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General Discussions => Spunk => Topic started by: Spacey on August 29, 2005, 12:13:45 am
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^^I heard on the radio this morning that someone in Houston used one at a strip club for beers and lap dances, though I haven\'t found anything to confirm this.
That\'s a lie! I only used it for lap dances!!
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^^I heard on the radio this morning that someone in Houston used one at a strip club for beers and lap dances, though I haven\'t found anything to confirm this.
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Retailers take a swipe at Katrina card use
Some stores across the country are refusing Red Cross-provided hurricane-relief debit cards because they do not approve of the goods being bought.
Responses have poured in since this column reported last week that the cards had been used to buy $800 handbags at the Louis Vuitton store in Atlanta.
Retailer Vicki Haniford said she has begun refusing the cards at her store in Illinois. "[Last] Saturday, I had 14 transactions go through from about six different people totaling a little over $1,000," she E-mailed. "They purchased jewelry and a TV with a DVD player. I called the Red Cross and they said unfortunately these people made bad choices when purchasing, but there was nothing they could do.
"This is totally and morally wrong," she says. "Many hard-working Americans donated money to the disaster victims so they could have food and clothing, not buy outrageous items."
Another reader told me: "My daughter works at an entertainment store in a suburban Atlanta mall. [Last Sunday], an apparent hurricane refugee came in the store and purchased a personal PlayStation and two games for a total of about $360, using a Red Cross debit card.
"They couldn\'t refuse the sale, but subsequently store policy changed. Everyone in the store was incensed, except the guy using the card, of course."
A Louis Vuitton spokeswoman did not respond to a question about whether their chain would continue to accept the distinctive white debit cards.
A Red Cross rep told me the card could be used to buy anything except alcohol, tobacco or firearms. "Once they\'re out of our hands, there\'s nothing we can do," she said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/347490p-296589c.html
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crazy stuff
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HA!
I can\'t believe this ****.
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http://search.ebay.com/bush-black-people
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the combined thoughts of a nation, summed up in five words (http://thinkprogress.org/2005/09/08/cheney-runs-into-trouble-with-the-locals/)
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Check the video at the bottom of this page... it\'s **** sickening...
http://www.zippyvideos.com/8911023771013466/countdown-looting-inwalmart
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just do a site search for puke, errr, I mean duke (sorry, old UConn loyalties surfacing there).
Leave the hate at the door, man, there is no room for that stuff, man.
<<<< Checkin out CNN.
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just saw a report of a panhandler arrested cuz cops thought was just a homeless person, as if it even matter, their both in the same boat. no pun intended.
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just do a site search for puke, errr, I mean duke (sorry, old UConn loyalties surfacing there).
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did you see the CNN story bout those 3 kids from Duke that faked press credentials and drove down to NO to check the disaster zone out w/ their own eyes?
That I did not. But, every American should be allowed to see the devastation with their own eyes.
the video is on cnn.com
I will take a look then. It should be interesting.
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did you see the CNN story bout those 3 kids from Duke that faked press credentials and drove down to NO to check the disaster zone out w/ their own eyes?
That I did not. But, every American should be allowed to see the devastation with their own eyes.
the video is on cnn.com
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how about the report on the news that barbara bush made some kinda comment that the Astrodome is gonna be a life upgrade for folks used to living in poverty.
I did hear that.
I guess her reasoning is such, if they are black then they must be poor.
The entire Bush family are a bunch a ignorants.
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how about the report on the news that barbara bush made some kinda comment that the Astrodome is gonna be a life upgrade for folks used to living in poverty.
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did you see the CNN story bout those 3 kids from Duke that faked press credentials and drove down to NO to check the disaster zone out w/ their own eyes?
That I did not. But, every American should be allowed to see the devastation with their own eyes.
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Bush and Cheney are the coolest. Man you gotta respect folks who can make jokes at times like these, and carry on their personal business like nothing is happening. They are just sooooo coool.....
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did you see the CNN story bout those 3 kids from Duke that faked press credentials and drove down to NO to check the disaster zone out w/ their own eyes?
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Can\'t let this thread die quite yet. Hear is an interview with Vice President Dick Cheney from CNN. Watch this video or listen to the audio. A couple of points that need to get across.
1) Dick Cheney stayed on vacation in Wyoming while this disaster escalated.
2) He makes a joke of someone, who is very disturbed and pissed off, that tells him to "Go **** Yourself, Mr. Cheney"
3) Halliburton (Cheney\'s company) gets to lead clean up in New Orleans. All without a bid. Most times a company has to bid for a government job, stand procedures. Like in Iraq, this is a multimillion dollar job.
What more do the powers that be have to do to the American people before we wake up and realize we are being ****? Something isn\'t right in Washington, unlike all the previous Presidents who had the heart to cover up ther scandels, these fuckers do us in the ass and kiss us goodbye. Maybe, the country will wake up and take back what is ours. Either that or we sit hear and let this place become Russia in the 1800s.
http://toolz.blogs.com/
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/09/08.html
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So the Superdome is to be destroyed. Wow. They say it is of no use now and it would be safer to rebuild than repair it.
I look at the Superdome as a cematary. Flith has surrounded that place. I think it is in the best interest to destroy and rebuild. An interesting fact about the Superdome is that it is believed to be plagued by misfortune. It was built on an ancient Voodoo burial ground. Something to ponder.
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Don\'t have much news to report from Houston other than the fact that there are tons of cars w/ Louisiana plates in the parking lot of my hotel... and I think I saw a woman washing clothes last night in the pool...?
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One of my girlfriends said she was watching Oprah today...she went to the Superdome and the conditions were horrific. There were still dead bodies around that hadn\'t been cleaned up, there was urine and **** everywhere, etc.
Good job. Good job.
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So the Superdome is to be destroyed. Wow. They say it is of no use now and it would be safer to rebuild than repair it.
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The Banditos said it best:
"Everybody knows that the world is full of stupid people..."
