@DCGoldPants Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 That's from the Breaking News on MSNBC.com I heard that the Superdome is actually getting worse. yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predicto Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Yea, I heard that the ocen levee has cracked in two places and the water is rising. It would be worse if the lake levee broke, but its pretty damn bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Sounds like they're writing off New Orleans, at least for the near future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Screw mother nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Saw that this morning on fox then they cut to this weeping man who said his house was torn in half and was trying to hang on to his wife who said she couldnt hang on and that her last words were take care of our kids and grandkids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Saw that this morning on fox then they cut to this weeping man who said his house was torn in half and was trying to hang on to his wife who said she couldnt hang on and that her last words were take care of our kids and grandkids. Thats ****ing sad man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herrmag Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 This whole situation is awful. My g/f's mother, father, and younger brother live on the Gulf Coast. We have yet to hear from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwebst1 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 This whole situation is awful. My g/f's mother, father, and younger brother live on the Gulf Coast. We have yet to hear from them I'm sure, and hopeful, that they are fine. communication is going to be tough for quite awhile down there so I hope you hear from them soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Oh my, I just saw that Slidel L.A. is under water up to the tops of the houses too. Also all but one main road into New Orleans is unusable and that one is being used by emergency crews. Also there are a few places burning down too including apparently a chemical plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 New Orleans will never be the same again, this is so sad. That is if there will be a NO after this. They are talking now it might take 2 months to get all the water out, by that time all the buildings would have to be destroyed because of being under water so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blondie Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Did you read about all the looting? How low can a person be to take advantage of this horrible situation? Blondie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Oddly enough though, I just saw on one of the stations where the news guy was standing on the street and people were walking around behind him casually as if nothing was wrong and people were actually biking down the street and I saw flashing signs still working on some of the establishments there. On the other hand I also saw multiple houses completely surounded by water up to the foor nearly, but also housing a blazing fire that was slowly burning the place up bit by bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyDave Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Yeah we teared up when he and the lady reporter started getting emotional. I have family in Lafayette but they were in North carolina visiting family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKINtil8tin Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Saw that this morning on fox then they cut to this weeping man who said his house was torn in half and was trying to hang on to his wife who said she couldnt hang on and that her last words were take care of our kids and grandkids. I was driving to work when I heard that on the radio this morning - broke my heart. Absolutely brought a tear to my eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I've also read that an oil tanker has broken loose and run aground near the city, and is leaking. (Which might lead to a really big fire). It's one of those situations where I feel like we (don't you like that "we", paleface?) should be able to do something, at least to stop things from getting worse. I mean, can somebody sink an empty oil tanker, or something, at that break in the levee (is there still only one)? I'm far from an expert, but I've got the feeling that if there's no way to plug that leak, then a year from now we (there's that "we" again) are going to have a lot of buldozers start at one end of town, and start driving. I'm sure Bruce Willis could do something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulane Skins Fan Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 you want to hear something really F-d up. So, I fled New Orleans to Atlanta sunday morning. and i took basically all my clothes with me and thats it. Today, I flew to Salt Lake City to be with my girlfriend, and the airline lost my luggage. So, I really only have the shirt on my back to my name right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 you want to hear something really F-d up. So, I fled New Orleans to Atlanta sunday morning. and i took basically all my clothes with me and thats it. Today, I flew to Salt Lake City to be with my girlfriend, and the airline lost my luggage. So, I really only have the shirt on my back to my name right now you have your life, and that is what is most important right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkinsHokieFan Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 So sad I was looking forward to going to New Orleans again this year. It was probably the most fun I ever had on a New Years' Eve, the people were all so friendly and great, food was outstanding, and it was nothing but a fun city I really feel bad for the many good people I met down there Hopefully New Orleans is able to recover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I've also read that an oil tanker has broken loose and run aground near the city, and is leaking. (Which might lead to a really big fire). It's one of those situations where I feel like we (don't you like that "we", paleface?) should be able to do something, at least to stop things from getting worse. I mean, can somebody sink an empty oil tanker, or something, at that break in the levee (is there still only one)? I'm far from an expert, but I've got the feeling that if there's no way to plug that leak, then a year from now we (there's that "we" again) are going to have a lot of buldozers start at one end of town, and start driving. I'm sure Bruce Willis could do something. The problem they are facing is getting the equipment there to at least attemp to fix the levee. The other issue now is the levees are doing the opposite of what they were supposed to do, now they are keeping the water in NO. If they can not get power to start pumping the water out in the next couple of weeks then this might be the end of NO. The lake is holding so much more water then normal, so the force is incredible. If the levees are slowly failing, then all of them might then the lake will just empty all into NO, this is terrible. This is the worst case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Saw that this morning on fox then they cut to this weeping man who said his house was torn in half and was trying to hang on to his wife who said she couldnt hang on and that her last words were take care of our kids and grandkids. They just showed a clip of the man telling that, on CNN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancalagon the Black Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 The interview with the man who lost hold of his wife is on the radio here now. Just terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huly Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 We just heard from my family in Alabama. They are safe! Also a tornado ripped through Helen GA where my best friend lives and she is ok too. I am praying for the families. Two friends of mine (BROOD members) are on their way to NO to help the humane societies. It is so sad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Didn't help that in typical New Orleans fashion, someone's relative won the contract for the pumps, but that installation wasn't part of the bid, and that someone ELSE'S relative owned the storage facility where the pumps were kept--and therefore non-functional when needed. Corruption fills that city. Too bad the people had to suffer for it(though I doubt it would have been a cure-all.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Didn't help that in typical New Orleans fashion, someone's relative won the contract for the pumps, but that installation wasn't part of the bid, and that someone ELSE'S relative owned the storage facility where the pumps were kept--and therefore non-functional when needed. Corruption fills that city.Too bad the people had to suffer for it(though I doubt it would have been a cure-all.) can you ever be positive, i don't think this is the time to blame people :doh: by the way here is something similar to what is happening from cnn: Filling breach is just the beginningFilling the breach is just the first part of the fix. Getting rid of the floodwater is the second. “New Orleans isn’t going to drain,” science writer Eric Berger of the Houston Chronicle told MSNBC, so the water will have to be pumped out. And while "some pumping can be done while those levees are being repaired," Flowers said, "this is a tough one. They're in for a long, hard pull in recovering from Katrina." In the California case, it took five months to pump all the water out of a 12,000-acre area that had been covered to an average depth of 12 feet. I don't know how large acre wise NO and if this california case dealt with an area under sea level or not, but this is not good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 LOL Jbooma, YOU're telling me to be positive? What would you have me do--only bemoan the loss or start looking at what it takes to get a city to change its way of doing business? I look for JUSTICE, and if people lost their homes and businesses because of corrupt dealings in the city government(plenty of crime already comes from the NOPD) then that should be advertised, investigated and people should be sent to jail for a long time. How is grief and 'damn, that's terrible" positive and how is jbooma lecturing me on negativity? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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