I mean everybody talks about the SHTF.

Everybody wonders what it might look like, and how Martial Law comes into play... well look no further. This event had it all... it was almost like a trail run, it was like practise.

This event is what America is going to look like minus the water and flooding.

So I just wish people would post here a little more... I wish people from New Orleans would give us updates of how the city looks, because the media has no intrest in reporting how the city is recovering.

Seriously... this thread needs some love...

Is anybody on ATS interested in talking about what really happened in Katrina?

We remember 9-11, but forget Katrina.

[edit on 3-2-2009 by Doomsday 2029]

Well I'm not exactly from New Orleans, but I'm only a few miles south so I do know a decent bit about it.

It's relatively back to normal after the hurricanes, but there seems to be a lot more crime than I remember it having. It could just be faulty memory, but I still wouldn't walk there with money after dark. There are several parts of the city that remain battle scarred with water marks and broken buildings, but a lot of it is rebuilt and looking better.

*Forgot to add this, I heard on the local news the other day that they plan to get rid of the soldiers that still patrol the streets. There aren't many of them, but the police force they have is a little weak so they were nice to have. Not sure if this turned up on other news sources though.*

One thing that these hurricanes showed me is that I'm kinda proud of the people who live here. I saw people who had everything they worked for and sometimes people they loved wash away, and they just got back up and kept going.

I will always remember Katrina just as much as I remember 9-11. My family was lucky and we didn't lose much, but it was hard for a while after the storm.

[edit on 3-2-2009 by PaperIons]

Because it is not a conspiracy.... to me anyways.

It was far more successful then people give it credit for. It had the best evacuation imagineable.

While people got left behind, most of them chose that route. Most of them were older, and felt the hurricane wasn't going to be as bad as it was.

Camille was a far worse hurricane then Katrina. The difference was the state selling of its biggest protection, the wetlands.

There was a lot of media hype to this situation.

Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster. It's possible that the hurricane was somehow man-made through the use of technologies such as HAARP, but in all likelihood it was probably just a natural hurricane.

That being said, where is the conspiracy here?

Is the conspiracy that George Bush didn't like black people?

Yes, they basically used Martial Law tactics in New Orleans, but many people could efficiently argue that it was justifiable given the circumstances.

If they want to use Martial Law nationwide to round people up into concentration camps, then yes, we have something to worry about.

I have no idea why people freak out of martial law in New Orleans. I was in NO right after Katrina with a medical group. It was ridiculous with the martial law, I couldn't imagine what it would have been like if the military wasn't there. A fairly large number of the people who were still there after Katrina were savages and useless individuals. Someone had to keep order because the NO police sure as hell weren't.

Thank God for the soldiers that came.

I think this forum is ignored mostly for the absurdity that goes on in here. People saying the government blew the levees or created the hurricane through some sort of weather manipulation (Because that's a lot less believable then the government doing 9/11). I mention 9/11 because for the most part, the people behind "national disaster" and "Government Conspiracy" are mostly stampeding to the 9/11 conspiracy forum instead of the much more interesting Avian Flu and Katrina Conspiracies forum. For some reason, it is easier for them to believe bombs were planted in the Trade Centers and not on the levees, or that the Avian Flu is a product of a Bio Warfare test gone wrong.

This is crazy man... the next season begin real soon and its suposed to be crazy!