Avoiding Another Katrina

Last time that I checked one MUST obtain a JOB before getting a Credit Card...

Read about the new Temperance Flat Dam Governor Schwarzenegger is promoting - tied into the San Joaquin Delta. Ongoing arguments and protesting by experts who insist that to pursue this will likely result in another Katrina.

Read about the new Temperance Flat Dam that Governor Schwarzenegger is promoting, linked to the San Joaquin Delta. The countless arguments are due to the likelihood that to pursue such a project will likely result in another Katrina disaster.

Ummmm...I saw roads that were open leading to the stadiums, electricity, and communications, and thousands of ppl in the So Cal fires. In Katrina I saw flooded roads, no power/ communications, hundreds of thousands of ppl. No infrastructer. So how can anyone compare the 2 incidents. I saw all races of ppl helping in both. Katrina was far worse and affected far more ppl. There for would be a logistical nightmare for any Agency . There race card issue is old, the political corruption card is old. Fact is noone can predict when or where a major disaster will occur. We need to be prepared ourselves instead of relying on any form of gov. to be at our beckoning call.

Why if the author says there is little to compare between the fires and Katrina is the article titled Avoiding another Katrina? It is a ridiculous slap in the face of the people who suffered through Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath.

Correction: "race has nothing to do with anything."

By the way I don't believe race has anything to do with anything in this day and age. It's class and wealth on which it all pivots. Those who are stuck on race should kindly remove themselves from the conversation because you are an intellectual relic and are not in the postion to provide any viable suggestion, argument or solution. Separate logic and emotion. Let's wake up people! They're using our own passion to screw us and we don't even get a reacharound.

I get it. You're saying that people deserve who they vote for. Well the american majority voted for W and that hasn't kept the rest of the world from feeling our pain.
Y'see, we are all in this world together. A society is not composed of only elected officials. It is composed of all of us and when one suffers, we all do. You may not feel an immediate effect but one's greed and lack of compassion will come back to haunt one. No matter how much you spin it. Were the people in NY supposed to help themselves by stopping that steam pipe from exploding. Were the people in Minnesota supposed to help themselves and do something about that bridge collapsing. Are the people in Georgia supposed to help themselves by stopping the draught. You're the very person that sees someone stranded on the road and keep driving. Then wonder why your life sucks and people don't like you. It's called caring about you fellow man. You're not the only one that gotten lost in the wash. You're just one of many people that don't understand when logic and emotion collide, you have to use common sense. But you probably traded that in for some shiny new toy.

It is simple distortion to compare the CA fires and Hurricane Katrina. The CA fires destroyed 1,800 homes over an area of 1/2 million acres. Katrina destroyed 350,000 homes over 52 million acres. In CA , roads were passable, power and water facilities remained intact . food and water remained available. In Katrina, the electric facilities were all destroyed, there was no running water, roads were impassable and the tempreature was over 100 degrees.

"This just in". A friend of mine who went to the Qualcomm Stadium to volunteer her services had good and bad experiences. On her first day, things went well. Rations were evenly distributed to the needy. People were appreciative and cooperative. However, on the second day, there were fake evacuees being exposed and arrested, Illegal immigrants posing as victims, and families taking more than one items. For example, large bottles of lotions were provided but only one per family. There was this one lady who grabbed 4. Another one was taking 10 bottles. When my friend told her that it was only "one per family" the lady responded that they were ten families in the center. A number of people were arrested for filling trash bags of goodies and attempting to run away.

These are not Californians. These are opportunists who will take advantage of a situation whether they be at the New Orleans or Texas disasters. My feeling is these people own stalls at the swap meet and plan to sell the items to add to their profit. Pathetic, very pathetic.

I am so tired of hearing how this is a race issue and the poor people of Katrina. What measure would you have me put on the life of a culture that chooses to evacuate to the superdome and the last thing they grab is there gun on the way out the door. Or how about the guy who had to be rescued because he got stuck in flood water while looting a electronics store. Most of the Katrina victims have displaced and made no effort to return or rebuild the area. I visited New Orleans once in my life and it was the most unpleasant experience of my life. I have never smelled such a strong smell of beer and urine in the air. This is not a race issue there were many races of people affected an all responded in the same manner. The complain that no one is doing for them no one is stepping up to give them free stuff while they sit and do nothing. Were are the pictures on the TV of people out in the street picking up garbage hauling tree branches and just generally pitching in. You don???t see them because they don???t happen. The mayor of New Orleans is the worst of this group sitting an complaining while taking no action of his own to improve the situation. If the people of New Orleans wish to rebuild then do so but don???t expect me or anyone else to do it for you. The rest of us (my hometown has been hit by four tornadoes in the last 6 years) rebuild and pickup after ourselves.

This will be handled differently, those wealthy and rich white people will get government aid to rebuild their beautiful homes. I don't think there was anything on the equivalent of Katrina to rebuild. I don't even see, in this country, how this could be compared. We all know this particular administration doesn't care about anyone that isn't in one of those secret meetings...

There is a HUGE difference between Katrina and the San Diego area fires. The majority of the evacuees were financially solid, and 99% did (or will) go back to their livable homes. Kudos to all the kind hearted people who helped out their neighbors. The local government did a great job of preventing casualties and allowing firefighters to access burning neighborhoods without traffic jams because they required evacuation. Just because the California Governor and the US president visited the area doesn???t mean the sate and federal governments did a great job. That was more a spectacle then a help. Stay home next time and just send financial support. Thanks to the gutsy firefighters! They saved countless homes.

There is a HUGE difference between Katrina and the San Diego area fires. The majority of the evacuees were financially solid, and 99% did (or will) go back to their livable homes. Kudos to all the kind hearted people who helped out their neighbors. The local government did a great job of preventing casualties and allowing firefighters to access burning neighborhoods without traffic jams because they required evacuation. Just because the California Governor and the US president visited the area doesn???t mean the sate and federal governments did a great job. That was more a spectacle then a help. Stay home next time and just send financial support. Thanks to the gutsy firefighters! They saved countless homes.

I was able to volunteer all week at New Song Community Church (www.newsongchurch.com) in Oceanside, CA all week. We house over 400 evacuees.

We did not wait for aid to come in from the government. In fact, if we did, we'd still be waiting. Hundreds of volunteers poured in to help with work, supplies, food and finances. Everyone helped.

City and government officials showed up to monitor the situation but the church has had no government help. If it were not for personal finances of caring citezens, these evacuees would have been on the street. There was a local high school that was funded although they ran out of space within 48 hours and started sending the rest of the people to New Song Church.

My point, in the face of disaster, it is up to individuals to step up and corporately help individuals. We must stop relying on aid from the government and take personal responsibility in giving and helping one another.

There is nothing more gratifying than helping a neighbor in need.

I was able to volunteer all week at New Song Community Church (www.newsongchurch.com) in Oceanside, CA all week. We house over 400 evacuees.

We did not wait for aid to come in from the government. In fact, if we did, we'd still be waiting. Hundreds of volunteers poured in to help with work, supplies, food and finances. Everyone helped.

City and government officials showed up to monitor the situation but the church has had no government help. If it were not for personal finances of caring citezens, these evacuees would have been on the street. There was a local high school that was funded although they ran out of space within 48 hours and started sending the rest of the people to New Song Church.

My point, in the face of disaster, it is up to individuals to step up and corporately help individuals. We must stop relying on aid from the government and take personal responsibility in giving and helping one another.

There is nothing more gratifying than helping a neighbor in need.