New Orleans....nothing but a shithole, a solution wall off the city and turn it into a prison and seal off all food and watch all the black people starve.
I really feel sorry for all the people that were affected by Katrina. BUT, the bottom line is that all New Orleans has is some shitty little levees to protect against any size of storm, much less a monster like Katrina. What do you think's going to happen? Of course somethings going to go wrong and when the levees break the water has nowhere else to go but down. New Orleans is basically a bathtub surrounded by Gulf of Mexico. They built the seawall in Galveston 100 yrs. ago. So if they could do
This is America, what happened here? We can go fight in a foreign country and save babies there, but here we ignore our own, this is pitiful. It makes me ashamed, can you imagine if this video is what people think America represents?
I've been to New Orleans recently, as part of a Dutch/American exchange program (I'm Dutch) centered around water, I have visited the Lower Ninth Ward, I've done some volunteer work and I can honestly not believe how left alone these people are. But despite that, they are hopeful, warm and incredibly kind to people like me who came to help. It just really amazed me and I hope people will realize that 3 years after the storm, there are still so many things to do...
Hi, I am doing school project on Katrina and I am focusing solely on the Lower Ninth Ward. I was wandering if I could have your email address or AIM to ask questions about your volunteering experience?
Being a resident of New Orleans for now going on 45 years, I understand and have lived through the plight; I too feel the pain of this wounded city. This is an accurate and heart wrenching account of the sights of Post Katrina New Orleans. Thank you for posting this excellently produced video so that others outside New Orleans may see and realize the extent of Katrina's devastation.
The whole situacion just showed the world, that watched speachless the negligence, incoherence, stupidity and disorganization of the US government.I hope after this sad and embarrasing experience,the US try to learn something from countries more prepared for situacions like this such as Holland. But the worst of all is that still new Orleans is suffering with no answers at all. So much money wasted over an innecesay war in Irak, and so many people needing it to restablish their lives. Pitty!
katrina showed the world how weak America is to face emergency situations like that. Nature force showed it´s power against what American Goverment has done to destroy the natural defense of New Orleans. Oh! so much money, technology, equipments The US have and it was useless. The whole world watched speachless the US goverment´s disorganization, disorientation, stupidity and negligence. I hope The US learn and copy something from the Netherlands (Holland, country located under the sealevel)
the only reason hurricant katrina realy happend is becos its a punishment from god cos the people of new orleans are sinners they tested allahs ie gods temper and they got wat was cuming to them the main reason for this punishment in islam is too much adultry to much fornication if u dnt stop they will be another one cuming soon and yesterday i saw the news and it sed another hurrincane is gona hit new orleans sooon
just went on my first trip to new orleans, and it was just a shame that so much is not being fixed, a city with so much life and vivacity needs people to go and see it. I will definitely visit again, and hope to somehow help the true definition of what america is defined by.
its been three years and my eyes still wet my cheeks.i am a true "Y'AT".where i live now the people tell me that I talk funny.i miss my new orleans but i know that it will never be the same as it was when i grew up there.god bless and good luck to all of y'all who are still there and trying to bring it back.i will return to home one day...but shamefully as a tourist.
i was in gretna louisiana when i evacuated and untill this day some places left and abandonded thses homes and left them the way they were i waz lucky my dog had to stay home he survied but the nehbiors house well lets just say somethings happen....r.i.p. big blood...1972-2005.
Its a Dang shame how our great city got messed up... i cant believe what happened on aug 29 2005 this looks lik a place out of hell and it didnt look much diffrent fro this close to two years lata when i first went bak into da ctc9 after katrina
She's right about the government not helping their own enough. I know a person in another state that Fema won't help when her car was damaged by the floods. This woman is a disabled woman with kids too. The Chamber of commerce told her Fema wouldn't help, but they (FEMA) put an ad in the newspaper saying they would so she applied for help. They told her they could help her. Then called her a few days later telling her they couldn't help her. This woman gets child support, not a government check.
for everyone from the NO get records of ownership, lease, morgage or whatever to prove that the home or property is yours . do not let the government take your homes, they willl get insurance companies to not give you money to rebuild...it doesnt matter because who took the land has the power and dont let them take it, dont let it happen!!! even if u gotta come and live in a tent go back and rebuil b4 they take it from u and make money off ya pain
We may meet soon as I've signed up for that free Grip training and I'm inquiring about film maker training as well. The man interviewed is really right. You have to SEE the neighborhood to believe it. Like a film maker's camera, our eyes do not lie ... I've been living in the Lower 9 for close t three years watching the neglect.
my baby sister (17) was a true survivor. i mean stsying in the stadium being evacuated. what ppl have to understand is the fact that the ppl of new orleans aren't blaming the government for the storm but they are blaming them for the levee. y? BECAUSE KATRINA ISNT THE 1ST TIME THE LEVEE BROKE! the first time it devastated the parish and to find out that costs were cut and inspections were not done properly AGAIN. I dont even live there anymore and IM PISSED
I agree..Its just not the Gov. people in General.... their so quick to help some other countries before their own is a damn shame..I'm from Califonia and I don't care what people say about Texas...Houston helped New Orleans so much, built them apts gave them jobs and a place to leave...no other state in the south could have done more then Texas
How could anyone have forseen this? I mean, it's not like the city is below sealevel in an area with notoriously bad weather. The government should be helping these people who were too lazy too heed the warning, not those people in other countries who actually have ambition for the future.
I was recently in Pearlington MS. about 30 min from New Orleans where the eye of the storm hit. On our last day of service we went to N.O. I am still appalled at how little we as a country have done for those who lost everything in the storm almost three years later. It amazes me at how we can ignore such a catastrophe. I plan to return there this summer with my family, but the government needs to spend as much money as they do abroad in a week on the people who need it HERE!
this is my sons site, I was down with my company initially after Katrina, for restoration efforts and this is a complete and accurate account of what we found, when we go onsite. returned in june 2007 to do work with USACE and CERES, for more cleanup efforts, couldnt believe how much work was STILL left to be completed. Pleast tell all crews to keep up the outstanding work.
This is so sad. Watching this video brings tears to my eyes.New Orleans looks like a third world country. I wrote a poem about hurricane Katrina. These people lost their lives, homes, family, and whatever else they had. I remember when Nelly,Kanye, T.I and all those celebrities were donating mmoney to new orleans. I watched it on t.v. There is no reason for it to still look the way it does.
My hope is that all of those affected by Katrina will take the opportunity this November to VOTE. I may still be naive, but can't help but wonder what the voting rate in this and other "disenfranchised" neighborhoods was/is in this entire country. If these potential voters had kept the current idiots out of the White House- well it wouldn't have kept the levee from breaking, but everyone might have been in a better position to escape, and gotten help sooner.
You people totally skipped the 7th ward for lakeview.. I'm looking for a video of the whole 7th ward so maybe I can see the current state of my house on N. Derbigny st..
Hurricane Katrina didn't ruin the economy. In fact, some people are coming to New Orleans just to see the disaster.. the destroyed houses.. and they're also booking hotel rooms, resturuants, etc while they're at it. Also, OSU vs LSU helped by bringing redneck stupid ass ohioans to new orleans.. FUCK YOU OHIO.
