Why arnt the katrina evacues cleaning up their own mess in new orleans?

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â™¥Larissaâ™¥

I think they are trying, but common sense just indicates that it is not so easy. I had to move to another state after losing EVERYTHING, not to mention, the psychological trauma we all went through. Yet, there are braver people than I who stayed and are working the a..ss.es off to bring NOLA back.

Cactus Cooler

Remind us to ask YOU the same question after YOUR entire life is turned upside down in the blink of an eye!!!!!! Why don't you wake up and act like a human being? Something similar could happen to any of us at any given time especially with all of our unstable weather (all over the world). The problem faced in New Orleans was just a glimpse of what we could all expect due to global warming.....their "mess" is OUR mess! Wake Up!........And next time use 'spell check' before you decide to criticize or question someones reaction to a tragedy!

iluvnola

We are trying to clean up our the mess here. The amount of damage to New Orleans and the whole gulf coast is truly astounding. The people in the rest of the world don't understand the devastation. Seeing it on television is nothing like seeing it with your own eyes.
I am unclear as to which evacues you are referring to, the ones who are back or the ones still gone?
In my experiences, most of the people gone would like to return. The ones that are back are working endlessly to fix our preciouse city. There are neighborhood cleanups and fund raisers all the time. The amount of help needed is way more than we can handle. Thousands and thousands of volunteers have been in and out, but the work in unending. People are still living in tiny travel trailers because their insurance won't pay or they are waiting on gov. promised funds that have never arrived. There is no money here. Little can be done with no money. So many of the hospitals are still closed. What are sick people supposed to do? There are no schools for the children to attend. There aren't enough
well paying jobs. The public transportation system is working at a fraction of what it was pre katrina. Our houses are uninsured because no company will wright policies here.
Their is a mental health crisis. We have the worst crime rates in the country. I could go on and on.
But again, we are doing everything we can to help ourselves.
People are working tirelessly to help everyone in their communities get into their homes. But, we can only do so much. We need the gov. to do what they said they would and
take care of the ones that have no options or way out. I would also like to say thank you to the world for all the help and remind people that we still desperately need help.

JellyBean Bri

first off, our own mess? we didn't create this NATURE need. so its not our mess. its amazing how people can have no heart. we lost everythign and have been cleaning up for years now. not all of us are rich and have money to just rebuild that why the goverment created FEMA and FEMA keeps trying to screw people over and insurance companies as well. you DON'T live here and probaly have never been so keep your uncalled for comments to yourself until you have lived through something like this and have lost everything that you owned and cherished and until you have the feeling of not knowing where your loved ones are.

believernchrist2911

That's rather hard to do when they have very limited resources to work with. I'm not from there but i do live on the coast of Mississippi and we got hit pretty hard too. Alot of people lost everything they own. I made it out with my life and a photo album. Rebuilding your life and your cities is not an easy undertaking and takes an unimaginable amount of funding.

Linda L

I bet you are one of those kids that have had everything you ever wanted handed to you by your parents. How could you ask such a mean question to people who have been through so much hell? Are you a sociopathic spoiled brat is that it?

PEGGY S

Most of them are, however these jobs are much larger than you realize, and they need help. When you are olonly receiving 1/2 of what your property is worth and the cost of living has gone up 15%-20%, it is hard to be able to afford to demolish and rebuild a home.

Keta

A lot of regions hit by Katrina were declared disaster areas, the public is not allowed to access them. Even if it is your house, wandering around in the wreckage could get someone hurt or cause problems for the whole street if there were gas leaks, etc. I'm sure owners were supervised when returning to their homes for personal items.

As for cleaning it up, most are probably still waiting for their insurance companies to evaluate the damage. This could take years considering the number of homes destroyed.

cajunboi30

Come 2 da N.O. and find out so we can mop our city with your face you fkn inconsiderate bastard! That's what's up!

Montrealite

FEMA

Fema and State Farm have not been giving people insurance money to rebuild due to "insufficient evidence".

Plus its too risky, if another large hurricane roles up, wee'll be right back where we started.

stephattulane

ouch, dude. ouch.

latitude58_8

same reason they didnt leave i the first place. lazy.

vne4ever

Because they expect everyone else to do it for them....

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