Comments on: Denver Survives Disaster On Its Own

By: John Doe

John Doe — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:49:46 +0000

For all those who thought the Game Trader was looted during the big blizzard you are right. But it wasn’t the Game Trader that was hurt behind this. One can’t help but wonder if the looting wasn’t stagged, especially after going threw their inventory just before the incident and knowing that the numbers of missing items were at least doubled before being reported to the local athorities and the insurance company.

By: Keith

Keith — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:50:59 +0000

I live in Denver and this story is a pretty sad twisting of facts.

In the Denver, we only had around 24 inches of snow, not 44. I think there were nearly 40 inches in some of the rural areas the next week, but not in the city. Nothing effecting thousands of people.

Lets do a bit of real comparison:

In Louisiana, 1 million people were displaced from their homes.
In Denver, 4800 people got stuck at the airport for a few days.

In Louisiana, 200,000 homes were destroyed.
In Denver, there were no storm related home losses that I’ve heard of. Some people might have lost power for a short while. I didn’t.

Louisiana had over 1500 deaths from the storm.
No one died in Denver from the blizzard.

Hundreds of thousand lost their jobs after Katrina.
Some businesses in Denver closed for a few days.
The ski resorts will probably do record business this year.

So, as a Denver resident, and Louisiana native, I ask you to please don’t try to make this comparison to get across some lame point about freeloaders and government help.

People really did suffer down there. People are still suffering from that storm.
In Denver, everything is nearly back to normal. Some sidewalks are still impassible , but that’s about the extent of it.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:41:17 +0000

As usual people always show their ignorance. I wish you had walked a few days in our shoes. The government let us borrow a FEMA trailer for a year and if you think that was a picnic, go live in your driveway in a 8 x 28 travel trailer for a year and see if that changes your opinion.

By: Ashley Hunter

Ashley Hunter — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:42:58 +0000

This very same e-mail was circulating in the Dakotas two winters ago.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:23:17 +0000

Wow….why is that no one is attacking Nixon for having brought in the National Guard as soon as Camille hit? Seems he should be attacked for being a bad conservative for getting involved in a states’ rights issues.

You still use all this state issue to blur the real issue: our Federal goverenment ahd the resources to help people, but the leaders of our government, right up to the president, had no idea what they were doing. From FEMA workers to ordinary citizens who tried to help, they reported that they were stopped by officials at the top who had no idea what they were doing. While people were hungry, thirsty, trapped, and in some cases dying, officials of our federal government were more worried about their image than they were for citizens of the United States. Just another reason to vote out the republicans as a whole.

By: monty

monty — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:44:40 +0000

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By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:14:00 +0000

An interesting conversation but the premise is totally fake. Go to snopes.com and check it for yourself. This same sorry story has been circulating on the Internet for months, except instead of “Denver” it was all about “North Dakota.”
Snow Comparison from Snopes

You really should spend at least 30 seconds to fact-check before you go posting fake news on your blog…

Peace,

Tim

By: torrentprime

torrentprime — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:03:01 +0000

Re: tornadoes.
When a tornado goes through a county, rarely does it destroy every house within miles. One of the most powerful things about a tornadoes is how they cut razor-thin lines through areas, leaving one house untouched while the next is completely demolished. The point? That when a tornado goes through an area, the complete and total infrastructure of the surrounds is not destroyed; neighbors can help, families can help, etc. NO lost entire neighborhoods, hospitals, food supplies, water supplies.
To pretend that a tornado taking out 20 mobile homes is the same as flooding a city is a sad, sad reach.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:31:47 +0000

That sort of goes with my point, I think, rightwingprof…..people helping themselves and being better prepared for the disaster doesn’t equal good ratings. It wasn’t perceived as being as being as massive perhaps is another way to say it.

See, I knew this was going to rehash the Katrina thing. Back to the topic, I guess this email is an urban legend? Still makes an interesting point.

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:25:03 +0000

“It’s all about the ratings on TV.”

If it were — and not political motivation — the effects of Katrina on Mississippi would have been covered just as heavily as those on NO. But with nobody in Mississippi whining about “come save us!” and “Bush hates black people!” Mississippi didn’t serve the media agenda.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:38:50 +0000

I so love laughing at disasters that afflict people. Nothing is funnier on a Wednesday.

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:38:20 +0000

#16: I think one reason Mississippi fared better despite being harder hit is that its state government went to work immediately to begin reconstruction, instead of looking for TV cameras they could cry and blame Bush in front of.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:17:27 +0000

rightwingprof, your point is well put. But in saying that, you point out the difference: “massive media coverage”.

One tornado that detroys 5 homes doesn’t warrant massive media coverage because it’s not a massive event. The destruciton of most of a city, or the repeated snowing-in of most of a state warrants more. Massive event = massive coverage. It’s probably reflective of part of what’s wrong with the media, but it’s what viewers want to see. It’s all about the ratings on TV.

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:02:34 +0000

“While I do find the whole thing interesting and very true, I do think one has to keep in mind that no homes were destroyed.”

Mississippi was hit just as hard by Katrina, and the same distinction stands. Likewise, homes are destroyed every year across the United States by tornadoes, yet there’s no whining or FEMA credit cards or massive media coverage.

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:00:19 +0000

Ah, Silly person dutifully spews left-wing mythology from the usual echo chamber. In fact, the first Coast Guard helicopters reached New Orleans within 2 hours of Katrina passing.

Van Helsing demolished this silly left-wing BS with an effective photo essay.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:58:30 +0000

Ha ha ha, GP gets suckered (or something). This is just an update of an urban legend. What is that old quote attributed (wrongly) to PT Barnum?

By: keogh

keogh — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:38:16 +0000

According to my recollection, one day after Denver’s storm, we had helicopters in the air dropping food to the cattle and horses for the welfare ranchers.
In NO, several days past before we could do much of anything for the people.

And #5 – inapt analogies hasn’t stopped GP before, why should he start now?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:12:04 +0000

*chuckles* That made me laugh this morning, VtheK.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:09:00 +0000

Yeah, and Groud Zero still is a big hole.

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:48:47 +0000

I think New Orleans is a quagmire, and we should pull out. They’ve had sixteen months to rebuild, and they’ve barely accomplished anything. Violence is rampant, cultures are clashing, and Ray Nagin has the nerve to ask for more money to support this debacle.

I support the reconstruction workers, but I don’t support rebuilding New Orleans. Bring the reconstruction workers home now. (To Mexico.)