it was rhetorical and you know it. the point was that the poor people of new orleans were pretty much stranded in their city. san diegoans, on average, had the resources to leave and did (except for those at the stadium). people who left from new orleans were called "refugees." i haven't heard that word for san diego people yet.
FEMA and other relief and rescue services face significantly different challenges in the fire zone than they did on the Gulf Coast in 2005.
For example, the fires aren't covering every square foot of the region, as Katrina did. The devastation in California is intense but not universal.
During and immediately after Katrina, the destruction was so complete that relief personnel and supplies -- even the U.S. Army -- could not get within miles of the disaster's epicenter, New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, for several days.
By contrast, roads in Southern California have remained open for residents to get out and help to get in without delay. Residents there are generally more affluent and are able to use their own vehicles to escape, whereas many of Katrina's victims were poor and had no means of transportation.
Victims in California are not stranded on rooftops without food or drinkable water, but are able travel the relatively short distances to safe places.
FEMA and other relief and rescue services face significantly different challenges in the fire zone than they did on the Gulf Coast in 2005.
For example, the fires aren't covering every square foot of the region, as Katrina did. The devastation in California is intense but not universal.
During and immediately after Katrina, the destruction was so complete that relief personnel and supplies -- even the U.S. Army -- could not get within miles of the disaster's epicenter, New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward, for several days.
By contrast, roads in Southern California have remained open for residents to get out and help to get in without delay. Residents there are generally more affluent and are able to use their own vehicles to escape, whereas many of Katrina's victims were poor and had no means of transportation.
Victims in California are not stranded on rooftops without food or drinkable water, but are able travel the relatively short distances to safe places.
(cnn)
it's just a much different type of disaster, affecting a group of people with many more resources.
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