This tragedy still weighs on my mind several years later. My wish is that the US govornment will take some ideas from European countries on how to create new, effective levees. And my gut tells me gentrification will hit the lower 9th Ward and that 93% of those Black folks will no longer have a home in that area.
NO was a beautiful city. I walked amongst the poorer folks on MLK Day and folks were nothing but curious and open with me. I pray for them still...
I'm currently working on a schoolproject about disastertourism and I'm trying to find information about the lack of support from the government in America. Does anybody know where I can find this sort of information or is anybody willing to tell me what happened and what went wrong?
The blacks need to stop blaming President Bush for their many personal failures. It is not President Bush's fault if they enjoy living in the gutter. So trashy.
heres my 2 cents. call me racist I dont care but the people there were given how many days warning to get the F out.I live in Illinois and if someone gave me two days warning that a tornado had even a 10% chance to rip my house apart I can tell you that if I stayed I would certainly be the only one on my block.Maybe yall should put aside a little bit of that welfare check so you can catch a bus/cab outta town.Ohh but yall to busy worrying about buying some Nikes or some designer clothes.
God Bless everyone from that hell. Go back home to New Orleans and make it BETTER! I visited there twice so far and found a part of the country that can not be replaced. The people are GREAT! Nowhere in the world will you find the same. BRING IT BACK! Don't let them take away your homes. God be with all of you.
This was totally avoidable and those people didn't have to die. Many stayed behind because they had nowhere to go and no way to get there. Good video.
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I dug a hole and built my house in it and then it rained and it filled up. Damb the government; why did'nt they tell me that would happen. DUHHHHHH!!!!!!
Meuk1982 your are a massive fool and your ridiculous comments about our fine country reflect poorly on you, every country has problems, and the successes we have achieved far outshine those of any other countries
The levees failed because of staggering incompetence by the Army Corp of Engineers. The city hasn't been rebuilt 1) because people were uninsured, underinsured, and because the insurance companies bent over backwards to screw people and 2) greedy Louisiana politicians turned the government against us. Shortly after Louisiana asked for half a billion dollars, Washington learned that some of the money already sent had gone to pork projects. Sympathy for La. stopped on a DIME!
When this horrible situations just happened. The US received the help of several countries included my own. Guatemala But since the US Gov saw this act like threatening their supremacy they solve it saying that they dont need the help of the world they can handle their own problems.
It's amazing that after the government killing at Waco, the gov. attacking us on 9/11 and then the suffering, gun confiscation and shreading of the Bill of Rights and Constitution in New Orleans people are still too weak to stand up and take back control of our government, country and freedom. Oh well, I guess we will just sit here and laugh as the country decends into a pit of hell under a nightmare survailence grid tyranny.
holland's flood prevention system is based on new orleans'. after their large flood in the '50s they came to nola for advice. lets see how well their's holds up when it has a very powerful hurricane barreling towards it...
I heard that it took over a week to have FEMA Help with Hurricane katrina. I wonder why it takes so long for the government to Aid the people in need of a real life crisis of LIFE AND DEATH.
i'm from the n.o. and i've seen all the damage first hand, through all the neighborhoods. my work was flooded, so i had to gut houses for work(which sucked). this video shows a good bit of the damage, but there is about 1000 times the damage that is not shown. think about that.
This is a reply to bharris68: Remember the Netherlands? Thats what they are called because a large part is below sea level and has been for centuries before any debate over climate change. That country even was a super-power at eyesight with england during the 17th century. I think it is very much possible to successfully rebuild New Orleans to stay, its just a matter of will - not only of the people who live there but also of the government, and I think thats whats sadly lacking...
I was there in 1992 and it didn't look any better then! I hated it...full of drugs and beggars...you couldn't go into most of the cemeteries or public parks for fear of getting robbed and someone tried to break into our hotel room...a lot of bullshit is spoken about the Big Easy...trust me folks it's not what it looks like in the movies!....that aside, the government response has been criminal - third world countries get a better response than one of your own cities...that's fucked up!
Blaming "the governent" won't help - the fact remains that much of New Orleans is below sea level and levees or not, flood gates or not, pumps or not - the Sea will always come back and win.
It's one of the oldest cities in America and was built to withstand any and all water that came at it, until the Army Corp. decided to make it better - great job boys.
The government could do a lot more. If this government can spend $500 billion to invade and illegally occupy Iraq and give Israel $3.5 billion to support the Israeli military then the U.S. could spend a few billion to help the people of New Orleans. But because NO has such a large African-American population the U.S. doesn't want to help them.
$500 billion to spend on an illegal war and occupation in Iraq. NO could have been rebuilt several times over with that much money. America Sucks!!!!
The highways in and out were all damaged except for one route. Of course it is very difficult to stage an evacuation with one road in use. Also, it is really difficult when the population is impoverished ie only $5.00 in their pockets.
You're right blaming the government won't help, but they could help New Orleans out. FEMA is a national joke. It's a shame that a city as historic and inspiring as New Orlean is can't get help from government.
Your lack of compassion is very disturbing, but nothing surprises me anymore and your attitude certainly didn't surprise me.
Your words, which are probably that of a Bush supporter, are just a reminder of how cold the rest of the country is regarding this city.
Guys its not actully the goverments fault that it happend, the army engineers screwed. What is the goverments fault is the amount of time it took to get help in. Also the sea will come back and win from time to time, but be sensitive here... peoples lives and homes were destroyed, and it wasnt their fault that the city was built there.
Doesn't matter, I pay taxes-lots of taxes-to make sure that American citizens who suffer natural disasters on our own soil get the help they need and deserve.
I want to know why the government failed us. We should all be asking these questions-especially in an election year.
it is sad that people have such ignorant views. there is no city in america that is safe from the effects of nature, whether it is blizzards, tornados, earthquakes, fires or hurricanes. New Orleans has stood for hundreds of years until the govt's devastation of our wetlands and the Army Corps' complete negligence left one of the world's most amazing cities open for disaster. oh yes and then no one came to help us and left us all to die. and btw, genius, New Orleans was not destroyed by "the sea"
@azurien27 Actually, there are reports that state that the Army Corps did come down to NO three years before the hurricane hit and they came with supplies that would fortify the Levees and when the hurricane would hit, the levees would have held up long enough to control and isolated a great part of the flooding, thus making medical aid and damage control easier to manage. The state gov't denied them for the sake of keeping them from "interfering" with state legislature.
If that government wasn't so stubbern and asked help of the Netherlands, this horrible disaster never would of happened. I'm sorry to say this, but its the truth. The people of New Orleans have to get what they should get: a complete new city. If not, the USA is the biggest joke ever, if it wasn't already
Pardon? I'm sorry, are you saying that those that lived in New Orleans asked for this? How cruel, and cold of you to say that. Yes there was warnings, but NO ONE DESERVED what happened to them, as for the USA being a joke...we are one of the few country's that are first on the scene when trouble hits in other parts of the world. Who was there for us? We dug our selves out of this, thank you. Americans are a tough lot, and we are NOT a joke.
Ask anyone from houston what the blacks did to their area when they came. Their crime rate almost went 2 fold. I live in nola and can tell you that the blacks here are out of control and deserve what they get...
