Topic: Hurricane Forum

[chippyfive50]

Sympathy to all who felt the wrath, my friends made it to memphis the day before...... this was no suprise

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/index.html?fs=www7.nationalgeographic.com

I tought Katrina was caused by the Russian weather machine developed during the cold war. Perhaps America was too distracted trying to stomp the swarming roach nest of islamofascism to notice the Ruskies were back. Actually GW AND HW cut a deal with Putin to have it flooded in order to teach "urban people" to fish.
       I find it ironic that "America the big arrogant superpower" (unless you need help of course)  is essentially the poorest of the poor who had/have  enough  sack, or were/ starving or opressed  bad enough to leave everything they  knew to live in a place where they at least had a chance to make something for themselves economically and spiritually.   I fear that much of that has been lost in ubana..and elsewhere. Of course our fore fathers stole it from the natives anyway, and when they weren't killing each other I think they they called it Utopia.  I digress....
   
    Given the pending "CF",  I find it amazing that they could essentially rescue and evacuate an area the size of Great Britan in 5 days, but since there has never been a circumstance quite like it,  what should we expect??  hell, let's just point fingers... I guess time will learn us

As for Iraq, WHAT THE HELL HAPPEND TO THE WAR COVERAGE?? I GUESS IT IS NO LONGER NEWS??    I FORGOT IT'S ALL INFO-TAINMENT. As for  money for Africa, here is a perspective for y'all>>

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,363663,00.html

LETS GO RIDIN'!!!!

[Terry in Australia]

I just heard that George and George W. are visiting New Orleans! Here's a pic:

[smithrelo]

Well, I'm doing what I can:

#1 - Right now I'm on my way to help the pets abandoned/lost from the Hurricane (see my blog: http://www.katrinapetrelief.blogspot.com/  My theory is: - the pets are innocent in all this mess-they didn't choose to live in N.O. so I need to help them.  People, on the other hand, CHOSE to live in a city that is under sea-level...not the wisest of choices! 

#2 - My 74 and 78 year old Aunt and Uncle and one of their sons (who happens to have Quadruplets) have both lost everything - don't even have a foundation to rebuild on!  (Long Beach, Mississippi, near Pascagoula).  I will be going down Oct/Nov. to help them rebuild-but at their age it is absolutely heartbreaking to see them loose absolutely everything they owned!

#3- I've already suggested N.O be rebuilt like Ft. Lauderdale-why fight the water-obviously it is ALWAYS going to win!  The french quarter was fine- Jackson Square didn't even have water in it, so just leave the water, and move everything up 3 floors!  Venice can do it, so why don't we??

#4- SO....When the Sh*t hits the fan, everyone needs to understand:  YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN!   -

This was a good practice run for a nuke or dirty bomb -

A nuke or dirty bomb will leave the stricken area OFF LIMITS -

DON'T EXPECT HELP! 

It won't come. 

In fact, I can see a scenario that says - "Why lose more people.  Their already dead...let's just let them die." *

It is not that far removed from happening - once the TV/Media realize that if they cover the situation, they too will die-watch how fast they turn tail and run!  They'll label it something like "acceptable loses, or containment of losses" and get off on the body count and chaos that results, from a distance of course!

*THIS is exactly why I'm armed and always will be..."they'll get my gun when they pry it from my cold, dead hands..." or something like that is my motto. 

Anyway, by the end of this year, we intend to be positioned to be self-sufficient for a minimum of 2 weeks and then work up to at least 90 days by the end of 2006.

Quail, have a nice relaxing trip.  Sam, sorry for your relatives losses, but as above, my family got hit badly also. 

I'm getting to see a really pretty part of America - Kansas "amber waves of gold"
 and now in Oklahoma, green rolling hills.

I forget how beautiful and BIG the US is, until I drive across it.  I LOVE road trips, and have my dog with me, so it has been really enjoyable today!

Also saw a cute bumper sticker:  "If guns are killers, than matches are arsonists"  thought it was cute!

Linda - taking lots of photos!

[Bob Wessner]

I've already suggested N.O be rebuilt like Ft. Lauderdale-why fight the water-obviously it is ALWAYS going to win!  The french quarter was fine- Jackson Square didn't even have water in it, so just leave the water, and move everything up 3 floors!  Venice can do it, so why don't we??

My thought is close the 17th St. canal. Not only was it the source of the levee breach, it would save miles of levees from having to be maintained but I'm sure big business woud nix that one.

[mutters]

I really feel for the people of NO and it must be time for a good story.
We had a lot of aussies over there and people here were justifiably concerned for them ,eventually all were found except for one young man.
 now he has been found .  in gaol (jail) for being drunk in public.!!
 here is the world coming to an end around him and the guy gets written off, and put away for his own safety.

 what a champion .!!