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Originally Posted by Cool Beans
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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I think it's pretty safe to assume that the normal crime rate in Fargo, ND is
dramatically lower than New Orleans, which I believe had the highest murder rate in the USA not all that long ago.
To assert that the people of Mayberry would repond differently to a natural disaster than say Gotham is quite an astonishing observation don't you think?
Funny thing is I grew up in Cedar Rapids, IA which was suffered greatly in the epic floods of last summer. They said the exact same thing about no looting there as well, up until the point when there was some looting.
Most of those still suffering are from the lower income housing that was gutted, and yes, the Public Library is a goner...but there was never a chance of 1000+ dead. 500 year floods don't do that, it has to rain for weeks and you have plenty of warning.
But no, it's easier to claim parity because it highlights a social gap responsible only by socialist policy that's entitled the poor and destroyed their sense of civic duty...right?
-spence