Why is this board still here???

[AmazingGrace]

Umm, oh, yeah, you REALLY tempered your words.
Okay, I'm going to say this again ONE MORE TIME. Read SLOWLY so you can MAYBE understand here.
I asked about the board because it seems like the board is addressing MORE than Katrina. I've seen the board used for info on other storms. Maybe it's time to change the name of the to board storm info or something along those lines. We have loads of people on this board who are from coastal areas. a general storm info board is needed here. That's why I asked. There's no reason for you to attack me for asking a question. You and your wife's cute little comments speak more about you then they do about me. you represent New orleans well. I hope you're proud of yourself.
Oh and by the way, you probably don't know this or haven't heard, but N.O. wasn't the only place to go through katrina. MOST of the actual hurricane damamge was in Mississippi. Maybe you've not heard about THAT part of Katrina. I know that's shocking to you, so please, take a minute to compose yourself. The difference is, while you're sitting around attacking posters and going on about your "plight", my friends in South Mississippi are rebuilding and getting on with their lives. I suggest you do the same.

 

[Poppinsme]

Umm, oh, yeah, you REALLY tempered your words.
Okay, I'm going to say this again ONE MORE TIME. Read SLOWLY so you can MAYBE understand here.
I asked about the board because it seems like the board is addressing MORE than Katrina. I've seen the board used for info on other storms. Maybe it's time to change the name of the to board storm info or something along those lines. We have loads of people on this board who are from coastal areas. a general storm info board is needed here. That's why I asked. There's no reason for you to attack me for asking a question. You and your wife's cute little comments speak more about you then they do about me. you represent New orleans well. I hope you're proud of yourself.
Oh and by the way, you probably don't know this or haven't heard, but N.O. wasn't the only place to go through katrina. MOST of the actual hurricane damamge was in Mississippi. Maybe you've not heard about THAT part of Katrina. I know that's shocking to you, so please, take a minute to compose yourself. The difference is, while you're sitting around attacking posters and going on about your "plight", my friends in South Mississippi are rebuilding and getting on with their lives. I suggest you do the same.

Sarcasm is an ugly thing sometimes. And uncalled for.

 

[AmazingGrace]

I'm not sure you saw the post from Villain Dude that I'm responding to. It got deleted by the mods. I can assure you, in this case sarcasm was definitely called for.

 

[Villain Dude]

Umm, oh, yeah, you REALLY tempered your words.
Okay, I'm going to say this again ONE MORE TIME. Read SLOWLY so you can MAYBE understand here.
I asked about the board because it seems like the board is addressing MORE than Katrina. I've seen the board used for info on other storms. Maybe it's time to change the name of the to board storm info or something along those lines. We have loads of people on this board who are from coastal areas. a general storm info board is needed here. That's why I asked. There's no reason for you to attack me for asking a question. You and your wife's cute little comments speak more about you then they do about me. you represent New orleans well. I hope you're proud of yourself.
Oh and by the way, you probably don't know this or haven't heard, but N.O. wasn't the only place to go through katrina. MOST of the actual hurricane damamge was in Mississippi. Maybe you've not heard about THAT part of Katrina. I know that's shocking to you, so please, take a minute to compose yourself. The difference is, while you're sitting around attacking posters and going on about your "plight", my friends in South Mississippi are rebuilding and getting on with their lives. I suggest you do the same.

I forgive you and will "turn the other cheek."
Peace in Christ, my friend and please keep praying for the Gulf Coast.

-Chuck

 

[Villain Dude]

Sarcasm is an ugly thing sometimes. And uncalled for.

I agree 100% ... so I'm going to "turn the other cheek."

-Chuck

 

[AmazingGrace]

I forgive you and will "turn the other cheek."
Peace in Christ, my friend and please keep praying for the Gulf Coast.

-Chuck

That's all well and good, but You were the one who attacked me. I asked a legitimate question and your post was so ugly that the mods had to delete it. I can't believe you actually think that NOLA had most of the hurricane damage. Have you even watched the news? Have you seen the the decimation that used to be Bay St. Louis, or Pass Christian? I'm sure those folks would be devastated to see your post. I forwarded your attack to some of my friends in Biloxi and they were appalled. One said they would love it if you'd visit Coastal Mississppi so you can see where the storm actually made landfall. So, don't come on here acting like you were wronged. I just stood up for myself.

 

[btass]

My brother is going to Mississippi with a group from his church on May 12th for the 2nd year in a row to help rebuild. Yes, the 2nd year in a row.

Yes, this board should still be here.

People and communities are still rebuilding, even though most of the country has already forgotten about them and the turmoil they still live with on a daily basis.

 

[heatherlynn444]

r u KIDDING ME? you obviously know nothing. it is not a matter of not trying to rebuild! there are no workers! nothing is being done! i should know, my father owns a power tool company in NOLA. things just are not happening and it is NOT the people of the cities fault. My family is the most hardworking people I know, and every single person in my extended family got flooded, and they are all trying so hard to move on, but somtimes things get in the way, like insurrance companies, the government, etc. yes, there may be some lazy people, but that is anywhere you go. stop stereotyping people from what you see on the news and get over yourself. you obviousl don't know what it is like to live through hell.

