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niyad

(128,500 posts) Fri Oct 13, 2023, 09:15 AM Oct 2023

Anybody else remember the NOLA Katrina evacation nightmare in 2005? [View all]

The city itself had a population of about 455,000, Metro about 1.2mil (depending on which charts you use). And the residents had more than 24 hours of warning.

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Anybody else remember the NOLA Katrina evacation nightmare in 2005? [View all] niyad Oct 2023 OP

It was a cluster f#ck. The first thing to shut down before the storm ... Marcus IM Oct 2023 #1

The New Orleans Metropolitan area is 27 times the size of Gaza Johnny2X2X Oct 2023 #2

Hamas must turn over the hotages Beachnutt Oct 2023 #4

Gaza skyline webcams Beachnutt Oct 2023 #3

There is no where for them to go either way. onecaliberal Oct 2023 #5

friend of mine was in that mess. has ptsd. AllaN01Bear Oct 2023 #6

You mean when they separated black men from their wives and children malaise Oct 2023 #7

Yep. It's what I thought of cally Oct 2023 #8

Maybe Israel would give them more time if the rocket attacks stopped ripcord Oct 2023 #9

Yes. Those of my relatives that chose to evacuate did so. Freethinker65 Oct 2023 #10

Houston got a ton of Katrina refugees LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #11