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spoon

08-28-2005, 01:10 PM

quote: Wow, they are evacuating New Orleans... I only have 1 cat carrier for 3 cats, I'm going to buy 2 more soon, I'd be fucked if I had to evacuate for any reason, would not be fun to have 1 caged cat and two pissed off howling ones roaming free in my car <img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/newsig.gif" border="0" /> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." [ Theodore Roosevelt ] Just punch the cats in the head, this always seems to calm them down. Or just cut out the middle man and kick them in the arch (into the high winds) and watch'em fly!  I wonder if they'd still land on their feet? <img src="http://members.aol.com/dxixrxt/spoon2.jpg" border="0" /> Get your balls out of your purse and step up to flavor! With whale cancer! F yeah!

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angrymissy

08-28-2005, 01:15 PM

Just punch the cats in the head, this always seems to calm them down. Or just cut out the middle man and kick them in the arch (into the high winds) and watch'em fly!  I wonder if they'd still land on their feet?My cats would pwn you in 2 seconds.  They have a triple formation attack that is always effective.

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spoon

08-28-2005, 01:20 PM

But no cat has a defense against two 15 year old boys with bb-guns!  I'll bring my cousins into battle.  I hear they've even managed to kill the infamous red squirrel of Central Park.  No joke!  Time to start diggin some little kittie holes.

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spoon

08-28-2005, 01:24 PM

Come on Missy, make this a true hurrican Catrina and lauch some cats into the prevailing winds!

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Patches

08-28-2005, 01:43 PM

quote: The Media is going to have a field day over this, Every 10 minutes there are those Fox news alerts, along with speculation that towns and cities can be covered by 20 feet of water due to that area being below sea level. Scare TV at its bestO and A... PARTY ROCK!!!!! normally I might agree about this being "Scare TV" but this is truly scary.  Currently this ranks as the 4th strongest hurricane EVER RECORDED (in terms of barometric pressure) and its still strengthening, with sustained winds of 180 mph heading directly to a city which is below sea level.  This will be the worst hurricane to ever hit this country. 

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08-28-2005, 01:46 PM

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DarkHippie

08-28-2005, 02:30 PM

New Orleans is fucked.  Not only is it below sea level, but its next to a huge lake (ponsitrane sp?)  They keep the water out with levees, but once the waves overflow the levees, its keep the water trapped in the city.We might find the whole fuckin city underwater

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08-28-2005, 02:32 PM

My sister just moved to a community on Lake Ponchatrain this month.  She's evacuated to Baton Rouge.  She told me that she would never move to Massachusetts because of all the snow but I don't recall ever being told to leave my home due to snowfall.Keep a good thought for her please.

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Patches

08-28-2005, 02:42 PM

HBox

08-28-2005, 03:00 PM

I guess this wouldn't be an appropriate time to
discuss the pros and cons of building a city below sea level right next
to the sea. 

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JimBeam

08-28-2005, 03:34 PM

I was at LSU in Baton Rouge in the last big one they had down there and they said this is much bigger.I read that some official in BR said that unlike Andrew back in '92 residents should not expect their electricity back in 2-3 days.  It'd be more like a week.I can tell you that BR is one of the last places you wanna be in the US, in August, without air conditioning.Dreadful !!

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HBox

08-28-2005, 03:49 PM

<a href="http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:laz069" target="_blank">According to the National Weather Service:</a>
<pre>quote:MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK. POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED. </pre>

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Snoogans

08-28-2005, 03:55 PM

for some reason i was thinkin thiswith all the contribution
made to the tsunami, i have this weird feeling that you wont see near
that kinda support for this. I hope im wrong, but i have a feeling this
will be hurtin the country years from now 

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Death Metal Moe

08-28-2005, 03:56 PM

quote: According to the <a href="http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:laz069" target="_self">book of Revelation</a> MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK. POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.   <img src="http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9434/sig3wm.jpg" border="0" /> This message was edited by HBox on 8-28-05 @ 7:50 PM 

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JimBeam

08-28-2005, 04:03 PM

They had the traffic on the interstates into the New Orleans area flowing only one way eariler.Fancy term for it is " contraflow ".I'm hoping it wont be as bad as they say.I still have a lot of friends that live in that area.

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Bama

08-28-2005, 04:07 PM

FUCK FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK 

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BigASSMember

08-28-2005, 04:08 PM

to my friends down in New Orleanes...Good Luck Bros! 

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Snoogans

08-28-2005, 04:09 PM

Good Luck Bros! awww no!  the death call 

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Bama

08-28-2005, 04:12 PM

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" target="_blank" title="Katrina">This thing is stronger that CAMILLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</a> I'm officially impressed. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" target="_blank" title="Katrina"></a>

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WRESTLINGFAN

08-28-2005, 05:15 PM

quote: for some reason i was thinkin thiswith all the contribution made to the tsunami, i have this weird feeling that you wont see near that kinda support for this. I hope im wrong, but i have a feeling this will be hurtin the country years from now <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=Snoogans194" border="0" /> GO SAWX!!!!! Hassan Eats Dick!!! Snoogans 1, Monitor 0 GIMMIE MY FUCKIN CHANGE, I AINT PLAYIN WIT YOUT'Aint gonna happen.  There are fed funds for disasters like this, plus most countries think of the US as the bad guys and wont give a dime 

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ozzie

08-28-2005, 05:16 PM

<img height="400" src="http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/tropic/real-time/atlantic/storm/dvor-wv2.GIF" width="550" border="0" /><a href="http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html">http://www.crownweather.com/tropical.html</a>  (The BEST site I've found for Hurricane / Tropical Storm information)We just started getting the first rain (feeder) bands coming on shore here ('Bama Gulf Coast).  We've still got power (obviously), but these cells are getting stronger, and the winds and rains are starting to pick up.This fucker keeps turning further to the NorthNW.  It's still heading towards Louisiana, but if it even slightly jogs to the North, or God forbid, the NNE, I'm going to have to bail.We just went through Ivan last year, and had a good scare with Dennis earlier this year.  But nothing that I've ever rode out compares to the strength of this one.I've seen pictures of what <a href="http://www.maritimemuseum.org/camille/" target="_blank">Hurricane Camille</a> did to this same area, and they're comparing Katrina to this one.  Possible, total devastation.My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Louisiana and Mississippi right now, or whomever ends up taking the direct hit.

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HBox

08-28-2005, 05:22 PM

The tsunami hit so fast that it created more
casualties and it happened over a larger area, and affected some of the
poorest nations on earth who, to compound the matter, were highly
reliant on tourism to drive their economies. In this situation,
hopefully the advance warning will limit the casualties and the biggest
thing we'll have to worrsy about is physical damage.But let's
just put it this way: If a REALLY rich guy (like 50 times richer than
you) lived down the block from you and his mansion burned down, you'd
obivously be sorry for him and try to help him out, but you wouldn't be
rushing out with your checkbook like you would if the poor family on
the block lost their home. 


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DarkHippie

08-28-2005, 05:26 PM

Does this mean I shouldn't take Deuce McCallister in my fantasy draft?

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El Mudo

08-28-2005, 05:56 PM

This thing is looking pretty bad... One of my real good friends is in Shreveport right now...<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/down.gif" border="0" />

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JimBeam

08-28-2005, 06:43 PM

Shreveport is pretty far north.They shouldnt see any of this.Its the coast and just inland thats gonna take it in the fart box.

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TheMojoPin

08-28-2005, 07:37 PM

quote: The forecast for Katrina includes Waves.This SO deserved a bump.[/quote]

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08-28-2005, 08:25 PM

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Snoogans

08-28-2005, 08:30 PM

The
tsunami hit so fast that it created more casualties and it happened
over a larger area, and affected some of the poorest nations on earth
who, to compound the matter, were highly reliant on tourism to drive
their economies. In this situation, hopefully the advance warning will
limit the casualties and the biggest thing we'll have to worrsy about
is physical damage.
But
let's just put it this way: If a REALLY rich guy (like 50 times richer
than you) lived down the block from you and his mansion burned down,
you'd obivously be sorry for him and try to help him out, but you
wouldn't be rushing out with your checkbook like you would if the poor
family on the block lost their home. i meant private money donations from people in this countrynot around the world 

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Bama

08-28-2005, 08:50 PM

Some LSU professor said on CNN earlier today that there was a 50-50 chance that there wouldn't be a New Orleans after tomorrow.  Um, WHAT? 

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TooCute

08-28-2005, 09:07 PM

As inane as it all is (this is a strong storm. Now it's starting to rain. Everyone is leaving. etc.) I can't stop watching the news coverage...

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HBox

08-28-2005, 09:15 PM

i meant private money donations from people in this country
not around the world
What I posted still does apply, with the tsunami
you are dealing with third world countries whose governments couldn't
afford to adequate fund relief efforts. Hopefully the Red Cross will
have no shortage of money to provide relief. Comparing this to the
tsunami is really comparing apples to oranges; two different types of
disasters under two very different circumstances. 


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A.J.

08-28-2005, 09:23 PM

They keep the water out with levees, but once the waves overflow the levees, its keep the water trapped in the city.When the levee breaks, have no place to stay.

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Bama

08-28-2005, 09:40 PM

I completely agree HBOX. I kind of feel bad about the whole
tsunami thing now. It really meant absolutely nothing to me at the
time. Katrina means everything to me now. Guess it's like the old story
of a recession and a depression. If your neighbor loses his job it's a
recession. If you lose your job it's a depression.   Side note about relief aid. I
was sent by my family to one of those relief stations after Ivan to get
some ice. Power was out for like a week. Ice was all I needed. We
stocked up on food and bottled water so we were set. I pull up and they
start handing me a rediculous amount of those MRE's (food the army
uses) and cases of bottled water. I tell the national guard guys that
it's OK I don't need it. They refused to let me go without giving it to
me. They open the hatch of my car and put it in. The whole time I'm
like seriously guys I'm good. They made me take it! What a waste.Also
the whole time those guys and the Red Cross people looked and talked to
me like I was some poor little animal, telling me to keep my chin up
and things will be OK. I had zero problems. I just needed to get some
freaking ice. I know they were coming from a good place but it sucks
and I wouldn't recommend it. Funny thing is you have to go through like
three levels of people so by the last level I was giving them the "god
bless you angels" treatment while my wife gave me dirty looks. I
figured it made them feel good. 
We
used all that water to play around with the MRE's. Fascinating stuff.
You just pour water in them and they burn like hell. The food was
absolute ass. 
Point of all this. Wasted money. I bet it's a rule that they
have to give everybody everything. I should write them a letter
or something. 


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PapaBear

08-28-2005, 10:03 PM

quote:The forecast for Katrina includes Waves. 

 

 
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Bama

08-28-2005, 10:09 PM

<a href="http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/oilstorm/main.html" target="_blank" title="Oil storm">I should have been watching FX a lot sooner.</a> Movie is about a hurricane hitting NO on labor day 2005 and fucking up the country.  <a href="http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/oilstorm/main.html" target="_blank" title="Oil storm"></a>

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HBox

08-28-2005, 10:26 PM

That movie sounds like it was written by a schizophrenic oil executive. 

