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The big difference I see here is local leaders took charge, made right decisions, and most importanly, the people arent sitting on their butts waiting for Uncle Sam to save them, they are hip deep in freezing water, working together to save what they can. And when it is all over they will put those same values and ethics to work, and rebuild it a lil better than it was before. The mindset of someone in most of the midwest and mountain states is totally different that that of the east coast. If they have a problem, they will work "together", not riot and loot each others homes..... That alone caused alot of the additional property and human casualties from Katrina. That and many of the cops and firemen, leaving. A good friend of mine is a cop there and he was left with 1/2 his guys, doing 10 times more work,, alot of it trying to prevent or stop looters as they didnt have a boat to rescue people, they tried to protect people and property. from looters. I guarantee you will not find a single case of looting a neighbors home in North Dakota.
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