 

[ilovejack02]

Anytime a natural disaster hits, anyone that has been affected gets Fema aid. In those cases when the disaster is only say one town or several streets of a town the aid comes much faster. Fema aid also help cities get back on track and pay bills for big snow storms. ANY NATURAL DISASTER cleanup and recovery is funded by FEMA... I just read and article about Colorado having major issues with getting FEMA aid after all the blizzards. SO DONT SAY WE ARE THE ONLY ONES GETTING FEMA AID. This is an entire gulf coast region and yes does include part of Texas due to Rita the aid come much slower in a disaster of this magnitude . Mississippi does seem to be recovering quite a bit faster due to better state management I would say and they dont have a levee system to worry about and they have a large Casino interest helping them out too. Its in those Casino best interest to get those cities up and running and that is great! I really wish Louisiana was moving along at that rate.
Almost EVERY HOME AND BUSINESS in St. Bernard Parish were destroyed, I believe they only found 4-5 houses in the area that were untouched, how do you come back from that quickly... they are moving as fast as they can. ITs hard to recover when the insurance companies that you trusted to give you advice on what coverage to have told you that you dont need flood insurance because you are 14 feet off the ground and you STILL FLOODED because the Army Corp of Engineers hadnt done their jobs with the levee system and you have a Mississippi River Gulf Outlet in your backyard created by the Army Corp that contributed to all the flooding. St. Bernard is moving as fast as they can to rebuild, schools are up and running, businesses are coming back to town and families moving home.. New Orleans is also rebuilding slowly but surely and trust me we appreciate all these people from around the country helping us !!

The majority of us ARE NOT lazy and I and many other resent you saying so.
The folks on the Dis Boards from New Orleans have been working very hard to rebuild their lives since Katrina and you telling them to quit Belly aching is a slap in the face.

 

[shovan]

That's all well and good, but You were the one who attacked me. I asked a legitimate question and your post was so ugly that the mods had to delete it. I can't believe you actually think that NOLA had most of the hurricane damage. Have you even watched the news? Have you seen the the decimation that used to be Bay St. Louis, or Pass Christian? I'm sure those folks would be devastated to see your post. I forwarded your attack to some of my friends in Biloxi and they were appalled. One said they would love it if you'd visit Coastal Mississppi so you can see where the storm actually made landfall. So, don't come on here acting like you were wronged. I just stood up for myself.

I have visited Biloxi & the surrounding areas and the damage is devastating. I feel terrible for everyone who has lost so much.

But have you visited New Orleans? Have you watched the news? I am just shocked at your attacks on our area!

I deeply resent your comments generalizing that we are lazy & all looking for handouts. There were some of those types of people in the very poor urban areas of our city. But to make such a widespread generalization of all New Orleaneans is just ridiculous. You shame other Texans with your comments.

 

[AmazingGrace]

I DID NOT attack your area. That was another poster. I see his post was deleted. He's the one that said about people whining and needing to get off their butts. I never said that. I got onto Villain dude because he came on here saying that NOLA was the place that had the most damage. His post was also deleted. I lived in Biloxi during katrina. Biloxi and the surrounding areas were ground zero. NOT NOLA! I'm sorry you all had levee breaches and flooding, and deaths. I think what you all went through was terrible and I HAVE watched the news, but Villain dude and some other folks that I had talked to from NOLA( not you, btw.) are acting like the hurricane never touched the Biloxi area. I'm here to tell you that's just not true.
AGAIN, I didn't start this thread to start a fight. I'm just thinking since Katrina happened almost two years ago, and the board was so helpful with giving info and support and touching base, it should be more generalized to encompass katrina Rita, wilma, and all other future storms. Like coast storm info, or like I suggested, All Hurricanes suck. Whatever you all want to call it. After all, there are tons of people on the Dis living on the coast, it should be there.
I'm so sorry I posted this thread. I guess i'll go back to oohing and aahing over trip reports and trying to see what color pixie dust is.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

The person who made the "lazy butts" post was JPN4265. I think once agian the comments that he/she made was "generalized". That seems to be what the problem is on here. People making generalized comments and other people getting upset over them for being lumped together with "those" people.

After re-reading what JPN4265 said, and taking it as she/he talking about those who are ACTUALLY being lazy. I have to agree. There are so many sides to everyones stories, due to type of insurance people had or didn't have, what the insurance companies are trying to skimp out on, people that didn't have insurance at all, etc, etc.

As for the lazy butts comment, I will give an example of our circumstance. When we were able to get to our home to assess the damage, it was immediately noted that we needed a new roof. Rain was still coming in through the hole, creating even more damage. The insurance adjusters were on major overload and it took months and months for one to come to our home. She said one statement to me that I heard loud and clear over the phone from the very start "take pictures. take LOTS of pictures. take video too if you can of all the damage". Most of the damage you have to leave as is until they can get there and look at it. HOWEVER, she said "you have the right to take pictures of your damage and FIX ANY PORTION THAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM GETTING MORE DAMAGE. So, we took our non-lazy butts to the bank and got a loan for a new roof. Eventually, when the adjuster came, we showed her all the pictures (we took a LOT to make sure they couldn't give us problems) and showed her video that we took of the damage also, and we were able to get the money for the roof back with no problems.