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Bama

08-28-2005, 10:41 PM

I can not go to bed. 30 foot storm surges in NO. That is insane. Again
I'm watching CNN's huricane headquarters. Some guy in Mississippi says they
are planning on the first few blocks being completely submerged. 

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HBox

08-28-2005, 10:54 PM

CNN has a camera mounted on a building somewhere in
NO, and it's been rocking around like a wind chime all night. I hope
the show the footage of it at the point when it inevitably flies off
wherever it's mounted. 

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Bama

08-28-2005, 11:01 PM

It's a category 4 now so that's a good thing. I guess. 

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spoon

08-28-2005, 11:47 PM

Bama, there was similar shit that went down in NYC after 9/11.  I worked with the Red Cross and the Salvation Army doing anything they needed me to do for the week after it all went down.  I can't tell you how many people, with no training or skills that were needed, insisted on getting down to ground zero.  I witnessed some horrible shit from people who weren't satisfied just helping at the Javits Center on 12th Ave where we were.  There was always plenty of shit to be done helping those people who were working down there, as we worked as a sort of check point for supplies, food, water and countless other needs going on at the time.  We organized a lot of what went down there, including people with the skills needed, who could help immediately after it happened, before the effort got truly organized.  And a few of us had to routinely pull asshole hero wannabees off ambulances, trucks loaded with supplies and anything else that these people thought would get them down there.  Plenty of people got arrested at this level, and it was distgusting bc they surely could of helped just where they were.  In fact, they only trusted a select few of the vols to assist unloading the trucks anywhere near ground zero bc of all this shit and I really didn't want to get anywhere near it at that point.  It's hard to forget what we saw and smelled, I could only imagine how tough it was on the people who did work close by.  

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HBox

08-29-2005, 12:00 AM

I'm watching the Weather Channel, and they showed a
segment they did on the effects of what's about to happen. Once the
storm surge overtakes the levees and floods the city, the sewage system
is going to back up into the city and turn it into a toxic lake casuing
ecological devastation. 

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Duke

08-29-2005, 12:10 AM

crazy stuff, any cams set up to view online? 

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PapaBear

08-29-2005, 12:12 AM

It really bothers me that, now that Katrina is Cat4, the CNN people
seem to be disapointed. They try to portray it as "Cat4 is bad, so
things could be catastophic" but it sounds more like their actual
thoughts are "Damn... this may not end up being as good of a news story
as we hoped". This happens with every impending storm.  I honestly
believe the media wants storms like this to be as bad as possible.Stay tuned for video footage of Anderson Cooper getting knocked down by the wind... 

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Bama

08-29-2005, 12:39 AM

OMG! Staying up late was worth it. The weatherman on CNN just went
off on the anchor lady. He's talking and the girl just starts
interuping him like a child. She keeps saying his name and then he says
"Let me talk, Carol" and then throws his papers to the ground. It doesn't take much to amuse me right about now. 


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PapaBear

08-29-2005, 12:51 AM

This just in...  CNN's wheather guy is basicly apologizing to
Anderson Cooper for sending him to Baton Rouge, instead of New
Orleans.  Jeez...  Cooper wants to be blown like the guys his
mother once blew!Don't get me wrong.  I'm very concerned
for the people who will be affected by Katrina, but I'm just getting
more and more pissed off, by the way these things get covered by the
Media. 

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ChickenHawk

08-29-2005, 01:10 AM

Anderson Cooper + Dummy Anchor Chick + Bitter Weatherman = SHITTY COVERAGE

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El Mudo

08-29-2005, 03:51 AM

That's why I'm stickin to the weather channel

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Patches

08-29-2005, 05:56 AM

A portion of the SuperDome roof has been torn off- that can't be good.

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Tall_James

08-29-2005, 06:08 AM

A portion of the SuperDome roof has been torn off- that can't be good. Especially since the first people brought there were the frail and elderly.  I'm sure this isn't the way they wanted to spend living out their golden years.Say a prayer for those people.

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Meve

08-29-2005, 06:14 AM

This reporter on Fox News is having the time of his life standing out there in the wind. LOL It's hilarious 

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badorties

08-29-2005, 06:31 AM

A portion of the SuperDome roof has been torn off- that can't be good.the pieces are small enough to allow daylight in, but not enough to impact the people inside ...the problem now is that the power is out, and the backup genators can only sustain the lights -- no A/C

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Furtherman

08-29-2005, 07:14 AM

I'm glad that I've made it to New Orleans a few times for Mardi Gras.  It's a shame the French Quarter might be gone after today.  There might be a lot of coffins floating around as well.  The east side of the city is under 5 to 6 feet of water right now. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/28/katrina.doomsday/index.html" target="_blank">WORST CASE SCENARIO</a>"So, we're looking at a bowl full of highly contaminated water with contaminated air flowing around and, literally, very few places for anybody to go where they'll be safe.""So, imagine you're the poor person who decides not to evacuate: Your house will disintegrate around you. The best you'll be able to do is hang on to a light pole, and while you're hanging on, the fire ants from all the mounds -- of which there is two per yard on average -- will clamber up that same pole. And, eventually, the fire ants will win."Fire ants?!  Bad way to go.<img alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com" src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/Furtherman/furtherblur.jpg" border="0" />

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FUNKMAN

08-29-2005, 07:25 AM

this storm has<img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0767809726.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg" border="0" />it's scary to think about what some of the weather experts have been talking about with regard to a pattern of increasing amounts of hurricanes per season. you'd have to imagine if it remains true that people will have to move away from the coastal regions. the cost of insurance alone you think would drive alot of people away  

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HBox

08-29-2005, 08:43 AM

I hate it when the media sensationalizes a
story, but this is a major story. I haven't seen anything wrong with
their coverage. They have to treat it seriously. When the storm dropped
to category 4, they had to make sure people didn't get a false sense of
security since in reality the winds only droppedfrom 160 to 154, a very
small drop.<img width="622" height="231" border="0" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050829/050829_superdome_hmed_8a.hlarge.jpg" /> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9108975/" target="_blank">The roof of the Superdome was damaged, as you can see.</a> 

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JimBeam

08-29-2005, 09:09 AM

It's surely gonna suck for the people there but the city has been around for 400+ years so I'm sure at some point during that time they've seen worse/the same and were able to rebuild.That part about the ants sucks.

I have balls !!!

East Side Dave

08-29-2005, 09:16 AM

quote:  the city has been around for 400+ years so I'm sure at some point during that time they've seen worse/the same and were able to rebuild. Good point. Also, LeStat's been around for even longer and I don't hear his vampire-ass complainin'!!  <img src="http://www.richstillwell.com/ESD.gif" border="0" /> Click <a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/thenight/ppr/index.shtml" target="blank">this link </a>to hear my show on 90.5 The Night FM; Friday and Saturday Night: Midnight to 5 AM you bastards! htpp://journals.aol.com/didvod/DaveysJournalTime/

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Duke

08-29-2005, 09:19 AM

quote:  I hate it when the media sensationalizes a story, but this is a major story. I haven't seen anything wrong with their coverage. They have to treat it seriously. When the storm dropped to category 4, they had to make sure people didn't get a false sense of security since in reality the winds only droppedfrom 160 to 154, a very small drop.<img height="231" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/050829/050829_superdome_hmed_8a.hlarge.jpg" width="622" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9108975/" target="_blank">The roof of the Superdome was damaged, as you can see.</a> <img src="http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9434/sig3wm.jpg" border="0" /> every year the saints put it together something has to happen.....

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JimBeam

08-29-2005, 09:23 AM

LSU is closed for the next 2 days but what goods is it if you dont have air conditioning and cold beer to enjoy it.

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Snoogans

08-29-2005, 09:47 AM

the city has been around
for 400+ years so I'm sure at some point during that time they've seen
worse/the same and were able to rebuild.but it was never this built up, nor was it ever this crowded 

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ChickenHawk

08-29-2005, 10:14 AM

Well, now that the bulk of the storm has come and gone, I guess we can officially declare this: MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED. 
RATINGS HYPE. ...or at the very least, completely inaccurate.

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HBox

08-29-2005, 10:19 AM

RATINGS HYPE.You're
right. the National Weather Service, a government agency, which issued
that, was totally interested in sales for it's non-existant newspapers
and and ratings for its non-existant television stations. 


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East Side Dave

08-29-2005, 10:20 AM

Well, we'll just have to sit back and see who's right now won't we. Again, my money's on LeStat.<img src="http://www.richstillwell.com/ESD.gif" border="0" /> Click <a href="http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/thenight/ppr/index.shtml" target="blank">this link </a>to hear my show on 90.5 The Night FM; Friday and Saturday Night: Midnight to 5 AM you bastards! .my journal- htpp://journals.aol.com/didvod/DaveysJournalTime/

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ChickenHawk

08-29-2005, 10:22 AM

I didn't think I'd HAVE to do this... but if I must... RATINGS HYPE 

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ChickenHawk

08-29-2005, 11:14 AM

<a href="http://retrospection.net/videofiles/hurricanekat.php">For anyone who missed it...</a>

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El Mudo

08-29-2005, 01:38 PM

Man oh man...Just saw on the Weather Channel that whole neighborhoods in NO are under water...and there are sailboats littered all over Rt. 90...As far as the long term goes, this is really really really going to hurt the US economy...I expect gas to go up to at least the mid 3's...Hell I paid 2.70 this morning...

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FUNKMAN

08-29-2005, 03:32 PM

<a href="http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/29/news/oil_rigs.reut/index.htm" target="_self">oil rig hits bridge</a><img height="165" src="http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/29/news/oil_rigs.reut/deepwater_rig.03.jpg" width="220" border="0" /><img height="165" src="http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/29/news/oil_rigs.reut/rig_bridge.jpg" width="220" border="0" />

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ozzie

08-30-2005, 04:19 AM

Yeah, we're just getting power back here across the bay from Mobile, AL.  I heard about the oil rig on the radio yesterday.  The one you see hitting the bridge was not an "active" rig out in the Gulf.  It was one that had been docked, and came loose.They wouldn't let me cross the Bayway yesterday, so today will be my first look at the Downtown area.  This side of the bay suffered similar damage that Ivan inflicted, but everything west of here got it much worse... and I'm sure most of you have seen pictures of Louisiana and Mississippi.So far, everyone I've spoken to made it through "ok", but there's a lot of damage and debris to clean up.  I'm still worried about some friends and co-workers over in Mississippi that I haven't heard from yet, but there are a lot of cell towers and phone lines still out.I'm just now getting to see a lot of the pictures.  They always simulcast the tv stations on the radio, and most of these idiots suck at trying to describe what we're "looking at".  I don't know why they don't get some real radio people in there that aren't spoiled by having pictures and video to tell the story, and can actually paint a picture with WORDS!

Furtherman

08-30-2005, 05:57 AM

Good to see you are OK Ozzie.Last night I did have a good chuckle watching all the video of the weathermen getting blown around like ragdolls.  I don't think they've ever gone to the lenghts they did for this hurricane than any other before.  I have a feeling they're just going to try and one-up one another for each and every hurricane from now on.  Who can stand in the strongest wind, get closest to the ocean, etc, and the poor cameraman still doesn't get any credit!My favorite was the idiot who drove right into the flooded highway and his car started floating away.  He was lucky that camerman ran after to help him.

