[ms] · Est. May 2002
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Re: New Orleans
bart_smastard,
It was amicable of you to apologize and you have gained my respect for coming to your senses and doing so.
In return, i apologize for retaliating to your comment(s) posted on this board.
Like asdf mentioned, you have a brilliant way of articulating yourself. But this is a friendly board for the most part and not one of ignorance. Sarcasm and cynicism are truly welcome, but i just take harshly to extreme negativity.
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[quote=juouelle]Sarcasm and cynicism are truly welcome, but i just take harshly to extreme negativity.[/quote]
you're Beautiful!
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And he really means it!!!!
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[quote]point taken asdf .. i made the calous remarks b4 it built up so much power and have tried to appologise since[/quote]
no problem mate. i thank you for the apology, though it did not have a direct refliection on me. it showed your respect for this forum and the community. you did well my young Jedi.
:Bingo: x2
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[quote=evangelion]Luckily NOLA dodged a direct hit, but the towns and counties around it are not fairing as well. Flooding, damage, everything that was expected is happening, thank god not as bad as was first thought. Keep your fingers crossed for everyone in the effected area. Last I heard there was 9 dead and houses flooded up to their roofs. :shock: :shock: :shock:[/quote]
What a difference a day makes. 100 dead, widespread devastation across 3 states, a flooded city, looting. This sucks. :|
been watching CNN for the past 45 minutes... on top of the dead bodies floating around in the water that the city is pushing aside, there are snakes and alligators from the swamps swimming the waters. :cry:
crazy shit going on on CNN
[quote=picklemonkey]crazy shit going on on CNN[/quote]
Crazy shit going on everywhere over there. I can't believe some of the shit I've seen. :(
[quote=evangelion][quote=picklemonkey]crazy shit going on on CNN[/quote]
Crazy shit going on everywhere over there. I can't believe some of the shit I've seen. :([/quote]
Are you talking about the looting?
That is the kind of shit that makes me think that the human race is the lowliest form of scum inhabiting this planet.
On the other hand, I was reminded of miketpoto?s post when I say this guy saying "people need to realize that New Orleans really is a poverty-stricken city, that?s why there?s looting and that?s why folks will be even poorer now..."...or something to that effect.
in a way sure, but also proves that when the "system" that everyone comes to rely upon and (sometimes) take for granted fails and nothing is there to take it's place, well, it's every person for themself...
[quote=Kinetic]
That is the kind of shit that makes me think that the human race is the lowliest form of scum inhabiting this planet. [/quote]
umm its not like people are taking tv sets, they couldnt exactly put them anywhere safe or dry...they're looting food and shoes ( the shoes cause people are getting cut feet from all the debris they are walking over in the water). if there was no clean drinking water, you'd be breaking into the nearest 7-11 for a bottle of evian.
[quote=day_for_night]umm its not like people are taking tv sets, they couldnt exactly put them anywhere safe or dry[/quote] that's the only reason they aren't taking TVs.
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050830/ap_on_re_us/katrina_looting[/url] (thanks pel) [quote=cnn.com]Around the corner on Canal Street, the main thoroughfare in the central business district, people sloshed headlong through hip-deep water as looters ripped open the steel gates on the front of several clothing and jewelry stores.
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 store."
Looters 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.
...
One man with an armload of clothes even asked a policeman, "can I borrow your car?"[/quote] taking food or water that is already perishing to feed yourself and your children is noble. stealing jewelry, pants, and cop cars isn't.
That's madness.
[quote=day_for_night][quote=Kinetic]
That is the kind of shit that makes me think that the human race is the lowliest form of scum inhabiting this planet. [/quote]
umm its not like people are taking tv sets, they couldnt exactly put them anywhere safe or dry...they're looting food and shoes ( the shoes cause people are getting cut feet from all the debris they are walking over in the water). if there was no clean drinking water, you'd be breaking into the nearest 7-11 for a bottle of evian.[/quote]
Ummm...actually they are taking TVs....and jewlery, and shoes, and anything else they can get their hands on. :roll:
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I actually have a few friends there and they have absolutely nothing now. just imagine where you live to be completely surrounded by wather that keeps rising and there isnt really anything you can do about it. Totally sucks.. Mother nature is not to be taken lightly when it comes to storms and natural disasters... All you can do is keep these people in your thoughts and prayers in this time of need. They truly do need it.
