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Athens · Aug 28, 2005, 06:12 PM

For those that dont know New Orleans, its way below sea level, and this hurricane is going to distroy the city for a long time. Those that pray, pray for the city because it will need it.

Scandalous Ion Cannon · Aug 28, 2005, 06:15 PM

Dear God,

Please stop killing people.

Signed,
Everyone

Kerrigan · Aug 28, 2005, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

Dear God,

Please stop killing people.

Signed,
Everyone

PS: I'm out of Dorritos.

sek929 · Aug 28, 2005, 06:26 PM

How exactly will prayers be needed in a post-category-5-hurricane area?

I'd say a check for 10 billion dollars would be a good start.

Atomic Rooster · Aug 28, 2005, 06:34 PM

Tragically Hip! "New Orleans Is Sinking".

Amen, Awomen

loki74 · Aug 28, 2005, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

How exactly will prayers be needed in a post-category-5-hurricane area?

I'd say a check for 10 billion dollars would be a good start.

Well the damage assessment would be after the fact, no? For now all we can do is pray... unless you happen to be in that area in which case I say, don't stay put--do what they tell you to do cause its probably for the best!

pooka · Aug 28, 2005, 06:57 PM

I'm about 50 miles outside of N.O. right now. I was driving around on I-10 earlier and all I can say is fuuuhuuuuuuuuhuuuuccccck. Poor folks. Had to be 30 miles of solid cars sitting on the interstate.

Pray if you want, but I'd prefer is you'd send generators. And satellite internet doesn't sound too bad right now either.

italiano · Aug 28, 2005, 06:57 PM

I for one will say a prayer... if you can't bring yourself to pray we'll try to understand but sarcasm is totally bull.

meelk · Aug 28, 2005, 06:59 PM

how about "Dear Lord, please help all the people who are so stupid they live below sea level"

Kerrigan · Aug 28, 2005, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by meelk

how about "Dear Lord, please help all the people who are so stupid they live below sea level"

The Dutch are quite clever actually

effgee · Aug 28, 2005, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

The Dutch are quite clever actually

Why? Because they chose to live in a region that doesn't get pummeled by hurricanes on a (more or less) frequent basis?

And on a more serious note - good luck to the folks in N.O. Praying's not my thing but I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Agasthya · Aug 28, 2005, 07:23 PM

I think that its a better idea to pray for those poor news people that have to go out there in the middle of the ****ing hurricane to report that there are "high winds and a lot of rain." No kidding.

KeriVit · Aug 28, 2005, 08:31 PM

I just pray my brother gets out safely. Joke all you want, but when family is involved, it's different. I lived in Louisiana for 12 years and believe me, the loss of New Orleans is traumatic.

SVass · Aug 28, 2005, 09:29 PM

I lived there 40 years ago when a hurricane named Betsy came through at about this time of year. The mayor told everyone to stand in the middle of the street and wait for a bus to save you. The town survived although we were without power and air conditioning for four days. Living in a northern climate now, I can tell you that it is a lot worse to be without power for four days (second Clinton inaugural) after an ice storm. Cold is baaad.

spacefreak · Aug 28, 2005, 09:43 PM

I'm sad for the folks down there. Hopefully, Katrina will have some mercy.

On another note, I am glad that I finally got a chance to visit New Orleans this past spring (Jazzfest), because it looks as if that city is going to be trashed a good bit.

Kevin · Aug 28, 2005, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

Dear God,

Please help me remember that you don't cause these things. I seem to forget. Even though I've been told quite a few times.

Signed,
SWF

Fixed.

Athens · Aug 28, 2005, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

How exactly will prayers be needed in a post-category-5-hurricane area?

I'd say a check for 10 billion dollars would be a good start.

Im setting up a collections box at work tonight to help.

Athens · Aug 28, 2005, 10:24 PM

I dont think many people realize how serious this is. This is a 1 in 500 year storm for the area. There have been only 3 Cat 5 storms that have hit the main land, but they where not even half the size of this one. This storm is massive in size and power. Its not the most powerful but its size is going to distroy **** loads. Peopel in the northern states are going to suffer from this storm too. New Orleans is going to be distroyed if its a worst case storm which it looks like it. It could be months before they can get all the water out. 1.5 million people wont be able to return home for months. Those that are joking around, shame on you. Most of us live in places that could suffer a big disaster, Vancouver, Seattle, San Fransico, LA earth quakes, St Loius Earth quakes, Florida, Texas Storms, central States/Canada storms...

