What good does the Superbowl win do for the victims of Katrina?

Question

What does one thing have to do with another? Does the win give houses back to the victims who lost them? "Oh, boy! I still don't have a home, but at least my home team won tonight!"

Answer 1

I was wondering the same thing. Just like everyone thought the Yankees should have beaten the Diamondbacks in the '01 World Series because of the 9/11 disaster. If New York had won, would it have brought the victims back to life, and the criminals to justice?

Answer 2

Ask the same question in Politics and perhaps the light will come on ? What good does it do to elect another President just because he can bring the unemployment rate to 3% from almost 19%??? Beginning to make sense now????

(Does the win give back the homes?) I think you know the answer to that one......Government gave back the home to most....because most were not prepared....But here's something even you never thought about yet. We know that it's very possible that this will happen all over again, yet the gov't went ahead and invested in this lost city and lost region......Now, the longer I choose to stay here, the longer I risk losing my $300,000. 00 investment on my own home..But because I insured to the maximum and planned for these kinds of catastrophes properly and accordingly as many did, I will have to take a loss no matter what?



O.K. I'll be practical ! The only thing that people of today adhere to is material things. Well that's a big part of this picture. And since many for Katrina would simply not leave because they didn't appreciate the warnings and threats, hundreds died needlessly....



Now, I don't know if you've been down here at all, but there was one area that was mainly affected in the notheastern most part of the city where almost 300,000 people resided....These homes and apartments were all affected if not partly....ALL OF THEM ! So now, you've go FEMA (the government) having to get involved because many of these people were of low income and because many more were told by insurance companies, "oh you don't need flood insurance" and others had NO damage insurance at all, there's was a huge price that someone would have to pay....YOU AND ME ! ! That's right......our taxes went to paying to rebuild New Orleans....Billions and Billions of dollars went because the city was never prepared and best part about it......it will probably happen all over again....and the city will be outdated again with unequipped levees to hold the gulf back from its ravage waters and winds and probably by that time many will forget again, and many more will die again



So......four and a half years down the road, we finally have a chance to enjoy a time for togetherness, happiness, laughs and celebration.....Now, are you beginning to get it?

Answer 3

One of the reasons I picked the Saints to win is because of Katrina and it was also their 1st Superbowl! The party will go on and I would hope and pray that the Katrina victims will be in the spotlight and be able to get decent and clean homes. Their win will bring more money to New Orleans and I would certainly hope the win and the money will help the victims. I pray for this and for you to have a home along with many.

Answer 4

Everybody needs something positive in their lives especially when times are hard. They need something to take their attention away from what they are going through, even if it's only for a while. This is a city that was almost destroyed so yes, there are still people hurting there but for the city as a whole it is a very uplifting thing.



Not to mention they haven't won anything since they came into the league in 1967...



(and I was pulling for the Colts)

Answer 5

It really doesn't. But the one thing any football fan should be able to understand, is come Sunday during football season the one thing you do is watch your TV. You root for your team you let go of your problems and cheer your team on. The people of New Orleans have had more reason than any of us in the US to need something to believe in. They survived the total destruction of their city, as soon as they got back on their feet they were hit by the worst recession in history of the US. New Orleans loves their team and have stood by them for 42 years without a superbowl win. The fact that they got it while going through 5 years of the hardest times ever gives them a sign of hope. If their team can go through 42 years of disappointment then they can get through the trials that nature and the economy has put on them.

Answer 6

YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE FROM LOUISIANA TO UNDERSTOOD NO OFFENCE

(sorrry caps lol)



well when Katrina hit it tore New Orleans up and well Saints rep NEw orleans they are a part of Nawlings not just a home teams they are literally a part of it and the win of it is jsut amamzing for us to have title for the big easy



we put our faith and love into the Saints and they gave us a big title back and i dont think its the i dont have a home thing because if your in Nawlings jsut being there its your home no matter if there is a roff over your head or not

Answer 7

It does have a lot to do with repairing the damage of Katrina. The win will bring a lot more tourists and cash to New Orleans. The businesses in the city will create more jobs, which will bring more business to the city and even more jobs. Which brings new residents which brings the building of new homes... which brings even more jobs.

Answer 8

It gives them pride?????? Pride that their own people raped and beat each other while having to be mass housed in the Super Dome during Katrina! Oh yeah WOO HOO their win tonight gives +1 for team Bullshit!

Answer 9

It makes them feel like god is on their side. When Katrina trashed N.O., some of the callous evangelists cheered and claimed that god is punishing N.O. Now it is New Orleans' turn to cheer and show that the evangelists were dead wrong.

Answer 10

No Orleans (previously Old Orleans, New Orleans, or New Atlantis) was once located in Louisiana, and is now located either underwater or in the mysterious FEMA Realm. Its nickname, the "Big Empty", was bestowed upon it after the great explorer, Ray Nagin, rediscovered it in a search for God, Gold, and Glory, only to get killed by Montezuma. Home of pirates, drunks and whores.



Out of all the cities in America, it was probably the most accurately depicted in the movies.



No Orleanians all had thick Southern drawls. They sounded less like New Yorkers than anything else. The No Orleans accent has now been wiped off the map as the city and its inhabitants have sunk deep beneath the waves leaving a chocolatey color in the Gulf of Mexico similar to that of Willy Wonka's chocolate river.



No Orleans politics are dominated by the People's Looting Party of No Orleans, an offshoot of the powerful Iraqi division of the same party. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the People's Looting Party has instituted harsh mandatory and arbitrary looting laws; citizens are required to loot buildings and wealthy white people on sight, and further, to execute those who they observe committing the horrendous crime of buying an item legitimately. This law is enforced primarily by a brigade of angry black supremacists who know themselves as the Klu Klux Kids.



No Orleans is the capital city of the State of Marineland, a US state which separated from St. Louisiana in 2005 only to sink beneath the ocean. The governor is Jacques Cousteau and the state flag is mostly a vast expanse of blue. All tax revenue goes to a big fat used car salseman named FatHead Benson to pay for the Sports Cartel Associaton's No Orleans Martyrs football team.



The state bird is the Sitting Duck. The state girls are Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. As a pair they are known as the Girls Gone Wild



Counties in the No Orleans region are known as parishes, as most of those who didn't get out of the state quickly enough have perished. The local mayor is Stingray Nagin (named after the explorer), a big fish in a small pond who rules New Atlantis in a style befitting the Codfather.



Contrary to popular rumour, the The Lord Humungus no longer rules the city's gasoline supply.

Answer 11

It just means the rest of the country doesn't have to send them more aid to console their superbowl loss. Their win just saved the taxpayers some money.

Answer 12

Makes them happy for one day. I didn't really get the connection either.

Answer 13

well it really doesent matter but 44 years of losing and finally a winner.

Answer 14

morale and pride for their city. life is not about material possessions. & the hurricane was 5 years ago, shelters are available and homes have been rebuilt

Answer 15

IT MAKES THEM FEEL EXTRA SPECIAL WHEN THEY SAY THEY PISSED ON THE SAME FLOOR THAT THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPS PLAYED ON.

Answer 16

Child please to you too. Why can't the fans enjoy their victory without having to worry about this stuff for at least one more night?

Answer 17

It gives them hope. What part of Obama don't you get?