Man I'm glad Kurt moved this piece o' crapola....
One season - It could be us
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Landlocked said:
Where did he move it?
Sueshore said:
I think he moved it from the public forum to here.
Landlocked said:
Yes, I see now...from General Info to the Lounge. And you were being sarcastic!!!!!! Sorry, it took me a minute.
Sueshore said:
I wasn't really being sarcastic. I'm sure he didn't want passers by to read folks being nasty. And I guess it really didn't have that much to do with our beach anyway.
Landlocked said:
Well, I get that as well. Maybe we have tangetzized it to bed.
Sueshore said:
I realize this wasn't directed to me, but I'd like to address it. Just after the storm, I heard a commentator remark that New Orleans was doomed, that when a tragedy happens in America everyone looks and then they look away. Americans crave normalcy, Katrina fatigue would set in. I hoped that would not be the case, that in much the way people pledged to never forget 9/11, they'd never forget what happened in New Orleans. When people offered their help, I asked them to pay attention, on a clear night listen to WWL AM 870 out of New Orleans and be aware of what was happening there, and if so moved to let their representative in Congress know that they cared and were paying attention. The national news has moved on to Iraq and the war on Christmas, and what does make the news out of Louisiana is silly or oversimplified and doesn't begin to convey what is really going on.
I'd also like to thank you for all that you have done, Sueshore. Please don't for a moment think New Orleanians aren't extraordinarily grateful for the help of individuals and many churches. People have done so much to help, it's the things beyond individuals that remain undone. I am sure everyone on this board is decent and caring, the acrimony is just the result of the very different perspective one day in New Orleans will provide, left or right wing going into it.
Landlocked said:
If it's not directly about SoWal it goes to the lounge.
I can certainly understand the emotions of New Orleanians being raw and even snippy. There's been a lot of open debate in the media about whether or not their homes and city should even be rebuilt, some members of congress have publicy said that they're too corrupt to handle relief aid properly, others have implied that the city's location in a bowl somehow justified all that happened with a dismissive "told you so." Honestly, I've seen a few of these types of comments on this board, with people perhaps forgetting than many who own and vacation here are from New Orleans or have relatives from there and read these posts. If they were archived, I'd go back and reprint the types of posts I'm talking about as a reminder.
In fact, I remember that the weekend of the storm, a regular poster on the board referred to the Super Dome as the Super Doom in a trite post that really bothered me. I have a reputation for making fun, but it isn't mean spirited.
They're all probably a little sensitive, and that's understandable. We would feel the same if after Opal we had to endure these types of discussions about our fates and judgement while we were living in trailers or with relatives and our businesses and futures and finances were in shambles.
Thankfully, it wasn't our beach that was destroyed, and while it's healthy for us to compete for tourism dollars and beautiful beach rankings, we do however share a bond over hurricanes that other parts of the country don't relate to. Also, we live in a region that is closely intertwined economically. It benefits us for the whole northern gulf coast region to be a viable corridor for growth, tourism and industry. Within a four hour drive, you have two of America's most historical cities, casinos and numerous coastal communities with white sand beaches. I believe that if any part of this region suffers we all do, and it's shortsighted not to consider this.
We have spent most of our weekends since the storm in New Orleans - were there last weekend and will go back to do more Christmas shopping this weekend to try and support the local merchants who have opened. I would encourage everybody to drive over and see for it yourself - it's amazing. The French Quarter, CBD, Magazine Street and Garden District seem to me to be pretty back to normal - in fact many wouldn't notice much of a difference. But the other ninety-percent of city is street after street of abandoned neighborhoods and cars that are visibile from the interstate overpasses as far as the eye can see. It's really sobering. You have to see the damage yourself to fully appreciate its magnitude.
In fact, I remember that the weekend of the storm, a regular poster on the board referred to the Super Dome as the Super Doom in a trite post that really bothered me. I have a reputation for making fun, but it isn't mean spirited.
They're all probably a little sensitive, and that's understandable. We would feel the same if after Opal we had to endure these types of discussions about our fates and judgement while we were living in trailers or with relatives and our businesses and futures and finances were in shambles.
Thankfully, it wasn't our beach that was destroyed, and while it's healthy for us to compete for tourism dollars and beautiful beach rankings, we do however share a bond over hurricanes that other parts of the country don't relate to. Also, we live in a region that is closely intertwined economically. It benefits us for the whole northern gulf coast region to be a viable corridor for growth, tourism and industry. Within a four hour drive, you have two of America's most historical cities, casinos and numerous coastal communities with white sand beaches. I believe that if any part of this region suffers we all do, and it's shortsighted not to consider this.
We have spent most of our weekends since the storm in New Orleans - were there last weekend and will go back to do more Christmas shopping this weekend to try and support the local merchants who have opened. I would encourage everybody to drive over and see for it yourself - it's amazing. The French Quarter, CBD, Magazine Street and Garden District seem to me to be pretty back to normal - in fact many wouldn't notice much of a difference. But the other ninety-percent of city is street after street of abandoned neighborhoods and cars that are visibile from the interstate overpasses as far as the eye can see. It's really sobering. You have to see the damage yourself to fully appreciate its magnitude.
Sueshore said:
All I expect is please please not to call people "idiots" (again and again and again) for building near or on the gulf coast or suggest that they are even remotely that. Really. Since you haven't done that, don't worry. If you have done that, I am certain after a long long long walk on the beach today that it was not intended and was done in an offhand way.
The monetary stuff from the country I really am undecided on. Good levees might be nice. But I myself am uncertain about that sometime. There's an interesting discussion there, actually, and it must occur nationally but in my view it has to proceed in a way that is overwhelmingly sensitive to the lives that have been almost destroyed by this. Overwhelmingly sensitive. Overwhelmingly sensitive. If the people on the Gulf Coast do not help us do that, then who will?
On SoWal matters, hey, be as flippant as you can be and give me a laugh.