New Orleans about to get fucked

[f3lix]

Any news website will have loads of detail about it as it nears, but in about 7 hours from now...New Orleans will get the worst beating of its life from Hurricane Katrina, which has caused the mandatory evacuation for over 3,000,000 residents.

[ August 29, 2005, 12:19 AM: Message edited by: f3lix ]

[Pliedes]

And it's below sea level. That'll probably allow for a little flooding.

[f3lix]

Tens of thousands are expected to die, due to the city being similar to a bowl, in that water that goes in will not be going out anywhere. Coffins, sewage, radiation, and gases will be lifted and will be floating around. Sux to be there...

[Ugly Bastard]

Originally posted by f3lix:
Tens of thousands are expected to die

Please...

-Ugly Bastard

Yes.

-DJ FC

[f3lix]

Originally posted by Ugly Bastard:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by f3lix:
Tens of thousands are expected to die

Please...

-Ugly Bastard</font>[/quote]
That was in a press release, b/c of the tens of thousands that are going to try to ride out the storm b/c they can't get out for whatever reason. I hope that doesn't happen, but with the way this storm is being presented, it will wipe out at least half of New Orleans.

[ninjaface]

n the Superdome, thousands without the means to leave
By AARON SHAROCKMAN
Published August 28, 2005

NEW ORLEANS - While thousands of residents streamed out on clogged highways Sunday, thousands more made their way to the Superdome seeking refuge from Hurricane Katrina.

They were the poor, homeless, frail or forgotten, those without the means to leave.

They waited in long lines to enter the massive indoor football stadium. Once inside, they were told, they might not be able to leave for two days.

No one knew what their city would look like by then.

By 2:30 p.m., more than 10,000 people were in the dome or waiting in a line that stretched the length of the stadium. Emergency management officials expected thousands more to flow in.

Armed National Guardsmen searched everyone and their bags. They seized guns, knives, drugs.

Electricity was sure to go, and running water might, too, said Col. Terry Ebbert, New Orleans' Homeland Security Director. The Superdome field was vulnerable to flooding, so evacuees were sent to concourses and upper seats.

From there, they were on their own: no water, no food, nothing but the roof over their heads.

It was shaping up to be the first of at least two miserable nights.

Officials said residents will be locked in until Tuesday morning at the earliest. They may leave then, but perhaps only for another shelter, Ebbert said.

"It's going to be very uncomfortable," Ebbert said. "But that's not why we're here. We're here to make sure that on Tuesday, people are still alive."

Link.
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This is gonna be all over the news for days. I forsee the news stations keeping a tally of deaths and people left homeless.

Anyone know anything about the Superdome? Because I wonder how safe it is. All I know is being there sucks right now and will continue to suck for a while.

[Mr. Blonde]

Wow, this is ridiculous. This came out of nowhere, i heard someone talk about a hurricane at dinner but i didnt pay attention, i thought they were talking about florida or something....this is really bad...and theres absolutely nothing we can do about it...

[St. Anky]

Originally posted by Mr. Blonde:
Wow, this is ridiculous. This came out of nowhere, i heard someone talk about a hurricane at dinner but i didnt pay attention, i thought they were talking about florida or something....this is really bad...and theres absolutely nothing we can do about it...

pray

[Deadly Crescent Kick]

their levies are only like 18 feet.

the water level is expected to peak at 28 ft.

they're in deep shit, but most have evacuated

[Mr. Blonde]

Yeah, i think the super dome thing helped out a lot of people. They're saying it's not the bullseye like they thought, but some place in MS.

[f3lix]

More excerpts from news stories...

"I'm not doing too good right now," Chris Robinson said via cellphone from his home east of the city's downtown. "The water's rising pretty fast. I got a hammer and an ax and a crowbar, but I'm holding off on breaking through the roof until the last minute. Tell someone to come get me please. I want to live."

At New Orleans' Superdome, home to 9,000 storm refugees, wind peeled pieces of metal from the roof, leaving two holes that let water drip in. People inside were moved out of the way. Others stayed and watched as sheets of metal flapped and rumbled loudly 19 stories above the floor.



[ August 29, 2005, 10:51 AM: Message edited by: f3lix ]

[Lucy Fur]

i spoke with my father earlier(he lives 4 hours from new orleans). he said do not believe cnn. that thousands probably wont die, and they sensationalize everything and make it seem much worse that it is. BUT, he also said, new orleans will flood, the pumps can handle 1 inch of rain per hour... no more than that. And that this hurricane is the largest to hit since camille hit 25 years ago and wiped out biloxi. so expect major damage and certainly loss of life but not the 10's of thousands that have been predicted

okay... just got an email from dad....
"hings are pretty well over now. Just a lot of wind now. Tornado warnings are decreasing greatly. We were getting a new warning about every 10 minutes for a while. Just thankful that we didn't get it worse. Mobile and Biloxi are under water right now. New Orleans is flooded.Buildings have collapsed in New Orleans. Just saw a picture of Bourbon Street. It is flooded. Part of the roof caved in on the Superdome where they had a temporary shelter. Unbelievable. Sure was a blessing that we were so far over from where it came in. So sad about New Orleans because of all the history there. Have a good day. Ours sure is better"

[ August 29, 2005, 01:55 PM: Message edited by: Lucy Fur ]

[underwater]

Originally posted by Mr. Blonde:
Wow, this is ridiculous. This came out of nowhere, i heard someone talk about a hurricane at dinner but i didnt pay attention, i thought they were talking about florida or something....