Millennium · Aug 28, 2005, 10:36 PM

The ancient Aztecs worshipped a rain god known for his horrible temper. They called him Huracán, from which we get the word "hurricane"; the Spanish conquistadors dropped the word straight into their own language and English picked it up from there. Looking at storms like this, we can see why the conquistadors would name the storms after the foreign god said to cause them.

sek929 · Aug 28, 2005, 10:45 PM

Considering the overhyping new stations like to do I have not heard all this doom and gloom from them.

Worst case scenarios are just that, scenarios. I'm sure it will be awful, my heart goes out to those who may suffer, but lets not make rash exaggerations about the end of society due to a hurrcaine.

Andrew did 26 billion dollars worth of damage, this looks to be around that. Life goes on.

Captain Obvious · Aug 28, 2005, 10:49 PM

I hope this doesn't effect the sox-rangers series, my mistake

rickey939 · Aug 28, 2005, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious

I hope this doesn't effect the sox-rangers series, my mistake

xi_hyperon · Aug 28, 2005, 11:13 PM

F*ck. I'm not much for dramatics, but this is from the New Orleans office of the National Weather Service:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

EXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA

DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.

Someone should probably give a heads-up to Jeebus on this one. Everyone down there take care.

Atomic Rooster · Aug 28, 2005, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

Fixed.

Stupid idiotic post.

Anyways...

Please Gawd, since this area is important for all the off shore oil platforms that have closed down...don't let all the SUV owners down and keep the price from doubling.

I saw a lady on TV the other day who said she had to shop at dollar stores because the gas was so expensive for her brand new full size black Ford SUV.

Amen

spacefreak · Aug 28, 2005, 11:30 PM

$1000 says that liberals are already figuring out ways to blame President Bush for this.

baw · Aug 28, 2005, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

Stupid idiotic post.

Anyways...

Please Gawd, since this area is important for all the off shore oil platforms that have closed down...don't let all the SUV owners down and keep the price from doubling.

I saw a lady on TV the other day who said she had to shop at dollar stores because the gas was so expensive for her brand new full size black Ford SUV.

Amen

The dollar stores sell gas? Which stores?

sek929 · Aug 28, 2005, 11:33 PM

I'd bet your already figuring out ways to blame liberals for blaming Bush for this.

Atomic Rooster · Aug 28, 2005, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by xi_hyperon

Everyone down there take care.

Are you GOD?!!?

xi_hyperon · Aug 28, 2005, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

Are you GOD?!!?

you got it punk [/Frank Rizzo]

Atomic Rooster · Aug 28, 2005, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by spacefreak

$1000 says that liberals are already figuring out ways to blame President Bush for this.

Bush did it.

Now send me my 1000 dollars.

Atomic Rooster · Aug 28, 2005, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by baw

The dollar stores sell gas? Which stores?

???HUH???

Kevin · Aug 28, 2005, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

Stupid idiotic post.

Atomic Rooster · Aug 28, 2005, 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by Kevin

I'm sorry Kevin, I think.

My soul is damned so say a prayer for the peeps of the Gulf Coast for me.

sek929 · Aug 28, 2005, 11:50 PM

Flanders to God, Flanders to God, get off your cloud and save my Todd!

FulcrumPilot · 12:45 AM

Scary indeed! I hear it may become a toxic cesspool through flooding in the chemical factories etc! yikes!!

Ghoser777 · Aug 29, 2005, 12:17 AM

Likelihood of civil discussion online - 0%.

greenamp · Aug 29, 2005, 12:55 AM

Even on the topic of catastrophic natural disaster some of you retards still find a way to make the convo political.

dillerX · Aug 29, 2005, 01:01 AM

Originally Posted by greenamp

Even on the topic of catastrophic natural disaster some of you retards still find a way to make the convo political.

You're surprised?

Lateralus · Aug 29, 2005, 01:09 AM

Originally Posted by greenamp

Even on the topic of catastrophic natural disaster some of you retards still find a way to make the convo political.

Or religious... Though it only took one post to do that.

wataru · Aug 29, 2005, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by Kevin

Fixed.

If "he" doesn't cause things, stop thanking him for stuff.

