please show some respect to all those who had to endure this horrible experience. this is a very sore spot for alot of us in the new orleans area. many of us lost friends either to death or relocation. it's been four years come aug. 29 th. please come and visit if want to see devistation. many parts of the city look as if the storm passed last week. help a stranger rebuild. it's the american way.
If you can belive it I live here in new orleans and we are STILL hurting here. When dose the pain from Hurricane KATRINA end? Theres still a lot of BS here from the GOV. I live thinking when is it going to happen again? Still NO wet land repairs .........it just a matter of time befor it happens again!!! God help us.
@EmbraceALLnations I dont think the Gov. owes ME a thing! I do belive the US Army Corps of Engineers needs to do a better job! It was levee walls that failed that THEY built that allowed this city to flood. GET THAT RIGHT!
@EmbraceALLnations I dont think the Gov. owes ME a thing! I do belive the US Army Corps of Engineers needs to do a better job! It was levee walls that failed that THEY built that allowed this city to flood. GET THAT RIGHT!
this is so sad for what happend in new orleans and big boy 45454545 ur a dumb head because what if u were in there would you like it if they were talking junk about you i sure wouldnt so why would u it is a sad thing that happend to those people the people who survived are lucky so much damge they had and ur sitting here talking junk about them and what would you do if u were in there place i bet u would be very misreable because millions of people in new orleans lost there home you didnt
i was in katrina....the newz said all must go not one person should be in the city when the storm blew over....i say it was scary...my daddy stayed behind when i leaft out wit my mom and saying goobbye was the hardest thing....not knowing if i would ever see him again....3months past no sign....then one night a man with an n.o.pd hat stood in the doorway...i knew god waz there every step of the way.
All those poor black people that died in hurricane Katrina!
At least they aren't a burden on society anymore.
I mean you're told to leave, and you can't because you're to poor or sick or a crackhead. The government is glad you're dead cause you're not collecting a check anymore.
They Should have went to The United Negro College?
How come there's no United Caucasian College?
I love how The Superdome was turned into a Ghetto, in just 3 days
i think this is a horrible example about how we live in such a divied nation. Our government didn't act quickly enough to save our own but as soon as something happens in another country our military is there in no time. What's gonna happen the next time something like this happens?? it's shouldn't cost innocent people's lives for us to get it together i think it's horrible the way they just "ignored" the fact people were trapped there helpless with noting. :( thank you for posting this.
we did this to ourselves. we are getting dumbed down and the government is taking advantage of it. If we just sit around and complain nothing is ever going to get done. They just want us to sit and complain and put the blame on someone else when we have lost the sense of what our founding fathers wanted for us. The Government has proven itself untrustworthy since 1913 and we havent done anything about it. Shame on "We the People"
i was there staying in the ramada inn on bourbon st.i had my folks with me.the horror and helplessness of those 4 days still haunt me.the images,the suffering,watching my stepdad dying because of lack of medication,i was so desperate to get them out i contemplated attacking an idiot police officer who returned to the inn on bourbon st for personal belongings.after 3 days i managed to get my family out on the back of a pick up truck to baton rouge.i love the usa but it failed its own.unforgivable
Why were you staying in a place that was under madatory evacuation? The excuse most use is that they were poor and couldn't leave, but you were in a hotel. Why? Were you not aware that an evacuation had been ordered and the worst disaster in history was being prepared for? They had been warning us about it for days.
bush is such an asshole ,where the hell was he when this happend,you wanna go invade a country and you cant even help your own what a dick head!!!!!OBAMA 4 O8
my grandpa wanted to stay he said he was raised in this house and he'll die with this house . luckly we where able to talk him into leaving . the house roof was torn off and the whole area had flooded the floor sunk in and the house fell apart . my uncle however did stay with his cat . rescuers came and got him and said that he couldnt take the cat . but he got is cat back threw the spca. but katrina was a true killer .
they lost homes ..people were dying of sickness and starvation . they had no food . no water . people where being murdered and raped . but me and my family are amoung the lucky few . we evacuated 2 indiana .
i wish the people with the power would have to go through what we went through how would bush make it with water or food days in 100 plus temps we are a stronge people new orleans!!!!!!!!!!!!! we will rise better off from this horror we will make a better place for our children remember our fore fathers black and white alike we have what it takes i love new orleans we will rise again better that before and thank you to all who have helped us
i've never seen these clips, my aunt's house had no cable. it's like living through it all over again seeing the news clips cause they're so fresh to me.
I think we can do without the music. The silence would be much better and say alot more. Oh by the way....I'm from New Orleans and am a survivor of all this.
Watching all of the coverage on TV during this time made me so angry to see my people standing on rooftops begging for help in the land of the free. They rush to other countries to help when the Tsumi came but we can't couldn't help one of our states. God bless all of the states, and people's lives that Hurricane Katrina fucked up!!!
when black people see things like this they should automatically get the urge to step up their game. education, cultural awareness- african cultural awareness, they should stop spending money on worthless items i.e weave, relaxers, rims, jewellry, video games etc. They should start buildin things and ownin things. coz to be honest, to turn around and beg those white ppl hu they despised pre hurrican katrina for help was pathetic.
i had a row with a bloke who liv3ed by the river and he was carping on about the floods and that the flood defences weren't good enough, I was going to argure that money could be spent on better things but I changed my mind and chinned the twat good and proper
Beautiful video, but it made me SO ANGRY all over again. I'm a native New Orleanian and I would like to offer a challenge to all of you out there watching this video, moved by it, angry about it. I suspect that everybody who wasn't already registered to vote has done so by now, but if you still haven't... PLEASE find out what you need to do, and get it done. Make it your business to get involved and start voting against pr*cks like Bush and Cheney. Filthy, corrupt and soulless bastards.
This was very sad. I remember how sad and angry me and a lot of Houstonians felt after waiting and watching the situation get worse and noone would go get them. We wanted them to come but didnt know how to get them here without the Governments help. I still cry when I see these images of Katrina. I just want to acknowledge and commend all of our neighbors from New Orleans that came to Houston and started their lives over again. God bless you all!
Thanks for that. Katrina made all our lives hell in so many ways. Fuck republicans. If we'd had a Democrat in office, this wouldn't have happened. Id rather have a guy who got is dick sucked run our country than a man who fucks all of us in the ass.
l cant stop crying when i see this my heart is hurting love you all wish l had money to help you all. one day l ll get down thier be for l die l live in canda and yes am white and l cant stand BUSH FOR THIS.
Bush is a total screw up, at the APEC summit is Australia he called it OPEC, which stands for Organisation of Petroleum Export countries (somthing on his mind??) and sounded STUPID in all his speeches with long pauses and a confused and bewildered blubbering noise came from his mouth. After Katrina and Iraq i cant believe he still gets voted in? Its amazing. Hopefully your next election is rigged like the last!
