Comment Re:Congress: STFU. (Score 0, Redundant) 242
Why you make yourself out to be as ignorant as you are stupid we will never know, sadly there are plenty others that are confused or just not educated enough to the facts of why disaster funds are put aside for anything such as storms etc, I don't to totally put you down and put you out there but i see and hear this being said all through the web and in conversations throughout about Katrina this and that and why your tax dollars are being sent there..
Ok since people want to just let Louisiana Wash away why not just let Southern California fall into the Ocean, those people "CHOSE" to live in a unstable ground, there's Earth Quakes, Wild fires, Floods and could soon be a Possible Tsunmai, and yes Cali is in a Hurricane Prone area as well and it's residents live off the Coast and even right on the beaches, heck there are people living on hills, and it took Billions of Federal Dollars to Fund Cali when the big earthquake in the 80's and early 90's happened.
Then lets jump over to Florida, Miami at that.
1926 - Miami
The blow that broke the boom
The 1926 storm was described by the U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami as "probably the most destructive hurricane ever to strike the United States." It hit Fort Lauderdale, Dania, Hollywood, Hallandale and Miami. The death toll is estimated to be from 325 to perhaps as many as 800. No storm in previous history had done as much property damage.
1928 - Okeechobee
The night 2,000 died
When the hurricane roared ashore at Palm Beach September 16, 1928, many coastal residents were prepared. But inland, along Lake Okeechobee, few conceived the disaster that was brewing. The storm struck first in Puerto Rico, killing 1,000 people, then hit Florida with 125 mph winds. Forty miles west of the coast, rain filled Lake Okeechobee to the brim and the dikes crumbled. Water rushed onto the swampy farmland, and homes and people were swept away. Almost 2,000 people perished.
1935 - The Florida Keys
Most intense hurricane to ever strike US
The Labor Day storm was a category 5 hurricane that killed 408 people in the Florida Keys. People caught in the open were blasted by sand with such force that it stripped away their clothing.
1960 - Hurricane Donna
Donna batters Florida, entire U.S. East Coast
After swiping the Florida Keys and striking land near Fort Myers on Sept. 10, 'Deadly Donna' did not travel along the usual path that storms of her magnitude usually take.
1964 - Hurricane Cleo
The day the News didn't publish
Hurricane Cleo blasted Key Biscayne and then moved north along the state's coastline, following State Road 7 and passing over Miami, Opa-locka, West Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. The hurricane caused massive flooding, structural damage and destruction of the citrus crop. It also prevented the Fort Lauderdale News from publishing -- for the only time in its history.
1965 - Hurricane Betsy
Bad Betsy changed direction
Hurricane Betsy was building strength; it looked like it was aiming for South Carolina, posing no threat to South Florida. But on Saturday, Sept. 4, the storm whirled to a stop, about 350 miles east of Jacksonville. When Betsy started moving again on Sunday, she had changed directions. The storm plowed through the Bahamas Monday night, then mauled South Florida a day later.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew
A 'modern-day apocalypse'
For 27 years, South Florida had been spared a severe hurricane. Then Andrew arrived, the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. Andrew wrecked more property than Hugo, Agnes and Betsy combined, with damages estimated at $25 billion. Twenty-three died.
2004 - Hurricane Frances
The size of Texas
Hurricane Frances, a sluggish and super-sized storm, may leave as its legacy a singular image: The entire state of Florida, 435 miles from Tallahassee to Key West, enveloped in rain and wind.
2004 - Hurricane Jeanne
The last storm of the season
Hurricane Jeanne pushed across Florida, launching leftover storm debris, tearing apart weakened buildings, cutting power for millions, and leaving the nation's fourth most populous state dazed by relentless pounding from four hurricanes in six weeks. At least six people died during and after the storm.
2005 - Hurricane Wilma
Hammered
Hurricane Wilma clobbered South Florida on Monday, October 24, 2005, with surprising strength, leaving the entire region damaged, dark and startled by the ferocity of a storm that many hadn't taken seriously enough.
If you read all of this and still feel the same about New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana, maybe we should just let Florida get washed off the map, i mean really, 88% of Florida residential is off the coast and all of the Gulf Area has the Same Levee System built by the same Army of Corps which is funded by the Federal Government with our tax Dollars.
The reason why New Orleans is still there and people are living there is not because those people just are stubborn and want to live in places to die on purpose.
The live there because they were told after the "GREAT FLOOD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mississippi_Flo od_of_1927 " That the new Levee System that was going to hold that water back from the low lying area's was perfect and would be maintained indefinitely by The Feds and was OK to live in those area's, Otherwise New Orleans would have been a Beach or a Cruise Ship Docking station with a few shops and no one living there but businesses.
