the metropolitan population of New Orleans ALONE was roughly 2 MILLION...

[jus_the_facts]

....NOW DO THE MATH ON THE ENTIRE COASTLINE OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES...dozens of city's with populations of 50 THOUSAND HAVE BEEN OBLIDERATED OFF THE FACE OF THE PLANET....MILLIONS OF HOMELESS BEING HERDED INTO THE REST OF THE SURROUNDING STATES...MARTIAL LAW IN SOUTH LOUISIANA IN WHAT WAS ONCE NEW ORLEANS...this is as REAL as it GETS...CAN YOU HANDLE THE TRUTH?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

[whistle]

1. Yes, but 10% lived in abject poverty and in the worst conditions

...and sections of New Orleans. How many of those people have or will survive?

[jus_the_facts]

2. I'm quite sure the numbers of bloated floating dead are being censored....

...wouldn't you agree?

[RiDuvessa]

3. I am curious as to where you got your statistics.

The info I have says that the 2000 census had New Orleans at about 500,000 in the city itself, and 1.3 million in the greater metro area.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans>

<http://neworleans.areaconnect.com/statistics.htm>

<http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/22/22071.html>

[Media_Lies_Daily]

4. Good idea! Let's split hairs into the tiniest slices possible! Great!

[RiDuvessa]

9. A difference of 1.5 million people

is not splitting hairs. Even if the original poster was talking about the greater metropolitan area there is still a difference of 700,000 people.

[jus_the_facts]

11. just keep heading east...there's nothing left over there either....

...millions more people displaced in three states....does the bigger picture take shape in your mind...total destruction and inadequate shelters for MILLIONS...regardless of any mathmatical semantics...can you wrap your head around the repercussions?

[RiDuvessa]

12. I definitely have a grip.

But hysterical posts with inaccurate info aren't going to help anything.

Your header said "2 million in New Orleans alone." Your user name is jus_the_facts. Your post ended with "can you handle the truth." I was asking for clarifications.

[jus_the_facts]

5. yeah and all along the entire fucking coast of the GULF OF MEXICO....

...there is nothing to go back to along the entire coast of three states...millions homeless regardless of statistics. :think:

[darkstar]

6. Which equals 1.8 mil

in 2000, mind you, and the OP did say "roughly."

WTF? :wtf:

[RiDuvessa]

8. Clarification

When people talk about the "Greater Metropolitan Area," that includes the city itself. So 1.3 million people live in New Orleans and its suburbs.

edited for spelling.

[bananas]

7. your links are bad

[jus_the_facts]

10. they are there...DU isn't functioning at it's best at present.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3956844

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=3954289