Comments on: When the levees break http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/ Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:00:12 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mike http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189851 Mike Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:25:26 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189851 I know what your going to say , but it must be said. Republicans have had the power , the blame falls at there feet. They negelected a Nation and watched there Americans Die , Starve , and Suffer from Katrina. But there has'nt been a Congressional Investigation into this horrible reality. Why Because if it is'nt your House, Car , are Kid....then you don't care .Republicans know this! They don't care for all as one , they care for Republicans are none. Now there are some lost Republicans that think the party represents them , but if they only knew thet truth. Basically its like this , those poor Afro Americans families suffered threw Slavery, Torture, Rape, they were denied the right to learn. They have seen the hate that lives in America , and have dealt with unfair attacks on there ability to live normal lives. But you tell me , how can a people over come so many things , if there very home won't support them. The Indians were given land and Casinos. The African Americans they get to watch the world move on with out them. Or at least thats how they must feel. I mean come on, right is right wrong is wrong. Whats amazing is that none of you so called news pro news people give a crap about real issues , you sit back with your heads all full of hot ego air. While the world suffers your Hipocracy. I know what your going to say , but it must be said. Republicans have had the power , the blame falls at there feet. They negelected a Nation and watched there Americans Die , Starve , and Suffer from Katrina. But there has'nt been a Congressional Investigation into this horrible reality. Why Because if it is'nt your House, Car , are Kid....then you don't care .Republicans know this! They don't care for all as one , they care for Republicans are none. Now there are some lost Republicans that think the party represents them , but if they only knew thet truth. Basically its like this , those poor Afro Americans families suffered threw Slavery, Torture, Rape, they were denied the right to learn. They have seen the hate that lives in America , and have dealt with unfair attacks on there ability to live normal lives. But you tell me , how can a people over come so many things , if there very home won't support them. The Indians were given land and Casinos. The African Americans they get to watch the world move on with out them. Or at least thats how they must feel. I mean come on, right is right wrong is wrong. Whats amazing is that none of you so called news pro news people give a crap about real issues , you sit back with your heads all full of hot ego air. While the world suffers your Hipocracy.

]]> By: Emily--Cedar Rapids http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189842 Emily--Cedar Rapids Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:14:23 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189842 That's not true. FEMA will be at Kirkwood Community College here in Cedar Rapids as of tomorrow, just a couple of days after the flooding even started. People say the government is never available when needed. Not true. I have seen the flooding, I have seen people fleeing from their homes, never to return to the same welcoming place again. 10 feet of water downtown, rain still pouring down from the skies, yet so many people are still helping. Volunteers are working around the clock. Just like the tornado in Parkersburg, Iowa citizens will come together again and start rebuilding. We will not give up hope. We will not give up on each other. That's not true. FEMA will be at Kirkwood Community College here in Cedar Rapids as of tomorrow, just a couple of days after the flooding even started. People say the government is never available when needed. Not true. I have seen the flooding, I have seen people fleeing from their homes, never to return to the same welcoming place again. 10 feet of water downtown, rain still pouring down from the skies, yet so many people are still helping. Volunteers are working around the clock. Just like the tornado in Parkersburg, Iowa citizens will come together again and start rebuilding. We will not give up hope. We will not give up on each other.

]]> By: austin http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189817 austin Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:22:09 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189817 1.Do you think that all the tornados and flooding have to do with global warning? 2. And i wonder why the tornados keep hitting the same four states. 3.And do you think they will move to Ohio? 1.Do you think that all the tornados and flooding have to do with global warning?

2. And i wonder why the tornados keep hitting the same four states.

3.And do you think they will move to Ohio?

]]> By: angela http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189815 angela Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:20:25 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189815 I must say that living here in Dubuque, Iowa we are very grateful for the efforts of all who helped with sandbagging, helping people and pets out of the evacuation areas and for the news keeping us up to date. Everyone has pulled together with hard work and prayers. Thank you! I must say that living here in Dubuque, Iowa we are very grateful for the efforts of all who helped with sandbagging, helping people and pets out of the evacuation areas and for the news keeping us up to date. Everyone has pulled together with hard work and prayers. Thank you!

