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Mayor: 200 trapped on Ninth Ward rooftops; bodies floating in Bywater
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| 02:37 PM CDT on Monday, August 29, 2005
| WWLTV
Posted on 08/29/2005 12:39:10 PM PDT by Smogger
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To: Verginius Rufus
What's equitas anyway? Horseness? "Truth and horseness to a vow"?LOL
201
posted on
08/29/2005 2:22:10 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg.)
To: MizSterious
come to good old denver colorado and you dont have to worry about anything
To: ClancyJ
>>what about the American public that chooses to live in dangerous, unstable areas and then of course lose all to the naturally occurring storms and then expect the government and the taxpayer to pay for their choice?
Can you name a single area in the US not prone to natural disasters? I can't think of one.
The Gulf and SE -- Hurricanes.
NE and Northern plains -- Blizzards, Ice storms, Hurricanes at times
Central Plains -- tornados, drought
SW -- severe drought, limited water
West Coast -- earthquakes, volcanos
Every major or minor river system in the US -- floods.
There is not a single city over 500K people that is not affected by natural disasters of one kind or another (according to 2000 census: NYC, LA, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, San Antonio, Detroit, San Jose, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Jacksonville, Columbus, Austin, Baltimore, Memphis, Milwaukee, Boston, DC, El Paso, Seattle, Denver, Nashville, Charlotte, Fort Worth, Portland, Ok City).
Time for us all to move?
203
posted on
08/29/2005 2:23:09 PM PDT
by
Betis70
(Every generation needs a new revolution)
To: PhiKapMom
If they are from the cemetary that is Landrieu's base. Candidates for the "Floater Voter" program...
204
posted on
08/29/2005 2:23:33 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(I'm gonna regret posting this...)
To: CFC__VRWC
New Orleans is a major port for entry and exit of crude oil,
There are 2 major refineries on the side which flooded, watch the prices rise at the pump$$$
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posted on
08/29/2005 2:24:07 PM PDT
by
BayouCoyote
(The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
To: seamole
um.. how about walking to a freaking shelter!
give me a break, you guys are just trying to make excuses for these people.
face it, they wanted to stay, they knew the risks, but ignored them.
To: Huck
So you think that people who are too poor to evacuate should just be left without help from anyone in law enforcement or the government?
Because that is the post I was responding to.
And if that is your attitude, I think it's despicable.
207
posted on
08/29/2005 2:25:01 PM PDT
by
Peach
(South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
To: Diddle E. Squat
208
posted on
08/29/2005 2:25:28 PM PDT
by
BayouCoyote
(The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
To: pa mom
209
posted on
08/29/2005 2:26:07 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg.)
To: Texas_Conservative2
um.. how about walking to a freaking shelter! give me a break, you guys are just trying to make excuses for these people. face it, they wanted to stay, they knew the risks, but ignored them.There were, at most, 10 shelters in the City of New Orleans. Some of the people who stayed behind did not have money to rent cars and leave. And some of the people who I watched wait to get into the Super Dome were elderly and using walkers. And you want them to WALK to the shelter? Unbelievable.
210
posted on
08/29/2005 2:26:35 PM PDT
by
Peach
(South Carolina is praying for our Gulf coast citizens.)
To: curtisgardner
Except blizzards. And, if you live a little ways out from Denver, avalanches.
211
posted on
08/29/2005 2:29:31 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
To: Peach
if they can climb onto a roof, they can walk to a shelter.
To: Veritas et equitas ad Votum
If they don't work, we don't want them in Kansas.
To: Texas_Conservative2
OK,
There IS a contest going on!
I knew it,
I knew it,
I KNEW IT!
Tell me where the website is so I can go vote! PuhLEEZE!
214
posted on
08/29/2005 2:31:44 PM PDT
by
najida
(I run with scissors and I don't play well with others.)
To: Peach
Someone suggested there is a "Jerk of the Week" contest going on, unbeknownst to us. There might be something to that, judging from some of these posts.
215
posted on
08/29/2005 2:31:45 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
To: mikrofon
Now that's funny right there, I don't care who you are.
Poor Mary, all her votes are floating out to sea! How's she going to win the next election?
To: conservativeharleyguy
"I'm pretty sure I could walk 60 miles in 3 days , if I knew there was a hurricane chasing me."
Not practical if you are starting in New Orleans. 60 miles wouldn't get you much farther than the far side of Lake Pontchartrain. You would still be dead meat. Unless you can walk faster than the hurricane is traveling, about 14 mph, trying to walk away from a hurricane is pointless.
A bicycle might be ok if you chose the right direction to travel in. If you guess wrong, you might be peddling into where it hits instead of away though.
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posted on
08/29/2005 2:33:17 PM PDT
by
monday
To: monday
Seems to be a lot more typing than thought from some of these folks.
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posted on
08/29/2005 2:35:01 PM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Now, if only we could convince them all to put on their bomb-vests and meet in Mecca...)
To: MizSterious
I'm sorry if I seem heartless... but i've been watching news reports with families taking their children to the beach to watch the hurricane come in...
I saw another report with 2 guys in the background jumping into the air seeing if they could fly !
I don't feel sorry for idiots like that, I think they should be arrested.
And I think if a police or fireman is killed trying to rescue one of these idiots who decided to have a party instead of evacuate that they should be prosecuted for murder.
To: OXENinFLA
bodies are floating in the water
I hate to be morbid, but could these be old bodies from graveyards? Unlikely. Fresh, perhaps, but not old.
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posted on
08/29/2005 2:39:37 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† || (To Libs:) You are failing to celebrate MY diversity! || Iran Azadi)
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