SM
90% of New Orleans is without power. St. Tammany Parish is shut down where you can't get in or out and they estimate 80% of the structures in Slidell are now totalled. Not to mention the twin span bridge has washed away.... That isn't good.
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They've stopped evacuating the superdrome because gun shots have been fired at military vehicles. Some people are just f**ked up.
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They said on the news last night that authorities had to be taken off search and rescue duty to focus on keeping the peace because of the looters. That alone makes the looting inexcusable.
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on another post skahound wrote that this is darwinism at its finest.
[url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9156612/[/url]
shots fired at rescue helicopters.
this is gonna boil down to a battle between the gun toting raging cajun and the mutated alligators.
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It's a good thing they have 100 national guard soldiers going there. :roll:
try they need 5,000!!! wtf???
[quote=evangelion][quote=day_for_night][quote=Kinetic]
That is the kind of shit that makes me think that the human race is the lowliest form of scum inhabiting this planet. [/quote]
umm its not like people are taking tv sets, they couldnt exactly put them anywhere safe or dry...they're looting food and shoes ( the shoes cause people are getting cut feet from all the debris they are walking over in the water). if there was no clean drinking water, you'd be breaking into the nearest 7-11 for a bottle of evian.[/quote]
Ummm...actually they are taking TVs....and jewlery, and shoes, and anything else they can get their hands on. :roll:[/quote]
and what exactly would they be doing with it? putting it back at their house thats got water up to the roof?
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Good question...I'm wondering the same thing.
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I did understand WHY they are not using the Military Bases they closed last week to house the people. Most of them are like small towns with Schools & etc.Plenty of Space & the people won,t feel crowded in.
I see that Super-Dome thing is really going to be very bad.
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The up close and personal footage of the looting is absolutely unbelievable. If you don't think you are doing anything wrong, then why are you covering your face as soon as you see a camera???!!! :x
Re: New Orleans
[quote=cneill][quote=Kobe]Bart actually has a point, albeit inadvertently. How smart was it to found a major city on the gulf of Mexico that lies 10+/- ft. below sea level? [/quote]
Well, it's not as if cities have historically been just founded and built in a spot that has been evaluated and assessed for major risks in the way that a shopping mall or suburban housing development is built. Cities tend to grow over time, and that growth is fueled by natural resources and trade routes among other factors. In the case of New Orleans, it's right at the mouth of the Mississippi River, which was and is an excellent port into the "New World." Do you think the Europeans who settled there and built the city in a totally new and different environment halfway across the world from their native home could have predicted the changing global climate contributing to the increase in number and intensity of hurricanes hundreds of years into the future? Surely hurricanes were experienced in the early history of New Orleans, but obviously the benefits of the location outweighed the risk posed at the time, thus the city remained and grew into a prominent major U.S. city.
I might change your question to ask, how smart is it to move to an area now with a known history of major and relatively regular occurance of natural disaster, with no indication that the risk will diminish in the future? But even this is a poor question, as sometimes people just have to make decisions and take actions that oppose obvious safety logic for a whole host of reasons, not the least of which are financially related.[/quote]
And it took 3 pages to finally get someone to post a sensible answer. I cannot believe this. Learn your history people...it is exaclty as cneill says here: cities have mostly been built on places where there was an economical reason for existence: a river, a delta, a place with natural resourcres, you name it.
As for the wooden houses: poor people cannot afford sturdy brick houses in the first place of course, and seeing that the South of America is relativly poor in comparison to the North, that is quite obvious. Another reason I've once been given (because even in rich disaster stricken areas wooden houses make up a larger percentage than you'd imagine) is that when your house gets destroyed, a wooden one is easier to rebuild. If I lived in the hurricane zone, I'd definitely opt for a wooden house instead of a brick house I think...in some areas the risk of losing your house is just too big...