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"It just p*sses me off more everytime I see the images of how stupid and dependent on the government these people were when they were warned DAYS in advance to get the heck out of there. It is just disgusting!"

Not including the masses of people who evacuated from the parishes surrounding New Orleans, 80% of the city's population of 412,000 evacuated before Katrina hit. Depending on where they lived, those people were not allowed to return to their homes or businesses for three weeks or more.

There were also people who were evacuated after the storm. Many of those were relocated to different parts of the country and some, due to financial problems and/or lack of a place to live, have not as yet been able to return.

Sometimes it seems to me as though some people do not realize that New Orleans would have been destroyed even if every single person who was living here at the time had evacuated. No matter what else, the city still would have been flooded and over 200,000 home and business properties would have been wiped out.

You're right it would have been a huge disaster no matter what, but what really got me was all the people that acted like the government failed to get their butts out of town. What other disaster victims have acted like that before or since? Why was it the governments job?

Mila, I’m certain I don’t speak for myself only when I say that my heart went out to the people of Louisiana who were so devastated by Katrina through no fault of their own. I object to the bad behavior of the governing few. The corruption must be eradicated. Please unite w/us to take back our country.