Agasti 30, 2008 - 4pm - Elangeni elikhipha umkhovu etsheni emini, izingane ezincane ezishisayo nezomile zizungeza izikhwama zamanabukeni namapotimende athambile anqwabelene ngaphandle kwesikhungo somphakathi esikhiyiwe eSigcemeni Sesishagalolunye. Amaphoyisa ezempi agqoke i-camouflage kanye namaphoyisa endawo agqoke umfaniswano oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nezibuko zelanga ahlezi ezimotweni zawo amamitha ambalwa. Omama nogogo bahlala nezingane balinde ngokuthula. Wonke umuntu ulindele ibhasi ledolobha elikhethekile elizobaqala ohambweni lwabo lwakamuva lokusuka ekhaya.
Amakhulu amabhasi asusa abantu eGulf Coast. ISiphepho uGustave silibangise ogwini lwaseLouisiana cishe iminyaka emithathu kuze kube usuku ngemva kokuba iSiphepho uKatrina sicekele phansi amakhulu ezinkulungwane zemizi ngaphesheya kweGulf Coast. Abaningi manje babhekene nokukhishwa okuyimpoqo. Inqwaba yashona eHaiti naseDominican Republic ngemva kokuba uGustave evakashele. Ngemva kuka-Katrina, abambalwa ababukela phansi amandla e-Gustave, manje oseSigabeni sesi-5 (ngaphandle kwesingu-5 esiphezulu).
Izolo amabhendi ethusi ahamba phambili ahole izikhumbuzo zalabo abashona kanye nezalabo abalahlekelwe kakhulu eKatrina. Namuhla, ama-Humvees akhasa phakathi kwe-thwack thwack yamabhodi e-plywood abethelwe phezu kwamafasitela. Amasosha anezibhamu ezinde namaphoyisa azo zonke izinhlobo agcwele yonke indawo. Amaphoyisa angamakhulu ayishumi nanhlanu asemsebenzini futhi okungenani abaningi beNational Guard nabo balapha.
Okunye ukulinganisa kuthi abantu abayizigidi ezimbili bangase basuswe ezindaweni zabo.
Kweziyisishiyagalolunye ezingezansi, alikho ibhasi ngisho nangemva kokulinda amahora angaphezu kwamabili. Omunye umama obambe usana uya phakathi nendawo nepotimende elincane futhi wengeza esinye isikhwama senabukeni enqwabeni. Izingane zicela amanzi kodwa lutho. Indela yase-Afrika yaseMelika okuthiwa u-Sister Greta ishayela phezulu iphethe amasaka ambalwa eqhwa nezinkomishi zamanzi nezephepha futhi wonke umuntu uyabelana ngenjabulo.
Lesi isinyathelo sokuqala sokufuduka. Abanezimoto bayahamba. Labo abangenayo indawo yokuya esikhungweni somphakathi nezingane zabo futhi balinde ibhasi. Elokuqala kwamabhasi amaningi abazowagibela ohambweni lwabo oluya kubani owaziyo ukuthi kuphi. Ibhasi elilinde abantu lizobayisa esiteshini sesitimela lapho abantu bezokwehla khona, bafakwe kumakhompyutha, banikezwe amasongo e-bar code, bese befakwa kwamanye amabhasi uhambo oluya ezindaweni zokukhosela zomphakathi ezindaweni ezifana ne-Shreveport, Alexandria kanye Memphis.
INew Orleans ilindele ukuthi abantu abangama-30,000 badinga usizo lokuphuma.
Abaningi ababelinde leli bhasi babeseSuperdome ngesikhathi kushayisa uKatrina. Enye yala madoda ibonisa isithombe sayo ebhulohweni elizungezwe amanzi ezikhukhula lapho amakhulu ayelinde izikebhe.
Kusenezinkinga ezinkulu. Uhlelo lwezingcingo lwe-311 lwabakhubazekile nabadala aluzange lusebenze kahle, luphahlazeke futhi lushiywe.
Nakuba ukulinda ibhasi kunzima, lokhu kubonakala kuwukuthuthuka okukhulu. Ngenkathi uKatrina eshayisa, abengekho amabhasi futhi ingekho indlela yokuphuma edolobheni ku-25% wedolobha owayengenazo izimoto. Ngenxa yalokho, cishe abantu abayizi-100,000 XNUMX basala. Kulokhu izibhedlela namakhaya asebekhulile ayaphela, iziboshwa sezikhishiwe, futhi kunamabhasi azothwala amashumi ezinkulungwane. Zisekhona izinkinga ezinkulu, kodwa abantu banalo ithuba lokuphuma.
Abantu abadala bakhathazeka ngamasheke abo okuphepha komphakathi, ngenxa yosuku lokuqala lwenyanga. Abanye bakhathazeka ngokushiya izilwane ezifuywayo. (Enye indawo yasemakhaya yamemezela ukuthi umuntu ngamunye ogibela amabhasi angaletha isilwane esifuywayo, inja noma ikati, amaqhude, izingulube). Abanye bakhathazwa yizikhathi zokufika ekhaya zamahora angu-24. I-St. Bernard Parish ithembisa ukuthi labo abangaphandle ngesikhathi sokufika ekhaya bazoboshwa futhi ngokushesha bahanjiswe e-Angola, e-Louisiana State Penitentiary.
Emuva esikhungweni somphakathi, ibhasi ekugcineni liyasukuma. Akekho okhala ngokuthi sekuhlwile. Bephethe izikhwama nezingane, abantu bafole ngokuthula elangeni ukuze bagibele ibhasi labo lokuqala. Indoda eyimpumputhe iqondiswa ingena ebhasini. Izingane ezincane zidonsa izingane ezincane. Amashumi amane nantathu agibela ibhasi. Kunezingane ezintathu ezineminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ubudala, eyodwa eneminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala, eyodwa eyisithupha, emine eneminyaka emithathu ubudala, emithathu enonyaka owodwa ubudala, usana olulodwa lunezinyanga ezingu-11, enezinyanga ezingu-3 ubudala, kanye nombhangqwana wentsha esanda kweva eshumini nambili. Bonke omama nogogo nezingane kanye nezikhwama namanabukeni bayangena ebhasini bese liyasuka. Ngaphesheya kweGulf Coast, olunye uhambo luyaqala.
UBill ungummeli wamalungelo abantu e-Loyola University New Orleans futhi angafinyelelwa ku- [i-imeyili ivikelwe]
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