Hurricane Katrina Devastates The Gulf Coast.

[PhillyGirl]

My mom has volunteered to go with the Red Cross down south. She has to do a 3 week training course first and then she'll be down there for a few weeks voluneering her time.    I'm really proud of her.

[PhillyGirl]

Looks like a farging warzone. 

[MadMarchHare]

This is boring. Will someone other than me start making jokes about this horrible disaster?

i've been calling for napalming the area since you first mentioned it.  it also solves another problem, the heat from the napalm would dry the area out, thus allowing the rebuilding process to start sooner.

Napalming is so 'Nam.  We need to drop some MOABs on their asses.

[Seabiscuit36]

Looks like a farging warzone. 

Or Hell 

[PhillyGirl]

Farrakhan: God punishing U.S. for Iraq with storm

Speaking to a large crowd in South Philadelphia last night, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan suggested that the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina was divine punishment for the violence America had inflicted on Iraq.

"New Orleans is the first of the cities going to tumble down... unless America changes its course," Farrakhan said.

"It is the wickedness of the people of America and the government of America that is bringing the wrath of God down," he told several hundred people at Tinsley Temple United Methodist Church.

His remarks were enthusiastically received.

He was in town as part of a multicity tour designed to drum up support for an Oct. 15 event in Washington designed to build on and commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March he organized in 1995. The new effort is called the Millions More Movement.

Farrakhan made similar remarks at a luncheon hosted by District 33 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, which represents blue-collar city workers.

"The justice of God is coming home now," he said in an hour-long speech. Among those attending were City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, Mayor Street's son Sharif Street, and Imam Shamsud-din Ali, the Muslim cleric convicted in the City Hall corruption probe.- Frederick Cusick
and Michael Currie Schaffer

From throughout the world, compassion for the victims

From papal prayers to telegrams from China, the world reacted with an outpouring of compassion yesterday for the victims of Hurricane Katrina in messages tinged by shock that a disaster of this scale could occur in the United States.

Venezuela, which has had tense relations with Washington, offered humanitarian aid and fuel if requested. French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder sent President Bush messages of sympathy, and Saudi King Abdullah did the same by phone.

Amid the sympathy, however, there were opposing reactions.

Islamic extremists rejoiced, declaring in Internet chatter that "Private" Katrina had joined the global jihad, or holy war. With "God's help," they declared, oil prices would hit $100 a barrel this year. - AP

NBC benefit tomorrow for Katrina relief fund

NBC Universal yesterday announced plans to televise a benefit concert tomorrow to raise money for Katrina victims.

The hour-long special, A Concert for Hurricane Relief, is set for 8 p.m. on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC and will air live on the East Coast. NBC's Matt Lauer will be host; performers will include Tim McGraw, Harry Connick Jr. and Wynton Marsalis, the network said. Viewers will be encouraged to donate to the American Red Cross.

Evangelist says storm 'destroyed a wicked city'

Repent America, the Christian ministry in Lansdowne known for its street demonstrations against homosexuality, said yesterday that Katrina was "an act of God" that "destroyed a wicked city" because it hit on the eve of a large gay festival in New Orleans.

Michael Marcavage, Repent America's leader, cited Southern Decadence, an often-raucous celebration that was to open today in the French Quarter for the 34th year. "Let us pray for those ravaged by this disaster," he said. "However, we must not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long."

Doug Fulenwider, superintendent of the Louisiana district council of the Assemblies of God, said Marcavage was "flinging barbs" at the wrong time. "Many of our pastors have lost their churches," Fulenwider said, "and they certainly didn't do anything against God."

I have a better idea for that Napalm.....

[PhillyPhreak54]

Did you guys heard the mayor of NO interview on CNN?

He called in to a radio station and gave a great interview. He blasted the feds, blasted Bush and was basically begging for help. Him and the radio host started crying at the end of the call and he had to hang up because of his emotions.

If any of you can find a link to it, check it out, Powerful stuff.

[rjs246]

Heard it on the radio this morning. That dude will be reelected by the people of that city everytime he runs for the rest of his life. Awesome interview.

[MURP]

Cant wait for the documentary on this mess to be finished and out in theatres. 

[Diomedes]

Yeah, I've listened to it.  No spin there.  Like what he says or not, he's not farging around.  Unlike the rest of the government officials we keep seeing.

You can download an .mp3 of that call in a lot of places.  I found one at the neo-conservative/nationalist website freerepublic.com.  But I'm sure there are others.

did a quick look...here's a link, hope it works: link

[Phanatic]

Quote from the Mayor of New Orleans right on CNN.

Mayor blasts feds: "'Get off your asses"

[PhillyGirl]

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday that he thinks the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies have done a "magnificent job" under difficult circumstances, citing their "courage" and "ingenuity."

Insisting that aid is coming as fast as possible, Chertoff said, "You can't fly helicopters in a hurricane. You can't drive trucks in a hurricane."

Is this farging guy for real?

Hurricane's been over for FOUR days icehole and you STILL don't have enough there.

[Diomedes]

Good National Geographic article predicting this kind of event.

National Geographic Magazine, October 2004

If I hear one more government apologist say "no one could have known," or "they're doing great given the horrible situation which we could never have prepared for..." I'm going to vomit.

edit: cleaned up the link

[PhillyGirl]

If I hear one more government apologist say "no one could have known," or "they're doing great given the horrible situation which we could never have prepared for..." I'm going to vomit.

Ditto. Plan for the worst, you farging idiots.

[MDS]

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday that he thinks the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal agencies have done a "magnificent job" under difficult circumstances, citing their "courage" and "ingenuity."

Insisting that aid is coming as fast as possible, Chertoff said, "You can't fly helicopters in a hurricane. You can't drive trucks in a hurricane."

Is this farging guy for real?

Hurricane's been over for FOUR days icehole and you STILL don't have enough there.

On an unrelated note, I know Chertoff's kid. He's a nice lad.

[PhillyGirl]

Tell him his dad is a farging icehole.

Thanks in advance.