Has anyone seen this? Why was Katrina so publicized while other disasters are ignored?
475838
Because dummy, It was the nations largest humanitarian Disaster in 100 years. Cutting power to tens of thousand's of people conpared to millions displaced with no food no water is kind of like David vs. Goliath huh?  Dumb, Dumb Dumb
627470
Yes!!!!  The idea of the movie industry making money about such a horrible tragedy is a tragedy all its own.  Also, it is definitely too soon to relive those moments.  I still go into shock when I see anything on the news depicting that horrible day!
304216
You might want to research the suicidal people that couldn't escape Hurricane Katrina, because of money and poverty. A lot of people died the Government isn't reporting properly, and are ignoring the whole thing because of race.
76631
no, New Orleans was a hazard waiting to happen and nothing substantial should have ever been developed there, the people who lived there were in danger the whole time they've been there, it was just simply overlooked
328728
The Katrina evacuation was a disaster no matter which way you look at it.  Anyone with a leadership role failed miserably.  People who didn't get out, cast aside all personal responsibility.  \n\nThis tragedy put the spotlight on America, from all of the worst possible angles.\n\nGreed, Corruption, Ineptitude, Scapegoating, Destruction
1030478
I watched it and now feel the arab terrorists didnt do it, but our own government..but before w ehave a chance to do anything the next catostraphe will have happned...why do tuhink everyday on CNN all they talk about now is global warming and impending disaster and how we are "not prepared"...another brainwashing so they can blow a chunk of the country up and say it was a meteor..then give us all RFID chips................... which are all already made...................look that up............ even two of the cell phone callers work for companies that make them.
755703
AS A VICTIM OF FEMA AND THE RED CROSS AS WELL AS KATRINA THE BEST THING THATS HAPPENED IS THE PRIVATE VOLUNTEER GROUPS!  HERE ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST THEY ARE DOING MIRACLES!  WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO!  BUT WITHOUT JUST THE DONATED HELP WE WOULD BE DEAD!\n\nFORGET ANY FORMAL HELP!  THE GOVERNMENT HELP IS REBUILDING THE ROADS AND BRIDGES AND INTRASTRUCTURE!  BUT PERSONAL HOMES ARE FROM VOLUNTEER HELP ALONE!\n\nON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RIGHT NOW THERE IS A YAHOO GROUP COORDINATING ALL THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES, IT IS LISTED BELOW!\n\nTHEY NEED ANY HELP YOU CAN FURNISH CONTACT THEM!\n\n\nAPS\n\nKatrinaVolunteersHancockCounty@yahoogroups.com
218658
They maybe about as good as it gets, or needs to get.  Some models say if you had an enormous amount of information all over the world and somehow hooked it all up to computers, maybe instead of one week prediction, 3 week prediction. Notice we all watched Katrina for 2 weeks and the early prediction was it could be very sever. Several years ago a storm on the computer simulated predicted similar devastation to the area and once again funding was cut to 10%. \nDo you remember Bill Clinton canceling meetings in Europe and coming back for a #4 storm in Carolinas. FEMA waiting close to the storm and moving in? Congress criticized the amount of money. Of coarse it was very small compared to anything this administration does today. \nWhat we need is political will.
1043987
I do not know if we have lost sight of it, or if the mainstream media simply delights in reporting it because after all, bad news sells better than good news.\n\nTalk to your neighbors and friends, they are probably doing all right. Watch CNN and you will think the sky is falling everyday.\n\nHomeless in America? If you can't get it together here, where are you going to go? There are homeless in other countries whose dream is to someday be homeless in America.-Sam Kinison
493820
People need to elect leaders that actually want to do a job, not just pose for photo opportunities.  Katrina would have been bad, but resources could have and SHOULD have been placed so that they could have been brought in immediately after the hurricane passed.  Lives and billions of dollars in property could have been saved.  Also, people need to get a realistic appreciation of money--it is good for what its spent on.  Saving money by not reinforcing levees at New Orleans, or at Sacramento, Ca., is equivalent to a homeowner saving money by not putting on a roof.  OK, you saved a billion dollars by not fixing the N.O. levees, and now you get to pay 200 times that much to repair the damage.  It is not that hard to figure out. Voters are propagandized by the republican media but they better figure things out fast.