I was forced to go to the convention center at gunpoint by the NOPD. I agree that Kanye was right, but in the midst of the whole horrofic situation it didn't matter what the color of your skin was. We all worked together to try and survive. Let's just make sure it nothing like it ever happens again. We can't trust the government, it's just us.
wow, i can't begin to imagine what you all went through. i just feel that noone cared, or it wouldn't have taken so long to get help to everyone in need. i still cry when i hear the stories being told. my prayers go out to you all. god bless
I live two blocks from the beach, and I can admit, it was just TOO INSANE to even know what was going on. I feel so bad for anyone who did not receive help. But a lot of it had to do with people choosing to live in dangerous areas and not taking any precautions. When you live here, in BILOXI MS, you need t always have a 50 gallon drum of gas as well as generatrs and lots of stock food.
I am a medical intern (now a surgical resident) who was stranded in Charity Hospital over the term of Katrina. I'll tell ya, the suffering of the patients was unbelivable.
I'm sorry Id have to disagree that fucker bush didn't do any thing to help those people. I was a part that fucking disaster I had to watch those people die in front of me. I even lost my family in that fucking hurricane. ehnab you need to shut the fuck up. I like to see what happens to Bush if a natural disaster hits his dumb ass unexpectedly. That asshole president of ours doesn't know how to run a country. Hes a fuck up!!
AMEN PEOPLE dont let the world forget what REALLY happened down here. If it werent for non-governmental relief agencies, there would have been NO RELIEF! OR MAYBE WAY TOO LITTLE WAY TOO LATE.But you cant really expect some rich ass, blind-to-the-facts ASSHOLE from Nebraska to know jack about the reality of what really happened down here!
It has been 2 years since Katrina, yet only 50% of the businesses have returned. There is no reliable mass transit and if you go 4 blocks from Bourbon Street there still are no street signs! When the news media told us that the people in the SuperDome had been evacuated, I witnessed a video report that showed thousands left behind...the oldest, sickest and poorest couldn't leave..yet they were labeled as looters! There is so much more to this story that is NOT being told on National news!
You should be ashamed of yourself in showing or creating this video this shit is all fucked up u dont have any idea how much people died and loved one still missing in the wake of hurricane katrina ur still wrong on what u created or shown. v_v
The truth isn't wrong. As a New Orleanian, I can only wish that more people would create videos like this because the whole country has forgotten or decided to neglect what's going on down here and if it keeps getting ignored, another hurricane will eventually come through and wipe out those that did manage to survive Katrina
much blame should be put on the mayor/governor of New Orleans for their suffering. they knew, pretty much, what might happen. Waveland, MS was pretty much wiped out, and they handled it well. all things considered. but it would have been much worse if the churches and volunteers from all over the U.S. would not have come. they saved the day. Military was there ASAP too!!
Yeah, they sent in the military but they refused to send in food and water. How is that excusable? Imagine sitting in the sun without having had water or food for days and you see a bunch of soldiers pointing their guns at you while they drink and eat. Tell me how that's excusable. I'd love to hear that cockamamie explanation!
I wish people would stop believing in this HOAX. It did NOT happen. People trying to get something for nothing.
<<fuck you. you know nothing. i was there and had to watch the whole thing and i was only 12 when this happened. i watched elderly people die, murders, childern be born, children die, and my house becoming nothing but a cement slab. you know abosolutly nothing. i watched it all.
I agree with this child who lived through this horrific devastation. The news media has never told the "truth" about what was going on there and is still not telling the truth. For example, when the TV news reported that everyone had been evacuated from the SuperDome, there were thousands of people left behind. The people who couldn't get out were the sick, the elderly, and poor.
I laugh when I see that segment of Kanye West making an ass out of himself... I wanna ask him how many M.R.E.'s did he have to eat, how many days without a shower, without running water... that guy disgusts me!
I do thank the men and women of the USS IWO JIMA, NYPD/FDNY, Chicago and Boston PD, the 10 states that sent National Guard Troops, members of the 82nd Airborne and to my beloved 41st Brigade (Oregon)
M.R.E.'s? The majority of these people didn't even have ANY sort of food or water. Thank God for the people on the outside who dared to speak up when the government betrayed its citizens. And as a matter of fact, it was the Coast Guard that did the majority of the initial rescues. Nobody was on the scene before them and nobody performed more nobly.
too bad that idiot mayor of your's, nagin, didn't see fit to do anything to help you. i'll bet that he and his family didn't go hungry. oh, but you guys re-elected him. doesn't make sense to me.
Oh god it was terrible. The children who were inside the superdome. some of them were raped, peole were murdered. My family were on their way and got stuck on the bridge literally for 2 days and then when one showed up at my door in Kentucky alive, all I could do was cry. Bush did a Press Conference and chose the cleanest looking place and said everything was fine. He lied.
im only 2mins, n 12 secs of you song & i can tell you that I love how you use your words.Only some1 wtih depth can see that.The sad part is that there are going to be more devistation to write about.we live in a shitstem not a system, as you've shown use...as spard
you guys shouild not say mother nature is doing bad we are polluting every day and that is bad becuse of use this is happening dont blam the world blam ur slef
gphjr14, with a thirty-something foot surge, maybe we should abandon the whole Atlantic seaboard! The Dutch should move to Germany. Your'e a genius that lives where?
in the mountains of north carolina. theres a difference between live near the cost and living near the coast with everything below sea level. not to mention mostly lower class people were living that close to the levies.
gphir14, fist thing I'll say to you is mudslide/tornado. You should move. Secondly, New York City is at sea-level or slightly above, along with Miami, Baltimore, etc.. New Orleans is only partly below sealevel and many parts are at or above. Nearly all of the Netherlands are below sealevel. When you have a thirty-eight foot surge of water physical relief ceases to be an issue. That is the point so many people miss. Mississippi is above sea level. It was flattened.
Also, There was more than one levee. If you are talking about the "lower class" people that lived near the ninth-ward, then let me tell you something. They were mostly second and third-generation homeowners who paid taxes. It it a mitigating factor that they were not very wealthy? I guess the same would hold true for mountian people up there if they died from a mudslide. Tar paper shack falls down a hill. No big deal? I believe it is, because all humans deserve compassion.
One other thing, not all the people were as I thing you would qualify as "low-class". The 17th street canal burst also, because of poor design. The water annhilated a rich "high class" area with same indifferent zeal that befell the ninth-ward. Bottom line is New Orleans is ancient, it is beautiful, and it is home. If The Dutch can protect Amsterdam, then by God my tax dollars should protect me.
PSMeagher, this is an excellent slide show & esp the clips with Geraldo in them. I notice this video doesn't seem to attract the white racist comments & bigotry that BlackLantern's video does. Maybe cause the music is really different, I don't know. Thanks for the TruthTelling, we can't afford to get jaded over the sufferings of others, esp in times of natural disaster.
ok this was a great video but to redbishop93 you have no idea what your talking about its not just NO that got it all around there got hit and yes thousands died no just in NO but in mississippi as well and all the cities near the gulf coast why dont you know what your talking about before you speak negative and lots of people sufferd all around america i was a victim i lived by NO in chalmette which got i worse than NO so dont you dare come off like you did get your fact straight asshole
thousands didn't die, approx. 1300 died. Millions didn't suffer as the New Orleans Metropolitan area only had only 1.3 million in it. Someone has a political ax to grind. New Orleaneans, of which I am one, have only themselves to blame.