Scandalous Ion Cannon · Aug 29, 2005, 01:29 AM

Originally Posted by wataru

If "he" doesn't cause things, stop thanking him for stuff.

baw · Aug 29, 2005, 02:54 AM

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MODEST CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF KATRINA OVER
THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. RECENT MICROWAVE PASSES SHOW THAT AN OUTER
EYEWALL IS IN THE FORMATIVE STAGES...AND THE LATEST IR IMAGES SHOW
A LESS WELL-DEFINED EYEWALL WITH MORE EVIDENCE OF OUTER BANDING.
THE NOAA HURRICANE HUNTERS ALSO REPORTED AN EROSION OF THE EYEWALL
IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT. THESE OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST THAT THERE
COULD BE SOME WEAKENING OF KATRINA PRIOR TO LANDFALL. ALL THIS IS
RELATIVE...HOWEVER...AND KATRINA IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE OF AT
LEAST CATEGORY FOUR INTENSITY WHEN IT REACHES THE COAST. AN EYEWALL
REPLACEMENT AT THIS POINT IS NOT ALL GOOD NEWS...AS THEY ARE
GENERALLY ACCOMPANIED BY A BROADENING OF THE WIND FIELD...SO THAT
EVEN AS KATRINA WEAKENS THERE COULD BE AN INCREASE IN THE AREA THAT
EXPERIENCES MAJOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS.

Yikes.

JoshuaZ · Aug 29, 2005, 04:19 AM

Hmm... I wonder if this has anything to do with a recent news article I saw about global warming. Oh wait... I forgot... no one believes it that anymore.

meelk · Aug 29, 2005, 04:27 AM

Originally Posted by JoshuaZ

Hmm... I wonder if this has anything to do with a recent news article I saw about global warming. Oh wait... I forgot... no one believes it that anymore.

I was thinking the same thing, but people more "in the know" would just step on me, so I tend to not voice it, regardless of how many hurricanes decide to take a swipe at florida and the gulf coast. At least they havent come for us good people on the eastern seaboard lately

Kerrigan · 06:48 AM

Originally Posted by Lateralus

Or religious... Though it only took one post to do that.

What I do find funny, in a sort of ironic way, is that thanks to the progress of science, we no longer have to attribute natural disasters to god.

Instead, we can now blame America for every catastrophe!

Heat wave in France? America is probably causing it.

Indian Ocean tsunamis? America probably knew about it and didn't tell anyone.

AIDS virus ravaging Africa? America probably created it.

America is getting hit by a massive hurricane? They have created it, now they must deal with it!

Kevin · Aug 29, 2005, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by wataru

If "he" doesn't cause things, stop thanking him for stuff.

I suggest you go back and read what I said.

Pay specific attention to the word "these"

Takes on a whole other meaning.

effgee · Aug 29, 2005, 07:01 AM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

What I do find funny, in a sort of ironic way, ...

Whoa! This is about three posts from a category 5 Lounge thread! There's no turning back after "the good Lord" and the "evil empire" have been folded into the mix! Good going, everyone!

moonmonkey · Aug 29, 2005, 07:50 AM

http://www.nola.com/paradecam/index.ssf?video

http://www.nola.com/fqcam/index.ssf

chris v · Aug 29, 2005, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by spacefreak

$1000 says that liberals are already figuring out ways to blame President Bush for this.

Pay up.

New Orleans is a beautiful town, laden with history. I'd really hate to see it flood. It'll be a bad humanitarian disaster, but it looks like the storm has weakened enough that it's possible the levees will hold.

ebuddy · Aug 29, 2005, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Scandalous Ion Cannon

Dear God,

Please stop killing people.

Signed,
Everyone

It'd actually look more like; "God, we thank you for the beauty and the benevolence 360 days of the year and from 1969 to the present for we know it was on this benevolence that massive structures like the SuperDome exist and the various other resorts and hotels lining the otherwise peaceful shores. Lord, we ask that you be merciful on those who would build their livelihoods in a man-made valley between two, 15' levies. Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do. Forgive the drunkards in the taverns who would laugh at this force, forgive those Lord who are tired of evacuating for bloated threats by an excitable media over less severe storms in the past. Lord, forgive those who would place their faith in the construction of man and not the benevolence of You O Lord. Be merciful Lord and may the laborers be bountiful in comforting the afflicted among those who have sought refuge and be with those who may not be as fortunate. I thank you in advance Lord knowing that those whose eyes are upon you, historically will be most quick to help in the form of labor, money, and sustainance. Amen."