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^^^amen.
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Kayne West should be Booed everywhere he goes..
Kayne west<<<<<< boo this man
correct
Interesting little column here about Kayne West.
Kanye West and President Bush
So rapper Kanye West (search) says President Bush doesn\'t care about black people. CBS contributor Nancy Giles, on her segment on CBS\' "Sunday Morning" program, agrees.
In her "What If They Were White?" commentary, Giles said, "If the majority of the hardest hit victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were white people, they would not have gone for days without food and water, forcing many to steal for mere survival."
I?ll agree on this: Our national response was the worst display of American might we have ever seen. But I will not submit to the accusation that that lack of response was a race issue.
God, I hope it wasn\'t a race issue.
While West did participate in "A Concert for Hurricane Relief" on Friday night, has he spent a few of his own dollars to make things better? Has Giles?
It\'s easy for West to throw hate around on national television, but his peers Jay-Z and P-Diddy donated $1 million to the relief effort.
Rev. Al Sharpton is in Houston assuring the incoming victims of the hurricane are getting the proper care needed to get through this ordeal.
Magic Johnson invests in the poorest of black communities with his Magic Johnson theaters, and Derek Jeter\'s Turn2 foundation focuses on education in the same neighborhoods.
I?d like to know whether the finger-pointers are doing more than pointing fingers.
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Kayne West should be Booed everywhere he goes..
Kayne west<<<<<< boo this man
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And Kanye West might be the biggest idiot I\'ve ever heard speak.
This is so true. I think this guy is trying to start something he has no control of. Someone should shoot him..:thumbsdow That right throw some racism in there to stir things up. What an ass....
I hate when people do this kind of ****. Reverse the role. A white guy says something like that in reference to say, Jesse Jackson. What would happen. A rapper says it, and nothing is even heard about it.
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And Kanye West might be the biggest idiot I\'ve ever heard speak.
This is so true. I think this guy is trying to start something he has no control of. Someone should shoot him..:thumbsdow That right throw some racism in there to stir things up. What an ass....
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Most of the people that are refusing to leave are located in mostly unaffected parts of the city, due to higher elevations. They feel that they have enough food and water to not be forced to leave all of their belongings and their home to go to places that are not safe for anyone(i.e. the holding areas for people left w/o homes). With the stories of **** and gunfire and looting...who would want to leave their home.
Hopefully president Bush can find a pile of rubble to stand on and yell false-promises to people(again!). He really is doing a SUPERB job!
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I understand that now there is another problem with people who are refusing to leave the city... the mayor was (evidently) mis-quoted earlier when it was reported that he was going to cut off food / water / supplies from those who refuse to leave.... civil rights groups freaked out... IMO, if you do not take the free ride you are being offered out of the city, you SHOULD be left to fend for yourself... cut off... how **** stupid do you have to be to stay there???
And Kanye West might be the biggest idiot I\'ve ever heard speak.
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in the constitution it says that if we believe the government is not doing what it was put in place to do, it is not only our right, but our duty to revolt and put a new government in place.
This is very true. However, people are to materialistic these days. If it doesn\'t affect them know, then why worry. A lot in this country has to change. First, the American people need to get of their asses and take back what is rightfully ours, this country.
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this thread was dropping too low, so I\'m bumping it w/ what else... more NY times content:
"the undermining of FEMA began as soon as President Bush took office. Instead of choosing a professional with expertise in responses to disaster to head the agency, Mr. Bush appointed Joseph Allbaugh, a close political confidant. Mr. Allbaugh quickly began trying to scale back some of FEMA\'s preparedness programs.
You might have expected the administration to reconsider its hostility to emergency preparedness after 9/11 - after all, emergency management is as important in the aftermath of a terrorist attack as it is following a natural disaster. As many people have noticed, the failed response to Katrina shows that we are less ready to cope with a terrorist attack today than we were four years ago.
But the downgrading of FEMA continued, with the appointment of Michael Brown as Mr. Allbaugh\'s successor.
Mr. Brown had no obvious qualifications, other than having been Mr. Allbaugh\'s college roommate. But Mr. Brown was made deputy director of FEMA; The Boston Herald reports that he was forced out of his previous job, overseeing horse shows. And when Mr. Allbaugh left, Mr. Brown became the agency\'s director. The raw cronyism of that appointment showed the contempt the administration felt for the agency; one can only imagine the effects on staff morale."
I\'m officially addicted to OP/ED writer Paul Krugman
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President Bush is really on top of all this. Thank GOD we this country re-elected such a strong president. I just hope it didn\'t ruin his vacation plans too much...with all he\'s done for the economy/world outlook of US/price of oil(and other means of energy/families of the service men killed in his Daddy\'s war...he really needed one.
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in the constitution it says that if we believe the government is not doing what it was put in place to do, it is not only our right, but our duty to revolt and put a new government in place.
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These people are civil servants but they act more like a ruling elite. A government "by the people, for the people" is not how I would describe this administration.
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Good article.
If Brown from FEMA doesn\'t fired or someone loses their job over this tragic lack of response and ignorance then there is something definitely wrong in this administration. "Michael Brown, the blithering idiot in charge of FEMA - a job he trained for by running something called the International Arabian Horse Association", like many in this administration, he is underqualified for this job. Training horses=Competent for Emergency Disasters
I personally think that this is enough from this lame-duck president and that we as a country should get back our self respect and impeach this idiot and his following of incompetent morans. We as American people have let the Federal government boss us around to long and delplete our sense of pride and honor. We have become to self infatuated with gaining financial success, driving a BMW or making sure no one touches are things. We have forgot that the real reason why we live. It isn\'t to make millions and snub your nose at those around you who don\'t. It is about living in harmony with earth and your fellow man. If I have learned anything from this presidents administration, it is how blind we have become and how out of touch we are with the world and life.
I\'m glad to start seeing the media fire questions of doubt at these people, all except for Fox. If we lose the respect of the world, then we are in dire straits. Living in a powerful modern day empire, we all should know remember that even Rome eventually fell.