To redbishop93 - Thanks for watching and commenting on the vid. I hope you'll accept the spirit of the montage, and not the letter of the law on the figures. As for those who suffered, I certainly wasn't limiting that to New Orleans. I live in Seattle and have spent some time suffering watching what happened. It doesn't compare to the suffering of direct victims, but suffering none-the-less. This hurt our entire country-- it sucked.
whatever it was HORRIBLE & NO ONE should have suffered this is the USA!! I understand disaster but w/ someone like George "Heartless" Bush in charge...why the HELL weren't the troops sent SOONER!?!
For too many americans Hurricane Katrina was a terrible disaster that happened 20 mounths ago. For us here in New Orleans it's today it's everyday! We are living it. Everyday is a challenge to function and stay sane. We are rebuilding and suffering the pain of tired eching bodys and minds, but we are REBUILDING!!! Come on down and party at the Mardi Gras or Jazz Fest or what ever and learn why we love it here so much.
Chrome6stringer.... BOOO HOOO HOOO. You arent alone (from n.o.). Dont criticize your president unless you have your facts straight. Our politicians in Louisiana are stealing whatever they can that private sources have donated. George Bush is an honorable man and he has helped most of us as well as the Federal goverment can.
This is America. That means you don't get to decide when we can exercise our First Amendment rights. Evidently, you have never witnessed the government actually performing up to its potential. George Bush hasn't helped me one bit. Ne'er a dime in my pocket came from George "Dumbya" Bush. However, because it's America, you're welcome to keep on being his bootlicker no matter how idiotic it makes you look.
bintalshamsa: i think that you are the one that looks idiotic. if you live in louisiana, then surely you know how corrupt your local and state govt is. bush can write you a check today and you
'll never see a penny of it, cause one of your politicians will line his pocket with it.
i am guessing by your apathetic tone that you haven't considered coming down to see for yourself. i am a hard working, proud american from a military family that makes no less contribution to american society than does any other average american. i say that new orleans and the gulf coast have not only been neglected,but figuratively raped for nearly two years WE don't want to leave,WE want results.
The thing is, we live in America and we have soldiers dying everyday for others when we can't even help are own kind. Its people like you and Bush that make this America look so bad.
George Bush doesn't care about New Orleans or the Gulf Coast Region. He's from Texas, and in Texas it's every man for himself. Give us the money that he is pumping into Iraq....Let us rebuild our City and our Gulf Coast. ----from someone still Homeless 18 mos. later.
Aside from the Bill character PSA, the remaining of the montage was great! It really captured a lot about this horrible event. I don't think I ever remember a time seeing reporters and people like the mayor of New Orleans be so honest with their emotions while reporting a story/event. The mayor was Very expressive - and so were many of the reporters that I noticed around that time...
Thanks for your comments. As far as I know, the PSA was real and ran in the New Orleans area a few years prior to Hurricane Katrina. As I searched for images to use in the montage, I thought the PSA captured the sentiment of apathy or taking this pending disaster lightly that led to much of the suffering. Including it here was certainly not an attempt to poke fun, but to contrast the mindsets people had before and after this tragedy.
This is a powerful, powerful video. I am a square who does not like, "this kind" of music, but this SONG was so powerful. Thank you for creating this.
I was New Orleans the day after the Hurricane w/ the USCG Aux. as a vol. and stayed until Huuricane Rita came and we fled to Beaumont,TX. where we and 25 other guys rode out that Huuricane. Then spent the next 5 mounths there helping people from both hurricanes. I have a wife and 4 four kids that a left in FL. for those 6 mths. I will not hold my head in shame when my grand kids ask me what I did to help I will cry and tell them all the good I and 800 USCG Aux. Volunteers did to help
You are a REAL hero - unlike our so-called government officials - it is those that are on the "front lines" that are the real heroes - people like you (and me).
I feel sorry for the poor people in this country period. There were a lot of poor white and black people both who got done wrong by a slow response. The problem is partially racism which very much sadly exists today but the bigger problem is being poor in this country. People dont seem to care about the poor people of this great nation. Well i would rather have love for my fellow man than all of Bill Gates money.a tear falls
You got that shit right. I went through Ivan and we are still with blue tarp roofs " some " of us. Also , our neighbors during Hurricane Katrina suffered bad as well. The government thinks they've done enough just by advertising we all need help. SAD!
So rjksoccer06 , you're saying only black people recognize that this is the most racist country in the world? That's pretty sad. I wouldn't showcase my ignorance if I were you, unless of course you're proud of it...
speak for yourself. filled92 is probably black. and even if he isn't, you can assume that he was born in 1992. because of the 92' after his name so he's just a younger teenager. who clearly is uneducated on the subject and just decided to vent on a katrina video.
America is the most racist country out there!! Nobody can deny that!! the only reason they didn't respond was cause majority of the victims were african-american!
1 thing you may not be aware of,when HK took place, Louis. was taken care of, but well over half of them came to Tx and freeloaded. The money given to them, they bought designer purses and sat on their *** for months doing nothing but collecting, maybe Bush didn't respond like a president should - and yes, Bush probably would have responded if disaster hit a rich community & predominantly white but a lot of America did do something, they actually did a lot but were taken advantage of.
To littlemsstaci, Thank you for watching my video. I fear you are using "them" and "they" in a very dangerous way. I'm sure there were refugees who took advantage of the situation, but I'm more sure there were thousands who didn't. You make a very irresponsible statement.
america isn't racist. george bush is racist. you obviously don't take in to account the thousands. possibly millions of people who are not african american who gave money. and things to help out the victims of hurricane katrina. Think before you speak.
omg, that's irony for you. I just love the work you put into this. you truly are a talent. this is sooooo very sad that people knew about all of this, and nobody cared enough to put some sort of plan into action ahead of time. :(
I lived it, I am still living, it and I have to say thank you. To hear your wife cry in the bathroom of a FEMA trailer and not have an answer, to hear your 6 year old's question, "When will it be over?" and not have an answer, this video will make others feel as we do every second of our life. Our goverment has forgotten us and our insurance has screwed us. Thank you for remembering we are here and not forgetting we are still fighting for a new chance.
1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
i am so sorry for u and your family! our government has forgotten lots of things since bush came to office. i hope life is better for u now,and god bless u all!
its so fuckin sad. the thing was with some of those pictures you can see black and white people helping eachother out of the water. its just sad it takes something like this to bring us together. just like with 9/11 everyone was always saying "together we stand, devided we fall" but not too long after everyone went back to their old ways and forgot who we really are when things get rough
That was true then but now it seems this has become a strictly black tragedy in the eyes of the media and local
citizens. Many were affected, many white, asian, and spanish Amercians lost everything but very little is heard of their plight. The blacks of New Orleans are now saying the white people blew up the levees on purpose to flood them out of the city. In these times this has got to stop. Thank you for an unbiased look at Katrina.
