viking611 said:not that u can compare the two at all...they are equally as bad.....one part about this hurricane though is that people in NY could go to the bathroom, get a glass of water, eat in their kitchen, sleep in their beds, go to the store, etc the next day. Nobody will be doing any of this for MONTHS in New Orleans. An entire city has been wiped off the map, not a few buildings. Long term effects, I would say NY just a little bit worse since we had to go to war over it however this gas thing may get outta hand here.
Both events, very very bad. One is worst terrorism event ever on US soil, the other is worst natural disaster ever!
Deric said:i think its pretty bad anyone here is comparing this to what happened on 9/11
CHOPTALK said:Death toll when you add the people in Louisiana and Mississippi will exceed 10000 at the very least!!!! These death are just confirmed deaths. There were over 100000 thousand people that stayed for the storm at least in New Orleans alone. If just 10% of these people died thats 10000 people. They rescue workers are so booked up that they do not even have time to go rescue the thousands of people trapped in there attics. There are no phone lines. A dead person cant make a phone call telling everyone that they are dead. I promise you there is anywhere from 10000 to 50000 deaths from this storm. If you dont believe that you will be in for a huge shock in a few weeks.
Vaulted Treehouse said:9/11 ruined the economy, changed our way of life, killed thousands of people, made things like the Patriot Act acceptable,.....not even comparable.
doc mercer said:There is no comparison ...
c'mon .... a complete city of over 1 million folks is not liveable .... thousands have died .....disease running rampant.... folks have lost everything .... folks are wandering across this country wondering to do next
There is no comparison between the 2 events
lostitall said:Good points. Not to mention no one was faced with "jump or burn"