Favorite quote from this article is:
Who are we if we can\'t take care of our own?
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Key word=empathy, and lack thereof.
Unites Sates of Shame (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/03/opinion/03dowd.html?ex=1126670400&en=08aa7a388decff1d&ei=5070&emc=eta1)
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If they payed enough I might think about it......
Tso Liang\'s restaurant in town pays good money for strays.
Good to know...By by kitty
one of the only owners of a socially defunct cat
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If they payed enough I might think about it......
Tso Liang\'s restaurant in town pays good money for strays.
Good to know...By by kitty
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If they payed enough I might think about it......
Tso Liang\'s restaurant in town pays good money for strays.
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If they payed enough I might think about it......
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One of my professors sent me a link to a web blog hosted by someone that is in NO, it has some pretty crazy stuff on it, including eyewitness accounts about what is going on. The link is http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/ if anyone is interested.
Also, I know most people are donating to help the people, but the animals need help, too! I dontated some to both. A lot of people that were able to get there pets out of the city were not allowed to take them with them to the shelters they were going to so they had to drop them off at animal shelters that were already overloaded and filled to capacity. Plus, people are going around and rescuing people, but they won\'t let them take their pets. I donated to the NSAL, they are using the money to rescue animals and feed those that are in overcroweded shelters. Here is the link: http://www.nsalamerica.org/
:D This is something that i\'m sure was overlooked.You\'r good people....
says the man who gave his cat to the chinese restaurant in town.
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One of my professors sent me a link to a web blog hosted by someone that is in NO, it has some pretty crazy stuff on it, including eyewitness accounts about what is going on. The link is http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/ if anyone is interested.
Also, I know most people are donating to help the people, but the animals need help, too! I dontated some to both. A lot of people that were able to get there pets out of the city were not allowed to take them with them to the shelters they were going to so they had to drop them off at animal shelters that were already overloaded and filled to capacity. Plus, people are going around and rescuing people, but they won\'t let them take their pets. I donated to the NSAL, they are using the money to rescue animals and feed those that are in overcroweded shelters. Here is the link: http://www.nsalamerica.org/
:D This is something that i\'m sure was overlooked.You\'r good people....
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Good looks, Cori.
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One of my professors sent me a link to a web blog hosted by someone that is in NO, it has some pretty crazy stuff on it, including eyewitness accounts about what is going on. The link is http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/ if anyone is interested.
Also, I know most people are donating to help the people, but the animals need help, too! I dontated some to both. A lot of people that were able to get there pets out of the city were not allowed to take them with them to the shelters they were going to so they had to drop them off at animal shelters that were already overloaded and filled to capacity. Plus, people are going around and rescuing people, but they won\'t let them take their pets. I donated to the NSAL, they are using the money to rescue animals and feed those that are in overcroweded shelters. Here is the link: http://www.nsalamerica.org/
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I f\'in love that Kayne West clip. I don\'t know anything about his music, but I may go and buy some of his stuff tomorrow. He\'s got Meyers thrown for a loop. Mike\'s got no idea what to do or say.
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Through the lens ... George Bush meets survivors during his tour of the disaster area.
Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu has branded US President George Bush\'s visit to New Orleans a mere photo opportunity, and slammed his Government\'s response to the hurricane tragedy.
Landrieu rebuked Bush for failing to heed her call to name a cabinet-level official to lead the Federal Government response to the one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
"Perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street Levee," said Landrieu, a Democrat.
"Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe.
"Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a presidential photo opportunity.
"The desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment.
"The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast - black and white, rich and poor, young and old - deserve far better from their national government."
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The White House responded to Landrieu\'s call yesterday by saying that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) falls under the oversight of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who is of cabinet rank.
Bush, who was criticised in some quarters over what critics said was a tardy federal response to the tragedy, has taken a much more personal role in the relief effort over the past few days.
After touring areas of New Orleans and Mississippi yesterday, the White House announced that the president would return to the affected area the day after tomorrow.
After meeting with senior aides steering the response to the killer storm, Bush announced today he was sending 7,000 regular army troops from battle-hardened units to the area.
Un real
Bush Photo OP Link (http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bush-tour-a-photo-op-says-senator/2005/09/04/1125772395413.html#)
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Through the lens ... George Bush meets survivors during his tour of the disaster area.
Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu has branded US President George Bush\'s visit to New Orleans a mere photo opportunity, and slammed his Government\'s response to the hurricane tragedy.
Landrieu rebuked Bush for failing to heed her call to name a cabinet-level official to lead the Federal Government response to the one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
"Perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street Levee," said Landrieu, a Democrat.
"Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe.
"Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a presidential photo opportunity.
"The desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment.
"The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast - black and white, rich and poor, young and old - deserve far better from their national government."
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The White House responded to Landrieu\'s call yesterday by saying that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) falls under the oversight of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who is of cabinet rank.
Bush, who was criticised in some quarters over what critics said was a tardy federal response to the tragedy, has taken a much more personal role in the relief effort over the past few days.
After touring areas of New Orleans and Mississippi yesterday, the White House announced that the president would return to the affected area the day after tomorrow.
After meeting with senior aides steering the response to the killer storm, Bush announced today he was sending 7,000 regular army troops from battle-hardened units to the area.
Bush Photo OP Link (http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bush-tour-a-photo-op-says-senator/2005/09/04/1125772395413.html#)
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that ****\'s crazy.. dont know what to say. part of me just wants to laugh my ass off because of kanye\'s final comment, "George Bush doesn\'t care about black people." his delivery is ridiculously entertaining. i just watched it 4 times in a row and still cant help but laugh. im also ripped.
