They Really Dropped the Ball..

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Jessica Leigh

people were hiding in their homes from police officers knocking on doors trying to evacuate people. i don't believe that everyone could have been saved and taken to safe places but i do believe that efforts were made to help people who were too poor to help themselves. there were many people who chose to stay- I'm sure Fats Domino, for example, had the financial means to flee... but he chose to stay. this is not completely a separation of poor v. not poor or black v. white.

(before anyone jumps on my back i want to say that i'm only referring to the evacuation process, not how quickly or not quickly aid was sent)

Most def. Any able bodied person who had means to escape and did not ought to be fined and then sent back to shovel the shiitte our of the shelters.

Sadly, Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes are mostly populated with poor black people. The majority of white people left decades ago - though some returned in the 90's.