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Post by Azan on Sept 2, 2005 19:01:40 GMT -5
Its under like ten feet of water, people are dieing on the streets and the bodies are just left there rotting, its in a state of anarchy, no cop will go in there so they are sending the military to get aid in there.
anyone here about this?
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Post by Umbrafire on Sept 2, 2005 21:01:13 GMT -5
i've been following the story for a while, I was waiting to post about it though. what has happened is that Hurricane Katrina came through, a category 5 hurricane, and the thing is, is that the city of New Orleans was already located 6 feet below sea level. what's even more sad than the deaths is the obliviousness. there are a lot of people who do not realize that things like this are happening. I mean, read the title of the thread. New Orleans has been destroyed. Leveled. I mean, my grandma knows some people that she works with that live in New Orleans, and they were evacuated, and now their houses have been literally ripped away. There is nothing left of their house but the foundation, just one big rock slab. Also, I have heard that some of the rescue choppers that have come to the hospitals to evacuate, have been getting shot at, believe it or not. I dont know a lot at this point, but from what I do know, this is a disaster.
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Post by Lobstrosity on Sept 3, 2005 10:04:25 GMT -5
Yeah I heard about it, but it really doesn't matter who knows or not, it's a matter of who pays attention. I say that after things are back under control that we forget the city. It was in a bad place anyway, we shouldn't rebuild it.
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Post by Azan on Sept 3, 2005 10:18:45 GMT -5
I agree it shouldnt be rebuilt, but I just know they are going to anyways.
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Post by GamerMan on Sept 3, 2005 23:57:39 GMT -5
well Louisiana asked for a certain amount of money to help them prepair for any hurricanes should they strike... guess how much bush approved of..............................................18% of the money they felt was necissary. I bet there would be alot less damage (and alot less cost) if he gave the full preperation budget, or even half of it...
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Post by Lobstrosity on Sept 4, 2005 0:01:23 GMT -5
perhaps. . .
Anyway, if they are going to rebuild New Orleans (because it is an important city now that I think about it) they should at least build it better so that this won't ever happen again. They should leave everything like this, and rebuild the new city on a platform, like Midgar. Maybe they could even call it Midgar. . . And then old New Orleans would be the slums.
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Post by GamerMan on Sept 5, 2005 23:21:11 GMT -5
a platform would be more likely to rip appart than a house would, and you would put archetechure into even higher wind speeds. the highground until the platform legs break isn't enough to offset that (and teh enourmous cost involved in making a platformed city [though it would have a degree of koolness to it, like venice])
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Post by Lobstrosity on Sept 6, 2005 5:21:10 GMT -5
Well I still say they can't simply rebuild it, it's just gonna get all flooded and destroyed and looted again.
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Post by PowerMad on Sept 9, 2005 15:33:50 GMT -5
That was terrible. I saw an opra on it (goverment class) and that was just sad looking inside the super dome. People were having babies inside (they didnt actualy show that on camura) that were just left to die because of no one had supplies, gangs were shooting at eachother, teh stench was aparently awful and there was no lights at all. outside, people were rotting away in the middle of the streets, garbage and junk everywhere, houses with "HELP" written on the top, and man it was just anarchy.
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Post by GamerMan on Sept 12, 2005 0:32:39 GMT -5
its not anarchy, there is a government and a form of control, its chaotic, but its not anarchus
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Post by Umbrafire on Sept 21, 2005 16:37:58 GMT -5
i dunno how many of you heard this, but New Orleans was beginning to allow residents return to their homes the other day, and they have all been sent back. Hurricane Rita is on its way now, and depending on who you talk to, this category 4 hurricane could devastate Houston, or New Orleans again. New Orleans officials report that if the city takes another 3 inches of rainfall, the city will flood again.
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Post by Songstress on Sept 21, 2005 19:26:12 GMT -5
Man that is insane. I am a little scared for those people. I hope to god that they dont return to their homes!
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Post by Umbrafire on Sept 21, 2005 19:34:04 GMT -5
yeah, not to mention that the vast majority of refugees fled to Houston, which is where Hurricane Rita could strike
UPDATE!
Hurricane Rita has now been classified as a Category 5 Hurricane!
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Post by chica on Sept 22, 2005 20:17:00 GMT -5
even more update it has now been categorized as a 4 so hopefully the people will have a chance but it'll still be slim. poor people. adn some even came here and I was wondering what they were thinking when we had that big storm last night. scary!
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