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Katrina Live Thread, Part XIII
Various ^ | 1 September 2005 | Various

Posted on 09/01/2005 3:46:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse

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To: gpapa

Not to be picky but won't the Comfort arrive too late to be of help?

People will be gone from NO by 9/10.


2,061 posted on 09/01/2005 9:18:10 PM PDT by ClancyJ (Life is a God-given inalienable right to all Americans - not just the chosen ones.)
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To: Marak
You can't leave bulldozed homes as fill, because lumber is inherently unstable and will settle quickly. Adding more fill to raise the level of the city above sea level would be such a monumental operation (I think I remember seeing an estimate that more than a billion cubic yards of fill would be needed) that it would be very impractical. At 30 cubic yards per truckload, that would be more than 33.3 million truckloads. At 1,000 truckloads per day (that's a huge operation), it would take 91 years just to bring in all that fill.
2,062 posted on 09/01/2005 9:18:20 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: Howlin

"Hurricane Katrina was STILL in the state of Mississippi at 1.m. Wednesday morning, just moving into Tennessee!

Now, were they suppose to fly/drive into a hurricane to help the people who refused to leave?"

Hey, I think you should get a prize for that! Great point!



2,063 posted on 09/01/2005 9:18:26 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: Arizona Carolyn
I originally heard that the Astrodome was to take 20k which I knew was ridiculous. Then tonight I heard they had 5K and it looked pretty full to me. Then the buses were turned away--this is beyond comprehension.

Does anyone know what the heck happened on the overshoot on the # that could be taken?

2,064 posted on 09/01/2005 9:18:28 PM PDT by Tarheel ( Murphy's law #21--Internet flame wars are started by two cats who did not like their supper.)
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To: Peach

Some elderly man was taken off a bus in bad condition. Then there was a death in the Dome. I don't know if it's the same guy. But I gather the buses aren't air conditioned. Those poor folks...the heat and stench must be enough to cripple most of us.
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The heat, the stench, THE INCONVENIENCE is why we will not see any of the well dressed and clean shaven tv liberal spin meisters anywhere near the south!

Ted Koppel is a national disgrace after I witnessed him ridicule the FEMA director. Poor Ted, still living in Alice and Wonderland where all one has to do is WAVE A MAGIC WAND and all will be right again. Koppel is another out of touch liberal shouting from his ivory tower. The Koppels of America (ignorantly) assume that one human being like our FEMA director can swoop into New Orleans and all the other surrounding cities and towns as if he were SUPERMAN, scoop up 100,000 people into his bulging biceps and carry all of them to safety. Don't forget to throw in the assortment of cats, dogs and 3 forgotten dolphins in some unknown hotel swimming pool.

HEY TED KOPPEL, until I personally see YOU make a physical effort to lend a helping hand in a Katrina relief convoy, STFU! YOU and your ilk are a crippling trickle effect on America. It's so easy to sit in your nice new $500.00 dollar suit, clean shaven and point your manicured finger at those who are ACTUALLY MAKING A "PHYSICAL" EFFORT to come to the aid of the hurricane displaced, not to mention this country is still recovering from other natural disasters in other states with little sleep to go on. Sleep tight Ted, ya jerk.



2,065 posted on 09/01/2005 9:18:42 PM PDT by SunnySide (Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
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To: Ingtar
I must ask myself some questions. How can the same society, living in the same circumstances cause such different sorts of behavior? If we believe the more modernisitic view, they have the same environment, social status and circumstances. Why are they not all Clarence Thomases or looters?

A couple of hundred opportunistic rats are an emberassment to the thousands of folks rescuing their neighbors, and standing patiently in line waiting for some assistance. Of course the opportunistic rats do make a sensational news story so you really goto go with the rats at the top of the hour.

2,066 posted on 09/01/2005 9:19:00 PM PDT by Smogger
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To: NautiNurse

Again,

Why is it so logistically hard to load up some C-130's with water and food, and parachute it in by the Super Dome? They can get the supplies from Walmart, Publix, Kroger etc... Just clear a little area where the choppers land. I use to see it in the military we would drop vehicles, artillery. Why can't we do food?

Perhaps we are just looking at the efficiency of Government, and it does not matter how much taxes you pay. Oh one more point I am sure the terrorist are taking notes...


2,067 posted on 09/01/2005 9:19:35 PM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Tarheel

The Fire Marshall happened.

This always happens in Texas. They come in and lay down the law.


2,068 posted on 09/01/2005 9:19:42 PM PDT by ClancyJ (Life is a God-given inalienable right to all Americans - not just the chosen ones.)
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

Yeah annex Louisiana into Texas. Half of the Population is headed there anyway.


2,069 posted on 09/01/2005 9:19:58 PM PDT by samantha (Cheer up, the adults are in charge.)
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To: Will_Zurmacht

Any where with a water supply I'd say! Get em out and spread em out.


2,070 posted on 09/01/2005 9:20:06 PM PDT by SolomoninSouthDakota (Daschle is gone.)
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To: Tarheel

Never been tried before and one thing to use numbers, another to see bodies.


2,071 posted on 09/01/2005 9:20:24 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: ARealMothersSonForever

well, Hawaii wants to bail out of the US also, so it can be the 48 star flag


2,072 posted on 09/01/2005 9:21:12 PM PDT by BurbankKarl (u)
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To: SunnySide

You forgot his $200 haircut.

Nice rant, though. I couldn't agree more with you about the obnoxious Koppel.


2,073 posted on 09/01/2005 9:21:54 PM PDT by Deo volente
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To: NautiNurse; Petronski

I saw it stated earlier that San Antonio and Dallas were taking people too.


2,074 posted on 09/01/2005 9:21:59 PM PDT by Pyro7480 (Dies irae, dies illa....Rex tremendae majestatis, qui salvandos salvas gratis, salva me!)
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To: NautiNurse
Some news about aid getting through to Mississippi: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1475337/posts
2,075 posted on 09/01/2005 9:22:15 PM PDT by snowsislander
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To: JFC

what did the FEMA director say?

our side had better start getting tough in their responses to this, the DNC fax machine has been in overdrive tonight, all the MSM media pinheads (and a few of the cable ones too) are plugged into the script.


2,076 posted on 09/01/2005 9:23:11 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: SunnySide

Just dawned on me. If the people die in Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma they can keep from counting them as hurricane victims... especially if the coronor lists the death as heart attack, etc.


2,077 posted on 09/01/2005 9:23:15 PM PDT by Arizona Carolyn
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To: NautiNurse

San Antonio's open, but there's an element of "winging it" to this whole op.


2,078 posted on 09/01/2005 9:23:34 PM PDT by jeffers
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To: hipaatwo
Second, the NO police force is second only to the mafia in corruption

Is there really much corruption in the Mafia? I thought they ran a pretty tight ship. It's a criminal enterprise, to be sure, but I would expect that its members are by and large faithful to those they're supposed to serve.

2,079 posted on 09/01/2005 9:23:36 PM PDT by supercat (Don't fix blame--FIX THE PROBLEM.)
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To: Sprite518
Why is it so logistically hard to load up some C-130's with water and food, and parachute it in by the Super Dome?

Don't forget the TP and the plastic bags...

2,080 posted on 09/01/2005 9:24:20 PM PDT by easonc52
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