Hurricane Katrina Devastates The Gulf Coast.

[TexasEagle]

I don't get why we don't fly in a whole bunch of really big industrial fans that can blow winds..

Do you remember last year when people were talking about nuking hurricanes? Elected officials were actually campaigning for the federal government to "do something about the hurricanes."

Stupid people like that that think they can "beat" mother nature will be the death of this planet. How about people stop moving to areas chronically hit by hurricanes, floods, landslides and tornados. You'd think by now they'd know enough to avoid recurring disaster areas.

[TexasEagle]

Levee breach... downtown NOLA is filling up. Tulane University Hospital, with 1000+ patients, is filling up with water and will need to be evacuated by air.

That's the scary thing. The city filling with water after the fact, when they couldn't even get in before... I have a feeling the death toll's going to be high.

[PhillyGirl]

Stupid people like that that think they can "beat" mother nature will be the death of this planet. How about people stop moving to areas chronically hit by hurricanes, floods, landslides and tornados. You'd think by now they'd know enough to avoid recurring disaster areas.

I love hearing Californians talk about the "big one" and how it will happen one day.

Hey asshat, then pack your shtein and MOVE away from there before you wake up one morning and you're washed up on a beach in Hawaii.

[Diomedes]

How about people stop moving to areas chronically hit by hurricanes, floods, landslides and tornados. You'd think by now they'd know enough to avoid recurring disaster areas.

re: New Orleans.  I was only half joking with my first post.  It's a fargin' stupid place to put a city.  I can hardly think of worse locations.  Las Vegas and Mexico City pop to mind as similarly stupid.  The fact that people have been living there for (what seems to us humans) a long time is irrelevant.  It's a dumb ass location.  I'm not crying any tears for them, especially not for those who had the means to get out.  The poor folk, I have some sympathy for them.  But whatever.  farg them too at the end of the day.

I love also the inevitable sob stories we get each hurricane about the poor, poor rich folk whose beach front homes are damaged or destroyed.  I'd like to see each one of those crying homos gang raped by a crowd of seven foot tall, sheep skin wearing mongolians.

[PhillyGirl]

I had a (going to hell) laugh when they kept interviewing these toothless folk who had refused to leave their homes and now are stuck in 3 feet or so of water...but they're still at home.

[Rome]

It occurs to me that no matter where you live, you're going to be adversely affected by mother nature in some way.

Californians deal with earthquakes, midwesterners deal with tornadoes, southerners deal with hurricanes and flooding and northeasterners deal with massive snow storms.

There is no idyllic place in the world and suggesting that people simply "move away" from disaster-prone areas is ridiculous because no matter where you live, there's always going to be some sort of ecological challenges to deal with.

Just my $.02.

[QB Eagles]

There is no idyllic place in the world and suggesting that people simply "move away" from disaster-prone areas is ridiculous because no matter where you live, there's always going to be some sort of ecological challenges to deal with.

The ecological danger of living in a reclaimed swamp area that is sinking, trapped by water on three sides, and built in the path of frequent hurricanes is not the same as the ecological danger of living in say, suburban Philadelphia. Your post is like saying "crime happens everywhere, so it's ridiculous to consider the crime rate when moving to inner city Detroit instead of Valley Forge."

[TexasEagle]

I can deal with "ecological challenges" as you put it, but when people willingly move to earthquake prone areas because it's "pretty" or hurricane ravaged cities because they're "sunny" I start to question sanity. I wouldn't willingly move to the flood plains around the Mighty Mississippi unlike a lot of folks.

It's one thing to live in a place that's hit by a freak storm or unexpected natural disaster. It's another thing to live in a place that's called "Tornado Alley." They don't come up with that nicknames like that because the like the sound of them.

[Rome]

Hah!  I've been to Valley Forge.

I'm lucky to have gotten out alive!

[Rome]

I can deal with "ecological challenges" as you put it, but when people willingly move to earthquake prone areas because it's "pretty" or hurricane ravaged cities but they're "sunny" I start to question sanity. I wouldn't willingly move to the flood plains around the Mighty Mississippi unlike a lot of folks.

It's one thing to live in a place that's hit by a freak storm or unexpected natural disaster. It's another thing to live in a place that's called "Tornado Alley." They don't come up with that nicknames like that because the like the sound of them.

Don't you live in tornado alley?

[TexasEagle]

Don't you live in tornado alley?

Um... no. I live in San Antonio. The worst thing that's happened here was some minor flooding about 3 years ago when a tropical storm settled over the area and just spun in a circle dumping rain for about 4 days straight - usually it's just hot. Actually I don't think any part of Texas is in Tornado Alley. But if a Twister wanted to remove Dallas from the map I'd be glad to extend the alley to that God forsaken city.

[Sgt PSN]

Your post is like saying "crime happens everywhere, so it's ridiculous to consider the crime rate when moving to inner city Detroit instead of Valley Forge."

VF Thugs are going to kill you.  K.O.P represent biatch!

[Rome]

So tornado alley is like Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, etc., correct?

I always thought Texas was a part of it.

PS: I'd gladly welcome Dallas's utter destruction.  What a shteinhole. 

[Sgt PSN]

When I was in KC I lived in the middle of tornado alley.  Now that I've moved to the Carolina coast, I get to deal with hurricanes.  I guess it's a sign that I'm moving up in the world. 

[MadMarchHare]

At least with hurricanes, you have days to see them coming and can get the hell out.  Tornadoes and earthquakes don't give you that luxury.