Why doesn't anyone leave the Gulf Coast? (US)?
449760
Because it's their home. Why don't people abandon the Middle East? Why don't people leave San Francisco after all all of California will float off one day. Why don't people leave Chicago. God they have heat waves there all the time. While we are at it, why don't we all move to Kansas where it's safe. OH yeah  that's right  tornadoes. Hurricanes are bad but there are many other places with natural disasters. Just because you're home gets hit by a really bad, house falling down snow storm every once in awhile doesn't mean you are going to leave it. It' snot like New Orleans gets wiped out every year or something and every year the coast gets hit. It doesn't mean that every last inch of it gets destroyed. My parents house on the Gulf Coast is fine. So are all my other friends and families homes. If they have a perfectly good home there   why the .... would they leave.
141904
Not me. I live in FL and am trying to get out of FL! If it were in Denver or California somewhere, we would talk.
931439
not sure but gl at least you applied!!!!!! why can't everyone if they come to the states?? make's no since!
630711
Well, because the environmentalist wackos won't let them in.\nIt maybe because they are afraid that if one of them fails and there is a fall out that the island might sink and they would all drown. ;o)\n\nDid you know there are more nuclear power plants in the South than anywhere else in the country? Did you further know that the economy of the South is the primary contributor to the manufacturing portion of the American economy. See a connection?
501515
Because of the politics. From my understanding, Haiti was/is war torn. People who want to travel who are not from there do not want to go to a country that has a lot of fightings and political warfare. not only that but D.R. has a lot of resorts predominately for tourists and great rates for them as well. I also heard that the D.R. accommodates the Carribean Cruise lines as well. my friend came back from one; they went to Haiti even though they thought they were going to go to the D.R. Not happy at all. People want to go where they have a feeling they are not going to be in the crossfire (and, if you have watch the world news, Haiti, back then, was not a place even for the Haitian people to be safe.) To my knowledge, the D.R. does not have a problem with that.
600207
Since the MS Gulf Coast is very short comparatively, the chances of a direct hit by the eye of a hurricane are pretty small in any year.  That said, with the forecast for 16 named storms this year, at least one of them is bound for the area.  4 to 6 of those 16 storms are expected to be major (cat. 3 or above).  Thus, the odds decrease some.  In addition, there are other factors such as the strength of the Bermuda High which might steer storms up the Atlantic coast instead of letting them into the Gulf.\n\nHaving said all that, you must remember just how big hurricanes are, so even an indirect hit will make a huge mess.\n\nIn short, the chances of the MS Gulf coast being impacted by a major hurricane are somewhat slim, but I certainly wouldn't just do nothing and hope for the best.  Make sure you are fully prepared starting now.
47286
No, why should they leave? The Superdome will be ready for them next year, so what's the problem?
461287
They were WARNED that they MUST evacuate.  Busses were running full time to get people out, yet so many refused to leave.  Some were on the news dancing in the streets of the French Quarter as the storm approached.  After the storm, they all ran for the Superdome, and there were not enough supplies for the additional people, so that screwed the people who originally went to be sheltered there.  Something else angers me: The National Guard gets blamed for not responding, but the storm was over Tuesday, and TV cameras broadcast National Guard at the airport on Thursday.  This pretty enlisted female told the reporter that they arrived Wednesday, and were setting up relief.\n\nThen cops are out there looting Wal Mart (caught on video).  It would have been one thing if they were getting food, but, well you know the rest of the story.  \n\nPeople cry for the idiots in New Orleans (no, the ones who evacuated are NOT idiots), while Rita pretty much levelled some towns in Southwest Louisiana.  Places where there were towns were now just a bunch of cement foundations.  One person found their house a few miles away.  Nobody even talks about these people--Mississippi gets more attention.
633489
Southern born, Southern bred. Lived in the south all my life, wouldn't go any where else. Georgia is my home state, now I live in Louisiana. I love it here because I was raised only a few miles from a popular swamp. Florida claims it, but it doesn't belong to them. I get the impression that maybe you live in the wrong town.  Look carefully because weather and cost of living can be bad in other places.
943591
I have traveled all over the world on both business and for pleasure.I lived in different parts of Canada when I was growing up.Many Americans travel abroad.But you must understand our country is very large and its expensive for the average person to do a lot of traveling to country's far away.Logistics alone make it difficult and expensive.Those that can afford it and desire to ,do just that.Mexico and Canada being our only neighbors that can be reached by land,limits some travelers to this continent.Do many average people in other country's come to the US just to visit? Most are like average Americans they stay pretty close to home .
