion.you aren't living it. trust me, it's much different on the inside.
hannalurye 5 years ago
hahaha..are you from Mississippi? Just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it isn't happening. ANd they have every right to demand aid as well. There are some parts of Mississippi that are just gone. There are parishes outside of new orleans that literally have to be torn down. Because New Orleans is getting the media exposure, not being seen does not mean that they are more humble.
hobglobin 5 years ago
People in Mississippi are shouting and are as angry as Louisiana, get your facts straight. We've been asking for help to rebuild the wet lands that protect us for decades, reps from other states shout us down. It's our oil that runs you car.
benb60 5 years ago
Keep voting for people like Morial, Nagin, Blanco, Lanrieu, Jefferson and you are surprised?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? You reap what you sew....now you pay the bill on 50 yrs of freebies! Don't blame the US govt...blame your own leaders first. Now they have $25 bil and can't even figure out how to give it away...it will all be wasted again
eelowe 5 years ago
Nearly everyone evacuated New Orleans at great personal expense. More homeowners in New Orleans carry flood insurance than in any other coastal city in the US. Insurance companies are refusing to pay up regardless of coverage. New Orleans flooded because the Army Corps of Engineers did not do their job. The entire concept of levees was THEIR idiotic idea. New Orleanians have been fighting for wetlands, natural sedimentation, and the closure of certain canals for decades.
Evangeline8888 5 years ago
DAMMIT that suks
holdennnn 5 years ago
I have to go along with the bubblegumblond, "Why dinn't you leave. Too much money has been squandered on people who had nothing to begin with and were given money by the Imperal Federal Goverment, and spent it on something else. I don't live in a flood plain but I dadgum sure have flood, fire and wind insurance. People need to quit looking to the Govt. (Taxpayers), for a hand-out.
HarveyC44 5 years ago
Most New Orleanians evacuated. More New Orleanians carried flood insurance than in any other coastal city. New Orleans is an expensive city, with homes averaging around 250K. We pay our taxes and expect the Army Corps of Engineers to do their job. They didn't. And you go and pray that you will never have to use your insurance because they won't pay.
Evangeline8888 5 years ago
if you want to live by the water and below sealevel then sorry shit happends.
iseehaters 5 years ago
At least in New Orleans we're Christian and help others. So when a tornado hits, let's ignore those victems. When earthquakes hit, let's ignore them. When freezing weather kills people across the country, let's just ignor them. Cuase they all live in disaster pron areas. Right?
benb60 5 years ago
My question for the people of New Orleans, when the warning was given to evacuate, WHY DIDN'T YOU GO!!!!
I recommend saving your money in an emergancy fund so when these disasters come you have the money to go-
bubblegumblonde 5 years ago
It is a national disgrace that our Goverment Agencies weren't there in a timely response; and it remains a disgrace that our goverment did help the poorest of the folks in New Orleans. If this were your hometown how would you feel if the goverment you pay taxes to didn't do enough to protect this large city in the first place, and the response afterwards was simply not enough. This city is rich with history and deserved better than this.
1jazzsinga 5 years ago
Thanks, whoever you are. I look up to you.
goatworthy 5 years ago
Excellent. I lived on Fleur De Lis. Attended UNO. Very well done.
Filmgoddess30 5 years ago
Lakeview is a neighborhood in New Orleans which was hit particularly hard by the flood waters after Katrina, due to its being below sea-level. Two canals in Lakeview burst, flooding most houses up to eight feet. Many people didn't evacuate.
mari2896 5 years ago
Anyone who lives below sea level and has no flood insurance ought not be surprised at the results
burt2481 5 years ago
Very well done. Moving.
TheSteamrollers 5 years ago
Thanks for sharing.
Imagitv 5 years ago
Im sorry folks, but EVERYONE living there knew they were far below the lake, and far below the ocean, and sandwiched between both! There are lots of places to live in this country, but no....these people had to pick this above all. Sad? Yes! God gave us brains, they werent used here
billsmithishere 5 years ago
Orleans may still be a wreck over a year later, but it's still home...come hell and high water.
hankidic 5 years ago
I saw my house at the end. I haven't been back in a year.
alexx437 5 years ago
i went down and helped in June, and the place was still completely destroyed.. that city will never be the same. seems like a dumb idea to build a city underwater in the first place. also, army's engineer corps is to blame, seeing as they obviously did not build the wall very well. if you want any pictures of the ninth ward and surrounding areas, i have some.
