Jackson Jambalaya

Running for governor in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

I rode Katrina out.
It was a big fucking mistake.
Since then I have learned a lot more about climate, geo magnetism, and space weather. It is going to get a lot worse before it gets better. And by a lot worse, it will probably be a mass-extinction level event. Ask your preferred AI about it.

My primary memory is Hinds County deputies getting in the way, butting in gas lines, and then sitting around running their cars with AC on burning the gas while doing NOTHING.

And now the Army Corp. of Engineers in New Orleans wants to meddle with the reservoir levels and raise the downstream Pearl River by 6'. But don't worry, they promise to build a levee system to protect Jackson. What could possibly go wrong?

Total catch 22. Fortifying new construction to meet stronger codes is expensive as hell. But, assuming he’s telling the truth on 20-30% discounts, not doing it and paying substantially higher premiums is expensive too.

Katrina is know as the first man made hurricane.

I see that your tin foil hat is working overtime.

They were on alert for the storm surge's arrival.

"And now the Army Corp. of Engineers in New Orleans wants to meddle with the reservoir levels and raise the downstream Pearl River by 6'."

Except the Pearl River is in the Vicksburg District.
https://usace.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=7344e62432694199af7790aa47a32fdd

On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Camille killed more people than it did on August 17, 1969 Mayor A.J. Holloway

I was at Shelby when it hit. Mrs. Marsha showed up sometime in the late afternoon and her and others left in a Huey, if my memory is correct. The rest of the National Guard followed us (MDOT) to the coast while we cut a pig trail down 49. FEMA guys never touched a saw.

"I was at Shelby when it hit"

My Dad was at Camp Shelby in 1969 during Hurricane Camille.

Once those tall loblolly pines began to almost touch the ground, he said that his Infantry platoon finally left their quonset barracks and accepted their Armor buddies invitation to "ride out it out" with them in their tanks and
APC's.

I was only a kid during Camille, but I'll never forget it.
We didn't hear from my Dad for a week., and an Ocean Springs Uncle for almost one month.

No cell phones in 1969.
But thank the Lord for "ham radios".

Katrina was just as bad, but in a different era.

1:12 and 3:34 It's a good thing we've not had catastrophic hurricanes before! Remember that approximately 12 year time period (that even occurred during the Global Warming / Climate Change era) where we didn't have any land-falling significant hurricanes? Yeah, I didn't think you did.

Insurance rates have NOT come down! Plus, the coast has been redlined by insurance companies; some won't sell a policy for a home south of Hwy 90, even though the home received NO damage from Katrina. Thanks for nothing, Chaney!

3:50, Except the actual USACE is in New Orleans. You can download the actual report here.

https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Programs-and-Project-Management/Pearl-River-FRM/

On the Cover Page, it says comments were to be submitted to the following address:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Attention: Jason Emery, Acting Chief,
Environmental Branch, RPEDS
CEMVN–PDS,
7400 Leake Avenue, Room 136
New Orleans, LA 70118

Email: PearlRiverFRM@usace.army.mi

It seems like some of y'all just live to correct other people.

Like the Moon Landing, Katrina was created on a Hollywood back lot.

I’ll never forget the FEMA personnel eating at Char in Jackson during Katrina. All dressed in their polos with logos. I wondered then why the hell weren’t they on the coast? The storm had blown through the day before. Still pisses me off when I think of my taxes paying for this when they should have been on the front line eating what was available to the people who suffered.

I don't care what kinda codes you build to, if you've ever rode one these storms out then you KNOW if Mother Nature Wants it She's Gonna Get It...

@4:44 It pretty clearly says in the article that they flew in a Blackhawk. Nobody has been flying a Huey in the first world world since the 80s. When they were already 30 year old milsurp.

Michael Brown would probably still be lynched if he appeared in Baton Rouge.

"I’ll never forget the FEMA personnel eating at Char in Jackson during Katrina. All dressed in their polos with logos. I wondered then why the hell weren’t they on the coast? The storm had blown through the day before. Still pisses me off when I think of my taxes paying for this when they should have been on the front line eating what was available to the people who suffered."

The day after Katrina, they weren't getting to parts of the coast without a chopper or boat, and it would have taken chainsaws and even heavy equipment to get to many areas. I'm not defending them because I don't specifically who they were, but unless you were down on the coast (I was) during Katrina and its immediate aftermath,it is tough to get a mental picture of what it was like from pictures or videos. There are many areas where few pictures were taken because hardly anyone could get to them to take pictures and those already there had a heck of a lot more to worry about than taking them. People forget that the first iPhone didn't come out until 2007, so it wassn't like today or the last 10-15 years where everyone has a camera at hand 24-7.

I was at Camp Shelby the night that Camille & Katrina come thru. The Friday after Camille came thru on Sunday I headed to the coast with the National Guard just as Governor John Bell Williams declared Marshal Law. The morning after Katrina came through we headed from Camp Shelby to Harrison County with a National Guard Engineering detachment clearing a path on HW49. It took us over 2 hours to arrive due to downed trees, power lines & debris along HW49. Normally it would take 45 minutes. The night before Mrs Barbour arrived around midnight at the Camp Shelby Headquarters Building accompanied by state law enforcement. Two days later Mrs Barbour arrived at the Harrison County Courthouse. She had already visited every town & county along the coast.

I saw both Camille & Katrina damage. Due to lack of codes, lots of trailer parks & poor evacuation the death toll was high for Camille. For Katrina evacuation plans were executed well before the storm. Most deaths were due to failure to evacuate.

Many donations intended for evacuees were absconded by COJ and placed in storage. COJ Public Schools also intercepted school supplies intended for the affected school districts & placed in storage to supplement local school budgets.

@8:28 AM, The Army was still flying UH-1Hs as late as 2008! The United States Military Academy at West Point used one for traffic control during the Class of '08"s Graduation, I was there. The Navy still flies Cobras!

Many of the people who didn't leave for Katrina were in places that didn't flood during Camille. That was what real estate agents, insurance agents, everyone on the Coast used for years as an indicator of whether or not a location was sate, "It didn't flood during Camille." Because Camille was the worst thing that could ever happen. Until Katrina happened.

"They (Hinds County deputies) were on alert for the storm surge's arrival."
August 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM

Being 'on alert' does not mean sit in your patrol vehicle with the engine running for days at a time.

It's amazing how many dignitaries will quickly show up in logo-windbreakers during and immediately following a disaster. And like the preacher at a funeralizin' meal, governors are first in line with the obligatory windbreaker.

As someone who was a shammaster, I don't see what's wrong with that.

What I learned from Katrina. People are stupid .

One improvement since Katrina is allowing people to bring their pets to shelters. No telling how many people who didn't evacuate stayed home because of a beloved pet -- they couldn't stand the thought of leaving that family member alone to suffer and die.

9:49, Some people are allergic to cats and/or dogs. Not all shelters take pets. FYI on pet preparedness:

https://training.fema.gov/may2015.aspx

"...I was handing out hot dogs to evacuees in Vicksburg." Just long enough for the photo-op.