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City a woeful scene (New Orleans deteriorating further)
New Orleans Times-Picayune ^ | August 30, 2005 | By Brian Thevenot, Gordon Russell, Keith Spera and Doug MacCash

Posted on 08/30/2005 8:50:20 PM PDT by Dont Mention the War

City a woeful scene

Tuesday, 10:14 p.m.

[...]

Weber sat among hundreds of refugees rescued Tuesday from rooftops, attics and floating debris in the 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish by an armada of more than 100 boats. Officials from the Coast Guard estimated they pulled thousands of people off of rooftops and attics, many with stories as grim as Weber’s. Officials believed hundreds and maybe thousands more remained in peril. They declined to estimate the number of dead. That will come later.

[...]

Then, in an evening press conference, Mayor Ray Nagin announced that the already crippled city would take yet another blow: Another surge of water from the failed 17th Street Canal levee that could push an additional 10 feet of water into already waterlogged neighborhoods – and possibly flood the remaining dry sections of Uptown.

[...]

Uptown resident Keith Williams started his own security patrol, driving around in his Ford pickup with his newly purchased handgun. Earlier in the day, Williams said he had seen the body of a gunshot victim near the corner of Leonidas and Hickory streets.

"What I want to know is why we don’t have paratroopers with machine guns on every street," Williams said.

Like-minded Art Depodesta sat on the edge of a picnic table outside Cooter Brown’s Bar, a chrome shotgun at his side loaded with red shells.

"They broke into the Shell station across the street," he said. "I walked over with my 12-gauge and shot a couple into the air."

The looters scattered, but soon after, another man appeared outside the bar in a pickup truck armed with a pistol and threatened Depodesta.

"I told him, ‘Listen, I was in the Army and I will blow your ass off,’" Depodesta said. "We’ve got enough trouble with the flood."

(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: hurricanekatrina; katrina; neworleans
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To: Dont Mention the War
Some people are truly nothing more than animals.

I'm gonna buy more guns.

121 posted on 08/31/2005 8:04:02 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: TheBattman

I don't know how it works in Louisiana, but here's how it now works in Ohio:

You buy a house. If it's in a "100-year" flood plain-which means that in the last 100 years it has flooded, you must have flood insurance before you can even get your mortgage. I'd assume MOST of the city of New Orleans is in a flood plain so I'd think that at least a slight majority of people in NO would have flood insurance unless they either:

Purchased their homes years ago and never refinanced in the last 10 years

Cancelled the flood policy (which is expensive) after getting the loan.


122 posted on 08/31/2005 8:05:29 AM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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To: Kryptonite

Once again...the benefit of the Second Amendment is proven...


123 posted on 08/31/2005 8:06:10 AM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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To: RockinRight; TheBattman

Whoops-the other reason would be if their homes were paid for.


124 posted on 08/31/2005 8:07:20 AM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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To: Rutles4Ever
They failed to drop the sandbags because someone dropped the ball?

Have you read the 9/11 report? It is a fine example of the inability of bureaucracy to protect people.

Sad as it is, our cluster of a gubmint has no ability to organize and get control of situations like this. The right hand never has any clue that the left hand even exists, let alone what it might be doing.

If there is any kind of disaster in your area, you better be prepared to take care of yourself.

125 posted on 08/31/2005 8:11:48 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: SubMareener
But now scientists have made a startling discovery. It seems there's a storm brewing deep within the Earth, a storm that is weakening our vital magnetic shield.

Excuse me for being a moe-ron, but what the hell does that mean????

126 posted on 08/31/2005 8:13:43 AM PDT by teenyelliott (Soylent green should be made outta liberals...)
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To: mercy
"The government is a fu*cking joke!"

Are you competing with Cindy Shehan for attention?

127 posted on 08/31/2005 8:18:54 AM PDT by verity (Don't let your children grow up to be mainstream media maggots.)
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To: RockinRight
a "100-year" flood plain-which means that in the last 100 years it has flooded

Not to be picky, but that’s not exactly what it means. It means that the flood plain is expected to flood as the result of a ‘100-year storm’. A 100-year storm event is one that occurs, on average, every 100 years. It could be 200 years between events, or 2 years, but is expected to average every 100 years. You can also say that a 100-year storm has a 1% chance of occurring in any given year. Governments generally set a certain 24-hour rainfall total that would correspond to what a 100-year storm event is. Local municipalities usually do the same for 2-, 5-, 10-, 25-, 50-, and maybe 500-year storm events.

128 posted on 08/31/2005 8:23:31 AM PDT by tnlibertarian
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To: tnlibertarian

You're right.

Actually I was oversimplifying it...


129 posted on 08/31/2005 8:24:56 AM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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To: spunkets

Are you sure it wasn't an ACLU lawyer looking for a looter to defend?


130 posted on 08/31/2005 8:34:57 AM PDT by Bear_Slayer
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To: jocon307
Here is two fine officers distriubting DVDs to the needy.


131 posted on 08/31/2005 8:37:11 AM PDT by Bear_Slayer
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To: Bear_Slayer

Classic...


132 posted on 08/31/2005 8:41:03 AM PDT by rattrap
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To: rattrap
The morning news showed to more of NOs finest, pushing a shopping basket through a store, looting with the rest of the group. They refused to talk on camera.

Gee, I wonder why?

133 posted on 08/31/2005 8:42:55 AM PDT by Bear_Slayer
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To: Bear_Slayer

They should just wall the place off and send in Snake Pliskin.


134 posted on 08/31/2005 8:51:49 AM PDT by rattrap
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To: Bear_Slayer

Is he looting that himself...or was it confiscated from a looter? In all honesty it could have been.


135 posted on 08/31/2005 8:53:19 AM PDT by RockinRight (What part of ILLEGAL immigration do they not understand?)
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To: Dont Mention the War

The city's being wiped off the face of the earth. Reminds me of what happened to the infamous pirate capital Port Royal, Jamaica, when it was submerged in the 1700's.


136 posted on 08/31/2005 8:57:24 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: SubMareener

Which will mean what, exactly?


137 posted on 08/31/2005 9:00:05 AM PDT by kx9088
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To: FederalistPhred

Kudos to all the state governors who are mobilizing rescue and emergency response teams to send to the effected areas. (My state of PA is one. We're sending several teams from across the state, incl. a team that dealt with flooding in the western PA area last year.)


138 posted on 08/31/2005 9:03:07 AM PDT by Ciexyz (Let us always remember, the Lord is in control.)
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To: RockinRight
100s of looters are hauling of shopping carts and pallets of material goods and these fine officers are stemming the flow, by confiscating a handful of DVDs?

I doubt it.

139 posted on 08/31/2005 9:09:51 AM PDT by Bear_Slayer
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To: rightwinggoth

I read a book a few years ago titled Lucifer's Hammer, where a comet impacts earth, and much of the U.S. is flooded. Society collapses. The book's protagonist stockpiles spices, lime and ammo when he sees the comet is coming. Spices because they were the first currency, due to their preserving abilities, and lime to address dead bodies and a lack of sanitation.
New Orleans is beginning to look like a microcosm of that book.


140 posted on 08/31/2005 9:14:34 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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