New Orleans

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[asdf_admin]

Re: New Orleans

bart_smastardm ... not a brick house, nor a metal house will protect you. 175 winds are not the problem. it is the things flying at you at 175 that are the problem.

stay safe guys. she looks ugly.

[evangelion]

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I went through about 4 or 5 hurricanes last year and it defintely sucks ass - but it's nowhere near to this level...

I hear you on that one man. The strongest one we went through last year was Jeanne, and Katrina is WAAAAAY worse. I'm trying to stay optimistic, but this does not look good. Could we really lose an entire US city??


I hope everyone who can seek shelter has. If any [mn]ers are in NO, please seek shelter ASAP. But even now it might be too late. I've got a feeling tomorrow is going to be a very dark day. :?




And to you bart_smastard...fuck off asshole. Don't talk shit, then back pedal as fast as you can as soon as someone calls you out on it. No one gives a shit about your culture right now. Many people could die and many homes are going to be lost. Show some fucking respect, dipshit.

[superdave]

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That storm is really scary. Hopefully it dies out to a category 4 like some are thinking before it hits.

The flooding the storm surge creates will be what's bad for New Orleans more so than the wind. They're estimating a nearly 30 foot storm surge that will put most of New Orleans under water. So, it doesn't matter what your home is built out of if you're under water.

[clintlove]

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We are very worried, I don't think I'll sleep tonight.

[bart_smastard]

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i back peddeld because when i read the first few posts made the hurricane was only a category one which is still an evil bugger .but after watching the news and seeing what a bohemouth it's turning into iv'e taken the subject a lil more seriously and and i genuinely fear for the ppl who will be in the path of this thing .. and i'll admit when i'm wrong

[Hambrecht]

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"So, imagine you're the poor person who decides not to evacuate: Your house will disintegrate around you. The best you'll be able to do is hang on to a light pole, and while you're hanging on, the fire ants from all the mounds -- of which there is two per yard on average -- will clamber up that same pole. And, eventually, the fire ants will win."

[Kobe]

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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?

The worst case scenarios are pretty grim, weeks of flooding with all types of chemicals and waste material which has nowhere to go. NO apparently has all above ground cemeteries as well; if the city floods all the human remains are expected to be mixed in with the other debris

No matter how severe NO gets hit, they are saying the evacuation has ceased production in oil refineries in the area (25% of our gas comes from there) so gas prices are expect to spike even further

[chuckc]

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and for those killed in these storms i have nothing but sympathy it's the developers who are responsible for not creating a safer home . but maybe the goverment should intoduce a law to make homes a lil more stormproof "i don't know " i'll repeat " i don't know " .. it's just when u see the news stations broadcasting it's always homes i wouldn't camp in that get demolished . and back to defending myself again against those 3 posts, faults are easy to find perfection is unatainable but common sense is supposed to be common

no comment,

[rewing3]

Good Luck to everyone in the Big Easy. I hope your safe and well.

[picklemonkey]

you guys are all douches. the next time a tornado comes your way, or an equake happens in your city, or a tsunami hits your city (along with 20 other countries), or a forrest fire happens near your town, or a volcano erupts 20 miles from your house, or your city suffers from a long drought period, I'll start reiterating how stupid you were for living in tornado alley/near an inactive fault line/near a coast/near the forrest/near a dormant volcano/away from a major water source. give it a break guys, it's a fucking natural disaster, and it's not anybody's fault. if someone can actually manage to find a home away from all these naturally-occuring events, they have terrorists/murderers/rapists/general dumbasses roaming the streets.

[Kinetic]

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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?

So what you?re saying is that Holland, for example, shouldn?t exist?

And California lies on top of the San Adreas faultline, so people shouldn?t live there?

And my city, Lisbon...it lies on a faultline too, and it?s common scientific knowledge that sooner or later a big quake will happen...should we all get the fuck out of here right now?

Anyway, I only realized how huge this was when I saw all our TV newscasts opening with news about this. Also, our newspapers had this as the big headline this morning...the last time something happening inside the US territory got this much coverage was the 9/11 attacks.

As such, I hope any and all MN?ers living in the region are alright, my thoughts and best wishes are with you at this moment. The images they?re showing us on TV are truly frightening.

[daveman]

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you have the ass end of the Mississippi river and a town that is already under water level. mix that with raw sewage from the sewers and toxic overflows from plastic companies and power plants. add swampland creatures like aligators. you got yourself some yummy gumbo.

[umlaut]

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Ok heres a little question .. Why the fuck do people live in wooden houses and trailers slap bang in the middle where hurricanes hit hardest ?.. Always puzzles the fuck out of me that one.

when they show the aftermath once the storms gone by u don't see the people in brick houses crying on the camera

Man i'm not even American and you're a fuckin' dumbass. You give MANCHESTER such a bad name. Every comment you spread on this board is fuckin' negative and you sound like you were born straight from the sewers you live in. You should be listening to boy George and not PROG because your a ego centric taint eater. Come to Seoul and i'll show you a brick or two.

Sorry MOD's for stooping to this level, but i don't feel i'm alone on this.

damn! that was harsh reply. In anycase, I hope whoever decided to stay back and deal with the Cat-4 Hurricane survive

[bart_smastard]

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okay here is me defending the way i think again . but also backing it up with substance . my house was opposite a park we got around 150 under 18's decending on it at weekends . the problems eased off a lil because even the police are fed up of the crime and violence it has created and have started to crack down on them . howeva myself and my neighbours were too intimidated to walk to the shop at night . so do i decide to have all my summers wrecked in this way or do i get the fuck out before i get hurt or hurt someone else . i moved away last tue ... spot a danger get the fuck away . i feel sorry for my neighbours who are still there and i realy pitty the new occupents of my house . and i don't envy the ppl in new orleans or where eva else that storm hits