Unfortunately we got some in Minnesota, too. Sucked. There was a big spike in crime when however many hundreds of them came here. NOLA is basically a third world country of its own. As much as the libs like to think all homo sapiens are the same, I'm not having it. You get them together, they act like primates.
i think katrina was a thing that has to happen cause new orleans was hell people act like it was gods paradise coming from a blak person it helped most people to be stronger and others went back to their same way think about it it needed to happen i fell bad but it just was horrible
Being in the upper middle socioeconomic class, as I'm sure cosmo1pug is as well, I think we should all have a little more compassion for those less fortunate than we are.
The homeowners SHOULD sue the insurance companies for backing out. However, many of them are not able to do so because they cannot afford to pay a lawyer and legal fees.
(cosmo1pug) Everyone in America does not have the option to purchase insurance, that's simply not true. Insurance companies chose their clients and decide the terms. If you think you planned for a disaster, you probably haven't read the fine print........... ha ha hah
cosmo1pug's comment is representative of our own citizen's lack of understanding about what is really going on in New Orleans, post-Katrina. Yes, everyone has the option to purchase insurance. Most of these homeowners did have insurance. However, when the hurricane hit, many insurance companies pulled out of the area because they could not account for all of the damage, leaving many homeowners without the compensation they deserved.
I was in the 9th Ward last month...it's virtually leveled. It's so eerie and heart-wrenching to see driveways and front porches that lead to nowhere. We peeked into one house that was crooked on it's foundations and there were clothes hanging in the closets. Some people were living there but not many. It was devastating.
Everyone in America has the option to purchase insurance! If you don't oh well your loss no isn't it? I'll be fine when disaster strikes because I've planned for it.
insurance companies did not want to fucking pay those people motherfucker alright. i spoke to a lady who had insurance. you don't know shit except for what you hear on your fucking tv screen thats it. how you going to speak on something you do not know about. you think everything is so easy by purchasing insurance. its a legal scam alright. that is what insurance is. hello!
I am posting a complaint about how I can't post a comment on America's political incorrectness, as Youtube keep on blocking it and are restricting my freedom of speech. Please take this COVER UP into account.
It's wrong that over a year has passed over New Orleans and one of the richest nations on Earth hasn't sorted itself out I'll tell you why that is, it's because America's goverment is corrupt, and is it just a coinscidence that as soon as a rich state (California) is hit by fires, the goverment is straight in there? It's only because New Orleans is poor and California is rich and has celebrities living there, but of course celebrities are much more important than every - day people (not).
What of New Orleans is left? This tragedy was predicted and preventable. So what are American values? Take a little country like the Netherlands, most of Holland is below sea level and the delta of the Rhine River; Yet Holland has in place some of the best flood prevention infrastructure in the world. This little country accomplished this without a large national debt, while still maintaining a high standard of living and social programs.
This is the best thing that could of happened to NO. It Swept out most of the non working welfare reciepients. This is where most of the cities crime came from...
So what are American values? Take a little country like the Netherlands; Most of Holland is below sea level and the delta of the Rhine River; Yet Holland has in place some of the best flood prevention infrastructure in the world. This little country accomplished this without a large national debt, while still maintaining a high standard of living and social programs.
You take a little country like Holland much of which is below sea level and yet they have been able to keep the the sea out, restore and maintain there ecology and farmland, without a big national debt.......... There is something wrong here with America.........
It's not about my country..but I cannot understand how we can manage to keep te sea out of half of our country and even create land...and the most powerfull and rich country in the world can NOT???? What kind of country is that. And the help after...is that the USA? I really feel for these people. This could happen to us, but it doesn't. USA should asked for my country's help decades ago
i was raised in new orleans and im so mad cause my house got flood and broke down and my house in metarie was flood too but we fixed it and it looks better now than befor.
we jusdt finished our house last month and now i play for my school football team cause i need something to do but i went to my house and it was crazy the door was stuck when we came the carpet well it was wet of course and the walls.....had mold all on it... my room celling came down on ym bed the room is gone so ya its bad its all bush fault and ray neagon
This catastrophe not only hurt the ones that were and are trying to live in New Orleans, but also those who once lived there. Places are gone forever when we realize we can't go back and see them. I cried many tears. There's a same kind of sadness. I don't hurt near as much as those that lived through the actual hell of it. I loved this city too. These people have coped with hurt, anger, despair, helplessness and a lot of frustration all in one. God bless the people of New Orleans.
If this was a wealthy community, insurance companies would have given the O.k. to rebuild Compare this to Florida when the hurricane came through there. But since this area was poor elderly people, insurance compnaies are not going to give the ok on this. Believe people they will not do it.
our government is horrible. we didnt help because everyone was poor. but if it was someone rich and important they would jump into action. i hope that our country 1 day relizes that we all need to change for the best or we r going to collapse under our own weight.
Right now, I am in the fires of San Diefo county and Caifornia is declared in a states of emergency. I feel that this is bad, but only one person has died so far, compared to the hundreds killed in Katrina. the government could have prevented this much damage but decided not to help enough. Here in CA, there are o many firefighters, trucks, and a great amount of help. I feel so bad now and that this type of help could have reached the victims of Katrina.
well... as a venezuelan it make so sad to see all this destruction... i feel like i should do something... but being so far away is not good... god be with you
I was down there this past summer (August 2007). I will say this....it took less than a decade to rebuild the entire city of San Francisco after the 1906 quake. Everyone was in the process, including the government. Why the government is not in the rebuilding process for the city of New Orleans is beyond me.
the 9th ward is mostly of black population. so it will take the longest to rebuild. but there are so many black free masons down there im wondering why ever mason community doesn't just pitch in and help them out.
Get flood insurance. If you can't get flood insurance where you want to live; then pick another place that you can insure. I realize that insurance co won't offer insurance in a high risk area. This is all stuff you should check on before buying real estate.
My aunt lives there.. I visited her this summer and to be honest, New Orleans is looking a LOT better! But still.. there is SO much work to be done.. Lower 9th is pretty much flattened... Alot of doors still have the spraypaint markings when they searched for bodies... Bleh
Hi I went through the same thing in Lake Carey Pa. I had insurance to fix things up.I got nothing from the goverment.You have to take care of yourself in the USA
As a matter of fact, Anderson Cooper WAS in Gulfport/Biloxi. Doesn't anyone remember that woman who broke down on camera and he couldn't find it in himself to stand there and videotape her? The Gulf Coast as a whole took a huge bitch slap. I live in New Orleans. I lost my apartment and my belongings. I felt obligated to come back and help out. Granted there are racial tensions here, the majority of us New Orleanians have bonded as an urban family. Everyone has a story.
Shut your bitching. More than half of you people have never been to New Orleans, let alone the coast. Think about it. Hurricanes don't discriminate. This had nothing to do with race. It had everything to do with economics. These people are still struggling! You have to rememeber that this isn't The Hamptons. A lot of these people didn't have a lot to begin with. Now they have absolutely nothing. What happens when you need help? Do you expect people to help you?
maybe they should get their shit together incase something like this does happen. Also, when the government tries to help you don't shot at the helicopters!!
People who live in a flood zone with no insurance get no sympathy from me. Why should I pay tax money to rebuild your house that you didn't care enough about to insure? They should just bulldoze the whole place to the ground and move everyone about 200 miles north. What a waste of money and effort.
