This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. During the storm, 911 systems were inundated with calls from people in distress. CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann shares some of calls and the stories behind them.
I was so relieved to hear the woman from that first 911 call survived. People blamed them for not evacuating, but failed to realize a lot of people didn't have anywhere to go or the financial means to do so. Not everybody has a reliable vehicle or money to drive inland to stay at a hotel or even with family or friends. People also didn't think it would be as horrible as it was.
Blacks were given Gov handouts left and right, many of them at the time of this happening applied for and received MULTIPLE checks from the Gov. I personally knew of 3 Black Women who scammed the Gov out of over $100,000 on this and they were driving new cars, had nice new clothes and handbags. Typical Suspects and the Gov always helps these type of people out.
@@whyme3772 if blacks can rub it others faces daily why can't other races talk about it as well? Unless you think only black lives matter like a very small amount of delusional people do.
@@nulledrust9809just because that’s what YOU know, doesn’t mean that there weren’t actual people out there who needed real help. they were barely given a days notice.
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ExtremeDad she was supposed to show a open wallet. Did anybody took cas from it? They might didn’t like humans allready and perhaps now they don’t trust them too. So it isn’t our place to ask either interfere but just to witness and hopefully withdraw from it’s reciprocated trust.
Erica Kenny like I said above its ashamed that it takes something like that to bring us all together. No color no this or that we did what we had to and helped our neighbors. We are strong and nothing can stop us when we stand together . Love to all my NO family white black Asian Spanish
I can not imagine the pain that these operators have to go through. Thousands and thousands of phone calls come in, knowing that you can not help many of them. This breaks my heart, god bless them.
During a full evacuation "order" all emergency services are cut off entirely. For a time, there was absolutely *nothing* that could be done. When they say you're on your own, you're on your own. To think, these women were the last people many spoke to. What a heavy burden.
I had no idea that lady from the first call survived... I cried when I hear that call years ago and I just knew her and those kids wasn't going to make it out. So glad they did
This brings back very horrific memories, I survived but I lost several family members and friends, I now cheerish every moment of my life and I'm very grateful to be alive.
There's a heartbreaking story on one of the true scary story narration channels submitted by a 911 operator in Mobile, Alabama who received a call from a woman trapped in her attic. The operator was confused when she couldn't find the cross streets the caller mentioned. Only then did she think to ask what city the call was from and learned she was calling from New Orleans. As the systems crashed, the calls were directed to other cities. The helpless operator could only listen as the woman prayed and cursed and cursed and prayed until the line went dead. She never learned the woman's fate and ended up resigning from 911.
6ROVE 5IDE Yeah, I'm definitely in a rural area lol. I have a lot of family in Dallas, though, and there have been quite a few up there the past few years. The one that tore up Rowlett last Christmas was close to my grandma's house - damaged her roof, busted my uncle's windows, etc. My brother lives in Stephenville which got hit just this year and narrowly avoided several others. North Texas has had a rough go with storms, lately.
14 years later and I still remember it clearly. I had a classmate move from Louisiana to Charleston afterwards and he told us his cat was trapped in their house as the water rose. It still hurts my heart
I live in terrebonne parish. The hurricane path is supposed to hit 2 blocks away from our house. We have evacuated and are now at my aunt's house in Florida. It is my first time ever evacuating for a hurricane. It's so hard to leave your hometown and think maybe my house might not be standing when we get back. My 12th birthday was yesterday and my friend was supposed to sleep over. She came over and we hung out but she couldnt sleep. I cried for 2 hours yesterday my mom cried today and so did my sister. This is a terrible thing. Tomorrow the storm hits and I am so scared I wont be able to sleep. If our house gets bad damage I dont know what we will do but we will come together as a community and figure everything out. Keep everyone in this area in your prayers and stay safe to everyone.
@@missybelmont9830 today is the day the storm hits. I am beyond scared for my family friends and hometown. We are about to go to church where all I will do is pray pray pray. So scared but I am prepared for the worst. Just so glad we got out of there in time. Our drive yesterday took 9 hours because of traffic. Although it was a bad car ride I am overjoyed that so many people are saving themselves by evacuating. My neighbors stayed and my grandparents made the last minute decision to evacuate last night thank God. Keep everyone in your prayers today. It will be a sad one.
When one of my old friends bought a modest house in the city about 10 years ago her father gave her an ax that she kept in the attic just in case. Never needed it and never flooded catastrophically in her neighborhood since Katrina but not an easily forgotten experience.
Thank god an bless these families. The woman who helped her diabetic mom is a trooper. The uncle who saved his sister an nieces a true hero. All of the people survived are hero’s an bless the souls we lost
Thank you ladies for standing your post even though you couldn't really send anybody . I was in a boat for days after rescuing people . What tall did was provide a certain level of hope thank yall for your time .
+BluJuiice That isn't entirely true... though the eye is the least destructive, the eye wall surrounding the eye has the strongest force winds and is undoubtedly the most dangerous.