Not only did this video say it all, but so did you. I'm white and live in Ga, but my family is from Slidell La and 3 of them lost everything they owned.
this video says it all!!! I hope nothing happens this year!!! I pray to God!!! these people are still in need and our Dam goverment is sticking all the money in Iraq!! we've got problems here in our homeland!!
This video makes me hate George Bush even more than possible. Just when I feel that I can't hate him anymore, I see a video of people in need and suffering while he's living a lush life in Texas and in Washington.
What Kayne West said was the truth and some just can't handle the truth. And the irony of this is that we're nearing the One Year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina too.
This video transcends the catastrophy of Katrina. This video speaks so much. Thank you. Poignant, gut-wrenching, shame inducing. The music is perfect!
KATRINA WAS 1 HELL OF A BITCH
ervin920 1 year ago
please show some respect to all those who had to endure this horrible experience. this is a very sore spot for alot of us in the new orleans area. many of us lost friends either to death or relocation. it's been four years come aug. 29 th. please come and visit if want to see devistation. many parts of the city look as if the storm passed last week. help a stranger rebuild. it's the american way.
ruffrider102002 2 years ago 3
Death Cab For Cutie says it best. I love this Video.
FarmerChords23 2 years ago
nice video.i live new orlens.
mywebkinzduck 2 years ago
SLIDELL louisiana here right next to new orleans
klmsaklmsa 2 years ago
If you can belive it I live here in new orleans and we are STILL hurting here. When dose the pain from Hurricane KATRINA end? Theres still a lot of BS here from the GOV. I live thinking when is it going to happen again? Still NO wet land repairs .........it just a matter of time befor it happens again!!! God help us.
elaineacummins 2 years ago
@elaineacummins So get out...!!!! The government doesn't owe you shit.
EmbraceALLnations 1 year ago
@EmbraceALLnations I dont think the Gov. owes ME a thing! I do belive the US Army Corps of Engineers needs to do a better job! It was levee walls that failed that THEY built that allowed this city to flood. GET THAT RIGHT!
elaineacummins 1 year ago
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@EmbraceALLnations I dont think the Gov. owes ME a thing! I do belive the US Army Corps of Engineers needs to do a better job! It was levee walls that failed that THEY built that allowed this city to flood. GET THAT RIGHT!
elaineacummins 1 year ago
Cudos to that one reporter "That is all the perspective you need."
"Fuck you Cheney." was also another favourite moment for me. My heart goes out to all the people that suffered from Katrina.
Existantia 3 years ago 3
this is so sad for what happend in new orleans and big boy 45454545 ur a dumb head because what if u were in there would you like it if they were talking junk about you i sure wouldnt so why would u it is a sad thing that happend to those people the people who survived are lucky so much damge they had and ur sitting here talking junk about them and what would you do if u were in there place i bet u would be very misreable because millions of people in new orleans lost there home you didnt
UTUBEHOTTIE109 3 years ago
i was in katrina....the newz said all must go not one person should be in the city when the storm blew over....i say it was scary...my daddy stayed behind when i leaft out wit my mom and saying goobbye was the hardest thing....not knowing if i would ever see him again....3months past no sign....then one night a man with an n.o.pd hat stood in the doorway...i knew god waz there every step of the way.
mrzblackshire 3 years ago
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All those poor black people that died in hurricane Katrina!
At least they aren't a burden on society anymore.
I mean you're told to leave, and you can't because you're to poor or sick or a crackhead. The government is glad you're dead cause you're not collecting a check anymore.
They Should have went to The United Negro College?
How come there's no United Caucasian College?
I love how The Superdome was turned into a Ghetto, in just 3 days
bigboy45454545 3 years ago
What does that have to do with the video? Your an idiot....
DeathmenRa 3 years ago
*cough* that last comment was for aegraehbe.
DeathmenRa 3 years ago
and the most loved is Canada.
bortlett420 3 years ago
I can only say my heart goes out to everyone that had to endure this situation.
bbgirl2575 3 years ago
the puppet was stupid! this is serious
puppylove104 3 years ago
I agree. Geoge.W.Bush only makes wars in the world. We must stop this and live a better United States. End of anarchy Bush.
Bubafeed 3 years ago 9
i think this is a horrible example about how we live in such a divied nation. Our government didn't act quickly enough to save our own but as soon as something happens in another country our military is there in no time. What's gonna happen the next time something like this happens?? it's shouldn't cost innocent people's lives for us to get it together i think it's horrible the way they just "ignored" the fact people were trapped there helpless with noting. :( thank you for posting this.
Ilovebrandonboyd22 3 years ago 3
we did this to ourselves. we are getting dumbed down and the government is taking advantage of it. If we just sit around and complain nothing is ever going to get done. They just want us to sit and complain and put the blame on someone else when we have lost the sense of what our founding fathers wanted for us. The Government has proven itself untrustworthy since 1913 and we havent done anything about it. Shame on "We the People"
jessmae007 3 years ago
i was there staying in the ramada inn on bourbon st.i had my folks with me.the horror and helplessness of those 4 days still haunt me.the images,the suffering,watching my stepdad dying because of lack of medication,i was so desperate to get them out i contemplated attacking an idiot police officer who returned to the inn on bourbon st for personal belongings.after 3 days i managed to get my family out on the back of a pick up truck to baton rouge.i love the usa but it failed its own.unforgivable
ricey66 3 years ago 5
Why were you staying in a place that was under madatory evacuation? The excuse most use is that they were poor and couldn't leave, but you were in a hotel. Why? Were you not aware that an evacuation had been ordered and the worst disaster in history was being prepared for? They had been warning us about it for days.
mamacornettesmoney 3 years ago
Please read my post up above Ricey.
jessmae007 3 years ago
bush is such an asshole ,where the hell was he when this happend,you wanna go invade a country and you cant even help your own what a dick head!!!!!OBAMA 4 O8
timezone25 3 years ago
the U.S. needs to see this video. they think that everything is fixed. ITS NOT.
phatchase 3 years ago 2
Hold on was the okay? George W. Bush is a fucking dip shit also. Everyone in Australia thinks so. Sorry New Orleans.
natass690 3 years ago 3
my grandpa wanted to stay he said he was raised in this house and he'll die with this house . luckly we where able to talk him into leaving . the house roof was torn off and the whole area had flooded the floor sunk in and the house fell apart . my uncle however did stay with his cat . rescuers came and got him and said that he couldnt take the cat . but he got is cat back threw the spca. but katrina was a true killer .
torixhorror 3 years ago 3
i lived in new orleans
before and after katrina .
they lost homes ..people were dying of sickness and starvation . they had no food . no water . people where being murdered and raped . but me and my family are amoung the lucky few . we evacuated 2 indiana .
torixhorror 3 years ago 4
some of you have very ignorant comments, and you will more than likely roast in hell.
vivecarocks 3 years ago
Man. Hey i think you would like my hurricane katrina video on my youtube homepage. Thank i hope you watch it.
