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Damon
08-29-2005, 11:25 AM
So, my weekend was spent in Louisiana at a "bachelor party" of sorts. Basically, lots of drinking and smoking. The most dangerous parts are the live alligators on campus at arm's length and the that category 5 thing called Katrina.

I barely got out of the state yesterday. That thing's going to wreck N.O.... It already tore off part of the Superdome's roof where thousands of people were sheltered. Enough of the roof was torn off to allow sunlight to come through (about 1/12th). I've been through a category 2 and 3, and those were scary enough. A category 5 is the one everyone in Louisiana has been fearing.

I hope everyone who lives in that area got out (my dad included, who hasn't called me back yet :( ).

No, this post did not have a point. :cool:

84rabbitchick
08-29-2005, 10:34 PM
I hope that everone gets out of there safely as well :-\ man, that's just crazy...

I also heard that the gas prices are gonna go way up cuz of it too, is tha true?

Damon
08-30-2005, 11:25 AM
Gas prices are going up (+6 cents today) because of all the oil that is produced in that neck of the woods.

25 feet of water is alot. Especially when you live in a bowl like New Orleans. Most of the people that are stuck or dead had neither the transportation or monetary means to evacuate (the 9th ward is low income and government housing). Everyone was taught to keep axes in their attics in case the water got too high and they had to chop their way out.

I'd be interested to see if this gets as much celebrity pity as other natural disasters (I can gurantee no telethons).

An offshore oil rig that broke loose and floated inland(CNN):
http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/weather/0508/gallery.katrina.0830/images/05.ap.jpg

madajb
08-30-2005, 01:45 PM
Gas prices are going up (+6 cents today) because of all the oil that is produced in that neck of the woods.



Gotta love speculators.
-ajb

chris
08-30-2005, 04:44 PM
Damn!!!! 80 Billion in damage estimated so far and lots of lives killed/missing :(

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20050830/capt.sge.dfc42.300805222905.photo02.photo.default-380x253.jpg

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20050830/capt.sge.dfc36.300805222837.photo02.photo.default-380x256.jpg

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/afp/20050830/capt.sge.dfc17.300805222542.photo00.photo.default-280x380.jpg

IT MOVED AN ENTIRE CASINO BARGE...Whoa! :eek:

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050830/capt.flpc11008302206.hurricane_katrina_flpc110.jpg