So Please next time anyone open their mouth about this whole issue and get over worked about your tax dollars GET YOUR FACTS TOGETHER AND DO RESEARCH OR ASK SOMEONE EDUCATED ENOUGH TO HAND THOSE FACTS OVER TO YOU!.
Ok since people want to just let Louisiana Wash away why not just let Southern California fall into the Ocean, those people "CHOSE" to live in a unstable ground, there's Earth Quakes, Wild fires, Floods and could soon be a Possible Tsunmai, and yes Cali is in a Hurricane Prone area as well and it's residents live off the Coast and even right on the beaches, heck there are people living on hills, and it took Billions of Federal Dollars to Fund Cali when the big earthquake in the 80's and early 90's happened.
Then lets jump over to Florida, Miami at that.
1926 - Miami
The blow that broke the boom
The 1926 storm was described by the U.S. Weather Bureau in Miami as "probably the most destructive hurricane ever to strike the United States." It hit Fort Lauderdale, Dania, Hollywood, Hallandale and Miami. The death toll is estimated to be from 325 to perhaps as many as 800. No storm in previous history had done as much property damage.
1928 - Okeechobee
The night 2,000 died
When the hurricane roared ashore at Palm Beach September 16, 1928, many coastal residents were prepared. But inland, along Lake Okeechobee, few conceived the disaster that was brewing. The storm struck first in Puerto Rico, killing 1,000 people, then hit Florida with 125 mph winds. Forty miles west of the coast, rain filled Lake Okeechobee to the brim and the dikes crumbled. Water rushed onto the swampy farmland, and homes and people were swept away. Almost 2,000 people perished.
1935 - The Florida Keys
Most intense hurricane to ever strike US
The Labor Day storm was a category 5 hurricane that killed 408 people in the Florida Keys. People caught in the open were blasted by sand with such force that it stripped away their clothing.
1960 - Hurricane Donna
Donna batters Florida, entire U.S. East Coast
After swiping the Florida Keys and striking land near Fort Myers on Sept. 10, 'Deadly Donna' did not travel along the usual path that storms of her magnitude usually take.
1964 - Hurricane Cleo
The day the News didn't publish
Hurricane Cleo blasted Key Biscayne and then moved north along the state's coastline, following State Road 7 and passing over Miami, Opa-locka, West Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. The hurricane caused massive flooding, structural damage and destruction of the citrus crop. It also prevented the Fort Lauderdale News from publishing -- for the only time in its history.
1965 - Hurricane Betsy
Bad Betsy changed direction
Hurricane Betsy was building strength; it looked like it was aiming for South Carolina, posing no threat to South Florida. But on Saturday, Sept. 4, the storm whirled to a stop, about 350 miles east of Jacksonville. When Betsy started moving again on Sunday, she had changed directions. The storm plowed through the Bahamas Monday night, then mauled South Florida a day later.
1992 - Hurricane Andrew
A 'modern-day apocalypse'
For 27 years, South Florida had been spared a severe hurricane. Then Andrew arrived, the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history. Andrew wrecked more property than Hugo, Agnes and Betsy combined, with damages estimated at $25 billion. Twenty-three died.
2004 - Hurricane Frances
The size of Texas
Hurricane Frances, a sluggish and super-sized storm, may leave as its legacy a singular image: The entire state of Florida, 435 miles from Tallahassee to Key West, enveloped in rain and wind.
2004 - Hurricane Jeanne
The last storm of the season
Hurricane Jeanne pushed across Florida, launching leftover storm debris, tearing apart weakened buildings, cutting power for millions, and leaving the nation's fourth most populous state dazed by relentless pounding from four hurricanes in six weeks. At least six people died during and after the storm.
2005 - Hurricane Wilma
Hammered
Hurricane Wilma clobbered South Florida on Monday, October 24, 2005, with surprising strength, leaving the entire region damaged, dark and startled by the ferocity of a storm that many hadn't taken seriously enough.
If you read all of this and still feel the same about New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana, maybe we should just let Florida get washed off the map, i mean really, 88% of Florida residential is off the coast and all of the Gulf Area has the Same Levee System built by the same Army of Corps which is funded by the Federal Government with our tax Dollars.
The reason why New Orleans is still there and people are living there is not because those people just are stubborn and want to live in places to die on purpose.
The live there because they were told after the "GREAT FLOOD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Mississippi_Fl
So Please next time anyone open their mouth about this whole issue and get over worked about your tax dollars GET YOUR FACTS TOGETHER AND DO RESEARCH OR ASK SOMEONE EDUCATED ENOUGH TO HAND THOSE FACTS OVER TO YOU!.