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JimBeam

08-30-2005, 07:10 AM

I was watching the news and saw how Gulfport MS got hit really bad as well.Something like 30 people died in one apartment complex. I wanna find the story on that and see what happened.Here's what a friend of mine who lives in BR but had gone further north for the storm emailed me about whats happening :The flooding in the greater New Orleans area is incredible. The mayor of Kenner said that 100% of the buildings in Kenner had at least some damage to them and many were completely lost as the flooding was very bad there. The only place in Kenner that did not get flooded is the airport, which remains closed for the moment. The Southside Marina which is in Metairie on Lake Ponchartrain caught on fire and looks to have burned completely. They say that 20+ buildings in New Orleans collapsed due to the wind and water damage. The French Quarter did not flood too badly and mostly has wind damage. Unfortunately the looters are out there and many shop owners who rode the storm out have armed themselves and are trying to protect what is left from their businesses. Law enforcement made a statement that any looters who were caught would be treated "harshly" and would be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Watch your head (Bang) as you get in the car sir. Gotta love New Orleans P.D. dahlin'! Hope they get a bunch of them.The governor said that they have rescued about 200 people from rooftops and that rescuers would be back out at first light. Slidell is basically totaled as well. The north shore including Mandeville and Covingtion suffered a tremendous amount of damage also.Most of Baton Rouge is without power, but everything from Plaquemine north to I-10 and westward is fine. There is a great deal of tree damage and several road signs were blown over here, but other than that everything is OK.Anyway, it looks like the cleanup gets in full swing tomorrow and it's back to work for me.

I have balls !!!

angrymissy

08-30-2005, 09:55 AM

Martial Law is being declared in New Orleans, and there is looting going on everywhere apparently...  read reports of people ripping down doors of clothing stores, pushing grocery carts full of food and soda out of grocery stores, etc., how disappointing that people would do something like that during a major disaster for their city.  I've vacationed down there 3 times, it was one of my favorite cities.  And now, its apparently slowly flooding due to the levee breaks: <img src="http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/ap/HURRICANE_KATRINA.sff_LADP101_20050830112548.jpg" border="0" /> <img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/newsig.gif" border="0" /> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." [ Theodore Roosevelt ]

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Tenbatsuzen

08-30-2005, 10:02 AM

quote: Martial Law is being declared in New Orleans, and there is looting going on everywhere apparently...  read reports of people ripping down doors of clothing stores, pushing grocery carts full of food and soda out of grocery stores, etc., how disappointing that people would do something like that during a major disaster for their city.  I've vacationed down there 3 times, it was one of my favorite cities.  And now, its apparently slowly flooding due to the levee breaks:   Martial Law has not been declared YET.  Fox News corrected itself.Secondly, the majority of the people who remained in the city were the dirt poor trash and (and by the looks the footage from the Superdome line) highly uneducated folk, did you expect anything LESS than looting?

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angrymissy

08-30-2005, 10:06 AM

Secondly, the majority of the people who remained in the city were the dirt poor trash and (and by the looks the footage from the Superdome line) highly uneducated folk, did you expect anything LESS than looting?I was hoping so... I was convinced there would be looting during the blackouts in NY two summers ago, but that didn't happen.  There are a lot of shady people in NOLA though, I got pickpocketed there once. 

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booster11373

08-30-2005, 10:09 AM

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JUST SAY NO.....to pimping

TheMojoPin

08-30-2005, 10:10 AM

quote: Martial Law has not been declared YET.  Fox News corrected itself.  Wow.  Carve it in stone.And really, who is shocked that shady stuff is going down...IN NEW ORLEANS?!? quote: Long before the Superdome, Where the Saints of football play, There's a city where the damned call home, Hear their hellish rondelet:      New Orleans! Home of pirates, drunks, and whores... New Orleans! Tacky, overpriced souvenir stores...      If you want to go to hell, you should take a trip To the Sodom and Gomorrah of the Mississip':      New Orleans! Stinking, rotten, vomiting, vile... New Orleans! Putrid, brackish, maggotty, foul...     New Orleans! Crummy, lousy, rancid and rank... New Orleans!  <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=TheMojoPin" border="0" /> Too drunk to dream... << Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends. >> "You can tell some lies about the good times we've had, but I've kissed your mother twice...and now I'm working on your dad..."

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booster11373

08-30-2005, 10:12 AM

With much of the city emptied by Hurricane Katrina, some opportunists took advantage of the situation by looting stores. At a Walgreen's drug store in the French Quarter, people were running out with grocery baskets and coolers full of soft drinks, chips and diapers. When police finally showed up, a young boy stood in the door screaming, "86! 86!" _ the radio code for police _ and the crowd scattered. Denise Bollinger, a tourist from Philadelphia, stood outside and snapped pictures in amazement. "It's downtown Baghdad," the housewife said. "It's insane. I've wanted to come here for 10 years. I thought this was a sophisticated city. I guess not."  My faith in my fellow man has been restored!

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booster11373

08-30-2005, 10:14 AM

Snoogans

08-30-2005, 10:15 AM

At a Walgreen's drug
store in the French Quarter, people were running out with grocery
baskets and coolers full of soft drinks, chips and diapers. i wonder how many bottles of vicodin and shit were stolen too, judging by the lines 

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08-30-2005, 10:17 AM

angrymissy

08-30-2005, 10:28 AM

One man, who had about 10 pairs of jeans draped over his left arm, was asked if he was salvaging things from his store. "No," the man shouted, "that's EVERYBODY'S storeLooters filled industrial-sized garbage cans with clothing and jewelry and floated them down the street on bits of plywood and insulation as National Guard lumbered by. Mike Franklin stood on the trolley tracks and watched the spectacle unfold. "To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it's an opportunity to get back at society," he said.Wonderful.  These Jackasses are hurting their own community during one of the worst disasters ever.  Sickening.

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curtoid

08-30-2005, 10:35 AM

quote: Secondly, the majority of the people who remained in the city were the dirt poor trash As opposed to the filthy rich scum bags who go on the internet talking down about them, when they aren't belittling those who can't afford satellite radio. 

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booster11373

08-30-2005, 10:36 AM

quote:    just saw video of people pushing entire grocery racks full of food down the street "Suck it. Suck it dry" where did you see video of the looting? love to see it 

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ChickenHawk

08-30-2005, 10:37 AM

Makes you realize how incredible it was how little of this occured during: 
A) 9/11 B) The Blackout 

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angrymissy

08-30-2005, 10:46 AM

Jeff Parish President. Residents will probably be allowed back in town in a week, with identification only, but only to get essentials and clothing. You will then be asked to leave and not come back for one month.http://www.wwltv.com/

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JerryTaker

08-30-2005, 10:50 AM

Secondly, the majority of
the people who remained in the city were the dirt poor trash and (and
by the looks the footage from the Superdome line) highly uneducated
folk, did you expect anything LESS than looting?I
vote we give tenbats a gun and just let him "take out" anyone he feels
is beneath him. He has all the answers to societies ills, after
all. 

 
Sweet Queen Bee, I hope it comes quickly,
I hope your thoughts don't drift to me
I'll die in here, you now are free...

Tenbatsuzen

08-30-2005, 11:15 AM

quote:  quote: Secondly, the majority of the people who remained in the city were the dirt poor trash and (and by the looks the footage from the Superdome line) highly uneducated folk, did you expect anything LESS than looting?  I vote we give tenbats a gun and just let him "take out" anyone he feels is beneath him. He has all the answers to societies ills, after all.  Do you seriously expect people that who are brought up in an environment to know what is right and wrong - to be looting?  NO!Jesus Christ, do not bring you typical partisan crap into this conversation.  This isn't about Right and Left, it's about common human decency, something that looters lack, and I was making judgment on what I saw on the news.   

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Tenbatsuzen

08-30-2005, 11:23 AM

quote: As opposed to the filthy rich scum bags who go on the internet talking down about them, when they aren't belittling those who can't afford satellite radio. My comment about people being "trash" are looters, and shouldn't be taken on the whole.  

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angrymissy

08-30-2005, 11:27 AM

From local site NOLA.com
Martial law declared
Local
television stations report that Orleans, Jefferson and Plaquemines
parishes are all now under martial law, allowing the military to assume
control over civilian forcesmaybe they'll shoot some looters! 
 

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ChickenHawk

08-30-2005, 11:28 AM

I hope so.

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Furtherman

08-30-2005, 11:37 AM

As much as I feel for those people, yea, take down the looters.  I'm not saying kill them - but a few well placed slugs below the waistline will get the message across.

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HBox

08-30-2005, 11:38 AM

My comment about people being "trash" are looters, and shouldn't be taken on the whole.Secondly, the majority of the people who remained in the city were the dirt poor trash

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ChickenHawk

08-30-2005, 11:42 AM

Ouch.

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angrymissy

08-30-2005, 11:43 AM

Maybe they could start shooting with those rubber bullets.  I read
an article where people said they were looting to "survive".  ITS
BEEN ONE DAY AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE SHELTERS SET UP IN THE CITY. 
and we all need 10 pairs of jeans and some jewelery to "survive" 

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Tenbatsuzen

08-30-2005, 11:43 AM

quote:  quote: My comment about people being "trash" are looters, and shouldn't be taken on the whole.   quote: Secondly, the majority of the people who remained in the city were the dirt poor trash  Poorly worded.  If I edited the statement, I would have been called on that.Long story short: people who loot are trash.  Even if you're poor, I'd hope you have a sense of right and wrong, at least, that's what those inspirational movies with Sam Jackson and Morgan Freeman tell me.   

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Snoogans

08-30-2005, 11:49 AM

at least, that's what those inspirational movies with Sam Jackson <img width="214" height="328" border="0" src="http://www.dacre.org/flash/www/us100827.jpg" /> 

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HBox

08-30-2005, 11:54 AM

Long story short: people
who loot are trash.  Even if you're poor, I'd hope you have a sense of
right and wrong, at least, that's what those inspirational movies with
Sam Jackson and Morgan Freeman tell me. <img width="600" height="480" border="0" src="http://sghs.lausd.k12.ca.us/departments/Math/correct.gif" /> 

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Furtherman

08-30-2005, 12:04 PM

We will see the best and worst of people emerge from this storm.It just comes down to a simple choice - either to act, or not act, civilized.

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Tenbatsuzen

08-30-2005, 12:07 PM

Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard says there is no plumbing and the sanitary situation is getting nasty. He told WAFB-TV that he is carrying around a bag for his own human waste.  Mistress of poop, comment?

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08-30-2005, 12:53 PM

This isn't about Right and Left, it's about common human decencypoint out the part in my post that was about "right and left" 

 
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08-30-2005, 01:43 PM

The reason the looting is happening in this cenario and not during 9/11 and the Blackout could be due to the fact that there was no reduction in police presence.  If anything it might have been increased.Obviously it was difficult to get around the city after 9/11 but its been almost impossible for the police to be anywhere let alone everywhere in New Orleans.Even the State Troopers that were called from other areas are working outer areas more so than the inner city.