Akrammen 5 years ago
1st visit to NOLA since the flood - Looked like the whole thing happened the week before we arrived - not a year later. Not just the 9th.
magikclaws 5 years ago
It is a terrible tragety that we are going to allow people to rebuild a city on land that is nearly 20 feet below sea level in places and is sinking and will always continue to sink and that civil engineers all over the world have constantly warned people not to build on for more than 40 years. Ignorance is a terrible thing with a terrible price.
waaterdog 5 years ago
Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Savannah, Providence, Miami, and many other cities in the US are mostly below sea level. Less than 50% of New Orleans is below sea level. Think about Venice and Copenhagan, think about the entire country of the Netherlands, all below sea level. Ignorance is a terrible thing, so learn something.
jc8ward 5 years ago
Here's an idea, just bulldoze Mt Hood so people will quit climbing, and put the dirt in NOLA, to build new houses on... what happened happened, leave it be and move on...
Failtelorn 5 years ago
another nice close up of what hapened
romejjay 5 years ago
we carry a sensitive target below the wate line, ticking like a time bomb, with a primative design
ePhilosopher 5 years ago
im not saying the video wasn't good or anything, but im enloying reading the comments so much more, they're pretty funny. ]:)
perve 5 years ago
I heard on the news that Bush actually created that hurricane so I guess he's to blame. Yep, clearly this is a political issue.
cybercab 5 years ago
oh yeah he created a hurricain wtf r u on.
EBUTU0YY0UTUBE 5 years ago
The wourld saw how freek is the american nation.
galdinno 5 years ago
i dont get you
tommaisieteo 5 years ago
jeez those poor people. i do not no y ur blameing bush for this there was basically nothing he could do this was a huge hurricane that killed and destroyed everything in sight he did ive the the best he could give the poor guy a break
zackam1306 5 years ago
1. first of all, Bush is not a "poor guy", i think he deserves more than just some criticism
2. second, did you even read the comment right above yours?
konstantinshark 5 years ago
They did little or nothing to feed or help most of the people who had lost everything until 5 days after the event & even then, they did so little to help the residents. I wish it were mandatory for American citizens to see the Spike Lee Documentary on HBO thats about Katrina. It broke my heart & possibly if others saw it too, they'd have more empathy & a real sense of what took place. The TV news did not even begin to tell the story of what really happened.
lindsayfemme 5 years ago
Oh, those people weren't waiting for help. A lot of them had already been saved. The first priority was to save people. Those people were safe. The Nat'l Guard, and lots of other help, were searching houses in flooded areas to get remaining surviors out, not knowing if flooding would get worse.
helephant 5 years ago
I am a Caucasian woman in Los Angeles & I've been in shock & in mourning since Katrina because of the way our govt. treated the people in the 9th Ward & other parts of New Orleans.
lindsayfemme 5 years ago
There's your problem right there. You listen to rascist bastards like Spike Lee. Spike Lee wasn't there. Neither were you. Neither was the Louisiana Gov't. And, especially, neither was Nagin. Read this carefully. Get the whole picture without the help of left wing CNN pushing for government responsibility, just looking for something to bash Bush with. THINK FOR YOURSELF! Quit repeating what's been said on TV thousands of times before you.
helephant 5 years ago
Oh and crime was never higher. Did you ever hear the story of how a group of looters hid all there loot in an old store and put a fake bomb on it, to deter other looters from stealing it from them? Or how looters shot at helicopters? Of course not, we certainly couldn't pose there people in a bad light, even those things alone slowed down rescue procedures. Get the facts right.
helephant 5 years ago
Hey, I'm from St. Bernard parish which is predominatly white, and alot of people had already died and the parish was completly underwater while the media's biggest story was the fucking hole in the Superdome's roof. No one gave a shit about us untill after they started rescuing thoes people in New Orleans. Can you honestly fell sorry for them when they were shooting at the Blackhawk helicopters that were trying to rescue them from the Superdome. You are incredibly dumb.
berniemac04 5 years ago
sad commentary on the responsibilities of the US Government
macumberledge 5 years ago
There is simply no excuse for this. None.
sandycats99 5 years ago
THANK YOU
MRFUXNWADAVER 5 years ago
the people went on about what they lost... materially sense and yet they didnt say anything about how THEY got out... if they hadnt they wouldnt be complaining...
