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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
And I'm tired of everyone assuming that the only people affected by Katrina are the poor and uninsured. Insurance companies have run riot over claims - playing fast and loose with definitions of what constitutes wind damage, and what is water. Many thousands of people from all over the LA and Miss. coast are displaced, and found out that their insurance company was willing to let them hang out to dry. I know of many natives who wish to return, but have been unable because of the lack of basic services and security. These taxpayers are, I think, entitled to running water, electricity, and some measure of safety. But they can't get it. Some of them are still wrestling with their insurance companies, two years later. And until the engineering is taken care of, who wants to put themselves at the mercy of the Army Corps. of Engineers?
We need New Orleans for many reasons - as a port at the mouth of the Mississippi, as the spiritual and cultural home to so many different groups, and, YES, because of the heritage and history it contains. Do I expect the government to do it all? Hell,no - I just want them to provide the same level of infrastructure every other citizen in the U.S. has a right to expect, and I want them to straighten up the engineering nightmare that THEY put into place. And then I want them to get the hell out of the way, so the citizens of New Orleans can shine again.
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Just wanted it repeated... Well said.
My sentiments exactly...
Everyone makes money off of NOLA from food to music, a cultural stronghold in America, then a Natural Disaster that caused piss poor levee design to have a complete enginneering failure that caused a flood. Then this comcominant disaster annihilated a corrupt local and state government and added an inept Fed government who should have taken over the reigns the minute the determined that crazy thing was headed in that direction...
Watching live on TV, just made me question my birthland and my birth right and I was not involved in anyway...
The several large insurance companies have FAILED their insurers in NOLA. Nationwide was one of them. They had issues that because the hurricane itself did not actually cause the damage, then flood insurance by storm surge would not apply. But if you have lost your entire house are you basically telling these people, "Go F Yourself?"
Then, you get and pay your tax bills from the feds and the state.
That is just a double-whammy and it is not right.
Yes, we should be proud to foot some of this bill because it is about CITIZENRY and being a part of the United States.