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08-30-2005, 01:59 PM

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08-30-2005, 02:07 PM

Free Heiniken!  Under Martial law and the pending evacuation of New Orleans, what will they do if the looters wont stop or leave?<img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.ladm10908301723.hurricane_katrina_ladm109.jpg ?x=218&y=345&sig=G7m12guybCetRDu2piT5NA--" border="0" /> <img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/newsig.gif" border="0" /> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." [ Theodore Roosevelt ]

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Furtherman

08-30-2005, 02:10 PM

quote: Free Heiniken!<img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.ladm10908301723.hurricane_katrina_ladm109.jpg ?x=218&y=345&sig=G7m12guybCetRDu2piT5NA--" border="0" />I just fell off my chair.Don't forget your Chocolate Chip cookies!  

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08-30-2005, 02:26 PM

Will there be any links available here on RF.net to give donations to the <a href="https://www.redcross.org/donate/donation-form.asp" target="_self">Red Cross</a> like there was after the tsunami? I have always admired how we as a community pull together and give no matter what the cause. 

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08-30-2005, 02:47 PM

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Bulldogcakes

08-30-2005, 02:53 PM

I'll throw something else into the mix about the folks who didn't
leave. If you're fimiliar w/New Orleans, its a very racially segregated
city. And the Police have a reputation going back 100 years for being
among the most corrupt in the nation. So much so, the Feds have
threatened to take over the NOPD more than a few times in the past 20
years. And race relations between the largely white Cops and the Black
community are non existant. This is the deepest of the deep south, and
when I went down there for Mardi Gras I saw cops do and say shit to
Blacks that would get them fired in a New York minute here. 
Long story short, if I was Black and lived down there, I
wouldn't believe anyone wearing any kind badge. Period. So I'm not
surprised some folks tuned out the various authorities who told them to
leave.The looters, however, are just criminal assholes  

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JimBeam

08-30-2005, 03:28 PM

Actually New Orleans is a lot different than the rest of the south. Due to the fact that it is one of the few big cities in the deep south, with Atlanta being it's closest sourthen comparison, it has to be more diverse.The city itself is 66% black whereas the other areas of the south that harbor more prejudice are predominanatly white. As far as comments being made that are inappropriate I'm sure that happens in any police department regardless of its regional location.

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Bulldogcakes

08-30-2005, 03:40 PM

Not when I was there.  

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Death Metal Moe

08-30-2005, 03:41 PM

Long story short, if I was Black and lived down there, I wouldn't believe anyone wearing any kind badge. Period. So I'm not surprised some folks tuned out the various authorities who told them to leave.Only problem with that is cops were telling them to leave in the face of a storm they could have easily turned on the TV, radio or read a paper about to see it wasn't a lie.  There's a difference between racist cops cornering a black man and a whole city leaving.

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HBox

08-30-2005, 04:04 PM

The city knew for years that there would be
anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 people who, in the event of an
evacuation, would have no way to leave the city. They never made any
plans to do something for them. 

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08-30-2005, 04:06 PM

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booster11373

08-30-2005, 04:11 PM

More uplifting tales of the human conditionAt the Wal-Mart on Tchoupitoulas Street, an initial effort to hand out provisions to stranded citizens quickly disintegrated into mass looting. Authorities at the scene said bedlam erupted after the giveaway was announced over the radio. While many people carried out food and essential supplies, others cleared out jewelry racks and carted out computers, TVs and appliances on handtrucks. Some officers joined in taking whatever they could, including one New Orleans cop who loaded a shopping cart with a compact computer and a 27-inch flat screen television. My favorite so farInside the store, the scene alternated between celebration and frightening bedlam. A shirtless man straddled a broken jewelry case, yelling, “Free samples, free samples over here.” Another man rolled a mechanized pallet, stacked six feet high with cases of vodka and whiskey. Perched atop the stack was a bewildered toddler. The police got all the best stuff. They’re crookeder than us,” one man said. 

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booster11373

08-30-2005, 04:13 PM

Sandra Smith of Baton Rouge walked through the parking lot with a 12-pack of Bud Light under each arm. “I came down here to get my daughters,” she said, “but I can’t find themInside the store, one woman was stocking up on make-up. She said she took comfort in watching police load up their own carts. “It must be legal,” she said. “The police are here taking stuff, too.” 

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booster11373

08-30-2005, 04:14 PM

Anyone seen any video of the looting online yet?

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angrymissy

08-30-2005, 04:16 PM

The city knew for years that there would be anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 people who, in the event of an evacuation, would have no way to leave the city. They never made any plans to do something for them.Um, they provided the Superdome as shelter, along with other shelters in the different Parrishes.  They didn't leave and it's the city's fault for not coddling them because they want to stay?

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booster11373

08-30-2005, 04:17 PM

<img height="305" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/weather/0508/gallery.katrina.tues.pm/01.05.ap.jpg" width="500" border="0" />captions?

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angrymissy

08-30-2005, 04:18 PM

quote: Anyone seen any video of the looting online yet?  <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml">http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml</a>There is also video on cnn.com - go to <a href="http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=looting">http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=looting</a> then on the right hand side there is a link to a video - the looting is about 1 minute into it <img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/newsig.gif" border="0" /> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." [ Theodore Roosevelt ]

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Tenbatsuzen

08-30-2005, 05:01 PM

quote: <img height="305" src="http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/weather/0508/gallery.katrina.tues.pm/01.05.ap.jpg" width="500" border="0" />captions? Considering my love for the product, there's a man who's got his priorities in order.Here are my thoughts on the looting:I don't mind the looting of actual food.  Diet pepsi, bread, diapers, whatever.  Stuff you actually can buy with foodstamps.I DO have issue with electronics, booze, etc.  That's stuff you don't need right now.

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08-30-2005, 05:03 PM

quote:  quote: The city knew for years that there would be anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 people who, in the event of an evacuation, would have no way to leave the city. They never made any plans to do something for them.  Um, they provided the Superdome as shelter, along with other shelters in the different Parrishes.  They didn't leave and it's the city's fault for not coddling them because they want to stay? Yes and no.  As I stated before, the NOLA evac plan needed 72 hours under the best conditions to get everyone out.  They only had 36.A lot of these people are extremely poor and do not have cars.  Hence why they had to stay - no way to get out.So a lot of these folks are just sad sacks.  But NOLA really screwed the pooch for not having supplies, water, everything ready to go.  

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Bulldogcakes

08-30-2005, 05:17 PM

It's not just the poor. Its the elderly, the chronically ill, the
hospitals, etc. And many of the poor dont own cars (because they're
poor) so didn't have the options to get out that others did. 

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08-30-2005, 05:20 PM

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08-30-2005, 05:21 PM

I've been watching the C-Span coverage all night. Its fuckin insane
what they're dealing with. First fix the barrier walls, then the power,
then START assessing all the damage in the houses/buildings.There's no power, no drinkable water, no sewage, nothing. New Orleans is completely unlivable. The
Governor said they're looking at 3-6 months before the city is
functioning again. WHERE THE FUCK DOES A CITY OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE
GO FOR 6 MONTHS? 

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HBox

08-30-2005, 05:31 PM

Um, they provided the
Superdome as shelter, along with other shelters in the different
Parrishes.  They didn't leave and it's the city's fault for not
coddling them because they want to stay?They
didn't provide the Superdome, they never meant it to be a shelter for
those people. It's was supposed to be a special needs shelter and was
only used as a shelter for that many people because everybody showed up
and had nowhere else to go. In other words, they used it as a last
resort because they had no plans. And, as we see, with the roof ripping
off, with awful conditions in there right now we see why it was never
meant to be used that way. 

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angrymissy

08-30-2005, 05:36 PM

All I am saying is, I would have gotten the fuck outta dodge, car or no car.  I lived with no car and minimal money for years and managed to get where I had to go... there are taxis and a trolley car system in NOLA if you have no car.  If you want to leave - you will leave.

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FUNKMAN

08-30-2005, 05:41 PM

you have to figure alot of the people that stayed behind never imagined how destructive the storm was gonna be... kind've like them people standing on the beach watching the tsunami wave rolling in just a few hundred yards away from them

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Bulldogcakes

08-30-2005, 05:54 PM

Where they are, they probably get knocked around every time Fla gets
hit. So they're used to it. And when you hear this is the big one,
maybe its just another overhyped news story. To be honest with
you, when I first started hearing about this last Friday, I said to
myself "Big deal, another Hurricane, happens every year" Doesn't happen like this every year. So I cant blame the folks who stayed, alot probably thought the same thing I did. 

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Bulldogcakes

08-30-2005, 06:02 PM

Official:
Prisoners Riot, Take Hostages in New Orleans (http://abcnews.go.com/US/HurricaneKatrina/story?id=1081633&page=1)What a fuster cluck.  

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HBox

08-30-2005, 06:06 PM

I was too young to remember Hurricane Andrew all
that well, and while I realize it was a little different, was it this
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curtoid

08-30-2005, 06:13 PM

The brunt of Hurricane Andrew pretty much just went through the Southern end of Florida. While it was ungodly destructive, I don't believe it slammed into such a major urban center as New Orleans. Many of the homes destroyed then have never been rebuilt. On a side note, the Habitat for Humanity homes built in Florida - many of them did survivie, mostly do to the fact that they go overboard with their nails and building materials. Now, one Hurrican I remember pretty well was Hugo (1989?), which slammed into Charleston, South Carolina, then came all the way to Charlotte and was STILL a Hurricane. It didn't get downgraded to a tropical storm until it hit the Appalachian Mountains. Unbelievable - just huge, huge old trees lifted and tossed around. Old homes that go back 100 years or more just destroyed. 

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08-30-2005, 06:20 PM

I think Andrew took out a good chunk of Miami (they keep putting out the 21 Billion $ mark for Andrew--although I seem to remember it took out a stealth bomber or two at Homestead airforce base, and those things are a couple of billion each...).  But for some reason I remember Hugo in 89 as being a bigger deal. I just figured it was the first bad hurricane in my memory--I don't remember much before 83 or84.

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08-30-2005, 06:29 PM

After you live on the Gulf Coast for a while, you become a bit "numb" to Hurricanes, for lack of a better term.  Those projection "cones" that you see on the weather channel are there for a reason.  It's hard to predict exactly where these things are going to hit, and just how strong it will be... until it's on top of you.   Hurricane Dennis was headed right for us a couple of months ago, and was a Cat 4 when it was offshore, and projected to be catastrophic.  Right before it hit land, it turned to the North, and broke apart, and it ended up being nothing more than a tropical storm over here.  People right in the path and to the east got it pretty good, and I'm not making light of it... but there were hundreds of thousands of people along the coast, all the way from Louisiana to the Florida line who either packed up everything they didn't want to lose and evacuated, or took measures to board up and prepare. Some who evacuated couldn't get back for a couple of days, and felt a little foolish when they returned and found nothing more than some leaves in their yards. Ivan kicked our ass last year, but it was no where near Louisiana.  Hugo and Andrew were waaaay over there on the east coast, and a looong time ago.  It's been over 40 years since Nawlins took a direct hit from a storm and nothing of this strength ever, so most of the people you see that stayed probably had no idea.  Sure, it's easy to look back now and say, "all they had to do was turn on the tv or radio..."... but you have to remember that the Weather Channel and other news outfits make EVERY storm sound like the storm of the century.  For those of you up North... think about how many times you've heard about a Blizzard coming, and you see people panic and start clearing out the shelves at the grocery store... and then get nothing.  Hell, maybe you were one of them that ended up eating cans of beanie weenies for a month after you stocked up on can goods and toilet paper. Then you have the resident "hurricane veterans" who will tell you about the storms they've rode out, and how they spent the night drunk, partying, listening to the radio and watching the trees blow, and there's some peer pressure to tough it out, and ride it out at home.  You see all these old buildings and trees down there that have stood for over a hundred years, and it gives you a false sense of confidence. It's easy to say that the people who stayed were fools, or should have known better, but when this thing first hit the Gulf, it was projected to crawl along the Florida coast and maybe hit Apalachicola, FL.<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: v

El Mudo

08-30-2005, 07:04 PM

Well...chalk up even more bad news for Brett Favre...It pretty much wiped out his boyhood home and town... <a href="http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2147301">http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2147301</a> In a related note Ozzie, it says his mother had gotten thorough Camille in the late 60's and that really factored in their decision to stay behind...