I feel and I pray for the people of the 9th ward. But I know if I lived there and had the chance to relocate, I would have done that in a hearbeat and never looked back. So sad, I cried when this happened. I don't live anywhere near the south, but I cried like a baby to see all those people hurting. If I stayed there, I would be forever afraid that it would happen again. The Government doesn't care!
What is the government supposed to do? hey, you losers, one word: MOVE!!! dammit, go somewhere else and get a job already. Dont stand in orleans and demand money from the rest of us. Jeez.
IKeep in mind that levees are built to withstand floods from UPSTREAM (high water moving down the river). Levees are by no means capable of preventing a flood caused by wind-driven incoming ocean surge. The reason this neighborhood was able to establish itself is because they were playing roulette with the ocean for 100 years. Then in 2005 they finally took a bullet from the ocean. Today, few people are foolish to invest money into buildings which sit beneath sea-level elevation.
i went to new orleans in july on a mission trip and one morning we drove through the lower ninth ward, and after seeing all of that, i am very greatful for what ive got. its very sad to see it the way that it is in this video
Well, it IS below sea level. Everyone knew that it was below sea level. So it's not like a surprise or anything that it would get very watery when a big storm-driven wave sloshes through. The government can't very well be expected build walls around everything to protect it. Under sealevel is still under sealevel, as unfortunate as that might be.
Sorry 9th Ward but your community should of never been built. You are in a bowl, BELOW sea level. Don't ask Americans to pay to rebuild, cause it will flood again.
New Orleans....nothing but a shithole, a solution wall off the city and turn it into a prison and seal off all food and watch all the black people starve.
gopconservative78 2 years ago
I really feel sorry for all the people that were affected by Katrina. BUT, the bottom line is that all New Orleans has is some shitty little levees to protect against any size of storm, much less a monster like Katrina. What do you think's going to happen? Of course somethings going to go wrong and when the levees break the water has nowhere else to go but down. New Orleans is basically a bathtub surrounded by Gulf of Mexico. They built the seawall in Galveston 100 yrs. ago. So if they could do
pantera2012 2 years ago
This is America, what happened here? We can go fight in a foreign country and save babies there, but here we ignore our own, this is pitiful. It makes me ashamed, can you imagine if this video is what people think America represents?
BRBsoon 3 years ago 177
mane fuk new orleans i hope anotha hurricane come fuk them ugly ass fat ass tall head ass bitches
kendrickt70 3 years ago
theres a city that needs a bail out
rockonup 3 years ago 61
I've been to New Orleans recently, as part of a Dutch/American exchange program (I'm Dutch) centered around water, I have visited the Lower Ninth Ward, I've done some volunteer work and I can honestly not believe how left alone these people are. But despite that, they are hopeful, warm and incredibly kind to people like me who came to help. It just really amazed me and I hope people will realize that 3 years after the storm, there are still so many things to do...
OCFgirl 3 years ago 92
Hi, I am doing school project on Katrina and I am focusing solely on the Lower Ninth Ward. I was wandering if I could have your email address or AIM to ask questions about your volunteering experience?
Appreciate it!
DAwn
dmwright0410 3 years ago
God bless the residents of the 9th ward.
pimpine2 3 years ago 48
I still hurt.
revdrclj 3 years ago 33
its a shame how yall forgetin about marrero
KitZSODMG 3 years ago 8
nigga we still strong
Gustav Was Nothing Compared To Wht iHad To Go Through With Katrina
KitZSODMG 3 years ago
damn, sad
kdotman 3 years ago 4
Being a resident of New Orleans for now going on 45 years, I understand and have lived through the plight; I too feel the pain of this wounded city. This is an accurate and heart wrenching account of the sights of Post Katrina New Orleans. Thank you for posting this excellently produced video so that others outside New Orleans may see and realize the extent of Katrina's devastation.
boopkid 3 years ago 7
People go vote! Take America back out of the hands of the republicans! 8 years of hell was enough! Do the right thing Vote OBAMA!!!!!
nuage7777 3 years ago
I compassion all people!
kobucha1 3 years ago 2
i remember the catch phrase after katrina, You loot we shoot
flyinham 3 years ago 4
It will flood again. Not IF but WHEN. There is nothing short of a MASSIVE, TRILLION dollar levee sytem to save the ninth ward from another hurricane.
Mark this comment and mark my words.
I was born on Forstall street in the ward. My first home is a slab. The rebuilt homes will be flooded again.
skid987 3 years ago 2
Thank you for this piece.
lincolnelson 3 years ago 5
i suppose human beings are lower on the list of natural commidities, than say ..oil or gold to our government.
lovelee182 3 years ago 3
god is coming.there is time for all us to known that it's not about republican or demorcrat right now it's about life. In the god will congeur all
dexterboy119 3 years ago 2
i miss my city theres no place like home
rhs1609 3 years ago 5
So sorry 9th ward. God Bless you
LOVEEET 3 years ago 5
The whole situacion just showed the world, that watched speachless the negligence, incoherence, stupidity and disorganization of the US government.I hope after this sad and embarrasing experience,the US try to learn something from countries more prepared for situacions like this such as Holland. But the worst of all is that still new Orleans is suffering with no answers at all. So much money wasted over an innecesay war in Irak, and so many people needing it to restablish their lives. Pitty!
mams14 3 years ago 2
katrina showed the world how weak America is to face emergency situations like that. Nature force showed it´s power against what American Goverment has done to destroy the natural defense of New Orleans. Oh! so much money, technology, equipments The US have and it was useless. The whole world watched speachless the US goverment´s disorganization, disorientation, stupidity and negligence. I hope The US learn and copy something from the Netherlands (Holland, country located under the sealevel)
mams14 3 years ago
the only reason hurricant katrina realy happend is becos its a punishment from god cos the people of new orleans are sinners they tested allahs ie gods temper and they got wat was cuming to them the main reason for this punishment in islam is too much adultry to much fornication if u dnt stop they will be another one cuming soon and yesterday i saw the news and it sed another hurrincane is gona hit new orleans sooon
7MCY 3 years ago
Question:
Do people only think about New Orleans when they hear about Katrina?
What about...Plaquimenes,St.Bernard,St.Tammany,and Jefferson Parishes?They were hit too!!
But, noboddy seems to remember them..
D;
morganXXbaybee 3 years ago 4
The shithole of the Chocolate City
gopconservative94 3 years ago
poor blacks and white trash ;(
phrydoom 3 years ago
just went on my first trip to new orleans, and it was just a shame that so much is not being fixed, a city with so much life and vivacity needs people to go and see it. I will definitely visit again, and hope to somehow help the true definition of what america is defined by.
ineptsade 3 years ago 2
its been three years and my eyes still wet my cheeks.i am a true "Y'AT".where i live now the people tell me that I talk funny.i miss my new orleans but i know that it will never be the same as it was when i grew up there.god bless and good luck to all of y'all who are still there and trying to bring it back.i will return to home one day...but shamefully as a tourist.
i love you New Orleans
noackrite 3 years ago 2
i was in gretna louisiana when i evacuated and untill this day some places left and abandonded thses homes and left them the way they were i waz lucky my dog had to stay home he survied but the nehbiors house well lets just say somethings happen....r.i.p. big blood...1972-2005.
hoodup247 3 years ago
Its a Dang shame how our great city got messed up... i cant believe what happened on aug 29 2005 this looks lik a place out of hell and it didnt look much diffrent fro this close to two years lata when i first went bak into da ctc9 after katrina
504662Boi 3 years ago
59% OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSEHOLDS!..the 9th ward was and is still very working class.
