Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: Hurricane Katrina

my profile | my password | search | faq & rules | forum home

»	Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE » Community » Film-Yak » Hurricane Katrina (Page 10)

This topic comprises 10 pages: 1 2 3 ... 7 8 9 10

Author

Topic: Hurricane Katrina

Matt Fields
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 545
From: Ohio, United States
Registered: Jun 2005

posted 09-18-2005 12:53 PM

The refugees may have liked Utah, but people in the Astrodome were offered free rent for an apartment in Columbus, Ohio for a year and help finding jobs and only seven people or so volunteered to come.

There was enough apartments for 200 people.

| IP: Logged

Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 09-18-2005 01:38 PM

I can't remember exactly how many refugees came to Utah but it was in the hundreds....

Now we are brginning to evacuate the lower keys.... Hopefully the EXACT same scenerio won't play again...

Mark

| IP: Logged

Jim Ziegler
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 753
From: West Hollywood, CA
Registered: Jul 99

posted 09-18-2005 08:03 PM

quote: Matt Fields
The refugees may have liked Utah, but people in the Astrodome were offered free rent for an apartment in Columbus, Ohio for a year and help finding jobs and only seven people or so volunteered to come.

I am sure I am going to get flamed all to hell for this, but oh well. You have a variety of types of people in the Astrodome right now.. You have the elderly - who probably don't want to go to Ohio. You have the people who want to go back to NO. And you have the third type - the people scared off by the very mention of the word "job". The people left in NO after the evacuation - who then ended up at the Superdome and the the Astrodome were largely dependant on government - some, like single parents, the elderly and the disabled, were dependant because they had to be. However, a SIGNIFIGANT number of able-bodied adults are dependant because they WANT to be. I would wager that of the people left in the Astrodome fit into one of the above categories - those who are not dependant and don't want to be dependant, have already made other arragements to get their life back on track.

| IP: Logged

Bobby Henderson
"Ask me about Trajan."

Posts: 10973
From: Lawton, OK, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 09-18-2005 09:05 PM

quote: Joseph L. Kleiman
Next thing to happen will be Oprah giving a brand new car to everyone from the Ninth Ward.

If such a thing were to happen, I wouldn't be surprised if the cars were given without any of the taxes being paid for the recipients: "Hey, here's a brand new car and a tax bill of $5000!"
[Roll Eyes]

| IP: Logged

Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 09-18-2005 09:17 PM

quote: Jim Ziegler
I am sure I am going to get flamed all to hell for this, but oh well. You have a variety of types of people in the Astrodome right now.. You have the elderly - who probably don't want to go to Ohio. You have the people who want to go back to NO. And you have the third type - the people scared off by the very mention of the word "job". The people left in NO after the evacuation - who then ended up at the Superdome and the the Astrodome were largely dependant on government - some, like single parents, the elderly and the disabled, were dependant because they had to be. However, a SIGNIFIGANT number of able-bodied adults are dependant because they WANT to be. I would wager that of the people left in the Astrodome fit into one of the above categories - those who are not dependant and don't want to be dependant, have already made other arragements to get their life back on track.

Well they say that today the Astrodome is really beginning to empty out and there are not that many left there. As for those brought to Utah U can't answere that exactly but what I gathered on the news they are more the get out and work type. But I certainly agree with your atatement otherwise.

Mark

| IP: Logged

Jeremy Fuentes
Mmmm, Dr. Pepper!

Posts: 1168
From: Corpus Christi, TX United States
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 09-18-2005 09:54 PM

quote: Mark Gulbrandsen
but what I gathered on the news they are more the get out and work type.

I wish I could say the same for the refugees that were brought here to Corpus. APAC Customer Services had 200 job openings to refugees to try and make a new start, and supposedly only a few showed up. [Confused]

Its not like they were offering them minumum wage either. Most jobs there start at $7.50 an hour with full benefits. Not the best hourly pay, but full benefits sounds pretty good to me.

| IP: Logged

All times are Central (GMT -6:00)

This topic comprises 10 pages: 1 2 3 ... 7 8 9 10

Printer-friendly view of this topic

The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.