Great idea for saving lives during hurricanes

[BSEagle1]

That's a double bladed sword, I think.

On one hand, the stupid people would be more likely to leave or atleast pay a price for taking valuable rescue time.

But on the other, there were a lot of people who -couldn't- leave. Either they were like this one family I saw on some Weather Channel footage who were very poor and could not afford even a rental car to leave, or they couldn't make it out in time.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: DAGTA
However, I choose not to remain silent when some officials in the USA decide to claim this is as bad as the tsunami that hit so many areas of the world last December.

Link to where an official has said that this was as bad as that tsunami in december? All I seen was that someone said that this was our tsunami. Maybe I'm mistaken or maybe you shouldn't make this into something it isn't.

Saying, "this is our tsunami" is already making it into something it isn't.

If another country had a terrorist in a single prop plane crash into a residential middle class house killing a family of four and the leader of that country were to say, "this is our 9/11", you wouldn't be irritated by that?

What's happening here is horrible... but it still pales in comparison to the devastation of the tsunami that hit last year.

He didn't say the United States' tsunami. That was one politician talking about the area he represents. In his eyes it was teh bad since nothing was left, just like Indonesia. This was Biloxi's "tsunami" because it destroyed so much of it.

 

[mitmot]

:thumbsup: for rant.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: shimsham

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1

Originally posted by: sygyzy
"This is our tsunami" says the US.

HAHAHAHAH

you have no idea do you. the only difference is in the warning given.

Or maybe in the total costs and the huge difference in the number of lives lost?

This is bad... really bad.

However, calling this equal to the tsunami of last year is arrogant of the USA and extremely insulting to the countries and people affected by the tsunami. As bad as this is, it is nothing compared to the tsunami's huge death toll.

arrogant and insulting? cities and towns have been wiped off the map or submerged under water. while the death toll doesnt even compare, surely youre not going to bust the balls of officials who make those statements when its a total disaster area in many parts of la, ms, and al.

Entire islands, villages, and cities were wiped out by the tsunami. Those people had zero warning, while the people of Lousiana and Mississippi had over 24 hours of warning. The death toll for the tsunami was over 100,000 people. Entire subcultures were wiped out in one day.

There is a magnitude of difference.

Besides, New Orleans has known for a LONG time that they are a city that is below sea level and located right next to the ocean, a lake, the largest river in the USA, and another river. It doesn't take Captain Obvious to point out that this was a disaster that was going to happen someday and could have been avoided if people had worked to move the city to a new location or put a lot more engineering work into securing the city.

That does not say I dont' have sympathy for the people suffering. I do. However, I choose not to remain silent when some officials in the USA decide to claim this is as bad as the tsunami that hit so many areas of the world last December.

The tsunami wiped our rural villages and already terrible infrastructure. Katrina wiped out major buildings, roads, and stellar infrastructure.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: DAGTA
However, I choose not to remain silent when some officials in the USA decide to claim this is as bad as the tsunami that hit so many areas of the world last December.

Link to where an official has said that this was as bad as that tsunami in december? All I seen was that someone said that this was our tsunami. Maybe I'm mistaken or maybe you shouldn't make this into something it isn't.

Saying, "this is our tsunami" is already making it into something it isn't.

If another country had a terrorist in a single prop plane crash into a residential middle class house killing a family of four and the leader of that country were to say, "this is our 9/11", you wouldn't be irritated by that?

What's happening here is horrible... but it still pales in comparison to the devastation of the tsunami that hit last year.

9/11 to a prop plane crashing is equal as Katrina to the Tsunami? You're a fvcking moron and horrible at analogies. You have entire cities destroyed, so when a Mayor of one of those cities make an analogy and says "hey, my entire city is DESTROYED, this is our tsunami..." it isn't arrogant or foolish, it is just more rabid international fellating from you, which is typical of your incredibly childish dialogue regarding anything the US does.