wtf moron? that happened last night...where have u been no0b?riddla wrote:The levee of Lake Pontchartrain just broke a few hours ago. New Orleans is slowly flooding, will pretty much flood the entire city. But of course, according to Goof, no big deal.
How come none of you are talking about the hugeass hurricane
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Sorry to bring politics into this, but I'm compelled to point out that this is yet another area where Bush is mismanaging the country's funds and actively screwing people out things they need.
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there are many more than that dead. that's just the number that are confirmed...there are areas that haven't been explored fully, that can't be yet...pete wrote:GE my friend.Freakaloin wrote:i told ya it wasn't gonna be as bad as everyone was saying...
I am really surprised to see there are just around 100 people dead.
But imagine one of them is a member of your family, Your sister, brother mother father.
One is too many.
I pray for all of you.
Pete
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It remind me a thing like after the vietnam.tnf wrote:there are many more than that dead. that's just the number that are confirmed...there are areas that haven't been explored fully, that can't be yet...pete wrote:GE my friend.Freakaloin wrote:i told ya it wasn't gonna be as bad as everyone was saying...
I am really surprised to see there are just around 100 people dead.
But imagine one of them is a member of your family, Your sister, brother mother father.
One is too many.
I pray for all of you.
Pete
Many soldiers died...CC 19 YO. Unbeliveable. The younger in here might not know about it unless they 've learned it at school or read about it...The approximate age of all the soldiers was 19YO.
May be some of you in here lived it ...Sorry to recall.
What I wanted to get at is that...For many of the people who where living in NO, It could be a bit of the same to experiment for years to come just different.
Like when they will hear of a tropical storm coming many may over exagerated the inside fear of it coming.
Pete
BTW They've rescued approx 3000 people today from the floods.
What's wrong with this picture?
That there was plenty of time to evacuate, and adequate help and alternatives given. MORE than enough times it was stressed that this was a very serious hurricane..
..and still 3000 plus people stay behind. At a guess, 10,000?
The superdome there holds 100,000 at full capacity. The authorities geared up to fill the place... yet only about 10,000 showed up.
The rest of the world can't help people being complete fucking dumbasses, kids.
What's wrong with this picture?
That there was plenty of time to evacuate, and adequate help and alternatives given. MORE than enough times it was stressed that this was a very serious hurricane..
..and still 3000 plus people stay behind. At a guess, 10,000?
The superdome there holds 100,000 at full capacity. The authorities geared up to fill the place... yet only about 10,000 showed up.
The rest of the world can't help people being complete fucking dumbasses, kids.
"Maybe you have some bird ideas. Maybe that’s the best you can do."
― Terry A. Davis
― Terry A. Davis
To be fair, I'm sure there were some people who didn't have the means to get out of the city. And homeless people might not even be able to make it to the superdome.
But I still have to agree with you - there are way too many people who just don't seem to have enough common sense to survive. If you can tell your asshole from a hole in the ground, you should be able to decide that the path of a category 5 hurricane probably isn't the best location to shack up.
Like tnf said earlier - in some situations, we're just witnessing survival of the fittest in action.
But I still have to agree with you - there are way too many people who just don't seem to have enough common sense to survive. If you can tell your asshole from a hole in the ground, you should be able to decide that the path of a category 5 hurricane probably isn't the best location to shack up.
Like tnf said earlier - in some situations, we're just witnessing survival of the fittest in action.
Holy shit, this sounds like it's going to get really bad down there soon unless some drastic action is taken:
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is "very upset" that an attempt to fix the breach in the levee at the 17th Street canal has failed, and he said the challenges that the city is facing have "escalated to another level."
"The sandbagging that we had hoped would happen didn't materialize today, so the water continued to rise at that particular location," he said.
In an exclusive interview with WDSU anchor Norman Robinson, Nagin said the rising water has caused the generators to stop operating because the water got too high. Due to that, Nagin said he's been advised by the head technician at the sewage and water board that water in the east bank area of Orleans and Jefferson parishes will rise to levels equal to Lake Pontchartrain.
"It's going to rise to 3 feet above seal level. For example, St. Charles Avenue is 6 feet below sea level, there will most likely be 9 feet of water on St. Charles Avenue," Nagin said.
Also, if residents are in a part of city that is 10 feet below sea level, Nagin said the levels will probably rise to 13 feet of water.
He said the "bowl is now filling up" and the entire city will soon be underwater.