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Who\'s idea was it to build a medium sized American city below sea level anyways. Not only that but several years ago, they decided to build all these floating casinos and such in Mississippi to attempt to bring in more tax revenue. We all see the result of that. I heard someone they were interviewing on CNN last night (his name and title escape me). The governement is more intersted in spending money on projects that have a quicker solution opposed to spending many years making a levee more fullproof. Back in the hurricane that hit down there in the 60s they were supposed to fix everything then by 1975. Here we sit in 2005 and have to look at this. This whole situation just frustrates me so much.
The history of New Orleans dates back to the Spanish and French in the early 1700\'s. This was a town where sailors could come to trade and not have to make a huge voyage up the river. At the base of the Mississippi, it was a great place for trading and everything floats down river. New Orleans is also built on swamp lands. The first levee was built back in the 1700\'s, the French knew it. We knew it too. It has been reported that Bush took money from FEMA to use on Iraq.
This is just a reminder how outdated a lot of our government priorites are.
Here is a link I found on another message board that I think is a great summary of the way some people feel.
Kayne West on NBC (http://media.putfile.com/Kanye79)
Discuss....
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Who\'s idea was it to build a medium sized American city below sea level anyways. Not only that but several years ago, they decided to build all these floating casinos and such in Mississippi to attempt to bring in more tax revenue. We all see the result of that. I heard someone they were interviewing on CNN last night (his name and title escape me). The governement is more intersted in spending money on projects that have a quicker solution opposed to spending many years making a levee more fullproof. Back in the hurricane that hit down there in the 60s they were supposed to fix everything then by 1975. Here we sit in 2005 and have to look at this. This whole situation just frustrates me so much.
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That is a legit photo.
Bush wanted to sing a few songs. I believe he sang here, When the Levee Breaks or was it the House of Rising Sun.
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Tiger Sharks? Where you gettin\' your info? Some other crooked hat wearin\' board?
supposedly CNN mentioned it.
Said they have come down stream and over where the levee broke.
The sharks also have laser attached to their heads.
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No words can describe this picture........(weird)
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Bush could **** up a wet dream...
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said so perfectly Mark, nothing more can be added.
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I leave you today and for the weekend with one final article. Krugman puts things so much clearer than I, maybe thats why he\'s getting paid by the Times...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/opinion/02krugman.html
Billy ya beat me to it. This one says it all. How Bush can look at himself in the mirror is beyond me. Even through all of this, he still has that stupid smirk on his face. The man has no empathy whatsoever. If I had the chance I would slap his lying two faced face. The biggest tragedy of all is this never had to happen. Impeachment proceedings need to begin ASAP. God this makes me so sick.
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Here is why people blame Bush, whether or not it has anything to really do with him, the public peoples mind span last only a few years. Thus, because all this **** is happening during the Bush administration he will get the blame. Rightful or not. You also need to remember that a vast majority of the public doesn\'t care about who is responsible they just want someone to blame. Not everyone is educated enough to look back in time and get answers to the problems of today. Most people care about now, not then.
And I agree with you that Clinton is somewhat responsible for the lack of fundage, but Bush apparently had cut back more funding to make room for the war fund.
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You can\'t only blame Bush, a news report this morning mentioned that Clinton was just as guilty of not delivering the funds.
Still though, I\'m with you guys in the belief that something about this relief effort seems uncoordinated.
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Slimpickens - Enjoy your vacation.
Peace
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I leave you today and for the weekend with one final article. Krugman puts things so much clearer than I, maybe thats why he\'s getting paid by the Times...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/02/opinion/02krugman.html
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In addition to Bush turning a shoulder on the flood project, I found this an interesting read considering he did such. This has been predicted to happen to the city no less than 3 years ago.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050902/ts_nm/weather_katrina_criticism_dc
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What I don\'t understand is why we seemed so unprepared for this. I know that anyone watching the weather for the week leading up to the Hurricane knew that it was going to hit and hit hard, yet we seemed completely shocked when it actually hit.
Seems like there is no communication between Washington, New Orleans/Mississippi and the relief effort.
I\'d say 2 pretty major reasons that this has gone from the worst storm to hit the US in decades to the most horrific disasters since 9/11:
1. Bush cut the SELA (Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood Control project) more than 80% over the last 2 years. This funding was used to sure up the continually sinking levee system in Louisiana. I wonder what he needed that money for?
The fact that Bush has the balls to go on TV yesterday and say that nobody expected the levee\'s to get breeched, when the mayor of NO has been screaming about it for the last 2 years is a bold faced lie.
2. The former director of FEMA is quoted in todays Times saying that the majority of funding that FEMA was receiving dried up in 2004... hmmm, I wonder what that money was used for?
After the Tsunami\'s in SE Asia, FEMA targeted NO as the #1 hot spot of US vulnerability to a natural disaster. They began to run exercises in how to deal with a large scale hurricaine hitting the gulf coast, but that ended when their budget dried.
You let an incompetent boob drive your car, don\'t be shocked when he wrecks it.
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Tiger Sharks? Where you gettin\' your info? Some other crooked hat wearin\' board?
supposedly CNN mentioned it.
Said they have come down stream and over where the levee broke.
The sharks also have laser attached to their heads.
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Tiger Sharks? Where you gettin\' your info? Some other crooked hat wearin\' board?
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and it would look great for the community and fanbase.
you won\'t see any other rock group put up a donation with those numbers.
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It would be a great excuse to get Phish back together for a 4 day run. I would go.
As would (quick math if outdoor venues say 50,000 a show?) 200,000 others.
200k x say $50 a ticket = $10,000,000 minus whatever costs. Bang, easily biggest donation from an individual group.
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It would be a great excuse to get Phish back together for a 4 day run. I would go.
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He sounds very honest in that statement. My suggestion, though it may be ridiculed by this board. Reform Phish. Do a brief 4 show run, all profit going to the relief fund. Fans can\'t really get upset at them, in my opinion, if its a charity run for the good of humanity. BUT, seeing as everyone is greedy in their own way I don\'t see this happening. However, a multi-artist relief concert is going to happen, probably sooner or later.
