In What Ways Where the People of the Gulf Coast Affected?

In What ways were the people of the gulf coast affected?
Well, obviously in many ways, they were hit by a hurricane! But I guess it wasn't the fault of the Hurricane that made this issue so catastrophic. It was the fault of the government and the Core of Engineers. They did not design the levees that they said they would, they were supposed to go 17 feet into the ground but only went ten. This affected the people because if the engineers would have built and designed the levees they said that they would, there would never have been the kind of damage that there was. So really, it isn't the hurricane at all that caused such demolition, it is the people who made (and failed at making) the levees. Everyone's houses were destroyed and they lost everything, sometimes even their lives. Also, I am sure that they were mentally scarred. One police officer was telling lies about things happening in the super dome. He said that lots of babies were being raped and that helicopters were being shot by hungry people. These were all lies, maybe he was just trying to draw attention to the situation or something but all this did was bring negative media attention to the whole thing. And he was a cop too! But that just shows how rumors get around and stories change a little every time they are told. This affected the people of the gulf coast because nobody knew what was the truth and what wasn't. Government officials took over four months to arrive and clean out the city. In all that time, things were just getting worse and worse. The after math of the hurricane was worse then actual hurricane. Also, when help finally did arrive, they didn't even do a good job of helping. Well for one, taking six months to search for dead bodies is already soooooo unacceptable, but then overlooking tons of houses is just pathetic for the whole country. When the government search groups said they looked through houses and that there were no people found in the houses, later dead people were found in the abandoned houses. To find a dead relative that you thought was alive in your own house is, I am sure, mentally scarring and would for sure affect people for the rest of their lives.

New Orleans were not the only ones affected. The entire country was affected by this in one way or another. The federal government got bad media attention for not taking action on this issue sooner. It took them way to long to get help over to New Orleans. For the rest of the country, it slightly diminishes their faith in the country and the government.