Billyomama 3 years ago
die slow mr.bush real talk
jonesbunny 3 years ago
if this happend in texas he'd bring soldiers from Iraq back to the U.S. to save a bunch of upper middle class white families...fuck this system
go2class 3 years ago 3
Fuck George W. Bush
cooterb504 3 years ago 2
i wish the people with the power would have to go through what we went through how would bush make it with water or food days in 100 plus temps we are a stronge people new orleans!!!!!!!!!!!!! we will rise better off from this horror we will make a better place for our children remember our fore fathers black and white alike we have what it takes i love new orleans we will rise again better that before and thank you to all who have helped us
joafhf 4 years ago
...And two years later, the Gulf Coast is still in ruins.
Commonscribe 4 years ago
i've never seen these clips, my aunt's house had no cable. it's like living through it all over again seeing the news clips cause they're so fresh to me.
outlaw4824 4 years ago
I think we can do without the music. The silence would be much better and say alot more. Oh by the way....I'm from New Orleans and am a survivor of all this.
woofbearjr 4 years ago
Watching all of the coverage on TV during this time made me so angry to see my people standing on rooftops begging for help in the land of the free. They rush to other countries to help when the Tsumi came but we can't couldn't help one of our states. God bless all of the states, and people's lives that Hurricane Katrina fucked up!!!
armishia 4 years ago
when black people see things like this they should automatically get the urge to step up their game. education, cultural awareness- african cultural awareness, they should stop spending money on worthless items i.e weave, relaxers, rims, jewellry, video games etc. They should start buildin things and ownin things. coz to be honest, to turn around and beg those white ppl hu they despised pre hurrican katrina for help was pathetic.
yupin3 4 years ago
That is a good idea. P-diddy should lead the charge. But he won't and neither will anyone other black man. They don't lead very well.
cosmo1pug 4 years ago 3
i had a row with a bloke who liv3ed by the river and he was carping on about the floods and that the flood defences weren't good enough, I was going to argure that money could be spent on better things but I changed my mind and chinned the twat good and proper
jaseharris2112 4 years ago
Heckuva job Brownie.
uk311420 4 years ago
Whats the name of this song???
Nicoleiia 4 years ago
Hello,
The song is "Transatlanticism" by Death Cab for Cutie
psmeagher 4 years ago
Thank you so much..
Nicoleiia 4 years ago
Beautiful video, but it made me SO ANGRY all over again. I'm a native New Orleanian and I would like to offer a challenge to all of you out there watching this video, moved by it, angry about it. I suspect that everybody who wasn't already registered to vote has done so by now, but if you still haven't... PLEASE find out what you need to do, and get it done. Make it your business to get involved and start voting against pr*cks like Bush and Cheney. Filthy, corrupt and soulless bastards.
invisivale 4 years ago
FUCK THIS GOVERNMENT BEAUTIFUL VIDEO
tylersucks 4 years ago 2
This was very sad. I remember how sad and angry me and a lot of Houstonians felt after waiting and watching the situation get worse and noone would go get them. We wanted them to come but didnt know how to get them here without the Governments help. I still cry when I see these images of Katrina. I just want to acknowledge and commend all of our neighbors from New Orleans that came to Houston and started their lives over again. God bless you all!
clatkns 4 years ago
Thanks for that. Katrina made all our lives hell in so many ways. Fuck republicans. If we'd had a Democrat in office, this wouldn't have happened. Id rather have a guy who got is dick sucked run our country than a man who fucks all of us in the ass.
THISISDUMB30 4 years ago
l cant stop crying when i see this my heart is hurting love you all wish l had money to help you all. one day l ll get down thier be for l die l live in canda and yes am white and l cant stand BUSH FOR THIS.
peeweejean 4 years ago
Bush is a total screw up, at the APEC summit is Australia he called it OPEC, which stands for Organisation of Petroleum Export countries (somthing on his mind??) and sounded STUPID in all his speeches with long pauses and a confused and bewildered blubbering noise came from his mouth. After Katrina and Iraq i cant believe he still gets voted in? Its amazing. Hopefully your next election is rigged like the last!
peacebindi 4 years ago
amazing photos.....bring tears to your eyes. 6 days and no help....unbelievable! kanye said it best!
delliedel01 4 years ago
I was forced to go to the convention center at gunpoint by the NOPD. I agree that Kanye was right, but in the midst of the whole horrofic situation it didn't matter what the color of your skin was. We all worked together to try and survive. Let's just make sure it nothing like it ever happens again. We can't trust the government, it's just us.
vizion23 4 years ago
wow, i can't begin to imagine what you all went through. i just feel that noone cared, or it wouldn't have taken so long to get help to everyone in need. i still cry when i hear the stories being told. my prayers go out to you all. god bless
dtall321 4 years ago
"Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney...Go fuck yourself"
NewJeru973 4 years ago
YES GOOD FOR YOU FU TO BUSH.
peeweejean 4 years ago
so sad,,,,,,
marco555SA 4 years ago
I live two blocks from the beach, and I can admit, it was just TOO INSANE to even know what was going on. I feel so bad for anyone who did not receive help. But a lot of it had to do with people choosing to live in dangerous areas and not taking any precautions. When you live here, in BILOXI MS, you need t always have a 50 gallon drum of gas as well as generatrs and lots of stock food.
BoxOfHope 4 years ago
I am a medical intern (now a surgical resident) who was stranded in Charity Hospital over the term of Katrina. I'll tell ya, the suffering of the patients was unbelivable.
brewdog11 4 years ago
Bush is the best president ever to lead this country.
ehnab 4 years ago
I'm sorry Id have to disagree that fucker bush didn't do any thing to help those people. I was a part that fucking disaster I had to watch those people die in front of me. I even lost my family in that fucking hurricane. ehnab you need to shut the fuck up. I like to see what happens to Bush if a natural disaster hits his dumb ass unexpectedly. That asshole president of ours doesn't know how to run a country. Hes a fuck up!!
IbyFloppy 4 years ago
yes
ehnab 4 years ago
brings tears to your eyes. incredible how that asshole in the Fox studio asking for "perspective" about the situation.
logmatic 4 years ago
AMEN PEOPLE dont let the world forget what REALLY happened down here. If it werent for non-governmental relief agencies, there would have been NO RELIEF! OR MAYBE WAY TOO LITTLE WAY TOO LATE.But you cant really expect some rich ass, blind-to-the-facts ASSHOLE from Nebraska to know jack about the reality of what really happened down here!