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08-30-2005, 07:09 PM

Yes or no: Would this be an appropriate time to open up the strategic oil reserve?I'd say yes.

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Snoogans

08-30-2005, 07:46 PM

I say we wait until the prices filter through....oh thats right, the
gas companies have already raised the price of gas cause of the
hurricane, you know, the gas bought BEFORE the hurricane for the old
price. GREEDY FUCKS 

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08-30-2005, 09:49 PM

quote: quote: One man, who had about 10 pairs of jeans draped over his left arm, was asked if he was salvaging things from his store. "No," the man shouted, "that's EVERYBODY'S storeLooters filled industrial-sized garbage cans with clothing and jewelry and floated them down the street on bits of plywood and insulation as National Guard lumbered by. Mike Franklin stood on the trolley tracks and watched the spectacle unfold. "To be honest with you, people who are oppressed all their lives, man, it's an opportunity to get back at society," he said.  Wonderful.  These Jackasses are hurting their own community during one of the worst disasters ever.  Sickening. <img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/newsig.gif" border="0" /> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." [ Theodore Roosevelt ] That's the same bullshit excuse that was used during the 1992 L.A. riots.  

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HBox

08-30-2005, 10:08 PM

And the looting happened so soon that nobody was
doing any of it because they were starving and needed food. And the
worst part is that they will all get away with it. 

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PapaBear

08-30-2005, 10:12 PM

quote:Yes or no: Would this be an appropriate time to open up the strategic oil reserve?I'd say yes.

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first response to this question would "yes".  The problem is,
since the refineries are down there, would it really help to have more
unrefined oil available?  I heard this question on a news teaser,
but I didn't get to hear the actual story that they teased. Does anyone
else know if it would help?  This issue has been confusing the
HELL out of me! 

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08-30-2005, 10:18 PM

quote:I say we wait until the prices filter through....oh thats right, the
gas companies have already raised the price of gas cause of the
hurricane, you know, the gas bought BEFORE the hurricane for the old
price. GREEDY FUCKS 

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to get more expensive. Gas shot up by 30 cents a gallon
tonight. On Monday night, it was $2.50 where I live. Tuesday
afternoon, it was $2.60. Just before I came home on Tuesday night, it
was $2.80. I don't want to trivialize the horror of what's
happening down there, but with all this talk of looting, it appears the
looting extends to the rest of the country, via the oil
companies!!! 

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spoon

08-30-2005, 10:32 PM

Snoogans makes one hell of a point on the gas issue.  These companies will absorb none of the losses in this tragedy.  Fox News ripped on Chavez of Venezuela for saying he would give needy families and charity organizations gas at cost during this hell.  They said it wasn't his idea, it was Jesse Jackson's.  Even though Chavez is know for helping the poor and being their champion in his own country.  Not to mention he has made similar offers and came through to poor countries in Central and South America.  They hate this guy bc he calls out Bush's greed and challenges him in the realm of oil.  I am aware that he is a true socialist, but I could give a shit in this case.  Let the man help us out here and bury the idiotic talk of taking out a man who has done nothing at all close to what was done to the Iraqi people.  In fact, he actually was elected (democracy spreading, remember) and is loved by his people, having never been linked to atrocities like in Iraq.If Bush really cared, he would have ended his vacation before this went down, and surely after one of the US's major cities was wiped off the map.  Instead he needed one more day of rest (almost 5 fucking weeks).  This guy just responded slower to this tragedy then with 9/11.  What a fucking clown!  I wonder why he's at 36% approval, the lowest of all-time.  He could tap our reserves, call in favors from the Saudi's he flew out on 9/11 (1 million barrels a day extra wouldn't be tough for them), call in favors from Kuwait, or simply install marshall standards (i forget the true term) for prices on gas keeping levels steady.  I mean fuck, the oil companies are averaging hundred billion dollar gains every quarter of late, and still get billions in US government subsidies a year as well.  It's about time they fucking give back.  Not under Bush though.  The industrial military complex will grow until he's gone.  I wonder if Haliburton will get all the rebuilding contracts after this like in Iraq (no bid versions).  Don't worry though, Bush is cutting the longest vacation by a US president ever by two days and will be back on Wednesday.  Sorry about the rant, but what the fuck!?  <img src="http://members.aol.com/dxixrxt/spoon2.jpg" border="0" /> Get your balls out of your purse and step up to flavor! With whale cancer! F yeah!

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HBox

08-30-2005, 10:54 PM

It's supply and demand people. It's just how it
works and is going to work from now on. There is no fucking conspiracy,
oil companies are just selling a commodity that has suddenly become
more scarce and therefore more valuable. If they took a pledge of honor
and cut the price of oil, yes they'd still make a profit but there
would be shortages. The days of cheap and plentiful oil are gone folks.
Maybe if some of you (and I'm not pointing the finger at anyone in
particular, just the NOW!NOW!NOW! American public in general) showed
some concern for the last 10 years, we might be close to some new
energy source to supplement or replace oil but we're not and that's how
it is. And as it is, supply shocks like now are going to be painful,
and only become moreso as demand continues outstripping
supply. 

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spoon

08-30-2005, 11:13 PM

The demand is up as you point out, but the supply is there.  They just don't want to increase the production as they are making the biggest profits in the history of the fucking world.  With China and many other 3rd world countries becoming much more industrialized the demand has gone through the roof.  But if you think that all is just business in this industry you are naive.  One of my best friends on my hockey team is a huge oil engineer for Chevron and he has told me stories you couldn't believe.  Some about Russia, some about the middle east, other here at home.  The industry is dirty as fuck, and he's seen it first hand.  I have no doubt the industry will use and portray the ideals needed to get what it wants, yet that doesn't mean it is so.  And with the current administration, you know more hands are in the pot so profits have to cover more palms.

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spoon

08-30-2005, 11:17 PM

Also, there are alternatives out there.  Our gov needs to lead the way if we are ever to make the not so easy transition.  By settting th EPA mileage standard level at 30 mpg, we will never get there.  They raised it 2 miles per fucking gallon in this last energy bill!  What a fucking joke!  Not to mention we increased the subsidies were giving to oil companies bc they really need the fucking help.  Let's not look at bio diesel, solar, hydrogen, corn and other prospects that have made some huge gains with little support.  There is a simple reason this won't happen until the oil is all but dried up.  We all know what that is.

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HBox

08-30-2005, 11:19 PM

Picture one:<img width="379" height="242" border="0" src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.ladm10208301530.hurricane_katrina_ladm102.jpg ?x=380&y=242&sig=GHO9i4_aeNXEsJOv2t1OHg--" /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530" target="_blank">Caption One:</a> A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a
grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Picture Two:<img width="240" height="344" border="0" src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20050830/capt.sge.cyn78.300805074130.photo01.photo.default-268x384.jpg?x=240&y=345&sig=XFVzW6oiTkp9hr7J.ex3Qw--" /> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/photos_ts_afp/050830071810_shxwaoma_photo1" target="_blank">Caption Two:</a>Two residents wade through chest-deep water after finding bread and
soda from a local grocery store after Hurricane Katrina came through
the area in New Orleans, Louisiana.Fucking ridiculous. 

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HBox

08-30-2005, 11:27 PM

But if you think that all is just business in this industry you are naive.I
certainly don't. But the fact is that while there is plenty oil left in
the ground left to pump, the rate at which we can get it out isn't
accelerating much. There are fewer and fewer sites left where you can
produce huge amounts of oil. As the oil fields become older the oil
starts to become more difficult to get out and therefore the site
produces oil at a slower rate. There are still huge untapped sites out
there but they are in places difficult to get to and therefore the oil
produced will be more expensive (Which is why they haven't been tapped
already. Companies tapped easier to reach, easier to produce, more
profitable fields). Specifially, I believe there are some huge fields
in the ocean somewhere north of Russia in the arctic.I don't
want to discount the role corruption is playing, but there are some
more important, permanent issues at play here too.

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spoon

08-30-2005, 11:30 PM

Some of the worst stories came from Russia.  What a shock. 

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F yeah!

HBox

08-30-2005, 11:32 PM

<img width="328" height="368" border="0" src="http://www.yakov.com/images/bioImg1.jpg" /> 
In Russia, Oil field tap you!!!!!! 


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spoon

08-30-2005, 11:36 PM

Perhaps Lee Haney can enlighten us all as to the ins and outs of the oil industry with:<img src="http://www.leehaney.com/beyond%20the%20pump.JPG" border="0" />

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F yeah!

Duke

08-31-2005, 03:09 AM

quote: Picture one:<img width="379" height="242" border="0" src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.ladm10208301530.hurricane_katrina_ladm102.jpg ?x=380&y=242&sig=GHO9i4_aeNXEsJOv2t1OHg--" /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050830/480/ladm10208301530" target="_blank">Caption One:</a> quote:A young man walks through chest deep flood water after looting a
grocery store in New Orleans on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. 
 were not talking about loot...were talking about precious diet pepsi 

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spoon

08-31-2005, 03:14 AM

Actually they spoke to this kid later and he explained:  "Eating the remains of your family can be quite fattening, hence I wash'em down with good ole' diet Pepsi."  This is true, it must be, I saw it on Nightline!<img src="http://members.aol.com/dxixrxt/spoon2.jpg" border="0" /> Get your balls out of your purse and step up to flavor! With whale cancer! F yeah!

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JPMNICK

08-31-2005, 03:52 AM

Gas in Madison NJ this morning was 3.17 for the high. first time i have ever seen over 3.00 gas. To me this is price gauging. I KNOW there is no way that 2 days after the hurricane they bought a tanker of gas and had to raise the price. Fucking animals run these places. 

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booster11373

08-31-2005, 06:32 AM

These pictures of the looting truely sadden me, To think that as a society all it takes is an absence of police presence and the lights being off for a few hours to allow certain types of people to feel free to loot.

