eyewitness ccount during a real world catastrophe.

[Lightspeed]

This guy claims in the first few seconds of the clip that he is reporting what he saw, so its either first hand or he's a liar...

[Midnitemo]

I found it interesting nevertheless , i watched a few more of his blogs on the strength of that one and i liked/agreed with most of what he had to say....just keep your personal bullshit filter switched on high as there does seem to be a lot of people on you tube looking for the.

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looking for there 15 min's of fame

[Mortblanc]

We must also keep some perspective.

A lot of this "evacuation panic disorder" is exaggerated prepper hype.

There was ample warning for Katrina and Rita. People simply waited until it was too late and got caught in the traffic CF on the highway. While there might have been a heart attack or two along the roadway there was not massive death due to traffic jam. Inconvenience yes, but stupidity on someone else's' part does not constitute and emergency on my part.

The death toll was among the people that REFUSED TO EVACUATE!

It was the same with Hurricane Sandy. Of the 167 deaths due to that storm only 2 people died outside the mandatory evacuation zone. 165 people died because they refused to leave, not because they were caught in traffic while fleeing prior to the landfall of the storm.

And these hypes do not ever refer to the many successful evacuations that occur along the Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina coasts every year during hurricane season. TPTB in those areas use detailed studies and evacuation guides based on 100 years of emergency planning. They evacuate hundreds of thousands of people on the main highway arteries and never a mention is made of their success rate.

[Jonas]

Well folks, I WAS there - and in person! Hurricane Rita swung east and was heading straight north when it made landfall due south of us in Beaumont Texas. It slowed down its ground speed, but was still a Category 2 Hurricane when it passed 20 miles to the west of us, which means that we got the north-east quadrant of the storm while it "parked" over Broaddus Texas for two hours, 25 miles to our southwest.

We had no city water for a week, no electricity for 10 days, and FEMA, with all its resources in New Orleans just two weeks after Katrina, didn't show up here for four days. About all they brought was ice, water, and MREs. Basically, our town of 2,000 people was on its own. There was no looting and everyone worked together. This is why I recommend that everyone get to know their neighbors before an emergency.

Four bus-loads of "ghetto-types" were "evacuated" to our town from Beaumont. We put them up out at the rodeo ground, but they didn't like the accommodations and started getting nasty. Out came the shotguns, they were herded back on their buses and escorted to the county line, where they were picked up by the Shelby County sheriff and escorted to the Panola County line, where they were picked up by the Panola County sheriff, and so on and so on. I think they were finally allowed off their buses somewhere west of Ft. Worth! Note: If you're a visitor to our town, be on your best behavior.

Total damage to our house - $7,000 or so. A few folks here in town lost everything. Interestingly enough, the great evacuation of Houston that the fellow in the video talks about was completely unnecessary - Houston didn't get hit with much more than heavy rains.

[Tartar Horde]

I don't understand, that if the US Navy/Army etc can deploy to anywhere in the world when there is a "humanitarian" disaster within a day, and on the news we see the "aid" being dropped by helicopter and tons of supplies being offloaded from Naval vessels, then why did it take so long for them to come to the rescue of their own countrymen, in their own backyard? I can certainly understand why many Americans would feel annoyed.

[bigpaul]

(24 December 2013, 11:59)Tartar Horde Wrote: I don't understand, that if the US Navy/Army etc can deploy to anywhere in the world when there is a "humanitarian" disaster within a day, and on the news we see the "aid" being dropped by helicopter and tons of supplies being offloaded from Naval vessels, then why did it take so long for them to come to the rescue of their own countrymen, in their own backyard? I can certainly understand why many Americans would feel annoyed.

probably a bit like how the British govt does too, there isn't any political gains to be had for looking after your own people so they say sod you and give all the aid to the foreigners, sound familiar?

[Tibbs735]

Maineprepper has been all over; I'm sure he said he was in the National Guard at some point. He is one of the more trustworthy preppers on youtube and i can't think of any reason for him to present biased information.

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That said though, maybe the reactions of average people and the decisions/patterns of movement of people will be different in the UK, as some here have predicted that many will actually stay at home instead of fleeing as the scenario progresses.

[bigpaul]

I really cant see people/sheeple in the UK evacuating to the same extent our colonial cousins do, most will leave it too late to do anything about it, after all "the govt is coming to save us" aren't they???

[Skean Dhude]

(24 December 2013, 11:59)Tartar Horde Wrote: I don't understand, that if the US Navy/Army etc can deploy to anywhere in the world when there is a "humanitarian" disaster within a day, and on the news we see the "aid" being dropped by helicopter and tons of supplies being offloaded from Naval vessels, then why did it take so long for them to come to the rescue of their own countrymen, in their own backyard? I can certainly understand why many Americans would feel annoyed.

Could it be that one is a very effective force led by decision makers that once told to go doesn't get micromanaged by beaurorats and the other is a government department run by beaurocrats?

[Mortblanc]

(24 December 2013, 11:59)Tartar Horde Wrote: I don't understand, that if the US Navy/Army etc can deploy to anywhere in the world when there is a "humanitarian" disaster within a day, and on the news we see the "aid" being dropped by helicopter and tons of supplies being offloaded from Naval vessels, then why did it take so long for them to come to the rescue of their own countrymen, in their own backyard? I can certainly understand why many Americans would feel annoyed.

One of the characteristics of our separated levels of government over here is that the Federal Government normally does not enter a situation until asked by the local government.

President Bush called the State and got a "No thanks".

In the Katrina situation it was the local bureaucrats that dropped the ball, both during the event and afterward.

New Orleans is one of the most corrupt cities in our nation and they have spent far more time on how to divert money into their own bank accounts than they have on disaster planning. It they called in the FED someone might ask an embarrassing question. Which is finally what happened.

No one asked for the help, due to incompetence or lack of realization of how extensive the problem actually was. Then they condemned the Federal government for not sending help.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/natio...n/1845617/