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lunatica

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4. Only if people are left to fend for themselves

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 06:43 AM

Oct 2012

President Obama's FEMA will not let that happen.

If the citizens of New Orleans had been given help right away Katrina would be a faded memory right now. What made Katrina infamous forever was a broken FEMA and the President who deliberately broke it.

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Is the devistation from Sandy going to eclipse that from Katrina? [View all] liberal N proud Oct 2012 OP

I think no disaster is going to eclipse Katrina justiceischeap Oct 2012 #1

I am thinking in the destruction only liberal N proud Oct 2012 #2

You did outdo yourself on that sentence... TeeYiYi Oct 2012 #3

I figured I should give everyone some relief from my bad writing. justiceischeap Oct 2012 #5

Only if people are left to fend for themselves lunatica Oct 2012 #4

Katrina Was A Manmade Disaster... KharmaTrain Oct 2012 #6

Excellent post malaise Oct 2012 #10

Thank You! KharmaTrain Oct 2012 #11

In terms of area of destruction leftynyc Oct 2012 #7

Not even close... TeeYiYi Oct 2012 #8

It was worse than leftynyc Oct 2012 #12

I think clean-up and recovery will cost more than Katrina MiniMe Oct 2012 #9