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Old 08-29-2008, 07:13 PM   #46
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Easy to say when you live in Texas, Virginia and Georgia? Why has there never been hurricanes that were as destructive before Katrina in that area and why would it only take 2 storms for some to want to shitcan the whole place?
A good Cat 4 would wipe my house from the slate. We are only 5 miles from open water ocean and 150m from a very large tidal river with tide variance of greater than 8 feet each day. If my house got wiped out there isn't an insurance company that would insure me to rebuild. I would just have to move. Of course my house is not below sea level either. Many of the people in NO did just that. Left and didn't come back. This could easily be another Katrina:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...w-orleans.html

How much more of our resources should we or the state of LA continue to pour into a place below sea level?
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Old 08-29-2008, 07:53 PM   #47
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... it's not my job to buy them a third house when the second one gets washed away.
Oprah bought this poor woman with mucho children a brand new house and a brand new van right before Katrina. Katrina ruined the woman's home. NOW Oprah is rebuilding her home, setting her family up in the choicest hotel in Naw'Lins...I wonder if Oprah is gonna be up for round three?
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Old 08-29-2008, 09:40 PM   #48
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If theCitizens of NO were allowed to name them, would this be their list?

Asshole
Bush
Cunt
Death
Elevation
Fuck
George
Help
.......

Perhaps getting to name the next year's storms would be a cathartic exercise for the victims of a serious hurricane. "Well my house is fucked and my MIL is dissing me to the wife, but you know what, the next MF is gonna be named after my MIL.....
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Old 08-29-2008, 11:32 PM   #49
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A good Cat 4 would wipe my house from the slate. We are only 5 miles from open water ocean and 150m from a very large tidal river with tide variance of greater than 8 feet each day. If my house got wiped out there isn't an insurance company that would insure me to rebuild. I would just have to move. Of course my house is not below sea level either. Many of the people in NO did just that. Left and didn't come back. This could easily be another Katrina:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...w-orleans.html

How much more of our resources should we or the state of LA continue to pour into a place below sea level?
I hope that never happens to you or anyone else . Personally I would rather spend our resources here for our own disasters than for the global crises that are occurring. But who gets to choose how and where money is spent? For example how big is Iraq and if they have oil money why do they need our financing? Aw never mind that is a whole 'nother thread!
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Old 08-30-2008, 12:14 AM   #50
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How much more of our resources should we or the state of LA continue to pour into a place below sea level?
ZERO - not one froggin dime - help them move away - maybe.
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Old 08-30-2008, 01:56 PM   #51
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NO is a pretty important port though.... who's gonna run it if no one lives there?
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Old 08-30-2008, 04:07 PM   #52
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My parents are packing it up again! Looks like there's a third one trying to develop too...


http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hur...Satellite.aspx
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Old 08-31-2008, 03:12 AM   #53
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Looks like its time to stock up, board up, pack up and/or hit the road.
Best of luck to anyone in the way of Gustav and his little buddy. I guess the response will be better this time.
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Old 08-31-2008, 03:01 PM   #54
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I guess the response will be better this time.
Even George Jr can learn that you don't go to California for a campaign fund raiser and then to McCain's house for a birthday party when the head of the National Hurricane Center calls everyone. Why call everyone? Because the hurricane obviously would be that destructive. Now a lesser hurricane appears. So George Jr will not go to a Convention. He finally learned that the president cannot wait for Cheney (on a hunting trip) to make decisions for him.

Yes, wacko extremists need falling buildings, unwinnable wars, and flooded cities before they will listen to intelligent moderates.
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Old 08-31-2008, 03:08 PM   #55
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Got anything new to say there T-dub? Or have you taken all this time off just to come back with wacko extremists and unwinnable wars? Come man - you need to get some new material. You've been kickin this dead horse too long.
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Old 08-31-2008, 03:17 PM   #56
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NO is a pretty important port though.... who's gonna run it if no one lives there?
Just move the port back to lands end.
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Old 08-31-2008, 07:40 PM   #57
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I just spoke to an old friend, from Gretna,La the west bank. They'er a few miles NW of me. 50 or so. Took them 11 hours to make the trip. Way under 3hrs. most time.
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Old 08-31-2008, 08:17 PM   #58
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Are you staying where you are, buster? Be safe.
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Old 08-31-2008, 09:24 PM   #59
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Can we have a roll-call of dwellars who live in the Hurricane-prone areas, so they can log in and tell us how thigns are for them?
A quick scan of my memory produces the following list of people in the general "South" area:

Mercenary?
BusterB?
ZippyT?
Chocolatl?
(And Choco's significant other ... damn memory gap there, sorry).
Any more?

Please let us know your status, when you can.
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Old 08-31-2008, 09:28 PM   #60
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Not zippy, he's in the earthquake danger zone though - New Madrid fault.
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