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booster11373

08-31-2005, 06:40 AM

racism in  coverage you decide<img src="http://photos23.flickr.com/38725768_16c66eb58b.jpg?v=0" border="0" />

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angrymissy

08-31-2005, 06:50 AM

Not that I'm condoning the way they described those pictures, but maybe it was because the guy in the top picture had a huge garbage bag full of stuff, and the girl in the bottom picture had a loaf of bread and some soda?

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FMJeff

08-31-2005, 06:51 AM

This may sound a little cruel but really its not. New Orleans, from a design perspective, is inherently flawed. It's essentially a bowl between two large bodies of water protected by two man-made water walls and pumping stations that work on electricity. Maybe its just me, but I consider that to be an extremely retarded place to put a city. The city planners knew flooding would be an issue. I mean cmon, they banned underground burials b/c they knew bodies would just be washed out...How do you build a city where the only protection is something built by man ? I mean, its absurd! Nature will ALWAYS win in the end. It was only a matter of time before they got hit by a whopper. As far as I'm concerned it was a roll of the dice that came up craps and its the people who lost big time. They had what, 40 years to come up with a better system since Hurricane (Andrew I believe?) and the best they could come up with were bigger levees and a pumping system that works on electricity?I don't think the public was adequately prepared for this possibility and now its the people paying the price. I've heard a lot from the christian right saying New Orleans is paying for years of debauchery and g-d is wiping the "dirty city" clean...maybe their right, I dunno...this is a biblical disaster in its scope. Maybe when all is said and done people will reconsider moving back to New Orleans until the government can come up with a public works project that could handle future disasters like this.

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Furtherman

08-31-2005, 06:51 AM

I'm thinking this is the demise of the city.  They might as well surround the entire city with do not enter yellow tape.  There will be FEMA camps in LA and MS for the next couple years.  The place will be a scuba diving resort in about 10-15 years once the toxic waters settle.

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Doctor Manhattan

08-31-2005, 07:06 AM

quote: Not that I'm condoning the way they described those pictures, but maybe it was because the guy in the top picture had a huge garbage bag full of stuff, and the girl in the bottom picture had a loaf of bread and some soda? What do you think is in that Garbage bag full of stuff that is floating? Stereos?I've heard a lot from the christian right saying New Orleans is paying for years of debauchery and g-d is wiping the "dirty city" clean...maybe their right, I dunno...this is a biblical disaster in its scope. What about Los Angeles? New York City? Las Vegas? Fairfax, Va? <a href="http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=202" target="_blank"><img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=skw" border="0" /></a>

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FMJeff

08-31-2005, 07:12 AM

What about Los Angeles? New York City? Las Vegas? Fairfax, Va? I think they were referring to Mardi Gras...

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Doctor Manhattan

08-31-2005, 07:15 AM

quote: I think they were referring to Mardi Gras... So God is going to ignore the years of debauchery that have been going on in Fairfax? (Perrynoid is there, right?)<a href="http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=202" target="_blank"><img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=skw" border="0" /></a>

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Furtherman

08-31-2005, 07:19 AM

Mardi Gras?  Please.  Louisiana Thunderdome.Just wait and see what happens in the next couple days there.

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badorties

08-31-2005, 07:39 AM

I've heard a lot from the christian right saying New Orleans is paying for years of debauchery and g-d is wiping the "dirty city" clean...maybe their right, I dunno...this is a biblical disaster in its scope. that's predictable and unimaginative ... and probably not something jesus would do ...

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Snoogans

08-31-2005, 07:41 AM

Gas in Madison NJ this morning was 3.17 for the high. first time i have ever seen over 3.00 gas. 
To
me this is price gauging. I KNOW there is no way that 2 days after the
hurricane they bought a tanker of gas and had to raise the price.
Fucking animals run these places. 
 thats what im sayin, when im at work, my
boss has CNBC on usually or whatever. at the end of last quarter, 3 or
4 oil companies turned RECORD PROFITS. Now if the price of gas rose 5
cents a gallon, and their price went up 5 cents a gallon, they dont
increase profits. MEANING THEY RAISED THE PRICE MORE THEN THEY HAD TO.
they have been lickin their chops since all this price rise started.
More excuse to raise it and make even more money 

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angrymissy

08-31-2005, 07:58 AM

<table class="bg1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="428" border="0"><tr><td width="418">Tuesday, August 30, 2005</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td width="5"><img height="1" src="http://www.ronfez.net/images/spacer.gif" width="1" border="0" /></td><td width="418"><img height="1" src="http://www.ronfez.net/images/spacer.gif" width="1" vspace="2" border="0" />Children's Hospital under siegeTuesday, 11:45 p.m. Late Tuesday, Gov. Blanco spokeswoman Denise Bottcher described a disturbing scene unfolding in uptown New Orleans, where looters were trying to break into Children's Hospital. Bottcher said the director of the hospital fears for the safety of the staff and the 100 kids inside the hospital. The director said the hospital is locked, but that the looters were trying to break in and had gathered outside the facility. The director has sought help from the police, but, due to rising flood waters, police have not been able to respond. Bottcher said Blanco has been told of the situation and has informed the National Guard. However, Bottcher said, the National Guard has also been unable to respond. </td></tr></table>

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08-31-2005, 07:58 AM

quote:   quote: I've heard a lot from the christian right saying New Orleans is paying for years of debauchery and g-d is wiping the "dirty city" clean...maybe their right, I dunno...this is a biblical disaster in its scope.  that's predictable and unimaginative ... and probably not something jesus would do ....<img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=badorties" border="0" /> but Pat Robertson would... 

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El Mudo

08-31-2005, 08:11 AM

Just saw FEMA is  going to move people into the Astrodome...something like 25,000...

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badorties

08-31-2005, 08:56 AM

they need to work out the logistics first ... ho to get them on the bus, how to get the bus out of town now that the one interstate to houston has been washed out ...this is really heavy and heartbreaking ... <a title="craigslist > new orleans > lost & found" href="http://neworleans.craigslist.org/laf/" target="_self">craigslist > new orleans > lost & found</a>

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Tall_James

08-31-2005, 08:57 AM

The city of New Orleans is turning into "Escape from New York" right before our very eyes.Scary shit.

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angrymissy

08-31-2005, 08:58 AM

<a href="http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4200/is_20050606/ai_n14657367" target="_self">Looks like the government cut funding that affected flood protection projects to Louisana in June</a> 
There is an economic ripple effect, too. The cuts mean major hurricane
and flood protection projects will not be awarded to local engineering
firms. Also, a study to determine ways to protect the region from a
Category 5 hurricane has been shelved for now. 

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booster11373

08-31-2005, 09:18 AM

Where are the white people?

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Furtherman

08-31-2005, 09:26 AM

quote: The city of New Orleans is turning into "Escape from New York" right before our very eyes.Scary shit.   What will happen to New Orleans has happened to countless other cites across the planet throughout time.  Whether it be natural disaster, economic collapse or invading tribes, the animal instinct will take over and people will fight and flee to survive.  What usually takes decades is unfortunatly happening in only a few days. 

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booster11373

08-31-2005, 09:31 AM

quote: What will happen to New Orleans has happened to countless other cites across the planet throughout time.  Whether it be natural disaster, economic collapse or invading tribes, the animal instinct will take over and people will fight and flee to survive.  What usually takes decades is unfortunatly happening in only a few days.  Maybe Ra's Al Ghul is to blame , His plan for Gotham failed and since New Orleans has no Superhero, easy pickings 

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JimBeam

08-31-2005, 09:50 AM

Not sure if this story was posted further up but I'm gonna post it anyway.Not to make light of what happened to this guy, or the others, but I guess he's never seen pics of North Carolina after a hurricane :Apartment tenant Landon Williams, a 19-year-old construction worker, said he and his grandmother and uncle ran from the crumbling building as the storm hit. As they later swam through the swirling water and debris, "we watched the apartments disintegrate. You could hear the big pieces of wood cracking and breaking apart."He said the winds flung two-by-fours and drywall."I lost everything. We can't even find my car," he said. "I'm looking through this wreckage to see if I can find anything that's mine. If not, I'm moving on. I think I'll move on to North Carolina and do some work over there. I can't take it here anymore — not after this."<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050831/ap_on_re_us/katrina_apartment_deaths_hk2">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050831/ap_on_re_us/katrina_apartment_deaths_hk2</a> 

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JimBeam

08-31-2005, 10:16 AM

As far as the posting of those 2 captions under the " similar " pics they were probably written by 2 entirely different people.  I doubt the one person looked at the other pic and said " let me make this sound better for whitey ".

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TooCute

08-31-2005, 10:42 AM

First pic was from the AFP, second from the AP. Can't compare them.

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Doctor Manhattan

08-31-2005, 10:43 AM

quote: I doubt the one person looked at the other pic and said " let me make this sound better for whitey ". I'm sure he didn't use the word "whitey"

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Furtherman

08-31-2005, 10:47 AM

The mayor has just announced that hundreds, maybe thousands, of people dead in New Orleans.

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Doctor Manhattan

08-31-2005, 10:51 AM

Is that the same guy who said this was their tsunami? <a href="http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=202" target="_blank"><img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=skw" border="0" /></a>

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Furtherman

08-31-2005, 11:04 AM

quote: Is that the same guy who said this was their tsunami? <a href="http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=202" target="_blank"></a> No.  That was Bilioxi mayor AJ Holloway.

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booster11373

08-31-2005, 11:38 AM

The best video i've seen by far, Has been the guy playing "When the saints go marching in" while people in the background are looting a Walgreens.

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Doctor Manhattan

08-31-2005, 11:42 AM

you have a link?

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JimBeam

08-31-2005, 11:45 AM

I hope they find those cops that were looting a prosecute every one of them before any civilians.Thats disgusting.

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Heavy

08-31-2005, 11:53 AM

They had what, 40 years to come up with a better system since Hurricane (Andrew I believe?) Youre off by about 27 years.  Are you so young you dont remember 92'?

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FMJeff

08-31-2005, 12:17 PM

Didn't they have a major one in the 60's?

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Snoogans

08-31-2005, 12:19 PM

Camille was in 69 and hit around where this one did 

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Tall_James

08-31-2005, 12:22 PM

Not trying to be funny here but this is one of the signature cocktails in New Orleans.<img height="466" src="http://store1.yimg.com/I/neworleansshowcase_1861_43327788" width="415" border="0" />I don't think they'll be asking a bartender down there for one of these anytime soon.  Most likely some Joker will think its funny and the bartender he asks will hopefully knock him on his ass.

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Furtherman

08-31-2005, 12:38 PM

Those drinks are delicious - but will send you running to the can!As much as Pat O'Brien's was touristy, the piano bar inside with dueling pianos was awesome.  It's a shame to think the French Quarter will be gone as well (not as much as the human tragedy of course) but there really isn't anyplace else like it in the U.S.

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angrymissy

08-31-2005, 01:00 PM

As much as Pat O'Brien's was touristy, the piano bar inside with dueling pianos was awesome.  It's a shame to think the French Quarter will be gone as well (not as much as the human tragedy of course) but there really isn't anyplace else like it in the U.S.Pat O'Briens had an awesome piano bar, I came back from 1 trip there with like 5 of the hurricaine glasses you could buy there... the other good NOLA drink was a hand gernade.Also had a great karaoke bar, The cats meow... and the food!  It really is a shame... I wonder how the zoo and aquarium fared... the aquarium was right on the riverwalk...

