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It's the only flood I ever saw where people fled instead of sandbagging the levees. On c-span last night the chairman of the coastal restorationm has only one idea. The feds should pay for it. A journalist sarcastically mentioned Iraq funding. I thought his comparing an American city to a third world country was ironic and sad. They showed a yound mother full of disgust that FEMA didn't take care of her better. 2.9% unemployment in NO, now, an she can't figure out how to get a bus ticket to Atlanta to see her boyfriend. The whole culture is one of sullen dependancy.

"It's the only flood I ever saw where people fled instead of sandbagging the levees."

America had never seen a flood like this. Which of the dozens of levee breaks in New Orleans alone should have been filled first? Not to mention the dozens of breaches in neighboring St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes?

Oh, by the way, since the areas were we normally get sand were flooded, where do we get the sand from? Since the bridges were washed out, how do we get the sand to where it is needed? The people to operate the equipment to prepare, move, and place the sandbags--almost all of whom evacuated? And don't forget that the water is moving at 3000 cubic feet per second!

Remember, many people still have no place to live and no reliable transportation. Thousands of FEMA trailers still have not been delivered. Many that have been delivered can not be occupied due to lack of electricity or sufficient water pressure.

You gripe about the young mother . . . who is going to watch her kids while she works? I absolutely agree that she should work if at all possible--but there is no child care available, she probably doesn't have any way to get to work, and there may not be any place for her to work. The Lower 9th Ward didn't have much pre-K; now there is nothing but devastation. There are no gas stations, no day care, no restaurants, no health care. N O T H I N G ! ! !

IT IS AWFULLY DAMN EASY TO JUDGE FROM A FAR. HAVE YOU SEEN IT FOR YOURSELF? WHY DON'T YOU COME DOWN HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE UTTER DEVASTATION THAT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU JUST TELL PEOPLE TO GET OFF THEIR @$$E$ AND GET TO WORK!

Sandbagging, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, good one. You guys must really be running out of bashing material if this is the best you can do. Are you really aware of what you are saying when you complain that they didn't sandbag miles of levees? Oh my.......