Grand Forks, New Orleans and Katrina
A few days ago I postulated that if New Orleans had been full of Norwegian Descendants there would have been no discussion about what to do with flood threatened lower than sea level property.
This is not an abstract concept. Some years ago Grand Forks North Dakota was overrun by the Red River of the North. It made many homeless and caused much havoc. I’m not sure there weren’t a few who died as a result. The evacuation and devastation was equal in magnitude relative to the population.
Same as New Orleans except for two things:
- The victims weren’t black
- It was dealt with after the fact on a rational basis
The authorities came in, razed the houses in flood plain, did some diking, made the flood plain greenspace and prohibited folks from moving back in there.
Grand Forks survived and I might say even prospered since.
So would New Orleans.
BUT, the race card in politics trumps all; it displaces common sense. So, some politician sometime will allow folks to build where their houses will be flooded again. “It’s the humanitarian thing to do”. Except it’s not.
I hate the race card. I think it has brought us much destruction and degradation in America when played by the liberal establishment to victimize the Black Man who would like to do better than they want him to do. They live
politically off the victimization of the Black Population.Rebuilding New Orleans is all about preserving votes for the left. Nothing else.
If you want to see what to do with New Orleans, look at Grand Forks.
I was sent this by someone a while back. I didn’t post it although I read it. It seemed a little harsh even if it was written by a Black Man who is critical of the attitudes of the victimized black. On this second anniversary of Katrina maybe it’s worth a second look.
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