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8/31/2008 9:01:06 AM

Two hurricanes that rape New Orleans in a decade.

8/31/2008 9:30:44 AM

Maybe this time African Americans will understand that hurricanes don't operate on BPT (Black People's time) and get out. After the storm, news crews should be banned from the area so they can't photograph the whiners that didn't leave and want to complain about not getting help fast enough.

8/31/2008 10:08:44 AM

8/31/2008 10:09:55 AM

Yeah like reporters are gonna leave that shit.

THIS IS THE

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"STOARM OF CENTURAY"

8/31/2008 10:11:47 AM

I THINK I'LL BUY A HOUSE ON THE COAST THAT IS LOCATED BELOW SEA LEVEL

I CAN'T SEE WHERE THAT COULD END BAD

8/31/2008 10:13:02 AM

HAY GOOD IDEA

AND AFTER ITS DONE FLOODING ILL JUST RETURN KAY?

LIGHTNING DOESNT STRIKE TWICE IN THE SAME SPOTZ LOLS

8/31/2008 10:14:30 AM

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"Maybe this time African Americans will understand that hurricanes don't operate on BPT (Black People's time) and get out. After the storm, news crews should be banned from the area so they can't photograph the whiners that didn't leave and want to complain about not getting help fast enough. "

thats epic. and i like it

8/31/2008 10:15:46 AM

HOLY SHIT! GOOD THINKING

8/31/2008 10:16:49 AM

8/31/2008 10:26:04 AM

Most of the people in new orleans don't have the means to get out on their own. Last time the government did NOTHING and all the rental cars in the city were gone. Blaming Katrina on anything but the government is foolish. Five days? Really? in the usa? This time they have been using busses, trains and every company shipped in extra rental cars ahead of the storm. Ignorance is bliss though.

8/31/2008 12:26:39 PM

8/31/2008 2:42:58 PM

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"Blaming Katrina on anything but the government is foolish. "

because there were no warnings at all
and they didnt know their house was in a flood plane.

its not the governments job to protect people from their own foolish decisions

8/31/2008 2:57:00 PM

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"Most of the people in new orleans don't have the means to get out on their own. Last time the government did NOTHING and all the rental cars in the city were gone. Blaming Katrina on anything but the government is foolish. Five days? Really? in the usa? This time they have been using busses, trains and every company shipped in extra rental cars ahead of the storm. Ignorance is bliss though."

straight up retarded train of thought. they had ample warning to get the fuck out. everyone giving warnings was tellin them to get the fuck out. PLUS common sense says if a big assed fucking hurricane is heading right for your town then get the fuck out, especially if you live in a flood plain. Even if you don't have a car or a truck, get a damn bicycle and start riding, or start walkin, a person can cover a lot of ground in a day.

Could the gov't have done stuff? sure, but that's not an excuse to blame your own laziness or retardedness on the gov't instead of yourself.

8/31/2008 3:03:32 PM

30% still not evacuated

8/31/2008 3:04:55 PM

if they stay, then they all get darwin awards.

8/31/2008 3:06:20 PM

Seriously, with the reports thrown in by the weather channel (and NOAA, and the other weather nerds), why the hell would they stay. It might be just as bad this time, or worse.

All the people who kept commenting on how they don't see how the levees are going to fail this time are fools. If the storm surge is high enough, they're all fucked.

8/31/2008 3:12:12 PM

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"they had ample warning to get the fuck out. everyone giving warnings was tellin them to get the fuck out. PLUS common sense says if a big assed fucking hurricane is heading right for your town then get the fuck out, especially if you live in a flood plain. Even if you don't have a car or a truck, get a damn bicycle and start riding, or start walkin, a person can cover a lot of ground in a day."

walk? are you fucking kidding me? that advice is dumb for so many reasons, I don't even know where to start

8/31/2008 3:13:09 PM

This one guy was like "I SURVIVAHD KURTREENUH I CAN SURVAHV GOOSTAFF. MANG I AINT GOT NO MONIES THIS HERE BILDIN IS STRONG WIF BOLTS AND IT GOES INTER THE GROUND N STUFF MANG. IF SHE WANTS ME SHE WILL DO WHUT SHE WANTS MANG"

though he looked kinda hot for an old guy

8/31/2008 3:14:37 PM

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" Quote : "Blaming Katrina on anything but the government is foolish. " because there were no warnings at all and they didnt know their house was in a flood plane. its not the governments job to protect people from their own foolish decisions "

the past hurricanes more people evacuated and nothing happened. remmeber it is very expensive to leave and go somewhere far away for a few days all the time. It IS THE GOVERNMENTS JOB to protect people. Thats what government is for.