]]> By: johnney b http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189636 johnney b Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:30:55 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189636 I really fell sorry for those people and i really think that the storms will ease up. These people have gotten flooded 2 times this year and they don't deserve to get hurt again I really fell sorry for those people and i really think that the storms will ease up. These people have gotten flooded 2 times this year and they don't deserve to get hurt again

]]> By: Tucker http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189503 Tucker Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:18:40 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189503 I have just been watching the cnn news on the weather in america. When asked if the global warming is the cause the ans was a no. Please tell me that the america people are not so STUPID and selfish to consider that it could be anything else. It is inconceivable thats so many people are so enviromentally and globally ignorant to believe that what is hapeening to their country is natural..Will some one tell them that both the frequency, variation and the intensity of this weather is only going to worsen. Peerhaps with food becomiing so expensive and the necesity to walk instead of taking the car bcos oil is so dear we will see less hedious gross obesity I have just been watching the cnn news on the weather in america. When asked if the global warming is the cause the ans was a no. Please tell me that the america people are not so STUPID and selfish to consider that it could be anything else. It is inconceivable thats so many people are so enviromentally and globally ignorant to believe that what is hapeening to their country is natural..Will some one tell them that both the frequency, variation and the intensity of this weather is only going to worsen. Peerhaps with food becomiing so expensive and the necesity to walk instead of taking the car bcos oil is so dear we will see less hedious gross obesity

]]> By: Annie Kate http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189394 Annie Kate Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:40:12 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189394 Its unfortunate that the media did not take interest in your predictions; why is it that it isn't news until it happens? Warnings like yours with good science behind them should be reported so people can prepare (if there is much way to prepare for this). Even if the media had reported it though, I wonder if people would have paid attention - it seems sometimes like the last warning Americans really listened to was delivered on horseback by Paul Revere. <a href="http://anniekatec.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Annie Kate</a> Birmingham AL Its unfortunate that the media did not take interest in your predictions; why is it that it isn't news until it happens? Warnings like yours with good science behind them should be reported so people can prepare (if there is much way to prepare for this). Even if the media had reported it though, I wonder if people would have paid attention – it seems sometimes like the last warning Americans really listened to was delivered on horseback by Paul Revere.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

]]> By: Rita Bunton http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189344 Rita Bunton Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:24:07 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189344 John McCain just held a town hall meeting in New York and forgot the question asked by a Hispanic man. Check it out. He covered himself by asking the man to "give me a little more information about yourself." How in the heck does the question, "what kind of qualities will you look for in supreme court justices?" have anything to do with the questioner's background. McCain is not the guy the media portrays him to be. He is making way too many gaffs. It is either age or dementia. And it is the media's job to expose this. You goofed on the Iraq War and did not ask the tough questions. Now we are mired in a conflict with no easy way out. Please, please, do your job. Rita John McCain just held a town hall meeting in New York and forgot the question asked by a Hispanic man. Check it out. He covered himself by asking the man to "give me a little more information about yourself."

How in the heck does the question, "what kind of qualities will you look for in supreme court justices?" have anything to do with the questioner's background.

McCain is not the guy the media portrays him to be. He is making way too many gaffs. It is either age or dementia. And it is the media's job to expose this. You goofed on the Iraq War and did not ask the tough questions. Now we are mired in a conflict with no easy way out. Please, please, do your job.

Rita

]]> By: Sharon from Indy http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189343 Sharon from Indy Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:18 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189343 Adam: Why do humans continue to think we can divert or maintain the power of nature? Whether it is too much snow in the winter or lack of vegetation, we need to work together to help the families who have lost their homes. It does questions why lake or river front property is so pricey, though. Adam:
Why do humans continue to think we can divert or maintain the power of nature? Whether it is too much snow in the winter or lack of vegetation, we need to work together to help the families who have lost their homes. It does questions why lake or river front property is so pricey, though.

]]> By: Donald, Florida http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189312 Donald, Florida Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:41:14 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189312 I am a native of New Orleans. After the floods that followed Katrina I listened to many claim those floods as an act of God to wash away the sin and Godlessness in the city, instead of a catastrophe that cost thousands of good people their homes and livelihoods. Just recenly I watched video of a man losing his summer vacation home and listened to how tragic it was that this place was lost. Is this the same? Is God punishing people for their arrogance in thinking that these man made structures could hold back what he made? I find it interesting that when it is a predominantly black area affected, it is an act of God, but when it is America's heartland, it's a tragedy. I am a native of New Orleans. After the floods that followed Katrina I listened to many claim those floods as an act of God to wash away the sin and Godlessness in the city, instead of a catastrophe that cost thousands of good people their homes and livelihoods. Just recenly I watched video of a man losing his summer vacation home and listened to how tragic it was that this place was lost. Is this the same? Is God punishing people for their arrogance in thinking that these man made structures could hold back what he made? I find it interesting that when it is a predominantly black area affected, it is an act of God, but when it is America's heartland, it's a tragedy.