So, my point is, if we hadn't listened carefully to what our adjuster said, and took matters into our own hands to save the rest of our home, we could have lost more of it. We could have been sitting in a FEMA trailer for 2 years as well while we argued with the insurance company over what damage was our fault for not fixing in time, and what damage was actually hurricane damage. We knew they would have argued that with us had we not got off our butts and fixed our home because at that time they were too busy arguing with people who had NO HOMES over whether or not their homes were swept away by wind or water.

Hope all that made sense. I think JPN4265 was right to an extent. I think that sometimes people saw government dollar signs in their eyes and didn't bother taking it upon themselves to fix their own property. If those of us who are capable of getting off our butts and doing what we need to do would do so, then the elderly and handicapped people (the people who REALLY need government assistance) would not have had to wait so long to get it. But, at the same time, I disagree with Sinderelli because some people have done what they can for now, but are still having to argue with insurance companies who are trying desperately to screw them over. Cameron Parish is an example....if they have flood insurance the insurance adjusters are trying to say the home was blown away by wind. If they have hurricane wind damage insurance, the adjusters are trying to say the home was washed away by water. Now that is just SO SAD AND DISHONEST if you ask me.

 

[Blueyed Girl]

One more thing....it would be a lot nicer if people would read this entire thread BEFORE commenting. That way they can write a comment without being so upset for no reason.

 

[ilovejack02]

Hey Blue eyed girl... there was a post right before mine that was really ugly about folks in Louisiana get off their butts and stop asking for hand outs and that you dont see folks in the midwest and up north asking for handouts for govt etc....when they have natural disasters.

What Heather and I wrote was in response to that post not to anything Sinderelli posted, i imagine you missed the post.

 

[ilovejack02]

Hey Blue eyed girl... there was a post right before mine that was really ugly about folks in Louisiana get off their butts and stop asking for hand outs and that you dont see folks in the midwest and up north asking for handouts for govt etc....when they have natural disasters.

What Heather and I wrote was in response to that post not to anything Sinderelli posted, i imagine you missed the post. jackkjcxbnxcnbcnbcnbcnbcnvbnvcbvcnbvnbvmxbnxcbn b nbvn bv bcnbcvnbccvnbbbbnvbvcnvbcnjfrfjngnbnbnbnbvnbfdbvfnmkm zbnfncbdcnbxbsacvccvdbbvbdavbccbvdb

 

[lulu71]

I lived in Biloxi during katrina. Biloxi and the surrounding areas were ground zero. NOT NOLA! I'm sorry you all had levee breaches and flooding, and deaths. I think what you all went through was terrible and I HAVE watched the news, but Villain dude and some other folks that I had talked to from NOLA( not you, btw.) are acting like the hurricane never touched the Biloxi area. I'm here to tell you that's just not true.

I have followed all of the Katrina threads and I have never seen anyone from New Orleans not acknowledge the Mississippi destruction when it has been brought up. My house is gone, your house is gone. Can't it just be generally sympathy for each other without a pissing contest?

BTW, here is a link to the Katrina path, it most definitely passed through Louisiana before going out over the lake and then to MS. I don't understand your ground zero stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Katrina_2005_track.png

 

[Blueyed Girl]

Hey Blue eyed girl... there was a post right before mine that was really ugly about folks in Louisiana get off their butts and stop asking for hand outs and that you dont see folks in the midwest and up north asking for handouts for govt etc....when they have natural disasters.

What Heather and I wrote was in response to that post not to anything Sinderelli posted, i imagine you missed the post.

Oh yes, I see now. My bad! I had read the post about lazy butts in email because it was deleted from here. I see now that the original post was from "JPN4265".

 

[ilovejack02]

Hey Blue eyed girl... there was a post right before mine that was really ugly about folks in Louisiana get off their butts and stop asking for hand outs and that you dont see folks in the midwest and up north asking for handouts for govt etc....when they have natural disasters.

What Heather and I wrote was in response to that post not to anything Sinderelli posted, i imagine you missed the post. jackkjcxbnxcnbcnbcnbcnbcnvbnvcbvcnbvnbvmxbnxcbn b nbvn bv bcnbcvnbccvnbbbbnvbvcnvbcnjfrfjngnbnbnbnbvnbfdbvfnmkm zbnfncbdcnbxbsacvccvdbbvbdavbccbvdb

LMAO!!!! I just looked at my post.... looks like my little Jack got on and added a few things is all i can guess???!!!!

 

[AmazingGrace]

Little Jack has a way with words!!!

 

[ilovejack02]

Little Jack has a way with words!!!

he has his own way with words sweet thing that he is LOL.....