RhettaDaddy 4 years ago
Hard to believe it's been two years. Please view searchword wilbur jr-thanks.
wilburjr 4 years ago
It has been 2 years since Katrina, yet only 50% of the businesses have returned. There is no reliable mass transit and if you go 4 blocks from Bourbon Street there still are no street signs! When the news media told us that the people in the SuperDome had been evacuated, I witnessed a video report that showed thousands left behind...the oldest, sickest and poorest couldn't leave..yet they were labeled as looters! There is so much more to this story that is NOT being told on National news!
whytelightJ 4 years ago 2
You should be ashamed of yourself in showing or creating this video this shit is all fucked up u dont have any idea how much people died and loved one still missing in the wake of hurricane katrina ur still wrong on what u created or shown. v_v
Commuter8 4 years ago
The truth isn't wrong. As a New Orleanian, I can only wish that more people would create videos like this because the whole country has forgotten or decided to neglect what's going on down here and if it keeps getting ignored, another hurricane will eventually come through and wipe out those that did manage to survive Katrina
bintalshamsa 4 years ago
Excellent demonstration of the neglect that has happened to the poor, the elderly and sick who were unable to get out before the flood!
whytelightJ 4 years ago
much blame should be put on the mayor/governor of New Orleans for their suffering. they knew, pretty much, what might happen. Waveland, MS was pretty much wiped out, and they handled it well. all things considered. but it would have been much worse if the churches and volunteers from all over the U.S. would not have come. they saved the day. Military was there ASAP too!!
pattybsl 4 years ago
Yeah, they sent in the military but they refused to send in food and water. How is that excusable? Imagine sitting in the sun without having had water or food for days and you see a bunch of soldiers pointing their guns at you while they drink and eat. Tell me how that's excusable. I'd love to hear that cockamamie explanation!
bintalshamsa 4 years ago
Fuck Bush.
Morphine1988 4 years ago 3
WAYOVERDUE2007 (3 weeks ago) Marked as spam
I wish people would stop believing in this HOAX. It did NOT happen. People trying to get something for nothing.
<<fuck you. you know nothing. i was there and had to watch the whole thing and i was only 12 when this happened. i watched elderly people die, murders, childern be born, children die, and my house becoming nothing but a cement slab. you know abosolutly nothing. i watched it all.
FlipFlop1921 4 years ago
I agree with this child who lived through this horrific devastation. The news media has never told the "truth" about what was going on there and is still not telling the truth. For example, when the TV news reported that everyone had been evacuated from the SuperDome, there were thousands of people left behind. The people who couldn't get out were the sick, the elderly, and poor.
whytelightJ 4 years ago
Thank you I was there as well......FUCK YOU!!
mysticdragon 4 years ago
I laugh when I see that segment of Kanye West making an ass out of himself... I wanna ask him how many M.R.E.'s did he have to eat, how many days without a shower, without running water... that guy disgusts me!
I do thank the men and women of the USS IWO JIMA, NYPD/FDNY, Chicago and Boston PD, the 10 states that sent National Guard Troops, members of the 82nd Airborne and to my beloved 41st Brigade (Oregon)
DocMager 4 years ago
M.R.E.'s? The majority of these people didn't even have ANY sort of food or water. Thank God for the people on the outside who dared to speak up when the government betrayed its citizens. And as a matter of fact, it was the Coast Guard that did the majority of the initial rescues. Nobody was on the scene before them and nobody performed more nobly.
bintalshamsa 4 years ago
too bad that idiot mayor of your's, nagin, didn't see fit to do anything to help you. i'll bet that he and his family didn't go hungry. oh, but you guys re-elected him. doesn't make sense to me.
jade0425 4 years ago 3
DATS SUM FUCKED UP SHT DAWG
Lavonta 4 years ago
im from canada i never knew it was that bad
MonsterSandwich99 4 years ago
Oh god it was terrible. The children who were inside the superdome. some of them were raped, peole were murdered. My family were on their way and got stuck on the bridge literally for 2 days and then when one showed up at my door in Kentucky alive, all I could do was cry. Bush did a Press Conference and chose the cleanest looking place and said everything was fine. He lied.
THISISDUMB30 4 years ago 2
^.^
bowser962 4 years ago
Thanks for a beautiful, moving tribute.
lvfox3 4 years ago
did another hurrican come a couple days later
thunderstormabbi 4 years ago
im only 2mins, n 12 secs of you song & i can tell you that I love how you use your words.Only some1 wtih depth can see that.The sad part is that there are going to be more devistation to write about.we live in a shitstem not a system, as you've shown use...as spard
litedatah 4 years ago
I wish people would stop believing in this HOAX. It did NOT happen. People trying to get something for nothing.
WAYOVERDUE2007 4 years ago
WTF is wrong with you
504malanchi08 3 years ago
this pisses my right the fuck off when i here who the gov lock people in the supper dome with out help!and we should blame bush!
kiba2009 4 years ago
you guys shouild not say mother nature is doing bad we are polluting every day and that is bad becuse of use this is happening dont blam the world blam ur slef
crazymonkey879 4 years ago
hell yea blame bush our city is so corrupt but i love new orleans
NOLAgrandAM 4 years ago
ummmm...wow ...dat was ....???
00810061 4 years ago
love the video, wish someone would do one like this for us, the surviors of Hurricane Rita, or the forgotten hurricane as they call it
tgergrlz 4 years ago
I was outside when that happen I had to run in side fast I saw it coming I almost flew in air a poll felled down and tree and almost killed me
0000rrfff 4 years ago
i talk about rita in lake charles LA my mom died
0000rrfff 4 years ago
this is what happens when you build a city under sea level....right beside the ocean
gphjr14 4 years ago
gphjr14, with a thirty-something foot surge, maybe we should abandon the whole Atlantic seaboard! The Dutch should move to Germany. Your'e a genius that lives where?
monkeyraywatson 4 years ago
in the mountains of north carolina. theres a difference between live near the cost and living near the coast with everything below sea level. not to mention mostly lower class people were living that close to the levies.
gphjr14 4 years ago
gphir14, fist thing I'll say to you is mudslide/tornado. You should move. Secondly, New York City is at sea-level or slightly above, along with Miami, Baltimore, etc.. New Orleans is only partly below sealevel and many parts are at or above. Nearly all of the Netherlands are below sealevel. When you have a thirty-eight foot surge of water physical relief ceases to be an issue. That is the point so many people miss. Mississippi is above sea level. It was flattened.
monkeyraywatson 4 years ago
Also, There was more than one levee. If you are talking about the "lower class" people that lived near the ninth-ward, then let me tell you something. They were mostly second and third-generation homeowners who paid taxes. It it a mitigating factor that they were not very wealthy? I guess the same would hold true for mountian people up there if they died from a mudslide. Tar paper shack falls down a hill. No big deal? I believe it is, because all humans deserve compassion.
monkeyraywatson 4 years ago
One other thing, not all the people were as I thing you would qualify as "low-class". The 17th street canal burst also, because of poor design. The water annhilated a rich "high class" area with same indifferent zeal that befell the ninth-ward. Bottom line is New Orleans is ancient, it is beautiful, and it is home. If The Dutch can protect Amsterdam, then by God my tax dollars should protect me.
monkeyraywatson 4 years ago
i hate it how New Orleans was destroyed but think ppl should never go back there bc its just going to happen again....