Its ashamed that it takes something so terrifying as this to realize we are all people and knock down the walls that divide . It shows you that when we all stand as people undivided that we can do and overcome anything .
They were only focused on new Orleans and their death toll..they forgot about Mississippi and Alabama and Florida's ...the forget we got the worst part of the storm over here in ms
@kawhi Leonard Over 200 died in Mississippi, the entire MS coastline was gutted, storm surge peaked at 32 feet in isolated areas, and your telling me Mississippi isn't that important smfh
I'll never forget about the Hurricane Katrina rest in peace for all the victims who going through all the major tragedy hope they get through for a better day may they rest in peace
My math teacher was teaching at a school in new orleans 2 months before the hurricane struck. She lost contact with most of the people in the school since the people died. Edit: my math teacher was glad to survive cuz she went back to my country 2 months before the hurricane struck.
I remember I was at the laundry met off West Esplanade and Williams when the Jeff parish president was on the tv that Saturday around 11 am saying bring enough food and water if you go the last resort place, the Superdome. They were not there to feed you, he said. I can't be the only one that saw that message from him televised. Do anyone else remember?
i remember!! we went to alabama to stay with family, my dad ended up coming back after it passed thru to start working and he was required to help out with the super dome situation and rebuilding
I’m shocked they actually had phone lines! I mean I think BEING THERE w ppl in their last moments like these 911 dispatchers were, was all they could do at that point. Just don’t let them die alone.
It's someone playing the steam organ on the famous Natchez Steamboat of New Orleans and it's always there. 😋 He is standing beside the Mississippi River in the French Quarter. I agree, it sounds funny considering the subject haha. They should've shown it in the frame so people can understand 😅 Even me who is from New Orleans was confused for a split second! 😂
The people who are staying for Hurricane Florence need to see this. Some refuse to evacuate and emergency officials warned them that they will be on there own.
my mom is actually a survivor of this tragic event.. they evacuated to an hotel which also was falling apart , she lost everything in that home.. she was 16 at the time. the hotel was flooded the roof was being ripped away..
Sending the love and healing energy to the many who suffered or remained traumatized from this. God said he will remove the pain and trauma if you ask him for the light.
How were people gonna leave with no where to go or no way to pay for anything? 🥺 I had my first baby Aug 19 2005. My Uncle Glen lived in New Orleans during hurricane Katrina. We tried to help him and send some money so he could leave but we were too late. He drowned. We were contacted later and were able to get his body for burial. He wanted to leave but couldn't. The storm and water were both just too powerful.
As someone who has been expiriencing a lot of earthquakes lately, I can tell you that you should NEVER go up during one. The best thing to do is to stand under a doorway or to run outside far from any buildings.
Last summer, we had also people in distress through massive flooding and surges caused by a 'water bomb'. There were also people blocked in their homes, in some cases people committed suicide (through hanging) rather than drown
New Orleans has come a long way since then. we visited Miami and passing through new Orleans was truly sad...i saw videos of how the residence were treated after wards and omg....so sad...
That's exactly what happened. People need to learn how hard evacuating really is. The storm hit as a Cat 3, it should never have been as bad as it was. Thank you for understanding.
Unbelievable people were told a category 5 is going to hit head on and you’re told to get out and that if you choose to stay, no one will come rescue you .. and yet so many people stayed!
...I’ve lived in LA, and bluntly, on a good day, I’d say overall it’s a losing proposition...people are taxed to death, get not even the most basic services/infrastructure for it...the harsh reality IS that MANY, especially in the City, have got ZERO money/resources, transport...in other words, nothing and no one; nowhere to go and no way to get there...had there been (under Mayor Nagin/Governor Blanco) school buses, charter buses, anything made available, a WHOLE lot of people would have left but there were simply no resources before/during/after, and more sadly, to this day there’s still no $$, plans, nothing if it happened again tomorrow...that’s why I’d NEVER go back there...!
me too, im on the gulf coast and looking at a tropical storm, but I have friends in New Orleans who are going to take a hard hit, the only thing we can do is pray
In 2015 we were all horrified by the sheer Volumetric wave of the water and the Ocean. God Speed to all those people who died way back in the year 2005. Thank God Ghana does not have such terrible weather conditions out there as we know the year 2005 has passed,
I live in Mississippi 😌 Biloxi,Gulfport and Louisiana,etc were flouded my house was everything was destroyed 😭 floods were about 18 feet tall it was a horrible thing 😌😌
So many people died that they had to knock on every door when the water subsided. They began marking homes with an ominous "X" denoting how many bodies were found in the home.
Kevin Lu l Storm Chasing Excuse me!! for your information, I am from Louisiana, I live in Louisiana and I was in Metairie working evacuation before and after Katrina.. Anyone from Louisiana knows there were more than 2000 people that lost thier lives during this storm. Bodies were still being recovered months later.. Do not insult my intelligence!! My comment was directed toward the Katrina death toll, not the nation... Find someone else to play with, cause I am not the one..