Japhia1 5 years ago
Actually, you are the idiot! States rights (Fought over in a little war called the Amereican Civil War) Gives the state power to declare disaster areas. The federal goverment isn't allowed to just com on in when it wants or needs to. It has to have permission by the State Goverment. Hence the Three letters to the governors of both states by Bush.
Last off, anyone who has to respond like that is a coward and obviously is worthless to this great nation of ours.
larryparker1026 5 years ago
Bush is a liar. Most Republican politicians support this liar. Why do so many Southerners support these Rebublican liars? Sometimes you get what you ask for.
tenfortyseven 5 years ago
The mayor of New Orleans and the govenor of Louisiana are both Democrats. They fucked up the most.
berniemac04 5 years ago
Do You hear Mississippi residents Whining and complaining No because they don't expect free handouts!
HVNAGDTIME 5 years ago
Are you stupid, or just blind and deaf? The only thing Mississippi residents are constantly complaining. The dumbest thing is that they mostly complain about how New Orleans is getting all the attention.
javalsu 5 years ago
The travesty of the situation is that the current administration has a comfort level in spending over $800 billion supporting an un-winnable war abroad while the constituency at home is still living in trailers 1 year later. It should not be an all or nothing proposition overseas, but rather a fiduciary commitment to the individuals supporting the war effort by relieving them of their burdens first.
Make a change this November and hold our leaders responsible.
nuworldman 5 years ago
one good reason why it flooded is because several years ago the mississippi river has had its path altered by man its natural levees were destroyed and replaced by rubbish man made ones. because of its alterated path the flooding was worst than it would have been. also why build yoyr houses on a natural river flood plane that close to the largets river in north America.
Unleashed1988 5 years ago
The levees that broke here had NOTHING to do with the river. All the river levees here held and are made of natural material.
piesaregood 5 years ago
Stay in London genius. The Mississippi river never really had a "natural levee." Before man made levees were built for the river, it use to overflow its banks and actually change it's own path. That is one reason that our soil is so rich. What were we supposed to do, not try and keep it from going where ever the hell it wanted to go? How were we supposed to live here?
berniemac04 5 years ago
And in responce to your question "also why build yoyr houses on a natural river flood plane that close to the largets river in north America." Because we love our city.
berniemac04 5 years ago
All this can be solved if the people who live in these areas go out and vote localy plane and simple.
vietfob86 5 years ago
Oh, Thank you very much! I wish you could have told us that and saved us all last year! Listen my poor victim of ignorance, We do vote here. Levee boards were all sepeate entities not under one organization. We have our former (dead and retired) politicians to thank for that. Get your facts straight before pointing fingers!
piesaregood 5 years ago
its an absolute disgrace that the bush administration has not done more and to see this a year afterwards is heartbreaking
jaydewalton 5 years ago
no one's seriously suggesting that the "hurricane was racist." the idea is ridiculous. but the federal government was obviously indifferent to helping the poor people in new orleans, who were overwhelmingly black.
highway234 5 years ago
wonderful thing this youtube. Can see world matters from local peoples perspective. Amazing and thanks!
cuban4cigar 5 years ago
terrible to see the how people can loose so much. I hope the future will be better for these folk
sneakyglock 5 years ago
i dont care how big new orleans is,but this would never happen in england.Our goverment care about its people, not how sombody else's country is being run.Gorge Bush has been your worst leader ever
chef82 5 years ago
It's actually not the president's duty to run to New Orleans after a hurricane has hit. It's the governer of the city's job to make decisions about what to do. Why did all the black people blame Bush but not say a THING about their black governer sitting on his ass doing NOTHING?! It's NOT the president's job to do those things. But Bush was nice enough to help out anyways.
corriec05 5 years ago
Idiot,
The governor of LA is a WHITE WOMAN.
Also, you misspelled "governor".
Likewise, there is no such word as "anyways".