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We have the strongest military in the world...and there are people running around waving guns. No that\'s not supose to happen...I don\'t know who the scapgoat here is? I\'m pretty much confused on this whole thing now...
This is because almost ALL of our military is stationed in Iraq. All of our resources are thousands of miles away.
What I don\'t understand is why we seemed so unprepared for this. I know that anyone watching the weather for the week leading up to the Hurricane knew that it was going to hit and hit hard, yet we seemed completely shocked when it actually hit.
Seems like there is no communication between Washington, New Orleans/Mississippi and the relief effort.
from treyanastasio.com
September 1
When I woke up this morning and saw what has happened to New Orleans, I don\'t really have words to describe the sadness. My first thought, of course, was concern for the families of all of my friends...Tony Hall\'s wife and children, The Superfly family, the Dumpstaphunk guys and their families, Cyril, the Dirty Dozen guys, Sunpie, Ivan and everyone from the SuperJam?Nicholas Payton-who I met in NY when he played on my CD?Russell Batiste and all of his family, the Nevilles, and all the good people I met at Jazzfest. I could just go on and on and on?and this led to my second thought - there probably isn\'t a musician alive who isn\'t thinking the same thing right now....because every musician has musical connections to New Orleans; because it\'s not just the birthplace of American music, but over the years it\'s maintained its place as The Source of American music. You want to learn how to groove? Go to New Orleans. I saw Bootsy at Tips once?it was the slowest, loudest music I\'ve ever experienced...or Rebirth at The Maple Leaf in the Eighties....once I was at a party at my friend Rob\'s house and Doc Cheatam showed up. This is New Orleans...the center of American music. We used to talk in Phish about "the Hose"...well New Orleans is where it was plugged In. New Orleans is in trouble, so music itself is in trouble...anything we can all do now to help is crucial...if you love music, please do whatever you can.
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I\'m going to send it all in on 9/10. This will give people a chance to give me cash at the Lion\'s Den show on 9/9 if they would like.
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How long will the matching offer extend?
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We have the strongest military in the world...and there are people running around waving guns.
Sounds like a certain middle-eastern country I know. It\'s funny with the army. They train to kill and avoid being killed. Maybe they train a little bit on how to keep desperate non-combatants in order, but I have strong doubts as to how good they are at this. But that\'s their mission in both Iraq and New Orleans. It\'s been 17 months and Iraq is anything but orderly. I wonder how New Orleans will turn out.
Again, everyone should donate something. (Like...now.) If you would like to have your donation doubled, paypal it to terrapinwolf@hotmail.com and I will send it in via Boston Beer Company, who will match it.
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I think they need some better coordination down in Washington (though it\'s easy for me to say).
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We have the strongest military in the world...and there are people running around waving guns. No that\'s not supose to happen...I don\'t know who the scapgoat here is? I\'m pretty much confused on this whole thing now...
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Since most of these people did not have proper insurance, I guess they start where they are right now. Pissed off, homeless and broke.
Good point
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Since most of these people did not have proper insurance, I guess they start where they are right now. Pissed off, homeless and broke.
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I could not emagine. Where do you start after everything you own is gone?
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That\'s what I heard too.
Mississippi, I guess, many small towns have been wiped out of existence.
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someone has to step up in the aftermath
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams) is doubling all employee donations. If you would like your contribution doubled, paypal it to me by 9/8 at terrapinwolf@hotmail.com and I will donate it through the company\'s fund so it can be doubled.
Does anyone know anything about how bad Mississippi has gotten it? I heard that a few towns have been lost completely, mostly the ones in the direct hurricane path.
I only know what I read and see pictures of, but Mississippi seems to have it the worst. In New Orleans, the buildings are flooded and being looted. In the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, there are no buildings.
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Hurricane Gloria, 1986
CT
:hscratch: what about it? Though I was only 5ish I dont remember it being all that destructive, my house and garage were still standing, no significant trees came down. Which is saying alot since my garage has been on its last leg for about 40 years. My father prays a good severe thunderstorm storm will take it down every time there is a chance. Anyway, Gloria was 19 years ago, we haven\'t been hit with a significant \'cane since. we are long overdue
This is what i\'m saying. We are long overdue for a ser storm. I think it will happen sooner than later
Taking food, water, needed items, is ok in this situation... it\'s the ones that are taking non-essential items that I have a problem with.
I agree, it\'s the people who are robbing other people in their homes at gunpoint that is my issue. I feel each and every one of these criminals should be drowned in the flood waters.
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I guess NBC is suppose to run a telethon for the victims of New Orleans yet, outside of the radio New Orleans talent, they won\'t give any other New Orleans musicians any time on stage.
http://www.petitiononline.com/NOMusic/petition.html
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havent heard that one yet spacey?
maybe some of hte profits from moe.down will go to help those whose lives have be devasted. someone has to step up in the aftermath
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anyone confirm that there are now supposedly Tiger Sharks swimming in the streets of New Orleans?
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when they go beyond the line of desperation (which IMO they are just at), things will change. They will realize that they need help. Either that or they what till the water levels off and starts to recede.
I am sure that the casinos have secured their money.
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I say let them live in the disaster they all knew New Orleans was capable of being, may be a few days in filth will make them smarten up.
If the destruction of this storm hasn\'t deterred them from acting like a-holes, then nothing will.
I wonder if the casinos in Mississippi removed all of the coins and cash prior to abandoning the riverboat casinos. If not, I\'m sure we can count on the looters making some explorations of the remaining premises.
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Here is one of my favorite images out there. For one reason or another, this one has stuck in my head. I first saw it one the news and everytime I think about the destruction of Katrina, it brings me back to this photo. This is not the best photo of the scene but what is happening in the photo kinda sums up how much New Orleans is in turmoil.
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Orleans Parish prisoners are evacuated from the floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
The prisioners from the prisons down there were forced to spend their time after the hurricane on a bridge. Where they sat for hours/days.
