Comments on: Iowa Reaction to Floods Much Different than New Orleans, Katrina http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/06/1406/ The WORLDWIDE LEADER in WEIRD ~~~ News -Politics -Commentary -Weird News -Crime -Opinion -Entertainment -Scandals -Celebrities -Conspiracies -Video Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:53:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kustoz http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/06/1406/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 kustoz Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:55:25 +0000 http://deathby1000papercuts.com/?p=1406#comment-2573 Wow! That's awesome! Wow!

That’s awesome!

]]> By: Josh http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/06/1406/comment-page-1/#comment-1792 Josh Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:12:30 +0000 http://deathby1000papercuts.com/?p=1406#comment-1792 What an unfair comparison, the situations are both sad and wet but otherwise they don't compare. In Iowa they knew it was coming and had plenty of time. In NO they knew a hurricane was coming and they survived that fine, the levee failure was not talked about. In Iowa people stayed where they were with plenty of supplies or drove off to a safe place somewhere that had food and water. In NO many people don't have a car because the city has good bus system. In NO most people who couldn't get out of town went to a place they were told to go with a couple days of food and water as ordered. Then they were trapped with thousands of other people in August heat with no bathroom facilities, no lights, no electricity, no food and no water. Old people dying, children suffering. IN NO houses were covered to the top of the roof as never before and people were drowning in their home and we kept out rescuers from many countries who were just waiting for the OK to come on with their high water rescue teams. We even told Canada no. We wouldn't let truck loads of water bring anything in. The National Guard were in Iowa, they were helping to sand bag, they weren't needed for rescue. The crowds in NO behaved so much better than we could expect people to. In other countries you hear about food and rescue coming in a couple days after a disaster and riots start over the food. In Iowa people were so angry not to be let back into their homes that one guy was arrested for trying to run over an officer that was stopping them. I have no idea how you were thinking when you wrote this What an unfair comparison, the situations are both sad and wet but otherwise they don’t compare.
In Iowa they knew it was coming and had plenty of time. In NO they knew a hurricane was coming and they survived that fine, the levee failure was not talked about.
In Iowa people stayed where they were with plenty of supplies or drove off to a safe place somewhere that had food and water.
In NO many people don’t have a car because the city has good bus system. In NO most people who couldn’t get out of town went to a place they were told to go with a couple days of food and water as ordered. Then they were trapped with thousands of other people in August heat with no bathroom facilities, no lights, no electricity, no food and no water. Old people dying, children suffering.
IN NO houses were covered to the top of the roof as never before and people were drowning in their home and we kept out rescuers from many countries who were just waiting for the OK to come on with their high water rescue teams. We even told Canada no. We wouldn’t let truck loads of water bring anything in.

The National Guard were in Iowa, they were helping to sand bag, they weren’t needed for rescue.

The crowds in NO behaved so much better than we could expect people to. In other countries you hear about food and rescue coming in a couple days after a disaster and riots start over the food. In Iowa people were so angry not to be let back into their homes that one guy was arrested for trying to run over an officer that was stopping them.

I have no idea how you were thinking when you wrote this

]]> By: sleepy http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2008/06/1406/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 sleepy Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:36:24 +0000 http://deathby1000papercuts.com/?p=1406#comment-1779 Katrina did $150 billion in damage. In Iowa, the flooding did $1.5 billion. I live in Iowa. People think they're more virtuous than most anyone else. They're not different, only perhaps in their lack of modesty and their excessive smugness. Katrina did $150 billion in damage.

In Iowa, the flooding did $1.5 billion.

I live in Iowa. People think they’re more virtuous than most anyone else. They’re not different, only perhaps in their lack of modesty and their excessive smugness.

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