tswagg504 3 years ago 2
She's right about the government not helping their own enough. I know a person in another state that Fema won't help when her car was damaged by the floods. This woman is a disabled woman with kids too. The Chamber of commerce told her Fema wouldn't help, but they (FEMA) put an ad in the newspaper saying they would so she applied for help. They told her they could help her. Then called her a few days later telling her they couldn't help her. This woman gets child support, not a government check.
lilredbug 3 years ago
my beautiful city, i miss you so much
azurien27 3 years ago 5
i was n the hurrican n yea it fucced the 9th ward up i was born n raised dwn there but you kno what we gettin it back
1STLADii90 3 years ago
to some it's trash, to locals, it's art
ePhilosopher 3 years ago
Gupta says Love is Real Not Fade Away
ePhilosopher 3 years ago
Why bother if it can happen again? If they were smart theyd just evacuate the specific areas
LilAallday23 3 years ago
for everyone from the NO get records of ownership, lease, morgage or whatever to prove that the home or property is yours . do not let the government take your homes, they willl get insurance companies to not give you money to rebuild...it doesnt matter because who took the land has the power and dont let them take it, dont let it happen!!! even if u gotta come and live in a tent go back and rebuil b4 they take it from u and make money off ya pain
DriaNJoe 3 years ago
Very nice documentary, thank you.
viviananderson 3 years ago
Hello Folks at Novac;
We may meet soon as I've signed up for that free Grip training and I'm inquiring about film maker training as well. The man interviewed is really right. You have to SEE the neighborhood to believe it. Like a film maker's camera, our eyes do not lie ... I've been living in the Lower 9 for close t three years watching the neglect.
Lynn in New Orleans Lower 9th Ward
wb7ptr 3 years ago
this shit that went down in New Orleans was fucked up.
RiseOfAnarchy34 3 years ago
my baby sister (17) was a true survivor. i mean stsying in the stadium being evacuated. what ppl have to understand is the fact that the ppl of new orleans aren't blaming the government for the storm but they are blaming them for the levee. y? BECAUSE KATRINA ISNT THE 1ST TIME THE LEVEE BROKE! the first time it devastated the parish and to find out that costs were cut and inspections were not done properly AGAIN. I dont even live there anymore and IM PISSED
morrowdom 3 years ago
I agree..Its just not the Gov. people in General.... their so quick to help some other countries before their own is a damn shame..I'm from Califonia and I don't care what people say about Texas...Houston helped New Orleans so much, built them apts gave them jobs and a place to leave...no other state in the south could have done more then Texas
dw0552652 3 years ago
O' / O \ sad...
highpwn 3 years ago
new orleans got what it deserved,,, and the people had plenty of warning..... katrina was just natures way of population control..
duaneinsane 3 years ago
thwey have been trying to drive out the african american comunity for the longest they blew up that dayum on purpose
Peachis911 3 years ago
dumb ass its a levee not a dayum and y black people always try to throw blame on someone else guess the govenment created katrina too
bigconk74fe 3 years ago
wow
slimblackmeleji 3 years ago
this is overwhelming.......
cmcbmc1025 3 years ago
How could anyone have forseen this? I mean, it's not like the city is below sealevel in an area with notoriously bad weather. The government should be helping these people who were too lazy too heed the warning, not those people in other countries who actually have ambition for the future.
GBoCookies 3 years ago
Sobering, very sobering
ladiesman22 3 years ago
I was recently in Pearlington MS. about 30 min from New Orleans where the eye of the storm hit. On our last day of service we went to N.O. I am still appalled at how little we as a country have done for those who lost everything in the storm almost three years later. It amazes me at how we can ignore such a catastrophe. I plan to return there this summer with my family, but the government needs to spend as much money as they do abroad in a week on the people who need it HERE!
dancerfreak1213 3 years ago 2
Is it too late to douse the lower ninth ward with gasoline and set in on fire?
allahwasafag 3 years ago
this is my sons site, I was down with my company initially after Katrina, for restoration efforts and this is a complete and accurate account of what we found, when we go onsite. returned in june 2007 to do work with USACE and CERES, for more cleanup efforts, couldnt believe how much work was STILL left to be completed. Pleast tell all crews to keep up the outstanding work.
sk8rboi269 3 years ago 8
I just went back for the first time since my family left for the superdome and evacuated.
thank you so much for shining light.
It was very hard for me and my family and I feel that you have done a great job of making people aware.
bebopbopeep 3 years ago 5
amazing video...i just went there in march...i posted a video response to see what it is like 2 YEARS LATER...
Swanny930 3 years ago
This is so sad. Watching this video brings tears to my eyes.New Orleans looks like a third world country. I wrote a poem about hurricane Katrina. These people lost their lives, homes, family, and whatever else they had. I remember when Nelly,Kanye, T.I and all those celebrities were donating mmoney to new orleans. I watched it on t.v. There is no reason for it to still look the way it does.
india3699 3 years ago
My hope is that all of those affected by Katrina will take the opportunity this November to VOTE. I may still be naive, but can't help but wonder what the voting rate in this and other "disenfranchised" neighborhoods was/is in this entire country. If these potential voters had kept the current idiots out of the White House- well it wouldn't have kept the levee from breaking, but everyone might have been in a better position to escape, and gotten help sooner.
delick55 3 years ago
You people totally skipped the 7th ward for lakeview.. I'm looking for a video of the whole 7th ward so maybe I can see the current state of my house on N. Derbigny st..
theblue64 3 years ago
Hurricane Katrina didn't ruin the economy. In fact, some people are coming to New Orleans just to see the disaster.. the destroyed houses.. and they're also booking hotel rooms, resturuants, etc while they're at it. Also, OSU vs LSU helped by bringing redneck stupid ass ohioans to new orleans.. FUCK YOU OHIO.
theblue64 3 years ago
This tragedy still weighs on my mind several years later. My wish is that the US govornment will take some ideas from European countries on how to create new, effective levees. And my gut tells me gentrification will hit the lower 9th Ward and that 93% of those Black folks will no longer have a home in that area.
NO was a beautiful city. I walked amongst the poorer folks on MLK Day and folks were nothing but curious and open with me. I pray for them still...
Peace
MsMerising 3 years ago
I'm currently working on a schoolproject about disastertourism and I'm trying to find information about the lack of support from the government in America. Does anybody know where I can find this sort of information or is anybody willing to tell me what happened and what went wrong?
ednilrem 3 years ago
but its fucked up man fuck every gov. every1 in the n.o. the 3rd ward hurtin mp3 4 life ya digg?
WDFHGU 3 years ago
man im 13 still lookin at this video new orleans 4 life that mp3 ty 4 the video
WDFHGU 3 years ago
i remember this day. i was sitting at home watching the news with my mother when i saw it. god bless everyone who had to go through it
ilubB5 3 years ago
The blacks need to stop blaming President Bush for their many personal failures. It is not President Bush's fault if they enjoy living in the gutter. So trashy.
orvgg 3 years ago
heres my 2 cents. call me racist I dont care but the people there were given how many days warning to get the F out.I live in Illinois and if someone gave me two days warning that a tornado had even a 10% chance to rip my house apart I can tell you that if I stayed I would certainly be the only one on my block.Maybe yall should put aside a little bit of that welfare check so you can catch a bus/cab outta town.Ohh but yall to busy worrying about buying some Nikes or some designer clothes.
lyo1984 3 years ago
God Bless everyone from that hell. Go back home to New Orleans and make it BETTER! I visited there twice so far and found a part of the country that can not be replaced. The people are GREAT! Nowhere in the world will you find the same. BRING IT BACK! Don't let them take away your homes. God be with all of you.