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they\'re shooting at rescuers because they feel like they\'re being abandoned. The people organizing the bus runs wouldn\'t let folks on the buses unless they were already being housed at the Superdom. A couple gun cracks have changed their story. Now everyone gets to go. I say bravo to the guntotting. Makin\' **** happen! I hope when Bush tours there tomorrow, they have the same attitude!
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Some good articles that tell what is happening down there.
Reuters - Katrina Aftermath (http://reuters.myway.com//article/20050901/2005-09-01T153801Z_01_HO481242_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-WEATHER-KATRINA-DC.html)
AP - Unrest in the Superdome (http://apnews.myway.com//article/20050901/D8CBI6503.html)
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I was down there for a week in 2002 and after seeing some of the filth that populates that city, maybe this is just the cleansing it needs....
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It appears now that the rescue effort in No\'leans has been called off due to people shooting at rescuers and "acting in a violent manner". unreal....if thats the case...let those **** animals die down there.....
People are stupid. It is sad because there are probably some people who really need help and won\'t be able to get it because some wiseasses are shooting at rescuers. I mean really, think about, why would you shoot someone coming to help you? I say let them live in the disaster they all knew New Orleans was capable of being, may be a few days in filth will make them smarten up.
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It appears now that the rescue effort in No\'leans has been called off due to people shooting at rescuers and "acting in a violent manner". unreal....if thats the case...let those **** animals die down there.....
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I\'m psyched to go to Houston this week. Maybe I\'ll go hang out at the Astrodom and get shot by some pissed off homeless drug addict!! They had to temporarily stop the busing of refugee\'s because of gun fire.
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The Mayor of New Orleans is fearinf thousands dead. They also are saying that if people are dead in the water and they can not reverse the flood water, that they waters are now a haven for disease to spread. With the sun beating down all day, it will surely create a disgusting medical problem.
Does anyone know anything about how bad Mississippi has gotten it? I heard that a few towns have been lost completely, mostly the ones in the direct hurricane path.
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Well if Katrina doesn\'t have you completely depressed and you don\'t think you can hate G.W.B. any more, don\'t read the front article on this website:
http://www.bushwatch.com
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Hurricane Gloria, 1986
CT
I don\'t know what you\'re trying to say, but please don\'t tell me you\'re drawing comparisons bewteen the two storms, please.
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Hurricane Gloria, 1986
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:hscratch: what about it? Though I was only 5ish I dont remember it being all that destructive, my house and garage were still standing, no significant trees came down. Which is saying alot since my garage has been on its last leg for about 40 years. My father prays a good severe thunderstorm storm will take it down every time there is a chance. Anyway, Gloria was 19 years ago, we haven\'t been hit with a significant \'cane since. we are long overdue
Taking food, water, needed items, is ok in this situation... it\'s the ones that are taking non-essential items that I have a problem with.
I agree, it\'s the people who are robbing other people in their homes at gunpoint that is my issue. I feel each and every one of these criminals should be drowned in the flood waters.
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Hurricane Gloria, 1986
CT
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all the good **** prolly just paste by now, unless the bottles are submergible. also all those dead bodies basically makes nawlins a big ganges river eh
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I just hope he doesn\'t start hittin the Oxy\'s again....
wonder if people are hittin up them empty pharmacies? scag trade\'s gotta be crippled in NO.
also, i dont know if anyone talked about this earlier, but ive been watchin the news, it looks like i whole city is **** up, i havent seen ONE dog or cat wading paddling out of the water in any of the coverage?? so many pets must have drowned in this thing, **** up.
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Taking food, water, needed items, is ok in this situation... it\'s the ones that are taking non-essential items that I have a problem with.
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Agreed. This is a **** crisis down there. If chain companies begin to complain, they should be put down. Just shows how inhuman they are. Most of these companies will be given tax exemptions, or given right offs. Most of them are insured against this kind of damage. If anyone has enough money it is Sam Walton.
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I heard that police are allowing the looters to take food items along with clothes and shoes that fit. I\'m sure Wal-Mart is a profitable enough organization and will survive!
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The looting thing is wierd. Certainly those who loot jewelry and guns and Heinekens obviously have malicious intent. I think 95% of looters do have malicious intent. But some of these people are going into grocery stores and taking food and diapers, things they need to get by. What would you have them do? Leave money on the counter that a cashier can pick up later? Sit patiently outside for 6 weeks until the store opens again? They\'re already 48 hours in with no food. I see nothing wrong with taking food, especially from a chain grocery store, and I think the chain should be happy to write off the taken food as a donation to disaster relief.
You have a point there Wolf. I see no harm in looting food from a Chain Grocery Store in a situation as dire as this. Some may say why are these folk even in town in an evacuated city. The thing is they probably were unable to evacuate due to factors like no money so no transportation out, or a family member unable to be moved etc... My point is survival is priority #1 and food seems to be one thing they can grab control over by looting as shelter is probably a bit harder to come by in 12 ft standing water everywhere. Hopefully the law will look the other way in these instances.
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For those with an appetite for destruction, Yahoo is once again serving up the best pictures, while cnn.com has some good videos of looting, rescues, and I-10.
The looting thing is wierd. Certainly those who loot jewelry and guns and Heinekens obviously have malicious intent. I think 95% of looters do have malicious intent. But some of these people are going into grocery stores and taking food and diapers, things they need to get by. What would you have them do? Leave money on the counter that a cashier can pick up later? Sit patiently outside for 6 weeks until the store opens again? They\'re already 48 hours in with no food. I see nothing wrong with taking food, especially from a chain grocery store, and I think the chain should be happy to write off the taken food as a donation to disaster relief.
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Children\'s Hospital? good god...
There is a state of martial law in much of New Orleans now.
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A giant new Wal-Mart in New Orleans was looted, and the entire gun collection was taken, The Times-Picayune newspaper reported. "There are gangs of armed men in the city moving around the city," said Ebbert, the city\'s homeland security chief. Also, looters tried to break into Children\'s Hospital, the governor\'s office said.
