Jan 08

Reid says Hurricane Katrina was 'nothing in comparison' to Sandy

Written by Bruce Alpert, Times-Picayune.

Hurricane Katrina near its peak Category 5 intensity (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

[h/t to amirlach] Comparing disasters is probably never a good idea because regardless of the size it's a travesty for those directly affected. Therefore, it was surprising, as well as factually incorrect, when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Friday took to the Senate floor and declared that Hurricane Katrina was "nothing in comparison to what happened to the people in New York and New Jersey" from Hurricane Sandy.

Sandy devastated some of the nation's most populated areas, but it didn't come close to Katrina. Hurricane Katrina, and the flooding that followed when federally built levees failed, killing 1,833 and causing more than $145 billion in damage. Sandy has been blamed for 120 deaths and over $80 billion in damage.

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# Gator 01-08-2013 14:50

Katrina did not kill 1833 people, this is a fabricated number that has never been substantiated. It was put forth by the media to make Bush look as bad as possible. I have tried for years to get a list of names, or even where these people came from (states, cities or counties) and there is no info available to validate this claim. John Mutter, a Columbia University professor, has made it his mission to push the death toll as high as possible collecting any third hand info, because he was hoping for 4000 dead.

Of the names I could find, many were traffic accidents, heart attacks, falls, fights, etc...

For an honest perspective on Katrina, one should review this piece... maybe email it to Joe the Dumber.

www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/natural-disasters/2315076

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# Heretic 01-08-2013 15:38

I believe the [true] death-toll was just over 1,000. Don't forget there were a Dimocrat Governor (she didn't call out the [State] National Guard in time) and a Dimocrat African-American Mayor (do you remember the aerial shot of dozens of yellow School Buses [which he could have used to evacuate 'his people') thigh-deep in water?
There was much exaggeration (remember the 'rapes' in the 'Dome - nevah happened) then the lame-stream mejia realised Dimocrats would be blamed, then, for a brief period they told (approx) the truth. Then the Bushitler thing started ......

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# prestigio 01-08-2013 17:37

in re to
the current demogogue of
the us senate

harry reid is nothing
in comparison to
any senate leader
who preceded him

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# Boxorox 01-11-2013 07:16

When Harry Reid speaks, thinking people laugh . . . then shake their heads in disguest knowing that there is a not insignificant portion of the U.S. population that hangs on every word he mumbles.

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