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Serious Problems are Afoot in New Orleans
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| MisterOpus1 |
I hope everyone gets the outa there safely. This ain't gonna be good at all:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/...rina/index.html
Cat 5 going into a river delta town with a levee that's gonna fall like a deck of cards. Oh .
Some other possible effects (besides destroying a beautiful city) - completely changing the course of the Mississippi River?:
http://www.pbs.org/journeytoplanete...neworleans.html
I know it's not politics, but I've got a cousin that owns a bed and breakfast down in the French Quarter that's likely gonna be wiped out. I hope everyone down there is safe. |
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| George Smiley |
I'm supposed to be goin there in January! (If your cousins bnb is still standing perhaps he could give us a TA discount!!)
I hope everyone gets out too, but from what I've heard about NO I should imagine half the population stay behind for a good ol' bit of lootin! |
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| Aiwendil |
http://www.nd.edu/%7Eadcirc/pam.htm
Check DAT out...
And they say that what...30-40% of america's gas comes from New Orleans? :/ NO is HQ for five or six Oil companies. More than a million barrels of oil pass through refineries there each day. Well, now none will. |
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| Q5echo |
| yup, she's a HUGE bitch. all the makings of a disaster. |
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| ogvh5150 |
Those of you in the US that sent money away for those tsunami victims better open up your pocketbooks again.
It looks to be just as worse if not at least as worse. |
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| BadBadNeil |
| Maybe our money can help to move the city to somewhere on higher ground so this never happens again. |
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| donnybrasco |
So sad. :(
What a great city...all that history...and commerce!
It will take months, if not longer, to rebuild the levies and pump the water out...........once it's done, half the city will likely need to be bull-dozed.
This WILL be huge! |
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| NeoPhono |
Just goes to show you that everywhere you live mother nature can stick one to you.
Sure, I live in Ohio where I don't have to worry about earthquakes, volcanos, hurricanes or wild fires, we just have floods, droughts and tornados. It's just a matter of pick your poison I suppose.
Although you'd have to pay me to live in New Orleans...it's an "interesting" place to visit, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to live there.
I hope that all stay safe in Katrina's wake. At least we can rest assured that the US will come together to help those in need afterwards as we have so many times in the past. |
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| Dupz |
So i hear it's a cat 5 storm now.. I think that's one of only 3 others ever recorded (including hurricane Ivan i think) to hit land.
Half a million people evacuated and plenty of warning time should be enough to avoid huge losses in life..
gee i'm glad i live in Melbourne.. No volcanos, earthquakes or hurricanes to deal with.. Bushfires yes, but that's preventable. |
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| metalgearsolid |
| Latest news the Mayor of New Orleans says the whole city is going to have to be evacuated. |
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| NeoPhono |
It'll be interesting to see what the international response (if any) is as far as aid and helping to clean up the mess down there.
The world sent a lot of aid to Asia in wake of the tsunami, I wonder if the US will get that kind of support.
Something tells me I already know the answer. :( |
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| kush paintings |
| An interesting bit I heard on the radio, the National Guard of Louisiana , which is equipped to handle this event (mainly evactuating the 30,000+ people in the Superdome) is currently stationed in Iraq... with their amphibious equipment. And people still say we aren't stretched too thin. I started a thread on this question that was raised on this same radio show, what are they going to do with the prisoners in the nearby jails? Transportation would be dangerous, although that obiviously needs to happen. As far as the Superdome, how in the hell are they going to get all 30,000+ people out of that building. New Orleans is 80% underwater, so don't believe for a second that transporation can be done with any sort of ease. There was also a gambling quarter that was second to only Vegas in popularity (yes, even more popular than atlantic city). The entire site is completely in ruins. The schools in the area are shutdown, and gave a tenative date for reopening as September 7th. But, that of course is ing laughable. Fortunately many people had already evacuated, but obviously there still is a large number of people still in New Orleans. Its a terrible dissaster, and as many are saying, it is only getting worse. |
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