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"they had ample warning to get the fuck out. everyone giving warnings was tellin them to get the fuck out. PLUS common sense says if a big assed fucking hurricane is heading right for your town then get the fuck out, especially if you live in a flood plain."

I don't think it was as much a matter of if they should leave but more of how could they leave? where would they go? where would this money come from? who would protect their belongings from looters?

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"Even if you don't have a car or a truck, get a damn bicycle and start riding, or start walkin, a person can cover a lot of ground in a day."

The judges are going to penalize you like 4 tenths of a point on this one. Ouch. Why would somebody take off on a bike as a storm approached? they risk the possibility of being stranded on a highway as the outer bands arrive. How would you even walk/bike highways. Remember this isn't a matter of leaving one neighborhood or one part of the city. the entire region is a flood plain. And what about the ill, elderly, diseased and those with children? Do you suggest they find one of those long multi person bicylcles?

but what really does it is...

new orleans didn't even flood during the storm. i could understand if the government said "we can't help you during the storm" but the levees didn't even break until the next afternoon. Over 12 hours after the storm had passed. By then there should have been ships, planes and everything already there taking care of anything that needed to be taken care of but instead, it took another 4 days for ANYTHING to arrive. Inexplicable. Inexcusable. Unacceptable.

8/31/2008 4:21:21 PM

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"who would protect their belongings from looters?"

Yes. Your belongings are more important than YOUR FUCKING LIFE. Besides, isn't that what the government is for? Protecting people and their belongings? You know, the very thing you just said?

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"Why would somebody take off on a bike as a storm approached? they risk the possibility of being stranded on a highway as the outer bands arrive."

Oh, well then. I guess they should have just stayed put below sea-level between two massive bodies of water. That makes much more sense. I mean, it's not like if they were on the highway when the outer bands approached they could have hid underneath an overpass or something.

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"new orleans didn't even flood during the storm. i could understand if the government said "we can't help you during the storm" but the levees didn't even break until the next afternoon. Over 12 hours after the storm had passed. By then there should have been ships, planes and everything already there taking care of anything that needed to be taken care of but instead, it took another 4 days for ANYTHING to arrive. Inexplicable. Inexcusable. Unacceptable."

You are right. The state of Louisiana really did fail its citizens. What is your point?

But yes, you are right. It was totally blue skies all over the US in the hours after Katrina hit NO. THere was no infrastructure damage or anything that would have prevented anything like that from happening whatsoever, either.

8/31/2008 4:27:45 PM

wat.

8/31/2008 4:28:02 PM

8/31/2008 4:32:53 PM

^AHAHAHAHAHAHA

8/31/2008 4:35:01 PM

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"It IS THE GOVERNMENTS JOB to protect people. Thats what government is for. "

protect from foreign invaders. yes
protect from crime. maybe
protect from yourself. no

8/31/2008 4:35:27 PM

8/31/2008 4:38:21 PM

^^ actually, the SC has ruled that police departments have absolutely no responsibility to protect any specific individual. meaning they don't really have to protect anyone

8/31/2008 4:45:51 PM

after the Iowa floods:

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" Where are all of the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods? Where is all the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn’t solved the problem? Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are? Why isn’t the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago? When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines? Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks? Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets? When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a ‘vanilla’ Iowa, because that’s the way God wants it? Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism? Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people? How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?"

8/31/2008 4:48:56 PM

When was this Iowa flooding you speak of?

