Hurricane Katrina Devastates The Gulf Coast.

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Diomedes

#165
August 30, 2005, 10:04:09 PM
Yeah, we disagree a bit.  It's okay.

Speaking of the USA...they need to get the National Guard into New Orleans right away.  Not just the Coast Guard.  People are gonna start killing each other if they don't take over asap.
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

phillymic2000

#166
August 30, 2005, 10:52:32 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on August 30, 2005, 10:04:09 PM
Yeah, we disagree a bit.  It's okay.

Speaking of the USA...they need to get the National Guard into New Orleans right away.  Not just the Coast Guard.  People are gonna start killing each other if they don't take over asap.

agreed, some of the video tape on Cnn and hearing some of the reporters stories, it is got to be close to getting out of hand. THey reported that one officer was shot in the head by a looter (he is going to be alright) but 20 to 30 thousand people in the Superdome, with rising flood water  :o thats not good.

JTrotter Fan

#167
August 30, 2005, 11:24:11 PM
Quote from: Diomedes on August 30, 2005, 10:04:09 PM
Yeah, we disagree a bit.  It's okay.

Speaking of the USA...they need to get the National Guard into New Orleans right away.  Not just the Coast Guard.  People are gonna start killing each other if they don't take over asap.

Haven't you heard...Bush sent them all to Iraq...us gun-toting Americans are the National Guard now!!
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#168
August 31, 2005, 07:53:12 AM
Scrounging for food when it's your only option and the food is going to go bad sitting in an abandoned flooded store anyway = not looting.

Swimming back home with pockets full of jewelry = looting.

My guess on the pictures is that AFP is just more cautious about calling people looters than the AP is. If the pictures were from the same news agency, it would be clearcut racism.

Geowhizzer

#169
August 31, 2005, 08:24:03 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on August 30, 2005, 09:41:43 AM
This "our tsunami" comment is pretty foul.  At the end of the story, there's no way Katrina kills more than 500 americans.   To compare that to the tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands is stupid, pompous, offensive.  Things are bad, sure.  But there's no need to pretend it's anything like as bad as the recent tsunami. 

And people wonder why the world hates at us.  One reason is that we are the most ignorant, self-important gang of spoiled bully brats you'll ever find.  We lose a few hundred in a hurricane, and start making comparisons to the worst natural disaster in world wide living memory.  That's classy.

I've been thinking about this.  For you or I to call this "our tsunami" would definitely be crass.  Obviously, the tsunami's destruction, especially in terms of lives was far beyond that for which Katrina will ultimately be held responsible.

But I am not going to condemn the mayor of Biloxi for an emotional response in the heat of the moment.  For the people of Louisiana and Mississippi, the destruction of their homes and the loss of life is very real.  I've heard other sources say that the footage of vast parts of Louisiana and Mississippi look very much like pictures of South Asia in the wake of the tsunami.

Is it destruction on the scale of the tsunami?  Hardly.  However, for these people, it is the same:  their home, their family, their lives are being gravely affected.

Diomedes

#170
August 31, 2005, 08:57:39 AM
Guess which of those two photos from above I found in "Metro," (one of the two large, free NY Dailies today?  Hint: there's only one person in the photo, and the caption doesn't say anything about "finding" food.

Also, another follow up: The Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour is quoted on the front page of the NY Times today saying "It looks like Hiroshima is what it looks like."  geo, I understand your hesitance to chastise the Mayor of Biloxi for words spoken in an emotional moment.  I'm not as forgiving of elected officials as you are.  In my view, the Mayors and Governors should have more humility, more perpsective, and more professionalism than to compare this scene to the tsunami or Hiroshima.  These comments are irresponsible, innaccurate, and insulting.
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

Diomedes

#171
August 31, 2005, 09:03:28 AM
Quote from: QB Eagles on August 31, 2005, 07:53:12 AMMy guess on the pictures is that AFP is just more cautious about calling people looters than the AP is. If the pictures were from the same news agency, it would be clearcut racism.

I'm not sure it would be clearcut racism even then, but I'm also not willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.  It's curious.  That's all I'm saying.
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

MURP

#172
August 31, 2005, 09:26:38 AM
Quote from: Diomedes on August 31, 2005, 08:57:39 AM
Guess which of those two photos from above I found in "Metro," (one of the two large, free NY Dailies today?  Hint: there's only one person in the photo, and the caption doesn't say anything about "finding" food.

funny you mentioned that.  I was thinking about the same thing while reading the Metro today.


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The Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour is quoted on the front page of the NY Times today saying "It looks like Hiroshima is what it looks like."

Gov of Miss reads the board!  ;D

Diomedes

#173
August 31, 2005, 09:34:26 AM
What next, will Trent Lott liken Katrina to Hitler, and Southerners to the Jews?
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

PhillyPhreak54

#174
August 31, 2005, 09:34:33 AM
I was reading a story in the Inky today about the looting at a Wal-Mart..

Wal-Mart apparently told the police that in a situation like this they can go take whetever they want and to keep track of it and pay them back later (yeah, that'll happen). And the police were taking canned goods and the stuff like that needed. But they also were taking DVDs and other crap.

But when people saw the police doing it -- the rushed the store and began looting it. They said the traffic getting to the store (in an area where the floods did not hit) was backed up like the people evacuating.

Then they told a story about a teenage girl who passed out while looting. She layed there on the floor while people stepped over her and trampled her. Two "good samaritans" tried to help her by pouring water, soda and gatorade on her face. Are you kidding me?!?

Then a firefighter walked by and they asked him to help and he said "She's breathing. Where am I going to take her?" and walked away.

It is getting crazy down there for sure.

MURP

#175
August 31, 2005, 09:41:07 AM

PhillyGirl

#176
August 31, 2005, 09:42:47 AM
"Oh, yeah. They'll still boo. They have to. They're born to boo. Just now, they'll only boo with two Os instead of like four." - Larry Andersen

rjs246

#177
August 31, 2005, 09:44:46 AM
What a clusterfarg.
Is rjs gonna have to choke a bitch?

Let them eat bootstraps.

Diomedes

#178
August 31, 2005, 10:07:47 AM
The photo of the black kid can also be found at CNN.com in the "Gallery" under "Special Report" on Katrina.  Link is on the front page at CNN.com.  The blurb takes the high road:

QuoteA young man drags groceries through chest-deep water in New Orleans on Tuesday.
There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." - Yosemite Park Ranger

Sgt PSN

#179
August 31, 2005, 10:24:59 AM
Quote from: MURP on August 31, 2005, 09:41:07 AM
Suicide at the Superdome?

How in the world can the Saints possibly follow this act and provide the same level of action and excitement? 
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