Victims get 2k cards...

[Alpineinstaller 10+ year member]

its gonna end up being like the Chappelle Show when everyone got reparations......

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

... another thing that is driving me absolutely crazy, that I wouldn't have expected...

I have YET to see anything, on any news medium, showing that these displaced people are working at all on bettering their situation as a whole. I mean, why aren't the able-bodied, healthy, and even some skilled, people going out there to help mortar the bricks, or erect frame-work of a new building being constructed for the sole purpose of housing some of their own people? Why aren't they relieving some of the aid workers, to help pass out sleeping-bags, so the volunteers can get some sleep of their own? Why aren't they offering to organize lists of names to help organizations reunite separated family? For a pay-check or not, people who are so unwilling to contribute back to their society piss me off.

Many years ago a huge portion of one of our most educated cities (Los Alamos) was destroyed by an out-of-control fire. After the smoke cleared and the dust settled, it was almost instantaneous that the residents rushed back to help in any way that they could, to put their community's life back together. There were scientists working right along side of hard construction workers to rebuild structures. Teachers were dragging fallen trees out of the streets with their pickup trucks, to let more crews in, now homeless house-wives were driving to surrounding cities to collect water and other aid to bring back to the people in the destroyed city... for no money or $2k debit card, whatsoever.

This "sit down with my hand out" attitude of so many of these victims honestly has caught me off-guard. I expected the strong to get some rest and some food then stand up to fight for the well-being of their people. We'll see if that ever happens. I'm sincerely hoping to see that happening, or my enthusiasm for helping them, with everything we can, will surely start diminishing.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Hmmm...I've heard of this before. And those people are still waiting for their 20 acres and a mule.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Hmmm...I've heard of this before. And those people are still waiting for their 20 acres and a mule.

Eddie needs to stay the hell off my pc while I'm eating. DICK!

 

[Bake 10+ year member]

Keep waiting HiAmp. It will not happen in this situation.

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

Most will buy some essentials, but spend a good portion on luxuries ...

That's because most people in this country consider the luxuries to be essentials. God help them if they aren't wearing their Gap jeans.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

umm the military and such are clearing out the city still. alot of it is still underwater and before they rebuild anything they will (government) acess the situation and the buildings left. i dunno if alot of people think it is a party there or what not but i seen alot of their own helping pass out food ...this was after they probably havent had a meal in 4-5 days. i think alot of us seem to forget that its not all the people there that are junkies and what not actually its a very small percentage

 

[vasilios 10+ year member]

Oh god. This is just getting stupid now.

these people have lost every material possesion theyve ever owned, not to mention the poor souls whove lost family members. they have no homes nor jobs to go back to.

YOU explane to me YOUR logic on why you think this is stupid??

in this country, i would expect no less in the occurrence of any catastrophic disaster. it makes me glad to hear this...

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

What I dont get is that these people are sitting doing nothing, and complaining that they just lost their houses so they arent going to do anything...but when is it time to start doing something? Are they just going to sit on their *** forever and say "well my home was destroyed, fix it for me"..

we are just helping the lazy get lazier

 

[the_noob 10+ year member]

Guys, New Orleans is gone. And I don't just mean the physical town. The majority of people will not be moving back. If people want to waste their $2K on jewelry or whatever crap, then fine. But they'll be homeless. They can't stay in the shelters forever and everyone knows it.

$2K is just barely enough for people to get started on a down payment for a home, or to rent an apartment. People are getting new jobs in new towns (such as my own), and starting new lives.

I think its a very positive thing.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

Guys, New Orleans is gone. And I don't just mean the physical town. The majority of people will not be moving back. If people want to waste their $2K on jewelry or whatever crap, then fine. But they'll be homeless. They can't stay in the shelters forever and everyone knows it.
$2K is just barely enough for people to get started on a down payment for a home, or to rent an apartment. People are getting new jobs in new towns (such as my own), and starting new lives.

I think its a very positive thing.

i think they are only about 3 or 4 people here who understand what happened lol

 

[the_noob 10+ year member]

Oh yeah, and New Orleans is closed. If you want to get in, you need two things:

1. a boat

2. a gun

So please stop all of the posts about people not going back to help out.

 

[HiAmplidude 10+ year member]

Oh yeah, and New Orleans is closed. If you want to get in, you need two things:
1. a boat

2. a gun

So please stop all of the posts about people not going back to help out.

I don't think anyone said anything about "going back to help". But aside from some of the rare over-comers who have stood up to help out their fellow-man, and not just let relief workers and volunteers do it all, the huge majority should be trying to help out where they are (or at least it should be publicized more).

I did it for them. My entire neighborhood got up and did what they could for them. All around my city, people have done incredible things for them. We have countless of our folks going to N.O. to do what they can for the remaining situations, and to the current shelters to help out. We've opened up countless homes to people to get started. I know this is happening all across the United States.

It just amazes me that the majority of the ones who did come out of it (homeless now, or not) relatively unscathed, aren't doing more for their own people. Like the concept was lost, or something, somewhere along the way, for most.

This is a terrible tragedy, and destruction beyond words. Human suffering in the USA is perhaps at an all-time high. If the USA, including those directly affected by the horror, pull together as a group (not separately, as needy individuals looking out for themselves), then getting things headed in the right direction will be less difficult.

 

[the_noob 10+ year member]

I don't think anyone said anything about "going back to help". But aside from some of the rare over-comers who have stood up to help out their fellow-man, and not just let relief workers and volunteers do it all, the huge majority should be trying to help out where they are (or at least it should be publicized more).

And I 100% agree with you there. I must have misunderstood i guess.

I did it for them. My entire neighborhood got up and did what they could for them. All around my city, people have done incredible things for them. We have countless of our folks going to N.O. to do what they can for the remaining situations, and to the current shelters to help out. We've opened up countless homes to people to get started. I know this is happening all across the United States.
It just amazes me that the majority of the ones who did come out of it (homeless now, or not) relatively unscathed, aren't doing more for their own people. Like the concept was lost, or something, somewhere along the way, for most.

This is a terrible tragedy, and destruction beyond words. Human suffering in the USA is perhaps at an all-time high. If the USA, including those directly affected by the horror, pull together as a group (not separately, as needy individuals looking out for themselves), then getting things headed in the right direction will be less difficult.

I still don't think it is fair though, to say that most of the people involved in this aren't doing anything to help out. There will always be those who will just b*tch and moan and it sounds like maybe they are getting a little too much publicity, but maybe the shock is still setting in. I'd like to see where these people are 6 months from now and what kind of lives they are leading.

 

[audiolife 5,000+ posts]

in all honesty the best way they can help is move on with their lives. with or without 2 grand in their pockets they still dont have a roof over their heads to call a home nor a job to go too