how come their is not the network coverage or the public outcry over the flooding in the midwest ?

First of all, you don't sound like just one curious person - it sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder about black people getting help.

As a member of the midwest and a survivor of the great flood of '93 and also a tourist down in New Orleans - I'll tell you RIGHT NOW what happened down there was on a scale so much larger than the floods happening in Wisconsin, etc., that the comparison is laughable. I really don't think it has anything to do with whites being able to help themselves or not deserving help.

Thousands of people Died in New Orleans. I'd say that's more media-worthy, as worthy as the media is.

I'm not sure where in the US you are -- but there is ENORMOUS coverage in the area of the Northeast that we live in. On the other hand -- yes this is serious -- NO it is nowhere NEAR the level of Katrina. When Katrina hit we effectively had a major city and all surrounding lands wiped out. To put that in perspective -- if the NATION of Monaco was destroyed, it would take in less land and so forth than the Katrina disaster did.

Katrina was by far the most expensive and destructive natural disaster in the history of the US -- with over 1800 deaths and 81.5 billion dollars in direct damage. To compare, the present set of midland storms have caused 15 confirmed deaths (that may rise a bit) and while damage is not yet fully calculated, it is very unlikely to exceed about 5 billion dollars.

Both are natural disasters -- but Katrina was far far worse -- so perhaps that is why you are experiencing less coverage.

Kindest thoughts,

Hermes

Wow, the people that responded to this question are kinda rude.

I live in Iowa and I can tell you, this may not be as horrible as Katrina, but it is close.

New Orleans is one city.. the flooding in the midwest is multiple cities and even multiple states.

To the guy who said we should have known and not built buildings where we did.. what? How are we supposed to know?

The town that I grew up in has never had flooding problems up until this year. It's called FLASH flooding. That means it's fast and there's really no way of seeing it coming until it's here.

If you don't live in the midwest, you have no idea. Every year we have tornadoes, we know this. But we don't have flooding very often.

New Orleans was built in a very low spot. Don't you think they should have known not to build there? Don't be rude.. you obviously don't know much about Iowa.

We do have unpredictable weather, but does that mean we should all just evacuate the state? Obviously extreme weather can hit anywhere.

I'm not complaining.. but do your research before you say that kind of stuff.

I agree with you, "The Rick".

Wait, why is this in the gay section? Hah.

i also live in Iowa I have no knowledge of comparison to Katrina and do not wish to do so, but the flooding in the Midwest is Honorable in Iowa the governor has made 85% of Iowa a disaster area thats 84 of 99 of our counties. And it does not stop there the flooding is all over the midwest and so far spread that in order to put the lives back together is going to be hard but I think better handled because we should have learned from Katrina.

I went throught the flood of 93 and people thought that was bad.. this is worse.. All I am going to say about your comment about be

"because they were black" is...that has nothing to do with it.. but maybe because of the people in govt in Iowa , are more informed, have a govenor and mayor that care ( unlike the ones in NO...and know what to do and I have yet to see on the news where Fema is down there.. One thing I can agree with you on is where the people arent going "to whine" It sounds like you dont know anything about the midwest,.... these are hard working and caring people....and many have lost everything, but this was unforseen unlike in NO where the govt KNEW that one day something like that would and could happen but seems to me they didnt care about their city enough to fix anything... You wont see that in the midwest because people will band together and rebuild and make it better then ever...like I said they wont sit around and as you say whine and wait for the govt.... and also for the person that said they have insurance.... WRONG..... when you live in a known flood plain.. you cant get it ... and besides it flooded in places where you wouldnt have even thought about it...

Iowa is a Great state and I wish them luck and speedy recovery!

Thanks to you for your concern and I want to add to excellent responses you already have gotten. I am an Eastern Iowa resident and we're above any previous recorded flood level and it won't crest until next Wednesday. We did apparently learn from Katrina because the death toll has been minimal, at this point, due to mandatory evacuations that spared loss of life and when the damages are determined, imo, it will be comparable to Katrina because of the magnitude of most of the state being declared disaster areas. The way it's being handled is the reason you're hearing no public outcry. Our Governor, the military, public officials and enforcement are at peak performance and FEMA and rescue personnel are already here. There are shelters prepared to handle it and people are cooperating by volunteering, for example, one shelter last night had no pillows so someone heard it on the news and soon there were 400 pillows delivered to them. Our medical personnel is on call 24/7, blood drives are in place and the coping factor is amazing. We also learned from Katrina that tetnaus shots are imperative for any open wounds that contact the flood water, so volunteers are being taken care of. Alot of heros are already quietly serving, like our military who just got back from tours in Iraq. We will need alot of help for years to come to overcome this catastrophy but right now we're in shock and grief so I know all Midwesterners would appreciate everyone's prayers and concern.

Aside from there is NO comparison between Katrina and the recent flooding in the midwest, There has been lots of coverage of it, so i have no idea what you are whining about.

nope, these people know that they could flood and have flood insurance, so they are already taken care of. what i don't understand is that they know this is going to happen again and yet they build right back in the same spot. you would think they would learn from their mistakes.