How come none of you are talking about the hugeass hurricane

Post by **Maiden** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:26 am

farad wrote:...hmmm...I'm 60 miles north of New Orleans...maybe I should straighten up for a day or two...

heh, was thinking bout you and scottyD

good luck.

oh and have fun at work for the next 6 weeks

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:26 am

Seems quite irrelevent to this hurricane anyway. odd that it seems to be getting turned into another us vs the world style debate.

Have something on topic, local news!
http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/ ... s=livenoad

Post by **Dave** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:36 am

Nightshade wrote:
seremtan wrote:
Foo wrote: Cheers. Confirms the highest total but lowest as a percentage.
USA: total $ 2004 = $18,999,000,000; % GNP = 0.16
EU nations listed: total $ 2004 = $42,920,000,000; % GNP (mean) = 0.46

yeah

Yes, I'm aware of the percentages, but you're also overlooking American military spending. Prior to Bush et al coming along and fucking up the entire planet, American military spending on humanitarian operations was far and away higher than the rest of the world. Now I'm sure that's changed, and the world fucking hates the US thanks to the assholes in Washington.

In fact, we used that military machine for tsunami relief (much to the chagrin of the EU). I wonder if that was included in the monetary figure of aid we gave.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/carrieraid.asp

Post by **Hannibal** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:47 am

Foo wrote:Seems quite irrelevent to this hurricane anyway. odd that it seems to be getting turned into another us vs the world style debate.

Has someone brought WWII into this yet? I'm sure someone can make a comparison re: WHOSE BALLS WERE BIGGER IN WWII type deal. It seems to be the 'go to' angle for many (retarded) folks.

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:48 am

*berp*

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:56 am

So hows your roof tiles, Floridian?

Anyhoo, I think the worst problem is everywhere north of New Orleans... I mean is the hurricane going to die out as soon as it gets over New Orleans? Surely not... and the media is focusing solely on New Orleans and people north of there might be caught unprepared.

amirite?

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:59 am

Hmm. watching the news reports on WWL and according to one of the interviewees, the only media points in NO are the superdome fiber link and the WWL satellite link, and the superdome fiber is down.

There must be some other news stations out there...

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:01 am

Foo wrote:So hows your roof tiles, Floridian?

Anyhoo, I think the worst problem is everywhere north of New Orleans... I mean is the hurricane going to die out as soon as it gets over New Orleans? Surely not... and the media is focusing solely on New Orleans and people north of there might be caught unprepared.

amirite?

I'm in south Palm Beach county which was predicted to get fucked but the storm took a dive south and went over my new office and by my mom's house. My mom went without power for 2 days but that was it. It did some damage, especially for a Catergory 1 storm but it was pretty weak for us.

Pray for the people in Louisiana though because a Category 5 storm is no laughing matter. There's going to be ALOT of deaths.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:03 am

BT's house is going to get proper fucked

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:03 am

Dave wrote:BT's house is going to get proper fucked

Karma is a bitch.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:04 am

Am I sick for taking so much interest?

I genuinely wish I was over in the US to watch this storm from a closer point. Not the center obviously, but on the edges.

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:06 am

No you don't. My brother chased the storms with his Discovery Channel friends and filmed it. It is no laughing matter and nothing to take lightly.

Just for this category 1 storm (Katrina) we had three deaths just from debris (mainly trees) falling on people, cars, etc... and killing them. For a category five storm coming at me, I'm leaving down and I've never left town for a storm to date and I've lived in Florida almost 30 years. I've lived through the worst and have seen the worst.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:08 am

I was with my uncle watching a tornado smash a grain bin. He was in 'Nam, so it must have been like being out on ambush for him.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:08 am

Still searching around for decent webcams. At the moment the best option is the WWL news feed.

I think that'll go down some time tomorrow, not sure what I'll be watching on after that.

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:11 am

Here's some stuff from Hurricane Charlie that slaughtered my brother's neck of the woods. His friend "Mark Rackley" who also films for MTV (Wild Boyz and Jackass) and Discovery Channel (Manny Puig, the shark guy) did some storm chasing.
http://lightningboy.com/charley/

Edit: Here's Frances footage which my brother helped film. They all came here on the way up to Vero Beach and we hung out for a bit.

http://lightningboy.com/frances/index.htm

Post by **farad** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:18 am

Maiden wrote: heh, was thinking bout you and scottyD

good luck.

oh and have fun at work for the next 6 weeks

...yea I've gotta be onsite with OEP in about 6 hours...I'll probably be there for about 40+ hours coordinating storm recovery then at our System Operations Center for the next several days...Scotty is working till about 6 am...

...oh btw...hi... 8)

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:33 am

Found this quote: "our local grocery store was rushed as people prepared for hurricane katrina. i thought it would be interesting to see what items disappeared the fastest. the isles that were empty were the bottled water aisle, meat aisle, potato chip isle, and beer aisle were the ones that were basically empty by 4 p.m. sunday, august 28, 2005."

Beer aisle emptied. ROFL.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:34 am

I'm guessing this is i10 at around 5PM this afternoon:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbove/38064115/

Post by **Dave** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:36 am

This is the party capital of the US we're talking about

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:42 am

Apparently even the french quarter is completely closed down. And I mean completely.

Post by **Tsakali** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:48 am

Foo wrote:I'm guessing this is i10 at around 5PM this afternoon:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenbove/38064115/

it wasn't that bad earlier today, people should know better than wait for the last minute to leave the area.

Post by **raw** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:49 am

Foo wrote:Found this quote: "our local grocery store was rushed as people prepared for hurricane katrina. i thought it would be interesting to see what items disappeared the fastest. the isles that were empty were the bottled water aisle, meat aisle, potato chip isle, and beer aisle were the ones that were basically empty by 4 p.m. sunday, august 28, 2005."

Beer aisle emptied. ROFL.

Canned foods, water, and batteries are ALWAYS the first to go.

Post by **Maiden** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:52 am

one of the talking heads just guaranteed that 70% of the city will be underwater this time tomorrow.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:54 am

I can fly around in google earth and see a lot of the high-rise buildings which might come down or sustain major damage.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:56 am

foo can't wait for people to die