Hurricaine Ike Pics - Got This Link This A.M. From A Repug Friend With This Message.....

[global1]

"These are unbelievable. In comparison, New Orleans had months of news. I guess this is just how Texans handle their problems.

The devastation is truly amazing. Check out all the photo images on the web via the link below. What amazes me, among other things, is that in spite of all the 24 hour news we saw, nothing came close that I saw on TV to showing the true trauma to the folks who lived there than these pictures. Why didn't the news channels go in after the fact and show what the PEOPLE actually have to endure to remake their homes, I wonder?"

I just don't like the insinuation here - am I reading too much into this?

Granted the devastation was unbelievable in Texas as you will see by the pics - but what is this Repug trying to say?

Here's the link (caution dial up warning) : http://www.tpicks.com/pictures%20people%20have%20sent%20me.html

[MadrasT]

1. What is the insinuation you are detecting?

Just curious. :shrug:

Thanks for the link to the pictures... what a tragedy.

[JHB]

5. Something along the lines of...

(white) Texans suck it up, roll up their sleeves, and get to work rebuilding, while those (darker-skinned) folks in Naw'lins just moan and groan and wait for their FEMA handout... and guess which one the LIIIIIIIIIIIIBERAL press covered on and on and on....


THAT sort of insinuation.

[Justyce]

9. Ike victims were not all white by any means. Not even close.

I seriously doubt anyone thinks Galveston, Houston, Port Arthur, etc., are all white communities.

[JHB]

12. We were discussing a Republican insinuation, not the facts.

The Republicans left facts behind at least 30 years ago.

[global1]

7. I'm Not Sure - Comparing New Orleans To This & The News Coverage.....

is this eluding to the liberal media making more of an issue of NO because of the poor blacks that suffered through that? I don't know - but I do know that whenever my Repug friend sends me stuff like this he gets it from his rich Repug friends that don't want to see an Obama presidency. I can't put my finger on it - but the tone of the message that accompanied the pics just disturbed me.

[TransitJohn]

8. It's racism, I think.

I guess this is just how Texans handle their problems.

I think they're drawing a distinction with the black residents of NOLA. Also, read http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/dakota.asp">this at Snopes for more on this thinking.

[JHB]

2. No, you're not. n/t

[Justyce]

3. This isn't a Dem/Repub thing. Hurricane Ike victims got screwed

and are left to fend for themselves. We had people stuck on rooftops in the flood, and we have thousands who are literally homeless, sleeping in churches on cots, not to mention the hundreds still missing. And yes, we are not happy that the media is brushing it under the rug. People in our area were originally told that FEMA and the Red Cross were pretty much broke & not to expect much help, if any. He's not "insinuating" anything. It's a fact. It didn't get hardly any news coverage, in my opinion because they don't want to advertise the fact that there's no money or help available for these people. (I'm in Texas & lost my roof to Ike, by the way. We were lucky to at least still have the shell of a house to repair. Many of my family and friends have literally nothing left.)

[bigscott]

4. remind him 1800 people died in NO

and surrounding areas - mostly due to the governments negligence

[alfredo]

10. Also, NOLA is important to our culture as a city that thrives on

creativity and passion.

NOLA became a political issue. One side pointed out incompetence and unfeeling nature of the bush junta, the other used the aftermath as evidence of white superiority.

Black looters stole things, white looters found things. I actually saw an image of several whites with new merchandise and the caption stated it was stuff they found.

[jeepnstein]

6. Rough Stuff.

I suspect a large part of it is the press is being kept away along with property owners. The disaster recovery may not be better but they certainly can handle the press this time around.

[goforit]

11. These are horrific photos not seen on MSM. Katrina was just as bad though.

One thing that is common between the two hurricanes is
toooo many homes are improperly constructed for "Hurricane alley"

The stilts were great at Galvestan but building a home in wood or vinyl siding is
a huge death trap. Even the tile roofing is insane.
People need to look at the Florida construction of homes and see the clear difference in durability.
The difference is day and night.

[global1]

13. I Noticed That Some of The Old Brick & Stone Buildings Looked Like They.....

made it through virtually untouched.

[SoCalDem]

19. Yep.. the striking thing to me was how almost "serene" the "natural" damage was

a big storm rips up trees, and lays them down..they decompose & become homes for "ground creatures" & eventually become soil....New vegetation springs up in their absence..

The materials "disturbed" are organic, and when washed out to sea, probably do little damage to the habitat of the ocean-dwellers..

BUT..

when humans intervene, everything they "need", to survive, has toxicity attached to it..and especially so when storms rip it apart and toss it all over.. Without massive effort, it will lay there indefinitely, in more or less the same form it was the day of the storm..leaking toxins and polluting , in total chaos...

Fragile coasts are not the places to build permanent homes & businesses.. They just aren't..

Someday (probably soon), insurance companies will just stop issuing policies for ANY price, and maybe some civic leaders will start doing some rational thinking..

Those beautiful, wild places should have access, but they should be available to ALL people..not just the few who happen to have inherited a patch of beach & a house, or who have the money to buy their own beachfront "cottage"..

Build some bridges..some access roads, but make them seashore preserves and reserve part for the critters and the rest for camping or day-trips..

[marions ghost]

27. Right

:applause:

[prayin4rain]

14. Hanging on in quiet desperation is the texan way? n/t

[Feron]

15. Thank you for sharing those pictures.

It's a shame that Texas is getting ignored, but we all know that the media has the attention span of a flea.

I love the Lakewood yard of the month sign. Awesome!

[Catherine Vincent]

16. Why did this pic have me laughing?:

[csziggy]

25. This one has me laughing

[tammywammy]

17. Thanks for the link.

[EFerrari]

18. Several of us pointed out that the whore media coverage was depopulated

at the time. They didn't show people or survivors on purpose, imho.

[malaise]

20. Amazing pix

Thanks

[Saphire]

21. Wow, just Wow. The Sabine Pass/Pleasure Island area is my hometown.

so sad to see the devestation. I don't think they will ever recover from this.

[uppityperson]

22. I get the insinuation. Tell him that many of us are outraged at the lack of

coverage, and that disaster fatigue has set in as well as the media doesn't want to focus much on it due to the upcoming election (don't want to remind people of failures in the administration).

If it is true that Texans don't want media coverage, why is he complaining about the lack of coverage?

[wryter2000]

23. The insinuation is clear

And it sucks.

I finally had to divorce my repug "friend." He's an ex-friend now.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

24. there is NO comparison to what Katrina did to NOLA

[Imagevision]

26. Katrina - 1600+ dead - much footage of bodies floating in streets and on sidewalks.

[eridani]

28. "Been there, done that"

Recall how a much smaller bank failure than WaMu was news for a week this summer. WaMu was not covered nearly as much.

Underlying message: ecological and financial disasters are the new normal. Get used to them.