Why are postings more for LA than TX? The hurricane forum for Rita in Texas vrs LA is much higher for Texas Is this a credit to LA or just a fluke? How do you explain this?

Where's Texas?

Mabye because more people in Louisiana are posting???

But why? The population density in TX is much greater than LA. You would expect more postings from Texas than Louisiana.

My guess would be #1. They did not take the pounding Louisiana did, and #2 The state of Texas is mainly self supporting, so they have enough tax dollars and coupled with the Federal help, they have enough to satisfy the needs of thier people. Just a guess!

Also forgot #3 We were hit with Katrina Texas was not. Now we know how the Floridians felt, that did not live close to Gov. Bush

Maybe Texas doesn't know there's "postin's" on the puter....

maybe, the residence of louisiana care more about their state and parish than some. i moved away from grand chenier in 1982, but i've kept up with the parish. i moved back to louisiana in 1991, and still keep up with the parish. i may not remember all the faces, but if you give me enough information about the family, i can figure out who you are talking about. growing up in cameron parish, you knew everyone from north island to hackberry. your parents spoke about the different family and you learned how to connect with these families. when we were younger and participated in the 4-H program. we always looked forward to the parish, district and state shows. this gave us the opportunity to bond with kids from all the schools in the parish, and we were all proud when anyone from cameron parish won. we learned to care about everyone, and that still holds true today. i read on this message board and saw were jamie mccall what trying to find out information about her parents house, i tried to help. then mike mccall emails me, i've spoken to him a few times, and he has sent me pictures. mike graduated with my sister in 1970, and he may not remember me, but he knows my parents and other siblings. we will always try to help one another because we not only grew up in cameron parish, but we grew up in communities that care about each other. my heart goes out to everyone in cameron parish. i only hope that cameron parish is rebuilt, and that all of the communities grow. there's no place like home, and that includes all the residence of the parish. may god bless all the resdience, keep everyone safe. may thanks to the sheriff's dept, national guard, rescue teams, and anyone else that has helped with the parish.

Maybe La people just care more about their neighbors and will take more time to share info hoping it may help someone else. Just a thought.

I agree... SWLA people against popular belief are more caring, selfless, giving people than anywhere else we have ever lived....the people are the main reason for living in SWLA.... we were not from the area but were brought into the family and we will be forever grateful. Everyone was related however they treated us very well and took us in as one of their own. We loved the Trahans, Thibodeaux's, Duhon's, Constance, Henry's,Crain's,Jink's, Badon's, Biliot's,Heber's,Simon's, Cox'es,Dave and Radella, Shelia Peliquin,Sonny and Cindy Mcgee, Rodney G..etc..etc. + many many more... I could go on forever... but must stop...

The Thanksgiving and Easter Bingo in Johnson Bayou gave us faith in all the people we met. We thank all for every day we lived there....We hope the opportunity will allow us to live there again....

We have lost all but have gained so much....

No hurricane is gonna keep the people you just named from returning to Cameron Parrish. There is no other place like it.

I think there are more LA postings b/c KPLC is a LA station. Most TX people would likely post to message boards linked to their local stations.

Maybe they are getting more Federal help than Louisiana. After all where or where is the homw state of our President? Where does his father live? Then again maybe our govenor does not have what it takes to get the funding we need. Why is it that we can spend so much money on man made lakes, Hum it that not what flooded New Oreleans in the first place a man made lake? We spen thousands of dollars on need less pork belly pojects. Below is what was posted in the New Orleans paper. We need to wake up and say enough of wasting our tax dollars, and lining the elites pockets. Write our govenor and congressmen say we want the funds that were set aside for such project, be delegated to rebuilding LA, and if any left over for coastal errosion. We do not need to flood good land.

Title: Do we need reservoir projects now?
Paper: Advocate, The (Baton Rouge, LA)
Author: JOE MACALUSO Date: October 23, 2005 Section: OUTDOORS Page: 18 C

Reconstructing south Louisiana will be the toughest task our state has ever
undertaken.

OK, so that's no great revelation: You should expect more from this column.

So, here goes, and if something in the next few paragraphs steps on your
toes, then there's a solution - move your toes.

Months before the storms blasted our state, there was a growing movement,
mostly in north Louisiana, to establish something called a "lake commission"
then head to the State House to get money to buy land along some stream.

build a dam to make a lake have the state stock the lake with fish
create some sort of revenue stream for the area.

Consider that this hasn't worked at Caney Creek Lake

Grand Bayou Reservoir

Poverty Point Lake.

Yes, the fishing was good at Caney, but the lake's 19 years old now and it's
near 5,000 acres is not the big-bass honey hole it was 10 years ago. Locals
use it, and there are other productive lakes not far away. There are some
homes on the lake, but it is hardly the tax base the Jackson Parish folks
envisioned it could be.

True, Grand Bayou in Red River Parish and Poverty Point in West Carroll
Parish are less than 5 years old and, there's good fishing in these new
reservoirs, but we shouldn't be led down any rosy path believing these
reservoirs will be any different than Caney Creek is today.

Reservoir fishermen enjoy terrific catches for the first several years after
these lakes fill to pool stage, then the decline comes because the habitat
declines. That process has been documented far too many times to believe
these lakes will be solid fishing holes 20 years from now.

last week, the State Bond Commission approved the first monies for what will
be a $20 million reservoir project near Oak Grove in Washington Parish.

Have you been to Washington Parish lately? The last thing most Washington
Parish folks need $20 million spent on is a reservoir. Note "most folks,"
because The Advocate's report from the Bond Commission meeting was that Sen.
Ben Nevers, D-Bogalusa, said the state should continue the project because
the state hasn't dedicated any funds to Louisiana businessmen.

Oh, Sen. Nevers, now landowners are businessmen? Since when? And, aren't
landowners the folks who stand to benefit the most from a reservoir project?

Even worse is that our state planners are forced to grant darned near every
project like this that comes across the desk - after all, if this parish
gets a lake why shouldn't every parish get a lake - and after the last
legislative session it looked like somewhere between 12 and 14 lakes
projects costing near $1 billion are at one stage or another in the planning
process.

That's hard to swallow when so many of us continue to choke on storm debris.

Until last week's Bond Commission action and the hurricanes, I wasn't going
to tackle this issue until sometime early next year, but it looks like that
will be too late.

If, as these projects' developers say, the first use of these reservoirs is
for recreation, then our south Louisiana lawmakers need to understand that
there are far too many recreational fishing and boating fix-it projects in
our state today than can be helped by some reservoir stuck off a two-laned
road in rural parishes.

Happy birthday
To J.B. Salter, 'cause the old jiggin' pole fish catcher made 77 last
Wednesday. All the best, podnah.

Author: JOE MACALUSO
Section: OUTDOORS

Tell Our Govenor enough is enough.
Use this money for the good of all Louisianans not just a elite few.

Could you use the money to help rebuild your comunity? Then let it be know. The meek shall inherit the earth, this is true. But the Bible says he will help them that help themselves. So speak up now before they leave us all flooded out and they move to higher grounds and better pickings.
These funds are there, and can be use to help rebuild Hurricane stricked areas, do not let them tell you it can not be done.They seem to do what ever they wish.Stand your gounds lift your voice until it rings in the heavens.Tel us send a message we are tired of good old boy politics. Stop killing Louisiana and start helping.