Kaptainess 3 years ago
This was totally avoidable and those people didn't have to die. Many stayed behind because they had nowhere to go and no way to get there. Good video.
astranine 3 years ago
Do some research on haarp. some say it can be suggested that this disaster came from non other then haarp. Controls weather,etc,etc. Do some research on HAARP. Youtube haarp.
Also youtube: phil schneider,william cooper,alex collier,david sereda,hutchison effect,robert o. dean,martial law,fema camps,underground bases,underwater bases,Al Bielek,etc,etc,etc.
The truth is out there. Do some serious diggin'(HARD RESEARCH) on whats going on.
god bless to all.
yourtubeyourass21 3 years ago
Do some research on haarp. some say it can be suggested that this disaster came from non other then haarp. Controls weather,etc,etc. Do some research on HAARP. Youtube haarp.
yourtubeyourass21 3 years ago
Katrina did not do this. A wayward barge hit the levees shortly afterwards.
iraqidolphin 3 years ago
I dug a hole and built my house in it and then it rained and it filled up. Damb the government; why did'nt they tell me that would happen. DUHHHHHH!!!!!!
mikedaily31 3 years ago
Meuk1982 your are a massive fool and your ridiculous comments about our fine country reflect poorly on you, every country has problems, and the successes we have achieved far outshine those of any other countries
Xavier7936 3 years ago
The levees failed because of staggering incompetence by the Army Corp of Engineers. The city hasn't been rebuilt 1) because people were uninsured, underinsured, and because the insurance companies bent over backwards to screw people and 2) greedy Louisiana politicians turned the government against us. Shortly after Louisiana asked for half a billion dollars, Washington learned that some of the money already sent had gone to pork projects. Sympathy for La. stopped on a DIME!
major600 3 years ago
So sad, because so many people die in that devastation. I just wish you people the best. I am really sorry for what happened over there.
morgenundsliebe 3 years ago
When this horrible situations just happened. The US received the help of several countries included my own. Guatemala But since the US Gov saw this act like threatening their supremacy they solve it saying that they dont need the help of the world they can handle their own problems.
morgenundsliebe 3 years ago
It's amazing that after the government killing at Waco, the gov. attacking us on 9/11 and then the suffering, gun confiscation and shreading of the Bill of Rights and Constitution in New Orleans people are still too weak to stand up and take back control of our government, country and freedom. Oh well, I guess we will just sit here and laugh as the country decends into a pit of hell under a nightmare survailence grid tyranny.
iamheuno 3 years ago
holland's flood prevention system is based on new orleans'. after their large flood in the '50s they came to nola for advice. lets see how well their's holds up when it has a very powerful hurricane barreling towards it...
linds3456 3 years ago
Did u get my last comment?
coolcats95661 3 years ago
I heard that it took over a week to have FEMA Help with Hurricane katrina. I wonder why it takes so long for the government to Aid the people in need of a real life crisis of LIFE AND DEATH.
coolcats95661 3 years ago
i'm from the n.o. and i've seen all the damage first hand, through all the neighborhoods. my work was flooded, so i had to gut houses for work(which sucked). this video shows a good bit of the damage, but there is about 1000 times the damage that is not shown. think about that.
johnterrebonne 4 years ago
People think they understand about this but they dont. Its hard to understand unless you live it everyday.
mnm798 4 years ago
This is a reply to bharris68: Remember the Netherlands? Thats what they are called because a large part is below sea level and has been for centuries before any debate over climate change. That country even was a super-power at eyesight with england during the 17th century. I think it is very much possible to successfully rebuild New Orleans to stay, its just a matter of will - not only of the people who live there but also of the government, and I think thats whats sadly lacking...
clearcoldwater 4 years ago
what a horrible NATURAL DISASTER blaming the goverment doesn't help but they 'BUSH' isn't doing his job we all know that
bortlett420 4 years ago
I've been here, but it was October 2007. It still looks very bad, but this is just...unreal.. I'm going to make a video of my photos from 2007 soon.
abbeyslinker 4 years ago
I was there in 1992 and it didn't look any better then! I hated it...full of drugs and beggars...you couldn't go into most of the cemeteries or public parks for fear of getting robbed and someone tried to break into our hotel room...a lot of bullshit is spoken about the Big Easy...trust me folks it's not what it looks like in the movies!....that aside, the government response has been criminal - third world countries get a better response than one of your own cities...that's fucked up!
swinginglaurel 4 years ago
nice work.
skylash 4 years ago
they are not houses. they are homes. we need to remember that.
vikalik 4 years ago 25
agreed.
theblue64 3 years ago
excellent piece
blindnarcissus 4 years ago
Blaming "the governent" won't help - the fact remains that much of New Orleans is below sea level and levees or not, flood gates or not, pumps or not - the Sea will always come back and win.
bharris68 4 years ago
It's one of the oldest cities in America and was built to withstand any and all water that came at it, until the Army Corp. decided to make it better - great job boys.
DocNOproductions 4 years ago
The government could do a lot more. If this government can spend $500 billion to invade and illegally occupy Iraq and give Israel $3.5 billion to support the Israeli military then the U.S. could spend a few billion to help the people of New Orleans. But because NO has such a large African-American population the U.S. doesn't want to help them.
$500 billion to spend on an illegal war and occupation in Iraq. NO could have been rebuilt several times over with that much money. America Sucks!!!!
resistance022 4 years ago
The highways in and out were all damaged except for one route. Of course it is very difficult to stage an evacuation with one road in use. Also, it is really difficult when the population is impoverished ie only $5.00 in their pockets.
iraqidolphin 3 years ago
You're right blaming the government won't help, but they could help New Orleans out. FEMA is a national joke. It's a shame that a city as historic and inspiring as New Orlean is can't get help from government.
Your lack of compassion is very disturbing, but nothing surprises me anymore and your attitude certainly didn't surprise me.
Your words, which are probably that of a Bush supporter, are just a reminder of how cold the rest of the country is regarding this city.
jazzisgood82 3 years ago
I understand what you are trying to say about mother nature. But the real argument has more to do with how the government handled the disaster.
chompy44 3 years ago
Yea- the GOVERNER
grgoldner 3 years ago
Guys its not actully the goverments fault that it happend, the army engineers screwed. What is the goverments fault is the amount of time it took to get help in. Also the sea will come back and win from time to time, but be sensitive here... peoples lives and homes were destroyed, and it wasnt their fault that the city was built there.
Doodlebugyro 3 years ago 4
govt can develop solutions to fixing this problem!
Jwriter4 3 years ago
Doesn't matter, I pay taxes-lots of taxes-to make sure that American citizens who suffer natural disasters on our own soil get the help they need and deserve.
I want to know why the government failed us. We should all be asking these questions-especially in an election year.
viviananderson 3 years ago
That Makes No Fkin Sence.