481851
If the USA is so superior, then why are the people in Louisiana still not back on their feet? Why hasn't Bush stepped in the help those people? Why does the rest of the world come before his own country? To answer your question, the USA in not superior.
1058142
There are a lot of reasons, but let me try to list some:\n1) the city is below sea level, so it is a huge challenge to get it dry.  The soil is saturated and that makes every effort a hundred times harder.\n2) The money involved is staggering.\n3) Government inefficiency, though perhaps no organization could deal effectively with such a huge task.\n4) Corruption and fraud, as some people use the situation to their personal advantage.\n5) The war in Iraq splits attention and resources.\n\nI do not think it is a government conspiracy to keep New Orleans down, due to race or politics.  The above reasons are enough to explain the troubles without adding conspiracy theory.
1160659
Well, maybe they are trying to stay out of plain sight. They probably aren't wanting to make a lot of waves right now. I haven't noticed any difference where I live, however, like someone rudely said up there about not getting out much, I don't get out to other cities very often myself, since I do have the need to work for a living and PAY MY TAXES. Plenty of times I leave before the sun comes up and get home after it sets. Some of us do work jobs.\n\nWhat kind of lingo is that thing up ^ there (eguerrerojb) using? I have never seen such jibberish. I can't quite decipher what it's trying to mutter. Sounds a little like it might be jealous of you Cher, better watch out!! LOL\n\nB.A.R.B.A.R.A - Children should be seen and not heard. You kids need to go take a nap. Let the adults discuss the problems of the world, it's too complex for your under developed brains. \n\nThey might have a little of the green-eyed monster in them too, Cher, sounds like it might have something to do with your Glock. lock and load! LMAO
717434
There's a very good argument to be made there.\n\nOne of the reasons the response in Katrina went so badly is that a large percentage of the Louisiana and Mississippi National Guard were stationed over in Iraq.\n\nActually, troops can't be used to defend the borders unless there is an actual invasion going on. Military personnel can't perform civilian law enforcement duties - it violates the Posse Commitatus Act.
261057
If the governments provided proper infrastructure and facilities it may have some hope...but yeah, as if the government is going to do anything to help anyone...they wouldn't even help them in Louisiana...\n\nFrom what I see in America...the majority of them are poverty stricken, in jail or left to die in Louisiana...\n\nMaybe it would be the downfall of the american economy if they all did make a mass exodus...
7650
Here, you take a look at this picture of the Bermuda Triangle and you tell me if anyone has ever made it across alive.\n\nhttp://www.bermuda-triangle.org/assets/images/autogen/a_cart_1.gif\n\nPay particular attention to its ENORMOUS SIZE, and that it would theoretically block 1/3 of the US Atlantic coastline from boats or planes attempting to travel in a straight line to the US.\n\nPay additional attention to the fact that the western point of the triangle is Miami, Florida, a large US city, and that most ships or planes leaving the city would have to enter the triangle.\n\nFinally, take note of the fact that the majority of the islands in the Bahamas -- a hugely popular vacation spot -- are actually INSIDE the Bermuda Triangle.\n\nI hope this clears it up.
499086
There is no assurance that New Orleans will be hit by another hurricane, just as there is no assurance they won't be.  While I'm not a psychic, from previous years and studies of hurricanes, it's very unlikely that another hurricane will hit them this year and even more unlikely that a large hurricane will hit.\n\nMany younger adults, mostly people in their twenties, are taking advantage of the large amount of homes available for sale.  While the homes need much repair, a recent college graduate who was looking at a small house in another large city can afford to buy a big house in New Orleans and then renovate it for the same price.  While home insurance is expensive in the city, the price of the home, repair, and insurance still doesn't meet what you'd pay somewhere like California.\n\nThere's also the fact that many people don't have a choice to live somewhere else.  While many people have moved out of the city, most of the people that were displaced by the storm are extremely poor.  They didn't own their homes, many didn't have insurance, and Fema has drastically cut the amount of aid they are giving to people.  However, many of the cities they have been living with are also cutting off aid and so they are forced to return to their broken homes, the only thing they own, and attempt to rebuild (they certainly can't sell their homes in the state in which they are in). \n\nFinally, New Orleans is still a major shipping and oil port and people are needed to work the jobs to get things on and off ships.  My mother's oil company has actually offered large amounts of money and incentives to get people from her KY office to move down there and work.  Hope this helps explain things.