GUBMINT CONSPIRACY

8/31/2008 4:50:01 PM

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""I SURVIVAHD KURTREENUH I CAN SURVAHV GOOSTAFF. MANG I AINT GOT NO MONIES THIS HERE BILDIN IS STRONG WIF BOLTS AND IT GOES INTER THE GROUND N STUFF MANG. IF SHE WANTS ME SHE WILL DO WHUT SHE WANTS MANG""

hahah

8/31/2008 5:06:09 PM

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"after the Iowa floods: ... Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?"

lol it's because they don't have that stuff in Iowa

8/31/2008 5:19:11 PM

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8/31/2008 5:20:54 PM

I guess it never occurs to some that just because you live somewhere doesn't mean you chose too... Not every one has the money to up and move, and just about anywhere you live has a risk of some natural disaster.

Furthermore, how you gonna ride a bike out of the city if, say, you are disabled, or have small children?

8/31/2008 7:42:47 PM

the children and disabled get left behind.

survival of the fittest and whatnot.

8/31/2008 7:51:25 PM

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"By Jim Seida, msnbc.com senior multimedia editor I was walking down Bourbon Street this evening, reporting on how New Orleans is empty of residents and tourists. As I looked south, I saw a movie-like bulging clouds, layers of lighter clouds on a dark black background. I heard people say, “Here it comes.” "

Cool.

8/31/2008 9:48:56 PM

Here we go again.

8/31/2008 10:03:13 PM

Tornado warnings in Baton Rouge, the rain has started, wind is picking up.

Here we go.

8/31/2008 10:57:24 PM

Remember, it is government's job to take care of you. Even if you have a fucking RV in your driveway, you should still wait for Nagin and company to come pick you up.

Plz to experience a hurricane and eliminate yourself from the gene pool:

9/1/2008 9:54:10 AM

you think i can buy some of that busted property for next to nothing, wait around for a hurricane, and then have the government pay for it?

9/1/2008 9:55:40 AM

what a sound investment! In for 3!

9/1/2008 10:03:12 AM

this goes on all the time in hatteras. investors buy homes on the coast and build them particularly weak and very large, insure them and every winter storm surges take many of them out and they cash in on not only insurance but federal money as well. Its quite the investment.

9/1/2008 10:04:49 AM

9/1/2008 10:07:02 AM

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"this goes on all the time in hatteras. investors buy homes on the coast and build them particularly weak and very large, insure them and every winter storm surges take many of them out and they cash in on not only insurance but federal money as well. Its quite the investment."

makes sense, wondered why so many idiots would but a house on the beach when it erodes so fast.

9/1/2008 10:09:29 AM

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"Blaming Katrina on anything but the government is foolish"

Wow.

9/1/2008 10:10:04 AM

the levees have started to overtop. its a race against time now.

9/1/2008 12:13:08 PM

nah, it'll be all good. just overtopping, which is MUCH better than a breach. I have been watching the N.O. Local News all morning

9/1/2008 12:14:48 PM

thats why i said its a race against time. levees can only deal with overtopping for so long before they breach also with lack of power, some pumps have started to fail. Keep in mind that without pumps the city would flood on a dry day. I also heard there is a breach/govenrment explosion at one of the levees in the lower 9th ward. The strongest winds have just arrived in NO. The situation is looking good now but keep in mind after Katrina had passed the situation was still looking good and later that day all the levees broke. I know that water was being piled into ponchatrain during katrina and much of the mississippi surge receded back into the no area during katrina and that won't happen here but its not over till its over.

9/1/2008 12:22:06 PM

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"because there were no warnings at all"

you are kidding right.

niggas you better get out you live under sea level.

"na im staying"

9/1/2008 12:22:58 PM

^^^ It's true that overtopping is better than a breach, but overtopping is a hell of a lot worse than having the water stay on one side of the levee. Overtopping can cause a breach. I just hope those levees were built a little bit stronger than they needed to be, or else all that money was a damn waste. Oh, and all the people that stayed behind are about to get a nasty surprise, etc.

9/1/2008 12:32:42 PM

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"Maybe this time African Americans will understand that hurricanes don't operate on BPT (Black People's time) and get out. After the storm, news crews should be banned from the area so they can't photograph the whiners that didn't leave and want to complain about not getting help fast enough."

AMEN

9/1/2008 12:37:22 PM