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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:46 AM Original message |
Worse than Katrina |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is not good news for sure. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'll join you in the tinfoil. Especially after watching Spike Lee's |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
27. Acts I and II were superb -- we'll see the rest tonight. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. NO was a Democratic stronghold. The Republicans want to |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Good point. nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It seems that everyone wants to keep the entertainment section |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. The Disenification of New Orleans. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Disney meets Stepford..(wrote this last year) |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:00 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. that's really good. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
26. We do need to be prepared for worse storms. |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. Those stupid people. Why are they living in Miami (or Houston, or... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. You need one to hit a major city |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. NOLA is-was a major American city. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I appreciate that New Orleans is a major city. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Gotcha. Maybe Boston, Philly or NYC would get some attention. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. No harm wished upon their citizens |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Isn't there a Thames River Gateway flood control structure |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Flood control system - Thames barrier. |
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CottonBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Why thank you! I will bookmark those links. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Anyhting you want to know in the future |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. could easily make landfall in DC or Atlantic City or Baltimore.... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. DC is somewhat buffered by the Chesapeake Bay... |
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savemefromdumbya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-23-06 11:01 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. Yes Isabel took 5 trees down in our yard |
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Brotherjohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. You mean like... THIS? |
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AnneD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
49. Dare I hope .... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Where are they? |
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mccoyn (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. New Orleans was below sea level. |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Not necessarily. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. Not quite so |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Houston is 30 miles inland. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
43. Parts of it are, parts of it are not |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. The difference being: Katrina NOLA lack of response was GENOCIDE |
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jseankil (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Genocide? Oh jesus, come on! /nm |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Yes, many Americans are in denial about it |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. like the ones that got hit in Mississippi by Katrina? |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. so................? |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
44. Yes it was! |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
19. anyone else find it odd that all hurricanes this year have been pacific? |
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rmgarrette64 (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. It's Bush's Fault! |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:34 PM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Remember! Karl Rove is in charge of the reconstrustion! |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. welcome to DU -- i've been welcoming a LOT of newbies |
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rmgarrette64 (162 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. No, just a poor attempt at a joke |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 05:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I got the joke, and make the same one myself often |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. not so odd when you consider that peak hurricane season |
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rayofreason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. hurricane outlook |
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nomo (84 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. Feel the DOOM!!!! n/t |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
36. as if New Orleans ISN'T a "major city" -- what they REALLY |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. And might that hurricane be in a place like Detroit nt |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
42. Officially the death toll is 1,833+ |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-22-06 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
46. We have been extremely luck so far |
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