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booster11373

08-31-2005, 01:04 PM

Fiddling while Rome burnsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Katrina is likely to have only a modest impact on the U.S. economy as long as the hit to the energy sector proves transitory, White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday."Looking forward ... reconstruction is going to add jobs and growth to the economy," he added. "As long as we find that the energy impact is only temporary and there's not permanent damage to the infrastructure, my guess is that the effects on the overall economy will be fairly modest."JUST SAY NO.....to pimping

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Furtherman

08-31-2005, 01:09 PM

I had too many of those hand grenades as well one Mardi Gras!I wonder if The Blacksmith survived - the oldest bar in New Orleans.<img height="263" src="http://www.sfu.ca/~jld/lafittes.jpg" width="392" border="0" />And forget all the Mardi Gras madness you've seen on TV - to walk around and find the local spots with the best music and food are the times I remember best.

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Bulldogcakes

08-31-2005, 01:17 PM

Half a million refugees for the next 4-6 months (http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/08/31/D8CATNA80.html)
"We are looking at 12 to 16 weeks before people
can come in," Mayor Ray Nagin said on ABC's "Good Morning America, "and
the other issue that's concerning me is we have dead bodies in the
water. At some point in time the dead bodies are going to start to
create a serious disease issue." 

Blanco said she wanted the Superdome _ which had become a shelter of
last resort for about 20,000 people _ evacuated within two days, along
with other gathering points for storm refugees. The situation inside
the dank and sweltering Superdome was becoming desperate: The water was
rising, the air conditioning was out, toilets were broken, and tempers
were rising. 
 At the same time,
sections of Interstate 10, the only major freeway leading into New
Orleans from the east, lay shattered, dozens of huge slabs of concrete
floating in the floodwaters. I-10 is the only route for commercial
trucking across southern Louisiana.
 

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Heavy

08-31-2005, 01:21 PM

Its amazing how stupid our president is.  But I'll give him this much, you can take shots at him like I just did all you want, but when there a huge disaster hes there to give you the news and details within a day or 2.

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angrymissy

08-31-2005, 01:43 PM

Its amazing how stupid our president is.  But I'll give him this much, you can take shots at him like I just did all you want, but when there a huge disaster hes there to give you the news and details within a day or 2. President Bush in Colorado yesterday while the Levees broke in New Orleans:<img height="325" alt="Photo" src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.capm10208301856.bush__capm102.jpg?x=380&y=325&sig=xlaGyc1Muc3K7iAJg1KmkA--" width="380" border="0" />

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JimBeam

08-31-2005, 01:50 PM

Hurricane's are extremly touristy.Some of the better, and stonger drinks at Pat O's, are the Skylab and The 57 Chevy.Hand Grenades are the best.  Last time my brother was down there I had him bring me back the mix but I've yet to make them.  Need to find some good grain alcohol ( Diesel/Everclear ).They also have some cool gimmicky drinks there at the Tropical Isle.One is Shark Attack where they ring a bell before shooting the red liquor, out of a plastic shark, into the clear drink while yelling out " Shark Attack " before serving it to you.I thought I heard this morning on the radio that the French Quarter was't in that bad of shape.That it wasnt as water logged.I guess that might have been before the levies started leaking.

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Heavy

08-31-2005, 01:56 PM

Oh let me throw this out real quick, we have no communication, looting,  and just general mayhem and this is something we saw coming.  Is dipshit gonna tell us how much safer and more prepared we are then 4 years ago after this shit?

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DJEvelEd

08-31-2005, 02:40 PM

I bet no libraries get looted.

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08-31-2005, 03:02 PM

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Heavy

08-31-2005, 03:53 PM

Some Fox dude in N.O says he see's civilians walking the streets with AK 47's.  We're Soooooooooooo lucky we havnt been attacked again, cause we aint any better off now then we were then.

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JimBeam

08-31-2005, 03:58 PM

Didnt some member get all kinds of sh*t yesterday for turning this thread into a political issue ?

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torker

08-31-2005, 04:01 PM

Has Rick Del Gado weighed in on this yet?

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spoon

08-31-2005, 04:03 PM

I've heard a lot from the christian right saying New Orleans is paying for years of debauchery and g-d is wiping the "dirty city" clean...maybe their right, I dunno...this is a biblical disaster in its scope.  What about Biloxi and all the other areas hit?  Did someone use the lord's name in vain(sp)?   On another note, the area had only a few copters and national guard to help with efforts.  They may have less then 30 hours to get ready, but it seems like nobody was prepared.  All our National Guard are in Iraq, especially those from the areas hit hardest.  Without the Coast Guard, which will never be deployed, we wouldn't have any resources at this time.  As Wadd said, at least the President acted quickly.....again.

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Freakshow

08-31-2005, 04:24 PM

I'm no god bother by any stretch of the imagination, but the gulf coast of Mississippi is probably the third most popular gambling locale of the country. Lot of nice footage of casino boats lifted hundreds of yards away from where they were resting, including the days-from-opening Hard Rock...

I think certain religous types have a problem with that kind of activity.

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08-31-2005, 04:32 PM

these prices can't be right, can they?<img height="317" src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050901/capt.gagb10209010023.katrina_oil_gagb102.jpg?x=380&y=317&sig=5Ds3LMgmsdudrbngBxiuCg--" width="379" border="0" />

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angrymissy

08-31-2005, 04:34 PM

One of our companies sales reps said he saw prices exceeding $5/gallon in Georgia

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curtoid

08-31-2005, 04:51 PM

The Georgia gov. signed an executive order to punish gasoline sellers who gouge customers, amid reports that pump prices in some parts of Atlanta had climbed as high as $5 a gallon. There was concern that the city of Atlanta could actually run out of gasoline by the weekend. On the way back from work I saw two different places which had $2.99 for regular. That was on the high end. A lot of places were still in the $2.70-2.80. I felt lucky finding a BP station that still had their regular prices at $2.69. They were less than a mile down the road from one of the $2.99 stations. THIS TIME LAST YEAR, the national average was about $1.86. Seems almost quaint.

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ozzie

08-31-2005, 04:51 PM

quote: <div align="left"></div>Didn't they have a major one in the 60's? Didn't they have a major one in the 60's? <div align="center"><img src="http://www.ronfez.net/imagestorage/fmjeff.gif" border="0" /> It made my heart sing.</div><div align="center"></div> <a href="http://www.st-bernard.la.us/emprep/betsy/betsy.htm" target="_blank">Hurricane Betsy - 1965</a>Look familiar?<img height="307" src="http://www.st-bernard.la.us/emprep/betsy/Betsy-5979-17-sm.jpg" width="464" border="0" />"When all of the damage in the USA was totaled, it came to more than $1 billion in 1965 dollars, making Betsy the USA's first billion dollar hurricane. If you factor in inflation and put Betsy's cost into Year 2000 dollars, it cost $8.4 billion, which ties it for third in the list of the nation's most expensive hurricanes. Betsy is tied with Agnes, which caused major flooding in the Northeast in 1972, and behind only Hugo in 1989 and Andrew in 1992 in cost.Betsy was blamed for 75 deaths in the USA, which ranks it 18th among the deadliest U.S. storms from 1900 through at least September 2003. The only storm to kill more people in the USA since 1965 was Camille, with 256 deaths in 1969. Camille, by the way, came close to hitting New Orleans, but instead, the city felt the fringes of Camille's weather side when its eye came ashore about 60 miles to the east in Mississippi.Betsy drove storm surge into Lake Pontchartrain, which is just north of the city and is connected to the Gulf of Mexico, pushing water over levees around the lake. Flood water reaches the eves of houses in some places in the city. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Web site notes that "Betsy prompted Congress to authorize a ring of levees 16 feet high around the city — a project the Corps of Engineers is completing today. This level of protection was based on the science of storm prediction as it existed in the 1960s. The question remains, however, whether this level of protection would be sufficient to protect the city from a category 4 or 5 hurricane today — or even a category 3 storm that lingered over the city." (Related: <a onclick="" href="http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2000/wnoflood.htm" target="_self">'Big Easy' a bowl of trouble in hurricanes</a>)

ozzie

08-31-2005, 05:10 PM

quote: One of our companies sales reps said he saw prices exceeding $5/gallon in Georgia <img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/newsig.gif" border="0" /> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." [ Theodore Roosevelt ] I'm not sure about Georgia, but there are STRICT laws on the Gulf Coast about price gouging, and there have been many gas station and convenience store owners/operators carted off in handcuffs for selling $5 bags of ice, and even citizens arrested for attempting to sell generators or any other items at inflated prices before or after a storm hits.There aren't many stations open in Mobile, or points to the west because power hasn't been restored yet, so there's been a steady line of traffic over to this side of the bay, but so far, prices are still around $2.60 or so for regular unleaded (I forget what exactly I paid yesterday) and everyone has been showing a lot of patience and cooperation.The only problem is that there is only one lane open through the tunnel (they're still pumping out water), and the extra traffic back and forth across the bay is causing huge backups.  On my way home this afternoon I saw convoy's of power company trucks from Alabama, Florida and Georgia headed west, but backed up in this mess, but the saddest thing was the HUGE convoy (30 to 50 from what I could see) of Evac Ambulances that was obviously trying to get to the Miss Coast, or possibly all the way to Louisiana.I know they're sending a few ships to the area, but most of the much needed supplies will need to be trucked in, and it's not going to be easy, and all this extra traffic on the interstates due to people in search of gas and open stores makes it worse, especially until the ground level causeway is open again.  This I expect and understand, but I'm just about ready to go Charles Bronson on the fucking sightseers pouring into the area.

Snoogans

08-31-2005, 05:40 PM

<img width="380" height="325" border="0" src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.capm10208301856.bush__capm102.jpg?x=380&y=325&sig=xlaGyc1Muc3K7iAJg1KmkA--" />He started singin Bye Bye this here New Orleans guy,parked his chevy by the levy til it floated on by,those good O G's were stealin pills to get high singin cops couldnt stop us if they tried, cops couldnt stop us if they tried  

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08-31-2005, 05:44 PM

im glad im not a Mod or i might get fired like rick delgado 

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08-31-2005, 05:51 PM

<img border="0" src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.capm10208301856.bush__capm102.jpg?x=380&y=325&sig=xlaGyc1Muc3K7iAJg1KmkA--" /> Lord I was born a Nawlins maaaaaan,tryin to get a life boat and swimming the best i canand when it all recedes then I'll hope you understand,Im a homeless Nawlins man 

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JimBeam

08-31-2005, 06:51 PM

For those of us not in the know, thats the Rick Delgado bit ?

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mdr55

08-31-2005, 06:52 PM

Jesus Christ. It's freaking Escape from New Orleans. That's crazy.

