The dichotomy between Katrina and Harvey ... Where the Katrina residents sat back and cried for help ...

donobon wrote:

Paula poy wrote:

The Harvey residents buckled down, put on their man pants and went out in the treacherous waters seeking to rescue their fellow residents. Quite amazing. One group - always seeking a handout versus another that does whatever is necessary. Well done Houstonians!!!

I get it. You're referring to 'lazy black people always seeking a handout' in Louisiana versus the white people in Houston 'that do whatever is necessary.'

Without getting into your racism, a few things come to mind.

A) Different disasters. As someone else already said, the water rose much faster in Louisiana because of the levies.

B) Katrina was a huge disaster for the nation. It also helped other states think how to better handle a natural disaster of that magnitude. The element of surprise is a huge issue. Had Katrina not happened, the people experiencing Harvey would have been much more clueless.

C) Houston herself is getting used to more and more flooding. In the last few years, there have been huge floods in Houston. They're much more prepared, be it mentally and physically, for floods compared to other places. A lot of people in Houston suburbs have boats and that proved to be a huge asset for obvious reasons.

D) Houston will still definitely ask for help, billions of dollars worth of help.

San wrote:

Precious Roy wrote:

Not really a fair comparison, although the initial FEMA and local disaster response in Katrina was inept. Katrina was a different kind of disaster. The levy broke and flooded the 9th Ward. The water came rushing into the 9th ward so fast that people only had minutes to get into their attics or climb onto the roof. Flooding effectively cut of the 9th ward from the rest of the city. So, people with boats could not drive over to the 9th ward to do volunteer rescues. They had to wait for Brownie and inept Louisiana officials to rescue them. Also, the water was too high to wade through.

If anything, Houston learned a lot from Katrina and another hurricane, Rita that helped Houston be better prepared to deal with a big storm. Shelters were ready to go. Extra law enforcement and disaster relief personnel have been pouring into the city.

The levy did not break. Read up on it.

Harvey Evacuee wrote:

Paula poy wrote:

The Harvey residents buckled down, put on their man pants and went out in the treacherous waters seeking to rescue their fellow residents. Quite amazing. One group - always seeking a handout versus another that does whatever is necessary. Well done Houstonians!!!

I am Harvey evacuee, we are weeks away from returning, a neighbors house is back above the water line, so what did we get done today, well not our FEMA forms. Rather his whole house floor has already been ripped up and it is already drying out. He can't even drive there yet (had to Kayak out) but he is already well on the road to recovery.

Katrina was at most cat3 and poured like 15 inches in places, Harvey was cat4 and poured 53 inches in places.

There is no doubt the reponse in Texas has been magnificent. Haters going to hate, but reality is Texans are getting on with life despite perhaps the worst hurricane statistically speaking ever (cat 4, 50+ inches, several days of winds/tornadoes).

It makes people from the NE furiously mad to see the personal accountability model along with community giving actually works. My kids schools was literally under water, he starts up again on Tuesday. Big government doesn't work, plain and simple.

Alan Webbs Triceps wrote:

Harvey Evacuee wrote:

I am Harvey evacuee, we are weeks away from returning, a neighbors house is back above the water line, so what did we get done today, well not our FEMA forms. Rather his whole house floor has already been ripped up and it is already drying out. He can't even drive there yet (had to Kayak out) but he is already well on the road to recovery.

Katrina was at most cat3 and poured like 15 inches in places, Harvey was cat4 and poured 53 inches in places.

There is no doubt the reponse in Texas has been magnificent. Haters going to hate, but reality is Texans are getting on with life despite perhaps the worst hurricane statistically speaking ever (cat 4, 50+ inches, several days of winds/tornadoes).

It makes people from the NE furiously mad to see the personal accountability model along with community giving actually works. My kids schools was literally under water, he starts up again on Tuesday. Big government doesn't work, plain and simple.

Boom! You libs got lawyered by a Harvey evacuee and hero

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