the other side of new orleans
i received this in an email.... i thought i'd open the can of worms in this forum.... supposedly this is a forward from someone living down south...
Sent: September 06, 2005 1:37 PM
Subject: Louisiana Update
We have had a battery operated TV so we've been getting local channels focusing on the situation there and here. I'm just getting "national perspective" and it's pissing me off!
First, this is not a racial thing. I'm sorry if all the reporters are seeing black faces but if they would take their cameras to places like Slidell, Maldeville, Metairie and CHALMETTE! they would see several thousand white faces being affected by this. Most of the tip of the boot that is Louisiana south and east of Baton Rouge is under water. Those people are too waiting for help, dying, but all the news people can focus on is the Superdome.
Another misconception. The violence going on there is not the reaction of desperate people. Its typical New Orleans on any given Tuesday!! Its a dangerous, dirty, drug infested place where the city police and city government is corrupt and useless. Volunteers are getting shot at and their cars vandalized. Helicopters are being shot at. Just another day in the city.
Another misonception. These porr people couldn't get out because they don't have cars. If the cameras show the city once the waters reced, you'll notice all the flooded out cars littering the streets. They couldn't all have been broken down before the storm hit. Yes, there are always people who do not have transportation. Part of making the call for a MANDATORY evacuation is that the city has to provide for transportation and/or shelter in the city. People stayed for the same reasons they always stay. They think the storm will turn and go in another direction. They think they can "ride it out." Or, they're just to f***ing lazy to pack up and leave.
Another misconception. The federal government was slow to respond. The president issued a state of emergency BEFORE the storm ever hit, unprecedented. This means that the full access of the federal government, be it military or civil, were at our governor's disposal. The levee broke early Monday afternoon. She did not call evacuation until Tuesday morning. You cannot call up National Guard units in 20 minutes. It takes time. The governor and mayor are in high CIA mode at the moment. The situation is bad here. Crime us becoming a problem in Gonzales and Baton Rouge where the evacuees are being housed.
We live in between the two cities and there is a pistol on my desk shelf as i type (yes, I know how to use it). Helicopters flying overhead all day, gas is running out, stores shelves becoming empty. Its like a war zone. Our kids are both here and are staying here until the crime situation gets in control and I fear it will get worse before it gets better. Pray for us.
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end letter, back to me speaking.... can people get on the net down there? and if not, then wtf is this shit, if so, then why is this person on the net with a pistol on the shelve if crime is so bad? why don't the have the gun on their person, keeping an eye out for trouble... or crime or harm heading towards them and their children.... i don't get this.... pick it apart, people. tell me what you think
Sent: September 06, 2005 1:37 PM
Subject: Louisiana Update
We have had a battery operated TV so we've been getting local channels focusing on the situation there and here. I'm just getting "national perspective" and it's pissing me off!
First, this is not a racial thing. I'm sorry if all the reporters are seeing black faces but if they would take their cameras to places like Slidell, Maldeville, Metairie and CHALMETTE! they would see several thousand white faces being affected by this. Most of the tip of the boot that is Louisiana south and east of Baton Rouge is under water. Those people are too waiting for help, dying, but all the news people can focus on is the Superdome.
Another misconception. The violence going on there is not the reaction of desperate people. Its typical New Orleans on any given Tuesday!! Its a dangerous, dirty, drug infested place where the city police and city government is corrupt and useless. Volunteers are getting shot at and their cars vandalized. Helicopters are being shot at. Just another day in the city.
Another misonception. These porr people couldn't get out because they don't have cars. If the cameras show the city once the waters reced, you'll notice all the flooded out cars littering the streets. They couldn't all have been broken down before the storm hit. Yes, there are always people who do not have transportation. Part of making the call for a MANDATORY evacuation is that the city has to provide for transportation and/or shelter in the city. People stayed for the same reasons they always stay. They think the storm will turn and go in another direction. They think they can "ride it out." Or, they're just to f***ing lazy to pack up and leave.
Another misconception. The federal government was slow to respond. The president issued a state of emergency BEFORE the storm ever hit, unprecedented. This means that the full access of the federal government, be it military or civil, were at our governor's disposal. The levee broke early Monday afternoon. She did not call evacuation until Tuesday morning. You cannot call up National Guard units in 20 minutes. It takes time. The governor and mayor are in high CIA mode at the moment. The situation is bad here. Crime us becoming a problem in Gonzales and Baton Rouge where the evacuees are being housed.
We live in between the two cities and there is a pistol on my desk shelf as i type (yes, I know how to use it). Helicopters flying overhead all day, gas is running out, stores shelves becoming empty. Its like a war zone. Our kids are both here and are staying here until the crime situation gets in control and I fear it will get worse before it gets better. Pray for us.
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end letter, back to me speaking.... can people get on the net down there? and if not, then wtf is this shit, if so, then why is this person on the net with a pistol on the shelve if crime is so bad? why don't the have the gun on their person, keeping an eye out for trouble... or crime or harm heading towards them and their children.... i don't get this.... pick it apart, people. tell me what you think