AND oh yes, IT IS, in fact, the FEDERAL government's job to manage federally declared disaster areas. Do you know who is in charge of the federal government? Care to guess?
Last off, and believe me on this one jerkoff, if it had happen to you— to the house you live in and your f-ing parent's pay for, you'd be crying like a little bitch with a skinned knee.
havulosturfuckinmind 5 years ago
the lazy and sleezy democrats ran this city, and the state for so long that no money or plan was left in place for any disaster, dont blame bush you libturd. Even the cops there left with stolen cadillacs, you piece of shit libturd.
billsmithishere 5 years ago
I totally feel you. I was born and raised in st. Bernard Parish and we were destroyed too and its majority white so the racist issue made no sense to me.
pcampo 5 years ago
um elmerz yeah we are not wrecked u idiot and we are not the most corrupt backward state we are hardworkin decent ppl who got hit by a hurricane u know y dont we just flood ur city and see how well u handle it
rowbe009 5 years ago
hey u know for all those idiots who r sayin that we r stupid for livin in new orleans how come no body tells ppl in floriday that they r stupid for leavin there cse they get like 5 hurricanes a year and katrina was like a rare event.and its the governors fault she is a moron
rowbe009 5 years ago
Yes but isn't it interesting that on CNN and other media outlets... all they showed on tv was the blacks looting department stores of TVs and food and hauling away goods, and of course the rapes in the new orleans dome, they made the context seem like it was all blacks... he media has to take blame for this.
cybervoyager 5 years ago
Very powerful videos. I grew up in Lakeview, and my mom still lived there when Katrina came. She had water up to her second floor, and of course lost everything. I look forward to seeing the Lakeview segment.
agilityvet 5 years ago
Viewers would have to actually be there, since the total devistation in Orleans and Metairie is by land mass nine times the size of Manhatten Island and totally shocking to see. I live in Old Metairie, 20% of which also flooded. I had no water damage but over $100,000 in wind damage. Two of my cousins died, and four other cousins flooded. I have many friends who lost their homes in Orleans and Jefferson. News media have to stop trying to find fault, There are no quick answers.
70001 5 years ago
i heard it wasn't the hurricane that caused the flood, it was a suicide plumber. if you can,t laugh you'll cry. blame W
mckenna181 5 years ago
Also you idiots who wanted help there before it hit, dont you think all the things sent to help might of been destroyed in the storm also?
iamaretard 5 years ago
I agree, you are retarted. Let me inform you on something. While I was evacuating away from New Orleans, all I saw going towards the city were power trucks and cables trucks preparing for the disaster. That's why 3 weeks after the storm large parts of the city were already up and running.
javalsu 5 years ago
Why do people think that it was the presidents job to do anything for these people, its the local governments job to do these things, not the presidents. Also the percent of whites stated was because the media wants to spin it as only poor blacks died.
iamaretard 5 years ago
Several friends of mine lived in the Lakeview area and lost their homes in the flood. What I don't understand is why should the federal government spend tax dollars to rebuild parts of a city that is basically a fish bowl? LA should foot the bill for rebuilding the flooded areas. Thanks for the video tho I haven't been back since the storm came through and I was wondering what that area looked like now.
cinnamontwistt 5 years ago
Amazing just how bad things are still. The manmade disaster part of this was just as bad as the hurricane from my view point. I thought Anderson Cooper said it so well the other night in the closing of his 2 hour special on this disaster.
donshetterly 5 years ago
Its not that people dont WANT to move after a disaster, its just that, IMO, the federal government does NOT offer enough assistance, as Somedutchguy said...i believe that by doing this, the bush administration is putting major damage on their reputation, having been building tanks instead of helping the citizens there. its just RETARDED. also, most people really have no money TO move OR relocate, as after getting hit by a natrual disaster is incredibly hard.
noobling 5 years ago
there is no such thing as a racial hurricane
ddrlov3r4life 5 years ago
I dont understand why these people cant get their own affairs in order after a year. They need to get off their own butts and help themselves for a change. Your tax dollars would be better spent buying body armer for a soldier in Iraq, than liquor for all the "victims" in LA. 2000 dollar debit cards, what a joke. Every dime spent should be accounted for!
3mate1 5 years ago