Not only do they have to deal with looting, but now its gonna be a tiny war between looters and police. Absolutely disgusting behavior.
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I just hope he doesn\'t start hittin the Oxy\'s again....
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And now come to find out.....
Brett Favre\'s parents/family is trapped in their attic in Mississippi.....
I heard that his family house was destroyed.
Favre always seems to get life\'s worst when his family is involved.
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And now come to find out.....
Brett Favre\'s parents/family is trapped in their attic in Mississippi.....
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The looting is already pretty bad. There have also been a few shootings.
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This is like watching a horror movie...only this time, it\'s a documentary. I\'ve never been to New Orleans, and was actually planning a Mardi Gras trip with some college friends this year. Looks like that won\'t be happening for a long time.
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I am watching the news now..... I thought No\'leans may have dodged a bullet by having the heart of the storm past more eastward than originally expected, but after seeing the flooding, I would have to say that the city is pretty much ****.....
I am curious to see what the French Quarter is looking like. It doesnt seem that the news is focusing on any part of the "tourist-centric" areas of the city. I know walking down Charles St, there is store after store and gallery after gallery of antiques, jewlery, amazing art, and other quite expensive trinkets and such....I hope those shopkeepers emptied their places of the merchandise in preparation for the storm.....
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And 638 people died in a stampede (a stampede!) at a religious gathering in Iraq, which may be more than died in the hurricane. Is it just me or is the world plummeting into total chaos?
BTW chalk that stampede up to today\'s reason why RELIGION IS STUPID. No religion, no stampede.
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Yes the more I watch the more it likes like the city has been pretty much destroyed... As of last night it was 80% under water.
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In all honesty, I am a believer of global warming, I just hope that the past few summers have opened the eyes of those whose eyes need to be opened.
I hope I am not the only one who has noticed this trend the last few years. Summers have been getting much hotter and humid. Hurricanes are getting stronger and stronger and there seems to be more of them every year. In my opinion the northeast is DUE for a big one, and I feel it may happen this hurricane season or next. In the past few years or so, as far as I can recall, any hurricane that has even remotely looked like it would make landfall in the northeast has lost strength due to the water temperature on its way up here. This summer was, I think, was one of the hottest on record, which means that water temperatures up here are warmer at this point than they have been in the last decade. (remember I have no factual evidence for this, I am basing my own assumption). I am sure everyone watches the news and is up to date with the weather, but keep an eye out for a big one hitting new england pretty hard. . .
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with everyone from NO out of town and chaos insuing, there is going to be a ton of looting... sure enough he was right... people are looting in broad daylight...
i was watching the news last night and they had two female COPS on video looting at a department store and are asking people to call in and identify them. **** despicable.
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Caption of the day:
Jill Nicholson of Gulfport, Miss., shakes her head as she walks past the President Casino barge Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005, in Biloxi, Miss. The barge was ripped from its safety mooring by Hurricane Katrina, Monday and floated about a half mile, across U.S. Highway 90, finally beaching itself on top of a Holiday Inn Express.
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Still alive down here... we got off relatively easy... tons of wind (gusts up to 75mph), but very little rain. New Orleans is absolutely screwed. Initial damage estimates are $25 BILLION... Judging by the aerial views I\'ve seen, I will be shocked if the death toll is not in the thousands.
Also, as you may know, NO is home to many seedy characters... very high crime rate... yesterday, one of my co-workers who went to school in NO @ Tulane said.... hmmm, with everyone from NO out of town and chaos insuing, there is going to be a ton of looting... sure enough he was right... people are looting in broad daylight... I saw one pic of a guy leaving a store carrying 2 or 3 cases of Heineken while wading through waist deep water. The authorities need to send the National Guard out there with instructions to shoot on site anyone caught looting.
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and to think that if this storm which covered like 3 states hit a mere 50 miles to the west of where it did, we would have probably lost, completely, one of the most amazing cities in this country\'s history.
After being under water for the next month, it may be lost anyway :(
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and to think that if this storm which covered like 3 states hit a mere 50 miles to the west of where it did, we would have probably lost, completely, one of the most amazing cities in this country\'s history.
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thanks for the links leith.....gonna make my donation, remember even the smallest donations make a difference
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this is quite possibly one of the worst natural disasters to occur in the us...**** is getting scary!!! i feel so bad for those peopel and seriously cannot get away from the tv (like 911 all over again). one of the saddest things i have seen so far are the sealions from the new orleans aquarium that got washed all over the place-i think there are somewhere around 20 of them missing :( also, there is a tornado watch/severe weather warning for my side of town through the evening..eek
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good looks Leith
yeah well once i donated I got to thinking since there was a thread here why not put some links. Links make it ez for people to donate ya know?
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My old man just got finished fighting the insurance company from a hurrican that did damage to our house last year.
We were building our addition on our house, just as we finished framing it out, this damn hurricane, which by the time it reached CT was a tropical depression, but still dumped loads of rain, made our house a land yaht....
this happend right after the dining room/kitchen (which is below the addition) just had fresh sheet rock layed in both rooms..
just for the record.....you lay a FLOOR....you HANG sheetrock. now back to your regularly scheduled program.
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good looks Leith
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If you want to make a donation to help these folk out here are a few places you can go. :)
http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/
http://www.feedthechildren.org/site/PageServer?pagename=usw_hurricane_katrina
To help prevent fraud you can go to the link below to check on the charity you are thinking of donating to.
http://www.give.org/
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I\'m just upset that were getting hit with all the rain and humidity from this thing. I do feel for all the people down there. I mean, imagine you leave your house on an evacuation and when its all over you have nowhere to go because your house is under water. Does this water have anywhere to go? I think i would shaat my pants if this was to happen to me.........
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80% of New Orleans is covered in water. Levee was breached.