Nagin said the sandbagging was scheduled for midday, but the Blackhawk helicopters needed to help did not show up. He said the sandbags were ready and all the helicopter had to do was "show up." He said after his afternoon helicopter tour of the city, he was assured that officials had a plan and a timeline to drop the sandbags on the levee breach.
He said he was told that the helicopters may have been diverted to rescue about 1,000 people in a church, but he is still not sure who gave the order.
He advised people still trapped in New Orleans to evacuate to the west bank area if they can safely get there.
"If they can't, (they should) seek higher ground," the mayor said.
He said the water that is flowing out of the breach, which is about a 2-block breach at the 17th Street canal, will continue to flow "unimpeded at an accelerated level within 12 to 15 hours."
Nagin said the water will continue to rise overnight, making it very difficult for anyone to evacuate safely, including the thousands who have sought refuge in the Superdome.
"We're also shutting down City Hall because our generators will most likely get flooded, and that could be another challenge that the Superdome has," Nagin said.
He said right now, he doesn't have a solution for the estimated 15,000 evacuees in the Superdome.
The mayor said his 8- to 10-week timeline for recovery is now pushed back four weeks due to the delay in repairing the break.
Nagin also said that currently there is no martial law in the city of New Orleans, but he may order it on Wednesday.
http://www.wdsu.com/weather/4917809/detail.html
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is "very upset" that an attempt to fix the breach in the levee at the 17th Street canal has failed, and he said the challenges that the city is facing have "escalated to another level."
"The sandbagging that we had hoped would happen didn't materialize today, so the water continued to rise at that particular location," he said.
In an exclusive interview with WDSU anchor Norman Robinson, Nagin said the rising water has caused the generators to stop operating because the water got too high. Due to that, Nagin said he's been advised by the head technician at the sewage and water board that water in the east bank area of Orleans and Jefferson parishes will rise to levels equal to Lake Pontchartrain.
"It's going to rise to 3 feet above seal level. For example, St. Charles Avenue is 6 feet below sea level, there will most likely be 9 feet of water on St. Charles Avenue," Nagin said.
Also, if residents are in a part of city that is 10 feet below sea level, Nagin said the levels will probably rise to 13 feet of water.
He said the "bowl is now filling up" and the entire city will soon be underwater.
Nagin said the sandbagging was scheduled for midday, but the Blackhawk helicopters needed to help did not show up. He said the sandbags were ready and all the helicopter had to do was "show up." He said after his afternoon helicopter tour of the city, he was assured that officials had a plan and a timeline to drop the sandbags on the levee breach.
He said he was told that the helicopters may have been diverted to rescue about 1,000 people in a church, but he is still not sure who gave the order.
He advised people still trapped in New Orleans to evacuate to the west bank area if they can safely get there.
"If they can't, (they should) seek higher ground," the mayor said.
He said the water that is flowing out of the breach, which is about a 2-block breach at the 17th Street canal, will continue to flow "unimpeded at an accelerated level within 12 to 15 hours."
Nagin said the water will continue to rise overnight, making it very difficult for anyone to evacuate safely, including the thousands who have sought refuge in the Superdome.
"We're also shutting down City Hall because our generators will most likely get flooded, and that could be another challenge that the Superdome has," Nagin said.
He said right now, he doesn't have a solution for the estimated 15,000 evacuees in the Superdome.
The mayor said his 8- to 10-week timeline for recovery is now pushed back four weeks due to the delay in repairing the break.
Nagin also said that currently there is no martial law in the city of New Orleans, but he may order it on Wednesday.
http://www.wdsu.com/weather/4917809/detail.html
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jesus..bush's wars may have really kept the levees from being fixed...since our priority seems to be the iraqi ppl over our own citizens...new orleans is lost?!?!
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/08 ... te-mr.html
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/08 ... te-mr.html
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...
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do u realize that the whole cuntry and much of the world is fucked? 5th largest port in the world out of commision...staggering!
http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/8/31/55553/3220#readmore
http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/8/31/55553/3220#readmore
a defining attribute of a government is that it has a monopoly on the legitimate exercise of violence...
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oh and if it hasn't been posted already, http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/ -- blog of someone running InterNIC right now.
edit: no seriously, the city's been assraped, but they still have webservers running. personally, i find that purely amazing.
edit: no seriously, the city's been assraped, but they still have webservers running. personally, i find that purely amazing.
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