Imaketherules555 4 years ago
So accurate and moving. The people suffered so much after the storm. That should not have happened. Our Country needed to be there for the people.
emanresusral 4 years ago
thank you so much for making this video! im from new orleans and you portrayed it so powerfully and didnt candy it up! thank you!
chrissybooluvsu 4 years ago
This is by far the best Katrina video I've seen. Great work.
thinton 4 years ago
LOL, "go fuck yourself Mr. Cheney!" Loved to hear that!!
MissAmber520 4 years ago
PSMeagher, this is an excellent slide show & esp the clips with Geraldo in them. I notice this video doesn't seem to attract the white racist comments & bigotry that BlackLantern's video does. Maybe cause the music is really different, I don't know. Thanks for the TruthTelling, we can't afford to get jaded over the sufferings of others, esp in times of natural disaster.
caled2care 4 years ago
ok this was a great video but to redbishop93 you have no idea what your talking about its not just NO that got it all around there got hit and yes thousands died no just in NO but in mississippi as well and all the cities near the gulf coast why dont you know what your talking about before you speak negative and lots of people sufferd all around america i was a victim i lived by NO in chalmette which got i worse than NO so dont you dare come off like you did get your fact straight asshole
caleb700 4 years ago
very powerful. well, if no one else admits to knowing this could happen, we have to admire Mr. Bill. he knew.
pattybsl 4 years ago
thousands didn't die, approx. 1300 died. Millions didn't suffer as the New Orleans Metropolitan area only had only 1.3 million in it. Someone has a political ax to grind. New Orleaneans, of which I am one, have only themselves to blame.
redbishop93 4 years ago
To redbishop93 - Thanks for watching and commenting on the vid. I hope you'll accept the spirit of the montage, and not the letter of the law on the figures. As for those who suffered, I certainly wasn't limiting that to New Orleans. I live in Seattle and have spent some time suffering watching what happened. It doesn't compare to the suffering of direct victims, but suffering none-the-less. This hurt our entire country-- it sucked.
psmeagher 4 years ago
whatever it was HORRIBLE & NO ONE should have suffered this is the USA!! I understand disaster but w/ someone like George "Heartless" Bush in charge...why the HELL weren't the troops sent SOONER!?!
KatLop00 4 years ago
thats sad :(
superdude115 4 years ago
For too many americans Hurricane Katrina was a terrible disaster that happened 20 mounths ago. For us here in New Orleans it's today it's everyday! We are living it. Everyday is a challenge to function and stay sane. We are rebuilding and suffering the pain of tired eching bodys and minds, but we are REBUILDING!!! Come on down and party at the Mardi Gras or Jazz Fest or what ever and learn why we love it here so much.
elaineacummins 4 years ago
i was there on keesler base in biloxi during the hurrican i lived in ocean springs it wuz really a mess
xcoreslim 4 years ago
Mr Bill! haha Best.
tHECOMINGRACE 4 years ago
Chrome6stringer.... BOOO HOOO HOOO. You arent alone (from n.o.). Dont criticize your president unless you have your facts straight. Our politicians in Louisiana are stealing whatever they can that private sources have donated. George Bush is an honorable man and he has helped most of us as well as the Federal goverment can.
Jimperneedles 4 years ago 2
This is America. That means you don't get to decide when we can exercise our First Amendment rights. Evidently, you have never witnessed the government actually performing up to its potential. George Bush hasn't helped me one bit. Ne'er a dime in my pocket came from George "Dumbya" Bush. However, because it's America, you're welcome to keep on being his bootlicker no matter how idiotic it makes you look.
bintalshamsa 4 years ago
bintalshamsa: i think that you are the one that looks idiotic. if you live in louisiana, then surely you know how corrupt your local and state govt is. bush can write you a check today and you
'll never see a penny of it, cause one of your politicians will line his pocket with it.
jade0425 4 years ago
IF you all think the government neglected its citizens then i suggest you move to another country.
Jimperneedles 4 years ago
i am guessing by your apathetic tone that you haven't considered coming down to see for yourself. i am a hard working, proud american from a military family that makes no less contribution to american society than does any other average american. i say that new orleans and the gulf coast have not only been neglected,but figuratively raped for nearly two years WE don't want to leave,WE want results.
morning40oz 4 years ago
The thing is, we live in America and we have soldiers dying everyday for others when we can't even help are own kind. Its people like you and Bush that make this America look so bad.
berkleyricky2000 4 years ago
Why don't you move to another country, since you seem to be the only one who supports him?
Elpatrick 4 years ago
George Bush doesn't care about New Orleans or the Gulf Coast Region. He's from Texas, and in Texas it's every man for himself. Give us the money that he is pumping into Iraq....Let us rebuild our City and our Gulf Coast. ----from someone still Homeless 18 mos. later.
Chrome6stringer 4 years ago
"go fuck yourself,mr. cheney. go fuck yourself."
disaster.
sanhelmi 5 years ago
Aside from the Bill character PSA, the remaining of the montage was great! It really captured a lot about this horrible event. I don't think I ever remember a time seeing reporters and people like the mayor of New Orleans be so honest with their emotions while reporting a story/event. The mayor was Very expressive - and so were many of the reporters that I noticed around that time...
nulight22 5 years ago
What's up with the PSA w/ the Bill character? Was that a real PSA before the hurricane? It wasn't very funny whoever did it.
nulight22 5 years ago
Thanks for your comments. As far as I know, the PSA was real and ran in the New Orleans area a few years prior to Hurricane Katrina. As I searched for images to use in the montage, I thought the PSA captured the sentiment of apathy or taking this pending disaster lightly that led to much of the suffering. Including it here was certainly not an attempt to poke fun, but to contrast the mindsets people had before and after this tragedy.
psmeagher 5 years ago
thanks for clearing that up a bit - understood
nulight22 5 years ago
This is a powerful, powerful video. I am a square who does not like, "this kind" of music, but this SONG was so powerful. Thank you for creating this.
rometschmeister 5 years ago
Can someone tell me the song and the artist who sings it in this video?
PaulG85 5 years ago
Thanks for your comment on this video. This song is called "Transatlanticism" by the band "Death Cab for Cutie."
psmeagher 5 years ago
I was New Orleans the day after the Hurricane w/ the USCG Aux. as a vol. and stayed until Huuricane Rita came and we fled to Beaumont,TX. where we and 25 other guys rode out that Huuricane. Then spent the next 5 mounths there helping people from both hurricanes. I have a wife and 4 four kids that a left in FL. for those 6 mths. I will not hold my head in shame when my grand kids ask me what I did to help I will cry and tell them all the good I and 800 USCG Aux. Volunteers did to help
uscga92mem 5 years ago
You are a REAL hero - unlike our so-called government officials - it is those that are on the "front lines" that are the real heroes - people like you (and me).
thecrazytracy 4 years ago
You know what the number one Item purchased with FEMA cards was? Guns...
