>>>>>>The Japanese are smart enough to realize that staying calm and helping each other out works better than running around like a bunch of looting idiots....guess us American's are not.
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>>>>>Depends on which Americans.
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>>>>>Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans - yep - let the looting and violence begin.
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>>>>Remember the big stir in Iowa when the floods ravaged several cities 2 years ago? I'm guessing not many people do because we just shut up and handled it. Kanye West never said that George Bush hates rednecks. Sean Penn wasn't riding around in his boat (and a camera crew) "rescuing" people.
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>>>Yep - I was going to mention Nashville, Iowa, Minnesota, St Louis, etc but I figured some people would call me a racist for it :)
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>>There's still plenty of people displaced. It grinds my gears to even sit and watch a Saints game anymore and have to listen to the mention Katrina x number of times per game.
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>Yes, it is pretty much an everyday occurrence when a major American city is underwater and is completely evacuated ;-) The 2010 census figures show New Orleans lost something like 25% of its population in the previous 10 years, more like 40% of those under 18. That population decline was already underway but a big part of it was after Katrina.

Yawn. Everybody has their problems. Not everybody gets their day (or 6 years) in the sun.