AddEmotion 3 years ago
it is sad that people have such ignorant views. there is no city in america that is safe from the effects of nature, whether it is blizzards, tornados, earthquakes, fires or hurricanes. New Orleans has stood for hundreds of years until the govt's devastation of our wetlands and the Army Corps' complete negligence left one of the world's most amazing cities open for disaster. oh yes and then no one came to help us and left us all to die. and btw, genius, New Orleans was not destroyed by "the sea"
azurien27 3 years ago 6
@azurien27 Actually, there are reports that state that the Army Corps did come down to NO three years before the hurricane hit and they came with supplies that would fortify the Levees and when the hurricane would hit, the levees would have held up long enough to control and isolated a great part of the flooding, thus making medical aid and damage control easier to manage. The state gov't denied them for the sake of keeping them from "interfering" with state legislature.
Incompetence FTW.
OrochiGeese7 1 year ago 2
Thanks for taking the time to watch the video without anyone asking you to watch it.
TRyanNOVAC 4 years ago
Your comment has been posted so people better understand your mentality.
TRyanNOVAC 4 years ago
If that government wasn't so stubbern and asked help of the Netherlands, this horrible disaster never would of happened. I'm sorry to say this, but its the truth. The people of New Orleans have to get what they should get: a complete new city. If not, the USA is the biggest joke ever, if it wasn't already
Meuk1982 4 years ago
Pardon? I'm sorry, are you saying that those that lived in New Orleans asked for this? How cruel, and cold of you to say that. Yes there was warnings, but NO ONE DESERVED what happened to them, as for the USA being a joke...we are one of the few country's that are first on the scene when trouble hits in other parts of the world. Who was there for us? We dug our selves out of this, thank you. Americans are a tough lot, and we are NOT a joke.
yankeegurl62 4 years ago
Ask anyone from houston what the blacks did to their area when they came. Their crime rate almost went 2 fold. I live in nola and can tell you that the blacks here are out of control and deserve what they get...
mobb70 4 years ago
racist
Xavier7936 3 years ago
Unfortunately we got some in Minnesota, too. Sucked. There was a big spike in crime when however many hundreds of them came here. NOLA is basically a third world country of its own. As much as the libs like to think all homo sapiens are the same, I'm not having it. You get them together, they act like primates.
MNWildfan72 3 years ago 2
i think katrina was a thing that has to happen cause new orleans was hell people act like it was gods paradise coming from a blak person it helped most people to be stronger and others went back to their same way think about it it needed to happen i fell bad but it just was horrible
kyo221 4 years ago
wow
kyo221 4 years ago
Being in the upper middle socioeconomic class, as I'm sure cosmo1pug is as well, I think we should all have a little more compassion for those less fortunate than we are.
The homeowners SHOULD sue the insurance companies for backing out. However, many of them are not able to do so because they cannot afford to pay a lawyer and legal fees.
rfcullen7 4 years ago
(cosmo1pug) Everyone in America does not have the option to purchase insurance, that's simply not true. Insurance companies chose their clients and decide the terms. If you think you planned for a disaster, you probably haven't read the fine print........... ha ha hah
GreenGonks 4 years ago
I lived through that.
Michaelinator2 4 years ago
cosmo1pug's comment is representative of our own citizen's lack of understanding about what is really going on in New Orleans, post-Katrina. Yes, everyone has the option to purchase insurance. Most of these homeowners did have insurance. However, when the hurricane hit, many insurance companies pulled out of the area because they could not account for all of the damage, leaving many homeowners without the compensation they deserved.
rfcullen7 4 years ago 2
I was in the 9th Ward last month...it's virtually leveled. It's so eerie and heart-wrenching to see driveways and front porches that lead to nowhere. We peeked into one house that was crooked on it's foundations and there were clothes hanging in the closets. Some people were living there but not many. It was devastating.
Bajemea 4 years ago
:( we need to rebuild. i miss new orleans.
joeyissoweird 4 years ago 2
Raise the whole plane at least 50 feet, and it might then be a good idea to rebuild. Sad what happened, but it will just happen again some time.
MNWildfan72 3 years ago
Everyone in America has the option to purchase insurance! If you don't oh well your loss no isn't it? I'll be fine when disaster strikes because I've planned for it.
cosmo1pug 4 years ago
Oh ya...... In what area do you live?
I hope you don't live a nuclear power plant because there is insurance for that kind disaster!
GreenGonks 4 years ago
insurance companies did not want to fucking pay those people motherfucker alright. i spoke to a lady who had insurance. you don't know shit except for what you hear on your fucking tv screen thats it. how you going to speak on something you do not know about. you think everything is so easy by purchasing insurance. its a legal scam alright. that is what insurance is. hello!
tremone21 4 years ago 4
'united we stand', is what you americans where talking about after 911. doesn't exist. Your country is nothing.
Meuk1982 4 years ago
YOU'RE A COMPLETE FOOL
Xavier7936 3 years ago
YOU"RE A COMPLETE FOOL
Xavier7936 3 years ago
I am posting a complaint about how I can't post a comment on America's political incorrectness, as Youtube keep on blocking it and are restricting my freedom of speech. Please take this COVER UP into account.
theodore124 4 years ago
It's wrong that over a year has passed over New Orleans and one of the richest nations on Earth hasn't sorted itself out I'll tell you why that is, it's because America's goverment is corrupt, and is it just a coinscidence that as soon as a rich state (California) is hit by fires, the goverment is straight in there? It's only because New Orleans is poor and California is rich and has celebrities living there, but of course celebrities are much more important than every - day people (not).
theodore124 4 years ago 2
theodore, you are so right. Its horrible, a whole culture that will never really be again is scattered and lost.
somnambulistyes 4 years ago
What of New Orleans is left? This tragedy was predicted and preventable. So what are American values? Take a little country like the Netherlands, most of Holland is below sea level and the delta of the Rhine River; Yet Holland has in place some of the best flood prevention infrastructure in the world. This little country accomplished this without a large national debt, while still maintaining a high standard of living and social programs.
OrignalLignator 4 years ago
This is the best thing that could of happened to NO. It Swept out most of the non working welfare reciepients. This is where most of the cities crime came from...
malebomb 4 years ago
America is big! Holland small! We have big problems. They have small problems. Get the picture.
cosmo1pug 4 years ago
the difference is that many of the cities' resources that could be used for infrastructure is instead used to feed and house those who do not work.
ncmoonshine 4 years ago
So what are American values? Take a little country like the Netherlands; Most of Holland is below sea level and the delta of the Rhine River; Yet Holland has in place some of the best flood prevention infrastructure in the world. This little country accomplished this without a large national debt, while still maintaining a high standard of living and social programs.
OrignalLignator 4 years ago
So this is were the USA is at now.........
You take a little country like Holland much of which is below sea level and yet they have been able to keep the the sea out, restore and maintain there ecology and farmland, without a big national debt.......... There is something wrong here with America.........
OrignalLignator 4 years ago
It's not about my country..but I cannot understand how we can manage to keep te sea out of half of our country and even create land...and the most powerfull and rich country in the world can NOT???? What kind of country is that. And the help after...is that the USA? I really feel for these people. This could happen to us, but it doesn't. USA should asked for my country's help decades ago
Meuk1982 4 years ago
are u tring to be funny?