766255
Yes! there is no other explanation. Every action has a reaction. Miracles are happening everyday. This is just one that happened to make it to the eye of the media and be documented. How many miracles happen everyday that you don't hear about??????
939631
You have a good point. I just returned from a trip to the Mississippi coast. There is still a lot of storm damage yet to be fixed. Insurance companies have refused to pay settlements claiming the storm surge flooding caused all the damage. People are still living in campers in the driveways of their destroyed homes. More than half of the businesses haven't reopened, and lots of people are without jobs.\nIt was hard for me to believe I was still in America.
966574
I was pleased to see your question mentioned the "areas" affected and not just New Orleans.  New Orleans damage was not inflicted by the hurricane, but the levy breach.  The Mississippi Gulf Coast was decimated.  There are still residents who do not yet have a FEMA trailer, and its 14 months plus after the fact.  There are many insurance companies who are not paying because the damage was "flood" damage, and not covered.  HELLO!  The "flood" was caused by a hurricane!!!!!\n\nNo, the government has not done enough.  They have spent far too much time worrying about how to go about it and too little time getting their proverbial hands dirty and actually doing the work.  Church and college groups in this area are continuing to go down and help with demolition and rebuilding - weekly.  There are still mountains of debris that has not been removed.  \n\nThis Thanksgiving and Christmas season, there are thousands of families who are facing their second holiday season without a real home, and still with no answers from the federal government, state government or their insurance companies.  And the national media continues to focus on "New Orleans".  Our nation lost National Historic Sites on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, "Beauvoir", the home of Jefferson Davis being one of them.  Major damage in the state of Mississippi extended as far inland as Jackson, Meridian and even as far north as Tupelo and New Albany.  The scope of this was diminished in the national media, and has largely been relegated to history by many American citizens.  It is not history to the residents who are living in FEMA trailers, or tents, still fighting insurance companies, still have no jobs because the companies are not back up and running - I could go on and on.\n\nSo, no, I think the government has done a grave disservice to those citizens who were left homeless, jobless, and in many cases only with the clothing on their backs by Katrina.  And these "celebrities" keep showing how they have built this house or that house - there is still tons to do.  This problem is not fixed - not by a long shot.
748259
I have some incredible weather phenomena going on.\nSee my dark spot in my picture? That is a huge cyclone-like storm that would make it very difficult for birds to fly in. Oh, and take note that the dark spot is about the size of your planet Earth. Now that's giving Katrina a whole new perspective.
861970
The bad thing about this, really there are still alot of innocent people that are displaced, looking for jobs (in which our state doesn't have because the economy and crime is so high), and have no permanent place to call home. I have a family that lives down the street that lost everything because they lived in St. Bernard parish, and can't find the same paying job in our parish....so they are still living in a pop-up camper. \nIt was disgusting that these people were doing all these things with the FEMA card (some even bought wide screen TVs while they were in the Cajun Dome for a shelter!) because of this abuse there are still hard working people out there that don't deserve to live the way they have to.
932780
In my personal opinion, it was a failure of communication.  Everybody seemed to want to be in charge at that point.(city,state,federal etc.)  But nobody actually took the bull by the horns to make the very important decisions that needed to be made at the last minute. \nOnce the hurricane did hit,  the were no communications what so ever. No cell phone, no radio, nothing, for I think it was 4 or 5 days.  Nothing but each other.  \nIn short, to many chiefs and not enough Indians.\nI would like to note, that New Orleans was not the only affected area by the hurricane.
399759
meh\n\nhttp://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=disaster+recovery&meta=