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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 5237/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Yeah. Marshal law was just declared. They've deployed combat ready troops. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 456/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by alte Hexe I wonder if New Orleans'll just end up becoming like Iraq.... |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 5239/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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It's Lisbon circa 1755... The city is destroyed. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 457/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by alte Hexe Of course Lisbon got rebuilt into a totally different city. I think what will happen with regards to New Orleans in the coming months and years will help determine the present quality of our civilization. |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99 Posts: 5242/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Mmmmmm. I don't know. There is something really unsettling about this. There is so much wrong with this scenario according to the reports I've been reading. Of course, Portugal has never recovered from that earthquake...and well, it took the British empire to rebuild the city. :-\ (edited by alte Hexe on 08-30-05 10:49 PM) |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 458/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by alte Hexe I mean really it just seems so apocalyptic. I mean, it took what, 12 hours after the storm passed, for that levee to break? Why and how did that levee break then? This with the Gulf Stream slowing down, the Great Tsunami of 2004, and the more chaotic weather of the past few years, is really unsettling. I mean Katrina destroyed cities! |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 10232/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Yeah... I thought that New Orleans COULDN'T get any worse after yesterday. You know... get the storm yesterday, flooding in some areas of the city, clear things up in around a week or two (well, enough to have the city functioning again). But now... eeeeech. |
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Luigi-San Melon Bug Level: 42 Posts: 606/736 EXP: 485962 For next: 35400 Since: 03-20-04 From: Mushroom Kingdom Since last post: 17 hours Last activity: 10 hours |
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There's no way in hell that people will be allowed back by next week... | |||
Arwon Zora Level: 35 Posts: 438/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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Originally posted by beneficiiOriginally posted by Arwon I dunno man, can you imagine what 9 metre (30 foot, i guess) storm surges and rapidly smashed levees would have done to New Orleans, a city below sea level? And that level of rapid flooding, on top of the level of destruction that we've seen the strongest part of the storm could do? You'd have had a lake of smashed debris where NO is now. I'm not marginalising the destruction in Mississippi by any means... I mean, it looks like it has been nuked, but I'm just thinking about just how much bigger and more vulnerable the Big Easy was because of its position. How many people were still in the 'bowl' who would've been utterly fucked by that scenario of über-destruction PLUS massive multi-storey-high flooding? We'd be talking deaths in the thousands (assuming we aren't now). (edited by Arwon on 08-31-05 02:59 AM) (edited by Arwon on 08-31-05 02:59 AM) |
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fabio Chuck Level: 45 Posts: 1085/1479 EXP: 629903 For next: 30261 Since: 07-02-05 From: Somewhere in Texas Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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I heard this morning on the news that there's a moat surrounding the Superdome. It's about 4 to 5 feet deep and it's pretty much hard to get inside by walking. Oh, and of course all the cars that were parked there before the hurricane hit are completly destroyed. | |||
Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 10243/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Well, they're moving them from one dome to another now... Superdome to Astrodome (in Houston, Texas). There was a report on CTV here that we've offered help to the Americans but they refused it... so don't come crying to us. |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 2056/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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Just read that they're going to evacuate the people left and they won't be able to return back for another 4 months or more . I guess they think they got everything under control here.. |
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fabio Chuck Level: 45 Posts: 1086/1479 EXP: 629903 For next: 30261 Since: 07-02-05 From: Somewhere in Texas Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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I barely heard about transfrring the people from the Superdome to the Astrodome. The advantage that the Astrodome has is that it has working toilets and AC. | |||
Danielle Local Moderator Level: 76 Posts: 2102/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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Eek, they say by tonight, all of Orleans will be completely submersed in water. I TOLD YOU the Superdome idea was a bad one. |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 2060/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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I don't think they should have had a shelter(superdome) there in New Orleans at all. They all should have got the hell out long ago. I read things on this little yahoo news update that I get when I log onto this SBC Yahoo homepage of mine. (edited by Bella on 08-31-05 06:52 PM) |
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Yoshi Dude XKEEPER STOLE MY CAR KEYS Level: 79 Posts: 2888/3271 EXP: 4572680 For next: 6787 Since: 03-15-04 From: give me a number folks. Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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Originally posted by BellaYahoo news, eh? Leave it to ytmnd to make a funny out of katrina. =o |
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Dark Ludwig Red Paratroopa Level: 21 Posts: 77/172 EXP: 45740 For next: 4203 Since: 09-17-04 From: Georgia Since last post: 9 days Last activity: 2 days |
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This is not just affecting the people of New Orleans. There are several oil refineries in New Orleans, and since it's getting pretty wet down there, many gas stations in Georgia have jumped their prices up by a dollar, and now it's getting really expensive.... and I thought it was high several, several months ago when it was below $2! Some people here are buying gas in jugs in large quantities and reserving them for later usage. | |||
Arwon Zora Level: 35 Posts: 440/506 EXP: 278115 For next: 1821 Since: 03-15-04 From: Terra Australis Incognita Since last post: 5 hours Last activity: 10 min. |
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Army Corps say: "Water has become level with the Lake in the city so no more water should flow into the city, except at high tide." This is gonna take months or years to clear up, surely. |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 2062/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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Originally posted by dark ludwig Yeah, they were saying before the hurricane hit that those refineries were going to be down for awhile and to expect gas prices to jump up. Not sure if it's exaaactly Yahoo but it asks me what news I want on my homepage |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 461/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by BellaOriginally posted by dark ludwig Check out: http://www.memphisgasprices.com/ Average Price USA: Today: 2.87 Yesterday: 2.60 One Week Ago: 2.58 One Month Ago: 2.27 One Year Ago: 1.89 Average Price Memphis: Today: 2.81 Yesterday: 2.66 One Week Ago: 2.55 One Month Ago: 2.16 One Year Ago: 1.76 (As of Aug. 31, 2005) Talk about parabolic. (edited by beneficii on 09-01-05 12:45 AM) (edited by beneficii on 09-01-05 12:46 AM) (edited by beneficii on 09-01-05 12:46 AM) |
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