Baltimoreboy410 4 years ago
excecllent video
snapshot of the devastation
had to remind myself of what happened
garycalgary 4 years ago 2
You ass wipe y wood you say
killa1kea 4 years ago
i was raised in new orleans and im so mad cause my house got flood and broke down and my house in metarie was flood too but we fixed it and it looks better now than befor.
sBacommunity 4 years ago
we jusdt finished our house last month and now i play for my school football team cause i need something to do but i went to my house and it was crazy the door was stuck when we came the carpet well it was wet of course and the walls.....had mold all on it... my room celling came down on ym bed the room is gone so ya its bad its all bush fault and ray neagon
sBacommunity 4 years ago
This catastrophe not only hurt the ones that were and are trying to live in New Orleans, but also those who once lived there. Places are gone forever when we realize we can't go back and see them. I cried many tears. There's a same kind of sadness. I don't hurt near as much as those that lived through the actual hell of it. I loved this city too. These people have coped with hurt, anger, despair, helplessness and a lot of frustration all in one. God bless the people of New Orleans.
Tigerroux 4 years ago
If this was a wealthy community, insurance companies would have given the O.k. to rebuild Compare this to Florida when the hurricane came through there. But since this area was poor elderly people, insurance compnaies are not going to give the ok on this. Believe people they will not do it.
Creolelady281 4 years ago 2
Tough to look at!
wwwjohndiron 4 years ago
our government is horrible. we didnt help because everyone was poor. but if it was someone rich and important they would jump into action. i hope that our country 1 day relizes that we all need to change for the best or we r going to collapse under our own weight.
Valkeie 4 years ago 2
Right now, I am in the fires of San Diefo county and Caifornia is declared in a states of emergency. I feel that this is bad, but only one person has died so far, compared to the hundreds killed in Katrina. the government could have prevented this much damage but decided not to help enough. Here in CA, there are o many firefighters, trucks, and a great amount of help. I feel so bad now and that this type of help could have reached the victims of Katrina.
Spidey1588 4 years ago 2
well... as a venezuelan it make so sad to see all this destruction... i feel like i should do something... but being so far away is not good... god be with you
CarlitoxMiguel 4 years ago
well... as a venezuelan i feel sad for all this... it's not my country but i feel like i should do something... but what?
blackclouds11 4 years ago
they knew this could happen n they had a plan 4 it. the plan SHOCKING THERAPY far too long to explain but so easy to undertand.
dollahy 4 years ago
this is really sad im only 16 but i wish thier was somehtin i could have done to help NEW ORLEANS OUT I WISH YOU GUYS THE BEST OF LUCK GOD BLESS
blkmtgirl 4 years ago 2
I was down there this past summer (August 2007). I will say this....it took less than a decade to rebuild the entire city of San Francisco after the 1906 quake. Everyone was in the process, including the government. Why the government is not in the rebuilding process for the city of New Orleans is beyond me.
scatman44 4 years ago 2
the 9th ward is mostly of black population. so it will take the longest to rebuild. but there are so many black free masons down there im wondering why ever mason community doesn't just pitch in and help them out.
FATIGUEDOUT 4 years ago
Get flood insurance. If you can't get flood insurance where you want to live; then pick another place that you can insure. I realize that insurance co won't offer insurance in a high risk area. This is all stuff you should check on before buying real estate.
sleepwalker29 4 years ago
My aunt lives there.. I visited her this summer and to be honest, New Orleans is looking a LOT better! But still.. there is SO much work to be done.. Lower 9th is pretty much flattened... Alot of doors still have the spraypaint markings when they searched for bodies... Bleh
hazelwind 4 years ago
Hi I went through the same thing in Lake Carey Pa. I had insurance to fix things up.I got nothing from the goverment.You have to take care of yourself in the USA
gpallis12 4 years ago 2
If you hate(Racist) your just hating yourself....50% dont know you hate them...50% dont give a shit about how you feel anyway...so just live.
eastwood2414 4 years ago
As a matter of fact, Anderson Cooper WAS in Gulfport/Biloxi. Doesn't anyone remember that woman who broke down on camera and he couldn't find it in himself to stand there and videotape her? The Gulf Coast as a whole took a huge bitch slap. I live in New Orleans. I lost my apartment and my belongings. I felt obligated to come back and help out. Granted there are racial tensions here, the majority of us New Orleanians have bonded as an urban family. Everyone has a story.
glttrgrlTD 4 years ago
hey man, the 9th ward kooked like that BEFORE the hurricane
oustair99 4 years ago 2
no it didnt
lulu123xxx 4 years ago
Shut your bitching. More than half of you people have never been to New Orleans, let alone the coast. Think about it. Hurricanes don't discriminate. This had nothing to do with race. It had everything to do with economics. These people are still struggling! You have to rememeber that this isn't The Hamptons. A lot of these people didn't have a lot to begin with. Now they have absolutely nothing. What happens when you need help? Do you expect people to help you?
pastafarianssss 4 years ago
maybe they should get their shit together incase something like this does happen. Also, when the government tries to help you don't shot at the helicopters!!
blackableness 4 years ago
People who live in a flood zone with no insurance get no sympathy from me. Why should I pay tax money to rebuild your house that you didn't care enough about to insure? They should just bulldoze the whole place to the ground and move everyone about 200 miles north. What a waste of money and effort.
BrewsAndHerb 4 years ago
smh
TRUCKIE504 4 years ago
so who is building new orleans...F E M A..Find Every Mexican Available
kinkas1130 4 years ago
sHIT DAT WUS MY HOOD IN CITY GONE NOW BUT I STILL LUV IT
225nick 4 years ago
I feel and I pray for the people of the 9th ward. But I know if I lived there and had the chance to relocate, I would have done that in a hearbeat and never looked back. So sad, I cried when this happened. I don't live anywhere near the south, but I cried like a baby to see all those people hurting. If I stayed there, I would be forever afraid that it would happen again. The Government doesn't care!
Tellingulikeitis 4 years ago
What is the government supposed to do? hey, you losers, one word: MOVE!!! dammit, go somewhere else and get a job already. Dont stand in orleans and demand money from the rest of us. Jeez.
teddy516 4 years ago
What a dumb comment. Karma.
TRUCKIE504 4 years ago
IKeep in mind that levees are built to withstand floods from UPSTREAM (high water moving down the river). Levees are by no means capable of preventing a flood caused by wind-driven incoming ocean surge. The reason this neighborhood was able to establish itself is because they were playing roulette with the ocean for 100 years. Then in 2005 they finally took a bullet from the ocean. Today, few people are foolish to invest money into buildings which sit beneath sea-level elevation.
bebopPete 4 years ago
i went to new orleans in july on a mission trip and one morning we drove through the lower ninth ward, and after seeing all of that, i am very greatful for what ive got. its very sad to see it the way that it is in this video
supercurlz 4 years ago
Well, it IS below sea level. Everyone knew that it was below sea level. So it's not like a surprise or anything that it would get very watery when a big storm-driven wave sloshes through. The government can't very well be expected build walls around everything to protect it. Under sealevel is still under sealevel, as unfortunate as that might be.
bebopPete 4 years ago
Sorry 9th Ward but your community should of never been built. You are in a bowl, BELOW sea level. Don't ask Americans to pay to rebuild, cause it will flood again.
label1877 4 years ago