"Catrina" the hurricane was devastating but i can't help but feel that it was there own fault(referring to people in Louisiana) they built there houses in a geographical area that is below sea level. If there was ever a flood or a hurricane they would be whipped out, and then there was. So did they have it coming?
Protection or no protection from the levies, the storm would still do heavy damage, because Katrina was a pretty massive hurricane. However, this does not excuse the fact that the levies made to protect New Orleans were shoddy and did squat diddly against it. So much could be saved if they were half-way decent.
the only result of stupidity was the ignorant spelling mistake in the title.
the hurricane was devastating but i can't help but feel that it was there own fault
new orleans people dont live that long anyway. they eat so much burnt food and fried everything that they have cancer and heart attacks around the clock. katrina just sped everything up.
No, I think it is cruel to say they had it coming. There are few places on earth without the risk of natural disasters. Would you say areas devastated by tornadoes "had it coming?" Earthquakes? Volcanic activity?
I do think that they could have better prepared for it though, although it's level was a bit of surprise.
And to all of you that are saying the hurricane just "sped up their deaths" I think your logic is a bit off.
By your logic we should all be killed, since we're going to die eventually. Just like we should eat all of the food in our pantries right now, since we're going to eat it eventually, right?
I live on an Island City. Does that mean I deserve to die? If so, your logic is heavily flawed and completely ludicrous.
Like KMRaider said, does it mean we should all die off anyway? No. They chose to live there because of other reasons, not because it was going to wipe them out. They are not stupid, do you think that hundreds of years of communities are simply going to get up and leave because of one simple conclusion that a hurricane can hit them? No!
Should people in LA leave because one big earthquake will destroy them? No! You can't be serious when you guys make these claims can you?
Well its the feeling of security. If you lived in a city for your entire life, let's say 40 or 50 some years, would you move to get out the way? Consider that most of the population have nowhere to go.
And the way you say "did they have it coming?" makes it seem they were at fault for the fact that 350 some years ago someone decided to make a port city in a location that seemed to be pretty nice. The fact that with the false sense of security of levees. The fact of the mentality of "It could never happen to me".
But whatever, this happened a long time ago, just another memory occasionally brought up by the Press.
[quote=KMRaider_@8:23PM]Would you say areas devastated by tornadoes "had it coming?" Earthquakes? Volcanic activity?[/quote]
Hurricanes and tropical storms are identified and notified to the common masses days, maybe even weeks before it actually touches down. Tornadoes have minutes notified (that's when an actual funnel cloud touches down), volcanoes are either "it's erupting, or it's a false alarm" (no one knows for sure), and earthquakes are instantaneous. Unlike these three, people can actually prepare to ride out a hurricane or evacuate. When you think about it hard, it's no one's fault if they are hit with these three, but it is if they decide to ride out a hurricane, Nature's greatest power.
It was Katrina, and I agree that it was their fault. They chose to move to that region and were killed due to their decision. We can't put all the blame on the people though. The had other agendas for why they moved their. If we blamed them it would be like blaming Haiti for their catastrophics events, its not probable.