Really fuct video here:
CNN Video (http://javascript:cnnVideo(\'play\',\'/video/us/2005/08/30/zarrella.katrina.new.orleans.cnn\');)
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My old man just got finished fighting the insurance company from a hurrican that did damage to our house last year.
We were building our addition on our house, just as we finished framing it out, this damn hurricane, which by the time it reached CT was a tropical depression, but still dumped loads of rain, made our house a land yaht....
this happend right after the dining room/kitchen (which is below the addition) just had fresh sheet rock layed in both rooms..
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I believe there is another storm directly behind it that is a tropical depression. Either way, New Orleans will probably be in the high millions for damages, let alone insurance costs.
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It\'s now down to a category 1 which is supposed to be good, i guess, but it still looks like hell...
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The weather channel was showing pictures today and it looked pretty bad. I think that were supposted to get rain up here(CT) on wednesday. But that can change at any time, i mean come on it\'s the weather.
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Marcial... its great to hear that you and the wife and the serpents are out of harms way.....
hope to see you soon....
gencs
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I\'m in Birmingham (North Central AL), basically on the far east side of the storm\'s current projected path. We have been hit by Ivan in 2004 and Dennis this past June... we lost power for several days with both of these storms (luckily we have a generator) and my next door neighbor had a huge tree (24\'\' diameter trunk) fall on his house during Dennis. Things are still relatively calm at the moment, but the **** is supposed to hit the fan around 4 or 5 pm. Even though New Orleans didn\'t get a direct hit, there will still be major damage... from what I\'ve heard around here, there have been many buildings knocked down already.
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"if it keeps on raining....the levee\'s gonna break"
Weather Channel was showing footage of the hurricane with Zepplins, When the Leveee Breaks in the back ground.
if it gets worse I wonder if they will call upon Donovan\'s Atlantis????
It\'s possible.
I read a year ago how the weather channel has updated all the music on the channel. They wanted to play more contempory music, hence the multiple Phish tunes in elavator music sound. There was a quote from an elderly women on 65-70 years old, who called up the station to tell them how pleased she was to hear Phish\'s YEM being played, she had no idea what YEM, Phish was.
So anything is possible.
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"if it keeps on raining....the levee\'s gonna break"
Weather Channel was showing footage of the hurricane with Zepplins, When the Leveee Breaks in the back ground.
if it gets worse I wonder if they will call upon Donovan\'s Atlantis????
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"if it keeps on raining....the levee\'s gonna break"
Weather Channel was showing footage of the hurricane with Zepplins, When the Leveee Breaks in the back ground.
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"if it keeps on raining....the levee\'s gonna break"
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Not as bad as I thought they would get it. It still is pretty destructive. I would wait till the end of the week to really assess any damge in New Orleans. More rain would be catastrophic. I guess a levee has broke and water in some spots are as high as 12 feet.
Still more to come throughout the day. But this storm is hitting parts of the south much harder.
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it appears that new orleans has dodged a bullet though.... the worst part of the storm is the northeast quadrant which is reigning terror west of no\'leans in mississippi......
either way, i am sure the whole gulf coast is pretty much **** by the time its all said and done
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http://Katrina Tears Off Parts of Superdome\'s Roof (http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20050829100109990009)
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The news last night said the surge may be just as bad, if not worse, than the tidle wave tsunami thingamajig. And seeing as though New orleans is 70% under sea level they were saying the city would be flooded under 20+ feet of water.
Not sure how much of this Marcial is gonna get of this, seeing as I don\'t know what part of \'Bama he is in, but the projected path is soaring through half of the state tomorrow morning. That said, Marcial, if you\'re in its path I hope all is safe and sound for you and your family during its passing. We\'ll all be praying for ya. And if its not in your neck of the woods, well, watch out for those tornados stemming off the outskirts anyway.
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I have heard something like 30ft storm surges......
I can see no\'leans easily being sucked into the gulf of mexico the same way a heady mind-eraser is sucked into my skull at Richters on wednesday nights...
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absolutely..
wonder if greg noll is heading out to sea with a surfboard.
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I\'m interested in seeing what comes of this. If Katrina hits hard first and the storm following hits moderate, they will be completely devasted. If you think of how old the city is, the construction and dates of those buildings, the Voodoo religion and the Creole culture, some scary **** is going through all of those peoples minds. Some of those houses have been in families for 5 generations, since the city was first developed. It really will be tragic if the city is completely destroyed.
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damn shame..
im gonna watch and wait.
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I was hoping that Hurricane Katrina would delay the VMA\'s.
speaking of which, this thing is looking like it might completely **** up new orleans people... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9063708/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9063708/)
I am glad I got to visit Noleans back in October 2002 because there is a good chance that this poor poor city will not exist come tomorrow......
good look mamalaka...
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Has anyone else been following the news about Hurricane Katrina and her most destructive, powerful and unforgivable winds?
This may be the most destructive hurricane to touch land in U.S. history. The Mayor of New Orleans, was quoted as saying, "he has come to that fact the New Orleans will be completely destroyed." I read an article that online that said, if New Orleans gets the brunt of it, there will be corpses in the street, all of the cemetaries are below sea level.
A hurricane in 1722 almost wiped out the city completely, forcing the city to rebuild. New Orleans in 1788 was almost lost again, with the historic event, the Great Fire on Good Friday, March 21. Another fire burnt the city in 1794.
Amatuer Radio of Katrina (http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2005/08/25/1/?nc=1)
Rueters (http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=9488139&src=rss/topNews)
weather.com (http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/?from=wxcenter_news)
NASA Images of Katrina (http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/h2005_katrina.html)
Storm is projected to hit land late tonight/early morning.
Winds are some powerful that everything will be completely destroyed. This is a tragic historical event occuring. Literally, life for so many in Louisiana is about to change forever. For a city that is no stranger to being out of control, with such a unique and rich history, this will be amazing to see what occurs. My thoughts go out to all those down there.. "Tropical Depression 13" is closely behind Katrina. Could make for a 1-2 punch KO.