When the Levees Broke
 

Or something close to that title, will start showing on HBO next week. I have not seen it yet, but relatives from New Orleans were at the premier last night and said it was something everyone needs to see. They are not in political agreement with Spike Lee in most cases, but they said the footage during and after Katrina is very moving and informative. One thing they mentioned was that the majority of the large audience either laughed at or boo'd past New Orleans Mayor, Marc Morial, so consider that when you hear his remarks, whatever they might be.

I was just reading about this on the Times-Picayune web site.

www.nola.com

Did anyone watch this? I saw the first night, parts I and II, but missed last night. I hope it'll be on again because everyone in this country should watch it. There is film footage that hasn't been seen before and information that isn't widely known. For instance, I didn't know that the Canadian Mounted Police were the first to get into Nola to help. From Canada..they got there before anyone else.

I thought the ever imcompetant Ray Nagin was the Mayor of NOLA. Hmmm?

crefloors, me too!???

LOL. Glad I'm not the only one that sometimes reads posts a little too quickly.

From OP: <i>&quot;past New Orleans Mayor, Marc Morial . . .&quot;</i>

Speedbuggy said the past New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial not current Ray Nagin. Or so I read.

We are not HBO subscribers, so we haven't seen it yet. I imagine it'll be out on DVD soon, though.

For those of you with HBO, all four acts can be seen Tuesday, Aug. 29, [8P - midnight], the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

We watched both evenings. The film was very well done and heartbreaking.

Thanks all...I AM getting new glasses next week!! LOL

If you watch the program the main &quot;imcompetents&quot; shown are not Mayor Nagin but FEMA and GWB.

I'm looking for a 27 year old Caucasian female named Jamie Accomando who is still MIA. She's 27 and last lived on La Place in New Orleans.

In searching for her, I found a REAL interesting bunch of websites.

Katrina caused one of, if not THE, biggest migration since the Civil War. My community is once again a migration hub and as always, very affected. We all are.

I won't list all the gov doc, but this one is good to link misplaced people and to show the communities. If you hold your cursor on a dot, it will flash the city and state.

http://www.epodunk.com/top/diaspora/index.html

Good info, JJ5. I could not get the link to work. Would you mind checking it again? Thanks!

I am sorry I left off a number:

http://www.epodunk.com/top10/diaspora/index.html

I sure hope I got it right this time.

crefloors, it is SO funny. I just went to the eye doctor yesterday. Me too!

That's interesting, JJ5! My neice in St. Tammany Parish [north of N.O. and also affected by the storm] wants to move because their population has increased so much. The traffic is horrible and the smaller cities/towns are just not equipped [on any level] to handle the overnight growth. But in all, they say the crime that has come with it is the absolute worst. And not all the crime is from displaced people, of course. Much of the crime is committed by transient workers and illegals.

&quot;Brownie, You're doing a heck of a job.&quot;


Not quite Pershing saying &quot;Lafayette, we are here.&quot;

I watched all four &quot;acts&quot; and so much of it moved me to tears, but I think the worst was all the dead bodies just left on the street and floating in the water for several days. Also all the accounts of people not able to hold onto their spouse, or parent, one even in a wheelchair, and only able to watch helplessly as they drowned. I don't know how you could stay sane after witnessing that.

No matter who you think screwed up the relief efforts, it's hard to ignore the fact that some 15,000 FEMA trailers are sitting in an enormous parking area when people homeless for the past 11 months are still applying to get one! What a disgrace.

My son returned from a year in Iraq the same time Katrina hit and I'll always remember him walking out of his bedroom after a long sleep, looking at a TV for a few seconds and then asking, &quot;Wow, what country is THIS?&quot; He was absolutely floored when I told him it was OUR country.

Like millions of others, I watched this live on TV as it was unfolding. I have no desire to relive the horror. As to blame, I don't think it will ever be fully determined because of political agendas (Spike Lee has an agenda too, don't forget). While it is expedient for many to blame GWB, there is plenty that Gov. Blanco and Mayor Nagin could have done to alleviate much of the suffering.

Well, Betty, if you had watched the program you'd know how wrong you are. As you haven't, and don't intend to, maybe you could refrain from critiquing it.

LOL I had a different read for that line
&quot;...the majority of the large audience either laughed at or boo'd past New Orleans Mayor, Marc Morial...&quot;

my mind read it as the people bood past (like running past)instead of booing the former. I know, Odd.