]]> By: kent fitzsimmons,Kewanee, Illinois http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189239 kent fitzsimmons,Kewanee, Illinois Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:32:48 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189239 Anybody know how Grand Forks ND, or East Grand Forks, MN are in this year of flooding? These towns had extreme flooding 11 yrs ago on the banks of the Red River. But, they were smart enough to put money into a removable wall that would save these towns that are separated by the Red River. Anyone from these towns out there? Anybody know how Grand Forks ND, or East Grand Forks, MN are in this year of flooding? These towns had extreme flooding 11 yrs ago on the banks of the Red River. But, they were smart enough to put money into a removable wall that would save these towns that are separated by the Red River. Anyone from these towns out there?

]]> By: deborah, OH http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189234 deborah, OH Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:28:46 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189234 I certainly remember the FLOODS of 1993. And, this looks very bad, even worse. I certainly remember the FLOODS of 1993. And, this looks very bad, even worse.

]]> By: Jenn/Monrovia, CA http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189229 Jenn/Monrovia, CA Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:25:18 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189229 Gah...I remember all to well the floods of '93. I was a teenager in Sullivan Co. Missouri, not far from the Iowa border, and was travelling from my little village of Pollock, north of the county seat of Milan, to Kirksville, MO to Northeast Missouri State, (now Truman St.). I had to cross the Chariton River in Novinger both going to Kirksville and coming back. The weekend it finally flooded the bridge was the last weekend I had to go back and forth, and I could see the water just under the bridge, threatening to spill over. So not a fun moment. That was a horrible summer, and the Quincy flood made it worse, (that was all over the news where I lived as we weren't far from Quincy), and I still talk about that summer 15 years later as being the wettest I had ever been. I still remember my feet feeling as if they weren't dry until fall! It is awful the Midwest is going through this all over again so many years later. A part of me wants to gloat that THIS, (plus tornados, which terrify me, and snow, which I hate), is why I moved to Southern California. But...most of my family still lives in those areas being affected. This is not cool. But Midwesterners do know how to get by, they will make do as they can. They seem to always do. Gah...I remember all to well the floods of '93. I was a teenager in Sullivan Co. Missouri, not far from the Iowa border, and was travelling from my little village of Pollock, north of the county seat of Milan, to Kirksville, MO to Northeast Missouri State, (now Truman St.). I had to cross the Chariton River in Novinger both going to Kirksville and coming back. The weekend it finally flooded the bridge was the last weekend I had to go back and forth, and I could see the water just under the bridge, threatening to spill over. So not a fun moment.

That was a horrible summer, and the Quincy flood made it worse, (that was all over the news where I lived as we weren't far from Quincy), and I still talk about that summer 15 years later as being the wettest I had ever been. I still remember my feet feeling as if they weren't dry until fall!

It is awful the Midwest is going through this all over again so many years later. A part of me wants to gloat that THIS, (plus tornados, which terrify me, and snow, which I hate), is why I moved to Southern California. But...most of my family still lives in those areas being affected. This is not cool. But Midwesterners do know how to get by, they will make do as they can. They seem to always do.

]]> By: Jill C. http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189199 Jill C. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:46:27 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189199 Holy smokes! Why has the media been asleep at the wheel?? Holy smokes! Why has the media been asleep at the wheel??

]]> By: Stacy http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189178 Stacy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:26:26 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189178 Adam, you weren't the only one to see these floods coming. Back during the winter my local meteorologists pointed out that we hadn't seen snowfall like this since 1993. . . and we all know what happened that spring. I hope it doesn't get that bad again. I remember the river going right up to the St. Louis Arch steps. Adam, you weren't the only one to see these floods coming. Back during the winter my local meteorologists pointed out that we hadn't seen snowfall like this since 1993. . . and we all know what happened that spring. I hope it doesn't get that bad again. I remember the river going right up to the St. Louis Arch steps.

]]> By: Cindy http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/12/when-the-levees-break/comment-page-1/#comment-189166 Cindy Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:20:20 +0000 http://cnnac360.wordpress.com/?p=1252#comment-189166 Adam, It seems no matter how much of a forewarning that we have our government never does anything until it's too late. Then they are all in a tizzy trying to help people and to fix the problems. So I am not surprised one bit that none of them listened to you or anyone else about this. It seems that they will never learn. Cindy...Ga. Adam,
It seems no matter how much of a forewarning that we have our government never does anything until it's too late. Then they are all in a tizzy trying to help people and to fix the problems. So I am not surprised one bit that none of them listened to you or anyone else about this. It seems that they will never learn.

Cindy...Ga.

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