Snoogans

08-31-2005, 06:56 PM

For those of us not in the know, thats the Rick Delgado bit ? no, rick was fired from hot 97 for having something to do with that tsunami song, im not exactly sure 

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JimBeam

08-31-2005, 07:05 PM

Oh OK I remember, I didnt know that guys name.I thought the guy you were talking about was some how involved with R&F/this board.The footage on TV is crazy.I cant get through to any of my friends down in La.They've sid that pretty much any 504 areacode number is unreachableThey did have some good footage of cops slapping around some looters

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ozzie

08-31-2005, 07:05 PM

<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050901/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_homeless_saints" target="_blank">The San Antonio Saints?</a>There was already talk during the off season about the Saints wanting a new stadium deal, and threatening to move the franchise to LA or <a href="http://www.nola.com/sports/t-p/index.ssf?/base/sports-18/111596371264200.xml" target="_blank">San Antonio</a>... there's a chance they may never return to the Superdome.

TheMojoPin

08-31-2005, 08:26 PM

Alright!  Bush flew over the devastation!  We're gonna be OK!And why's everyone shocked over the looting?  Americans loot and riot over fucking sports events on a near-annual basis.

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TheMojoPin

08-31-2005, 09:00 PM

<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/" target="_blank">Read this "hurricaine blog" and scroll down to Wedensday's 4:23 PM...it's an example of some all too common stories emerging...what happened to leading by example?</a>

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FUNKMAN

08-31-2005, 09:40 PM

And why's everyone shocked over the looting? Exactly! The media has got to kill air time.  and besides, let them take all the fucking tv's they want. first off they got no electricity and second off they ain't even got a fucking house to put it in 

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A.J.

08-31-2005, 11:28 PM

And forget all the Mardi Gras madness you've seen on TV - to walk around and find the local spots with the best music and food are the times I remember best.Amen.

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A.J.

09-01-2005, 12:48 AM

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'times new roman'; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-fareast-language: en-us; mso-bidi-language: ar-sa">I wonder if The Blacksmith survived - the oldest bar in New Orleans.I thought The Absinthe House was New Orleans' oldest bar.I've heard a lot from the christian right saying New Orleans is paying for years of debauchery and g-d is wiping the "dirty city" clean...maybe their right, I dunno...this is a biblical disaster in its scope. Yeah, and as I expected the jihadist websites are celebrating the destruction saying that Allah is punishing the invaders.  Of course, what was Allah thinking when he wiped out the Muslims in Indonesia with that tsunami?  But anyway, exactly which "God" is responsible for this destruction?  Zeus?  Poseidon?  The Krakon?<img height="165" src="http://perso.wanadoo.fr/laurent.ccfg/Images/persee3.jpg" width="240" border="0" />

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09-01-2005, 02:18 AM

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"Born on the bayou! Born on the baaaaaaayou!"  or "Come on, everybody. Sing along!  'You are like a hurricane. There's calm in yer eye. . . . . " 

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Bulldogcakes

09-01-2005, 02:35 AM

Before and after satellite imagery (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/new-orleans-imagery.htm)You have to click on the pix and zoom in, or else you cant see much.  

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Hottub

09-01-2005, 05:22 AM

<a href="http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pub&dt=050901&cat=news&st=newsd8cbfmf01&src=ap" target="_blank">Thing are comepletly</a><a href="http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pub&dt=050901&cat=news&st=newsd8cbfhko0&src=ap" target="_blank">Out of control!</a>

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walking joint

09-01-2005, 05:31 AM

i was never so happy to pay $2.69 a gallon and wait 25 minutes to get gas this morning.  i feel like i really screwed them over.  and it was a Mobil.  what is weird is the Delta station across the street was empty and selling gas at over $3 a gallon.  my 40 mile commute to work is going to suck for a while.  i'm sure the price won't stay at $2.69 long.  but i may just fill it up again on my way home...probably still cost me $10-$12.

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angrymissy

09-01-2005, 05:41 AM

People are shooting at helicopters involved in the rescue operations.  Opening fire on the police precincts... this is crazy - we needed the area's National Guard THERE WHERE LOUISIANA NEEDED THEM, not in Iraq.  It's nuts that they haven't been able to stabilize the situation yet.  ROLL IN THE FUCKING NATIONAL GUARD AND START TAKING PEOPLE OUT IF YOU HAVE TO!

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Doctor Manhattan

09-01-2005, 05:42 AM

i was never so happy to pay $2.69 a gallon and wait 25 minutes to get gas this morning. <img src="http://s1.imagesubmit.com/carter01.bmp" border="0" />W is going to be the next Carter.<a href="http://www.xmradio.com/programming/channel_page.jsp?ch=202" target="_blank"><img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=skw" border="0" /></a>

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A.J.

09-01-2005, 05:49 AM

quote: People are shooting at helicopters involved in the rescue operations.  Opening fire on the police precincts... this is crazy - we needed the area's National Guard THERE WHERE LOUISIANA NEEDED THEM, not in Iraq.  It's nuts that they haven't been able to stabilize the situation yet.  ROLL IN THE FUCKING NATIONAL GUARD AND START TAKING PEOPLE OUT IF YOU HAVE TO! <img src="http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a63/angrymissy/newsig.gif" border="0" /> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." [ Theodore Roosevelt ] Gotta get permission first: The Posse Comitatus Act is a <a title="Federal law" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Federal_law">federal law</a> of the <a title="United States" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States">United States</a> (18 <a title="United States Code" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_Code">U.S.C.</a> <a title="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts search.pl?title=18&sec=1385" href="http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/ts_search.pl?title=18&sec=1385">§ 1385</a>) passed in <a title="1878" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/1878">1878</a>, after the end of <a title="Reconstruction" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Reconstruction">Reconstruction</a>, and was intended to prohibit Federal troops from supervising elections in former <a title="Confederate" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/Confederate">Confederate</a> states. It generally prohibits Federal military personnel and units of the <a title="United States National Guard" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_National_Guard">United States National Guard</a> under Federal authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within the United States, except where expressly authorized by the <a title="United States Constitution" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_Constitution">Constitution</a> or <a title="United States Congress" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_Congress">Congress</a>. The original act only referred to the <a title="United States Army" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_Army">Army</a>, but the <a title="United States Air Force" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_Air_Force">Air Force</a> was added in <a title="1956" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/1956">1956</a> and the <a title="United States Navy" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_Navy">Navy</a> and <a title="United States Marine Corps" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps">Marine Corps</a> have been included by a regulation of the <a title="United States Department of Defense" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense">Department of Defense</a>. This law is mentioned whenever it appears that the Department of Defense is interfering in domestic disturbances.There are a number of exceptions to the act. These include:<ul><li><a title="United States National Guard" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/United_States_National_Guard">National Guard</a> units while under the authority of the governor of a state; </li><li>Troops when used pursuant to the Federal authority to quell domestic violence as was the case during the <a title="1992 Los Angeles riots" href="http://www.ronfez.net/wiki/1992_Los_Angeles_riot

TheMojoPin

09-01-2005, 05:59 AM

Man, I saw this movie already...<img height="240" src="http://www.broodger.com/cvr/c030/c03012.jpg" width="240" border="0" /><img height="232" src="http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/data/movies/stills/apst10.jpg" width="432" border="0" /><img height="475" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008974J.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" width="335" border="0" />

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curtoid

09-01-2005, 07:16 AM

quote: W is going to be the next Carter. He wishes. 

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Doctor Manhattan

09-01-2005, 07:31 AM

Well, Just the Gas Line part of it.

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Heavy

09-01-2005, 08:21 AM

The fact that there is not some sort of regional combat/ security team that could have been deployed to the area within a day or so in a situation like this is just...fucking unbelievable.  I get that you cant rescue everyone quickly because you cant travel freely and theres many thousands of them, but the fact that buses are available and turned away because they felt threatened since there was no police or anyone else to stop the mob from charging them is disgusting.  Its not really that difficult to have a team with its own communications that could eliminate this shit. 

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Doctor Manhattan

09-01-2005, 08:37 AM

quote: Its not really that difficult to have a team with its own communications that could eliminate this shit.  We're a rescue team. Not assassins. <img src="http://s1.imagesubmit.com/arnold2.bmp" border="0" /><img src="http://s2.imagesubmit.com/arnold.bmp" border="0" /><img src="http://s2.imagesubmit.com/jessie.bmp" border="0" />  

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Heavy

09-01-2005, 08:38 AM

Ill tell you what, if Arnold was Gov of L.A these people would be saved already.

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Heavy

09-01-2005, 08:38 AM

Just knowing theres all these people down there that would be doing about 50 times more then they actually are makes me sick.  Youve got cops and Guard troops down there apparently but they barley doing shit for the same reasons jets circled long Island on 9-11, nobody knowing what orders to give, and in this case nobody on the ground with communication.  Im hearing here that  theres people asking the police what to do, where to go etc and the cops just say they dont know and basically are leaving people to die  on the interstate, which btw can be reached from outside the area but theres still tons of people just sitting there for days. 

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Snoogans

09-01-2005, 08:42 AM

yea he would have stole a plane and picked them up one by one while killing terrorists 

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JimBeam

09-01-2005, 08:51 AM

Wadd where would you like these police officers to tell people to go ?To some non-existent safe haven filled with air conditioning, flowing clean water and pizza ?The roads are pretty much inaccesable.Its not like the cops are cruising around writing parking tickets.For the most part they are confined to the areas where they were 2 days ago and lacking any real communication. 

I have balls !!!

angrymissy

09-01-2005, 08:56 AM

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As police and National Guard troops struggled to restore order Thursday in New Orleans, emergency teams suspended boat rescue operations because conditions in the flooded city were too dangerous, rescuers said.The instructions to stand down came during a meeting with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. CNN's Rick Sanchez reported that authorities were concerned for the rescuers' safety because some people have become violent toward the those on the boats.What the hell.  Why are people attacking rescuers?

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Heavy

09-01-2005, 09:13 AM

quote: Wadd where would you like these police officers to tell people to go ?To some non-existent safe haven filled with air conditioning, flowing clean water and pizza ?The roads are pretty much inaccesable.Its not like the cops are cruising around writing parking tickets.For the most part they are confined to the areas where they were 2 days ago and lacking any real communication.  Thats what im saying.  They would give instructions if they had they instructions to give.  No com's, exactly.   Theres no glorious place to send them, but there SHOULD be a place like that freeway i see where the buses or anything else can take them to some sort of tent city that SHOULD be setting up, or should have already been set up. EDIT:  These fires would be the last of my worries.  Let it burn down to the water line, whats the difference?  Its destroyed already.  <img src="http://scripts.cgispy.com/image.cgi?u=JohneeWadd" border="0" /> A proportionate amount of props are equally distributed to my nigga's Fluff, Alexxis, CanOfSoup15, WWFallon and Katylina HORDE KING FOREVER!!! ORACLE NEVER!!!

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Furtherman

09-01-2005, 10:12 AM

quote: quote: NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As police and National Guard troops struggled to restore order Thursday in New Orleans, emergency teams suspended boat rescue operations because conditions in the flooded city were too dangerous, rescuers said.  The instructions to stand down came during a meeting with officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. CNN's Rick Sanchez reported that authorities were concerned for the rescuers' safety because some people have become violent toward the those on the boats.  What the hell.  Why are people attacking rescuers? Human compassion WILL give way to animal instinct.  People will fight to survive - and that means it will not be beyond many persons who would kill to get on a overcrowded boat - or to take one for themselves.It will only get worse.  You won't believe some of the stories that will come out of this.  

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