Katrina Never Happened
According to Google.
"NEW ORLEANS Google's popular map portal has replaced post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery with pictures taken before the storm, leaving locals feeling like they're in a time loop and even fueling suspicions of a conspiracy.
Scroll across the city and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and everything is back to normal: Marinas are filled with boats, bridges are intact and parks are filled with healthy, full-bodied trees.
"Come on," said an incredulous Ruston Henry, president of the economic development association in New Orleans' devastated Lower 9th Ward. "Just put in big bold this: 'Google, don't pull the wool over the world's eyes. Let the truth shine."
I took a look at what Google did and yep, Everything looks pretty good now.
In other news, Iraq is a huge success story.
"NEW ORLEANS Google's popular map portal has replaced post-Hurricane Katrina satellite imagery with pictures taken before the storm, leaving locals feeling like they're in a time loop and even fueling suspicions of a conspiracy.
Scroll across the city and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and everything is back to normal: Marinas are filled with boats, bridges are intact and parks are filled with healthy, full-bodied trees.
"Come on," said an incredulous Ruston Henry, president of the economic development association in New Orleans' devastated Lower 9th Ward. "Just put in big bold this: 'Google, don't pull the wool over the world's eyes. Let the truth shine."
I took a look at what Google did and yep, Everything looks pretty good now.
In other news, Iraq is a huge success story.
posted by nolocontendere at 10:05 PM
3 Comments:
We've been talking about Google showing pre-Katrina map images over at Highbrid Nation. I'm gonna wait and see before I cry out comspiracy but its looking very suspect.
i'm sure the high school kids from here at home who are spending their spring break building homes in new orleans would have a thing or two to say about it. the pictures they have sent back show images completely different than what the googles maps are showing.
conspiracy? nah. just the usual "sweep it under the rug, hide half of reality, show only the good" b.s. of the american psyche. cup is half full, cup is half empty. who cares. what can be done to fill it up?
There's an across the board intent to make it all so much better than it seems. I believe we should distrust ALL official and water carrier pronouncements.
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