Drogobaggins 5 years ago
I feel sorry for the poor people in this country period. There were a lot of poor white and black people both who got done wrong by a slow response. The problem is partially racism which very much sadly exists today but the bigger problem is being poor in this country. People dont seem to care about the poor people of this great nation. Well i would rather have love for my fellow man than all of Bill Gates money.a tear falls
Brandon26acdcfan 5 years ago
You got that shit right. I went through Ivan and we are still with blue tarp roofs " some " of us. Also , our neighbors during Hurricane Katrina suffered bad as well. The government thinks they've done enough just by advertising we all need help. SAD!
lessthn0 5 years ago
So rjksoccer06 , you're saying only black people recognize that this is the most racist country in the world? That's pretty sad. I wouldn't showcase my ignorance if I were you, unless of course you're proud of it...
MJCarollson 5 years ago
speak for yourself. filled92 is probably black. and even if he isn't, you can assume that he was born in 1992. because of the 92' after his name so he's just a younger teenager. who clearly is uneducated on the subject and just decided to vent on a katrina video.
w3stbr0ok 5 years ago
WOW!! So sad
hawk2891 5 years ago
let me guess filled92....you're black
rjksoccer06 5 years ago
America is the most racist country out there!! Nobody can deny that!! the only reason they didn't respond was cause majority of the victims were african-american!
filled92 5 years ago
1 thing you may not be aware of,when HK took place, Louis. was taken care of, but well over half of them came to Tx and freeloaded. The money given to them, they bought designer purses and sat on their *** for months doing nothing but collecting, maybe Bush didn't respond like a president should - and yes, Bush probably would have responded if disaster hit a rich community & predominantly white but a lot of America did do something, they actually did a lot but were taken advantage of.
littlemsstaci 5 years ago
To littlemsstaci, Thank you for watching my video. I fear you are using "them" and "they" in a very dangerous way. I'm sure there were refugees who took advantage of the situation, but I'm more sure there were thousands who didn't. You make a very irresponsible statement.
psmeagher 5 years ago
u have such a kind heart! thank you for showing the rest of us what is improtant!
cna68 4 years ago
america isn't racist. george bush is racist. you obviously don't take in to account the thousands. possibly millions of people who are not african american who gave money. and things to help out the victims of hurricane katrina. Think before you speak.
w3stbr0ok 5 years ago
sorry i seem to have mis-used a certain word!
i meant to say that in simple terms that the response given was very poor! but america did help alot!
And no i am not black..i'm a singaporean! and w3stbr0ok..i'm not born in 92' i just like that no.
filled92 5 years ago
sry i just assumed.
w3stbr0ok 5 years ago
lets not ever forget
lakefire69 5 years ago
Dedicated to the millions who just don't matter, whether they are suffering in New Orleans or in Iraq.
janeknisely 5 years ago
omg, that's irony for you. I just love the work you put into this. you truly are a talent. this is sooooo very sad that people knew about all of this, and nobody cared enough to put some sort of plan into action ahead of time. :(
ehouston 5 years ago
All i can say that New Zealand acted the day after the disaster and it took over a week for the US government to take action,
Our hearts go out to you all
lesawilson 5 years ago
ENCORE!...great video..
missclay901 5 years ago
you ruined it with that stupid song
Warlock15101221967 5 years ago
I lived it, I am still living, it and I have to say thank you. To hear your wife cry in the bathroom of a FEMA trailer and not have an answer, to hear your 6 year old's question, "When will it be over?" and not have an answer, this video will make others feel as we do every second of our life. Our goverment has forgotten us and our insurance has screwed us. Thank you for remembering we are here and not forgetting we are still fighting for a new chance.
inkblot351 5 years ago
God Bless you and your family.
Matthew 5:
1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: 2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, 3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
SAFoxMuldeR 5 years ago
i am so sorry for u and your family! our government has forgotten lots of things since bush came to office. i hope life is better for u now,and god bless u all!
cna68 4 years ago
WoW!
blondelazer 5 years ago
its so fuckin sad. the thing was with some of those pictures you can see black and white people helping eachother out of the water. its just sad it takes something like this to bring us together. just like with 9/11 everyone was always saying "together we stand, devided we fall" but not too long after everyone went back to their old ways and forgot who we really are when things get rough
amberlucille 5 years ago
That was true then but now it seems this has become a strictly black tragedy in the eyes of the media and local
citizens. Many were affected, many white, asian, and spanish Amercians lost everything but very little is heard of their plight. The blacks of New Orleans are now saying the white people blew up the levees on purpose to flood them out of the city. In these times this has got to stop. Thank you for an unbiased look at Katrina.
inkblot351 5 years ago
Not only did this video say it all, but so did you. I'm white and live in Ga, but my family is from Slidell La and 3 of them lost everything they owned.
berkleyricky2000 4 years ago
he tellin da truth
PurpDro 5 years ago
I have no words to express how I feel, your video was very moving Thank you.
CassieDynomite 5 years ago
this video says it all!!! I hope nothing happens this year!!! I pray to God!!! these people are still in need and our Dam goverment is sticking all the money in Iraq!! we've got problems here in our homeland!!
aliyvonne 5 years ago
I love the Postal Service. That song coupled with the footage made me cry man.
krockON 5 years ago
It's a shame all they had was mostly Fox news footage. But at least they made Sean Hannity look like the government ass muncher that he is.
BSAlert 5 years ago
Uh, can you explain what that means? Just curious...
tog5632 5 years ago
that means, LOOK AT FOX NEWS AND THEIR REPORTERS and u'll see the definition of"government ass muncher ".
cna68 4 years ago
I think Shepard Smith and Geraldo did a pretty good job. Both seemed genuine in their comments.
AftermathSpectre 5 years ago
exactly!
cromjan 5 years ago
I love some Shepard!
berkleyricky2000 4 years ago
This video makes me hate George Bush even more than possible. Just when I feel that I can't hate him anymore, I see a video of people in need and suffering while he's living a lush life in Texas and in Washington.
What Kayne West said was the truth and some just can't handle the truth. And the irony of this is that we're nearing the One Year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina too.
LastSunrise1981 5 years ago
This is one of the best ones that I have seen. You showed the true emotions of those days. Yes the song was awesome. Perfect.
kholmes15218 5 years ago
This video transcends the catastrophy of Katrina. This video speaks so much. Thank you. Poignant, gut-wrenching, shame inducing. The music is perfect!
StreetSidhe 5 years ago
I have watched this video like 10 times ... good work thats all i can say *wipes eyes*
philipnewmannz 5 years ago
This is a wonderful video and a tribute to those who has to endure such tragedy. Brought tears to me eyes.
Thanks for sharing it with us.
LinBMe 5 years ago
No make that 1 day before my b-day. It happened 2 days before my friends' b-day.