Same thing happened to me, except I heard about it when it was just a regular old tropical storm off the coast of Florida kind of.. Then one or two days later, I was watching CNN and this "This Just In" thing came on... Always curious about those of course.. And it started talking about how massively huge and dangerous that storm had become. It was crazy.

This thing is so huge that it's going to affect us up here in Indiana. To me, that's pretty extreme.. They say that we should be getting some flooding, possible tropical storm level winds, and a few tornadoes. Of course that will all be very downscaled from what's going on right now, but we'll be getting a little bit of it, mostly in Southern Indiana though.

Also, I was just watching CNN for a little bit and it seems as though New Orleans is doing just fine compared to what they initally thought was going to happen. That's good and all, but it's irritating how hyped up the media got about the possibility of New Orleans being destroyed...

[f3lix]

Originally posted by underwater:

Also, I was just watching CNN for a little bit and it seems as though New Orleans is doing just fine compared to what they initally thought was going to happen. That's good and all, but it's irritating how hyped up the media got about the possibility of New Orleans being destroyed...

That would be because the storm moved eastward a bit right before landfull, thus not letting New Orleans feel its full wrath.

[Saint DH]

I was watching the news and the eye did move a bit eastward, but the winds could still reach 120 or 130 mph. The guy said that the levies would hold up at 100 mph, but at 120-130 mph they might not hold. At 150 mph, they would definitely break. So they're still could get pretty fucked.

Also, I too think it's bullshit how excited the media is getting about New Orleans getting destroyed and many people dying. I could almost feel a sense of disappointment from the reporters when they were saying that the eye was moving east a little bit.

[underwater]

Originally posted by f3lix:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by underwater:

Also, I was just watching CNN for a little bit and it seems as though New Orleans is doing just fine compared to what they initally thought was going to happen. That's good and all, but it's irritating how hyped up the media got about the possibility of New Orleans being destroyed...

That would be because the storm moved eastward a bit right before landfull, thus not letting New Orleans feel its full wrath.</font>[/quote]
Well, what's irritating about that is that they're still only talking about New Orleans as opposed to what's actually getting the worst of the storm.

[ August 29, 2005, 04:04 PM: Message edited by: underwater ]

[f3lix]

Originally posted by underwater:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by f3lix:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by underwater:

Also, I was just watching CNN for a little bit and it seems as though New Orleans is doing just fine compared to what they initally thought was going to happen. That's good and all, but it's irritating how hyped up the media got about the possibility of New Orleans being destroyed...

That would be because the storm moved eastward a bit right before landfull, thus not letting New Orleans feel its full wrath.</font>[/quote]
Well, what's irritating about that is that they're still only talking about New Orleans as opposed to what's actually getting the worst of the storm.</font>[/quote]
Most viewers don't care about places they'll never go.

[AcTivE]

"16,000 dead."

shit

I think this may be a sign of me being an evil person, but somehow natural disasters provide me with enjoyment; especially large ones with lots of damage.

Am I going to hell?

[f3lix]

Originally posted by Ugly Bastard:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by f3lix:
Tens of thousands are expected to die

Please...

-Ugly Bastard</font>[/quote]

Originally posted by AcTivE:
"16,000 dead."

shit

[ninjaface]

Originally posted by AcTivE:
"16,000 dead."

shit

Hurricane death toll hits 13
From correspondents in New Orleans
August 30, 2005

THREE fatalities from Hurricane Katrina were confirmed in Mississippi, officials said after the powerful storm slammed into the southern US state.

That brings Katrina's total death toll to at least 13 since it pounded Florida last week.

"We have three confirmed fatalities," Robert Latham, the head of the state's Emergency Management Agency said at a news conference in Jackson, Mississippi.

He said he had no details of how the three were killed, but local television said earlier a falling tree crushed a woman to death in the small town of Carthage.

Three elderly people died, apparently of dehydration, as they were being evacuated from New Orleans, and another seven were killed as the hurricane lashed Florida.

[AcTivE]

they expect there are at least 16,000 people they haven't found yet

[ninjaface]

Can you at least post a link to the article?

[MAGICLIT]

I was thinking the same thing ninja. Isn't that veird?