VENT/RANT ON NEW ORLEANS AND THE LEVEE'S
OK... So I'm sure that every single person in the country knows about the mess Katrina left New Orleans in. So.. this is the thing that I'm having a serious problem with..
......................................THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REBUILD THE LEVEE'S TO THE STANDARDS THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO BE BEFORE...... THAT THIS WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE THEY WILL BE NEWER...
WTF? ARE THEY SMOKING CRACK? ok.. here I'll give you a scenerio.. LETS SAY PEOPLE MOVE BACK TO NEW ORLEANS INTO THOSE TRAILERS ON THEIR PROPERTY WHILE THEY REBUILD OR FIGURE OUT WTF THEY ARE GOING TO DO. LET'S SAY EVERYONE COMES BACK OR A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE COME BACK... 9TH WARD TRAILERS, GENTILLY TRAILERS, LAKEVIEW TRAILERS ETC.. (ALL THE AREA'S THAT GOT FUCKED) LET'S SAY PEOPLE GET THEIR TRAILER'S (which is nice cause half of these people have no place to live and are really financially unstable right now)
WELL.. LETS SAY NEXT HURRICANE SEASON COMES......... WE GET HIT.. STRONG STORM.. DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY LIKE THIS TIME...
................ THOSE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED BECAUSE THEY WERE IN ATTICS.. WELL TRAILERS DON'T HAVE ATTICS................
...........................THOSE SAME POOR PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T GET OUT AS LAST TIME.... WELL THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT THIS TIME.....
...................SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?....... THE WIND BEFORE THE WATER WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE OFF THE ROOFS TO THOSE TRAILERS.......... THAN THE WATER WILL COME IN.. AND THE ROOF OF YOUR TRAILER ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH (IF THE ROOF IS EVEN STILL THERE) THE WATER WILL GET TO HIGH AGAIN.. AND MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE.......
MORE PEOPLE THAN BEFORE...... WELL.. MAYBE NOT MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE I DOUBT THE POPULATION WILL BE AS HIGH AS IT WAS BEFORE.. BUT I BET A BIGGER PRECENTAGE OF POPULATION WILL DIE....
SO THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO ........ I CAN GO HOME ADVENTUALLY TO A PLACE THAT I LOVE.. THAT IS MY HOME.. AND WHERE I WANT TO BE..... AND I CAN LIVE UPTOWN OR METAIRIE OR KENNER...... AND FEEL SOME WHAT SAFE....
BUT THERE IS NO WAY I CAN GO BACK TO GENTILLY, OR LAKEVIEW, OR CHALMETTE.. OR A MAJORITY OF THE CITY.... AND FEEL SAFE...
I MEAN WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO OFFER ME?....... DO I WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOSE EVERYTHING AGAIN? ... DO I WANT TO GO AND POSSIBLY DIE, IF I DON'T EVACUATE IN TIME..... AND KNOW MORE PEOPLE THAT DIE BECAUSE OF ANOTHER STORM?...
I LOVE NEW ORLEANS, I WANT TO GO HOME... BUT HOW CAN I IF THEY DON'T DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT I LOVE AND CARE ABOUT AND THE CITY THAT MEANS MORE TO ME THAN ANYTHING.
......................................THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO REBUILD THE LEVEE'S TO THE STANDARDS THEY WERE SUPPOSE TO BE BEFORE...... THAT THIS WILL BE BETTER BECAUSE THEY WILL BE NEWER...
WTF? ARE THEY SMOKING CRACK? ok.. here I'll give you a scenerio.. LETS SAY PEOPLE MOVE BACK TO NEW ORLEANS INTO THOSE TRAILERS ON THEIR PROPERTY WHILE THEY REBUILD OR FIGURE OUT WTF THEY ARE GOING TO DO. LET'S SAY EVERYONE COMES BACK OR A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE COME BACK... 9TH WARD TRAILERS, GENTILLY TRAILERS, LAKEVIEW TRAILERS ETC.. (ALL THE AREA'S THAT GOT FUCKED) LET'S SAY PEOPLE GET THEIR TRAILER'S (which is nice cause half of these people have no place to live and are really financially unstable right now)
WELL.. LETS SAY NEXT HURRICANE SEASON COMES......... WE GET HIT.. STRONG STORM.. DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY LIKE THIS TIME...
................ THOSE PEOPLE THAT SURVIVED BECAUSE THEY WERE IN ATTICS.. WELL TRAILERS DON'T HAVE ATTICS................
...........................THOSE SAME POOR PEOPLE THAT COULDN'T GET OUT AS LAST TIME.... WELL THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT THIS TIME.....
...................SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?....... THE WIND BEFORE THE WATER WILL MOST LIKELY TAKE OFF THE ROOFS TO THOSE TRAILERS.......... THAN THE WATER WILL COME IN.. AND THE ROOF OF YOUR TRAILER ISN'T HIGH ENOUGH (IF THE ROOF IS EVEN STILL THERE) THE WATER WILL GET TO HIGH AGAIN.. AND MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE.......
MORE PEOPLE THAN BEFORE...... WELL.. MAYBE NOT MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE I DOUBT THE POPULATION WILL BE AS HIGH AS IT WAS BEFORE.. BUT I BET A BIGGER PRECENTAGE OF POPULATION WILL DIE....
SO THIS IS WHAT I CAN DO ........ I CAN GO HOME ADVENTUALLY TO A PLACE THAT I LOVE.. THAT IS MY HOME.. AND WHERE I WANT TO BE..... AND I CAN LIVE UPTOWN OR METAIRIE OR KENNER...... AND FEEL SOME WHAT SAFE....
BUT THERE IS NO WAY I CAN GO BACK TO GENTILLY, OR LAKEVIEW, OR CHALMETTE.. OR A MAJORITY OF THE CITY.... AND FEEL SAFE...
I MEAN WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO OFFER ME?....... DO I WANT TO GO BACK AND LOOSE EVERYTHING AGAIN? ... DO I WANT TO GO AND POSSIBLY DIE, IF I DON'T EVACUATE IN TIME..... AND KNOW MORE PEOPLE THAT DIE BECAUSE OF ANOTHER STORM?...
I LOVE NEW ORLEANS, I WANT TO GO HOME... BUT HOW CAN I IF THEY DON'T DO ENOUGH TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT I LOVE AND CARE ABOUT AND THE CITY THAT MEANS MORE TO ME THAN ANYTHING.