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Name:   Osms The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   Mr. Hodja
Date:   12/6/2009 5:26:30 PM

It is very interesting that you experienced helping others on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and observed their desire to overcome terrible circumstances and move on to recover. As a resident of the Coast for many years before Katrina, I worked a great deal in New Orleans. The most disturbing thing to us was the media coverage in New Orleans that was so distorted that the nation formed an opinion that everyone affected by the storm simply sat down and waited to be served--the picture provided by TV.

Rarely was any mention made of the hundreds of thousands of hard working folks in Miss and LA who were picking themselves up and moving on. Interesting was the huge influx of Mexicans to New Orleans to clean up and start rebuilding--all while the "entitled" were laying up in a hotel room in Houston, ATL, or any number of other places for the following 2 to 4 years, at taxpayer expense.

The total collapse of the N.O. and La government's efforts to plan for the storm or execute any rescue effort should have led to criminal charges. The glaring differences between the planning and rescue efforts of South Mississippi and New Orleans should be studied some day. Remember Katrina hit Mississippi in Bay St. Louis with a 32 foot tide (waves on top of that). Forty miles to the east we had a 21 foot tide. New Orleans to the west of the storm was flooded by much less water (9 to 3 feet)and no waves in all but St. Bernard Parrish.
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First Big Tax Increase - lotowner - 12/5/2009 7:37:43 AM
     Sorry to Disappoint - Talullahhound - 12/5/2009 8:25:06 AM
          And BTW - Talullahhound - 12/5/2009 8:27:33 AM
               Owe? - 4691 - 12/5/2009 8:41:38 AM
                    Owe? - Talullahhound - 12/5/2009 9:00:14 AM
                         Owe? - Summer Lover - 12/5/2009 10:12:49 AM
                         WRONG ... - water_watcher - 12/5/2009 1:23:30 PM
                    Flooding in LA - MAJ USA RET - 12/5/2009 10:36:02 AM
               We don't "owe" them - MartiniMan - 12/5/2009 10:06:06 AM
                    We don't "owe" them - Talullahhound - 12/5/2009 12:01:08 PM
                         We don't "owe" them - Yankee06 - 12/5/2009 12:42:05 PM
                              Agree - water_watcher - 12/5/2009 1:28:55 PM
                         We don't "owe" them - MAJ USA RET - 12/5/2009 12:42:41 PM
                              We don't "owe" them - Talullahhound - 12/5/2009 3:21:44 PM
                                   Charity vs Entitlement - MAJ USA RET - 12/5/2009 4:11:57 PM
                                        You nailed it !!! - water_watcher - 12/5/2009 4:59:27 PM
                                             Point about JWD - water_watcher - 12/5/2009 5:08:23 PM
                                                  Point about JWD - Talullahhound - 12/5/2009 7:10:15 PM
                                                       We disagree ... :) - water_watcher - 12/6/2009 6:23:04 AM
                                                            Hierarchy of Needs - MAJ USA RET - 12/6/2009 9:12:30 AM
                                                                 Hierarchy of Needs - MrHodja - 12/6/2009 9:33:41 AM
                                                                      Hierarchy of Needs - MAJ USA RET - 12/6/2009 10:37:53 AM
                                                                           Hierarchy of Needs - Talullahhound - 12/6/2009 10:56:15 AM
                                                                                Nope - water_watcher - 12/6/2009 11:20:25 AM
                                                                                     But - Talullahhound - 12/6/2009 2:10:12 PM
                                                                                          But - MrHodja - 12/6/2009 2:28:15 PM
                                                                                               Mr. Hodja - Osms - 12/6/2009 5:26:30 PM
                                                                                               But - Talullahhound - 12/6/2009 5:27:54 PM
                                                                                                    But - MrHodja - 12/6/2009 5:43:27 PM
                                                                                                         But - MAJ USA RET - 12/7/2009 12:44:14 PM
                                        Charity vs Entitlement - Talullahhound - 12/5/2009 7:30:58 PM
                                        WOW, - wix - 12/6/2009 12:03:11 AM
                                             WOW, above post - wix - 12/6/2009 12:05:19 AM
          Sorry to Disappoint - lotowner - 12/5/2009 3:33:32 PM
               Sorry to Disappoint - Talullahhound - 12/5/2009 7:17:40 PM
                    Sorry to Disappoint - lotowner - 12/5/2009 8:18:37 PM



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