lalate Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 New Orleans such a wonderful city.friggen katrina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaysersoze Posted August 28 Report Share Posted August 28 .... that storm is huge.... Louisiana is definately getting a makeover.....and people are guaranteed to die.....what a way to close out the summer.... mother nature can be a bitch at times.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 hopefully it wont be as bad as we think its gona be.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalate Posted August 29 Author Report Share Posted August 29 One of the greatest persons (I think the first) I met through cp in person was from NOLO and because of him I was able to appreciate this wonderful town a few years ago. Im very very saddened and hoping for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghhhhhost Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 likewise...i love new orleans...guess we can just hope for the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 was only there once but couldnt realy enjoy it to the fullest because i was a teen, i would like to enjoy it as an adult.. hopeflly it wont be as bad as we think... guess we'll find out tomorrow morning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalate Posted August 29 Author Report Share Posted August 29 Just checked.01-10-2003, 10:56 AM I still have the original pm saved from my buddy. I cant read it without getting a bit choked up about this town I liked so much. Its like a entire guide to the city, this pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 I was going to swing down to New Orleans when i fly to Louisana for the LSU/Tennessee game.. but we aren't doing that now obviously.I feel for the people there.... i lost power for only two days during the Cat 1 hurricane... imagine cat 4/cat 5 will equate to weeks of people not having power, etc.... homes ruined, lives lost... this is terrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamme Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 is it supposed to hit today? ( havent watched any TV or read any news all weekend) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutcase34 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 supposed to be hitting right now I think. We were watching the news last nite and they were showing all these people who were gonna ride out the storm. Still sitting at bars and hanging out in the street boozin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynstam21 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 this is soo sad...I love it there, the people, the art, the history :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalate Posted August 29 Author Report Share Posted August 29 Its hitting but its behind schedule, which is making this wait even longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver05 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 This is very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynstam21 Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 levee broke and The French Quarter is flooded80% of New Orleans is under watersoo fuckin depressing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevatedflow Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 levee broke and The French Quarter is flooded80% of New Orleans is under watersoo fuckin depressing quite sad, i went for mardi gras this year... i guess it was a wise choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevatedflow Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 Thats fucking devistating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydup Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 yeah but fertil land soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalate Posted August 30 Author Report Share Posted August 30 levee broke and The French Quarter is flooded80% of New Orleans is under watersoo fuckin depressing serious? o noooooooooooooooooo. I just got back in :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8ted Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 Looters Take Advantage Of DevastationIn two of the cities hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina, looters are running rampant.An AP reporter along the beach in Biloxi, Miss., said it "looks like a free-for-all," as looters came running out of souvenir shops, loaded down with merchandise. He saw two men riding go-carts taken from an amusement park near the beach.Two men were pushing a large plastic garbage can with wheels, so full that it took both of them to drag it down the street.The owner of the Super Eight motel in Biloxi said, "People are just casually walking in and filling up garbage bags and walking off like they're Santa Claus."There's a similar scene in downtown New Orleans, where looters are floating garbage cans filled with clothing and jewelry down the street.Some of the looting has been taking place in full view of police and National Guard troops. One man with an armload of clothes even asked a police officer if he could borrow his car.At a Walgreen's drug store in the French Quarter Tuesday morning, people were running out with grocery baskets and coolers full of soft drinks, chips and diapers. When police finally showed up, a young boy stood at the door and shouted a warning, and the crowd scattered.A tourist from Philadelphia compared the scene to "downtown Baghdad." She said the scene was insane as she stood and snapped pictures in amazement."I've wanted to come here for 10 years. I thought this was a sophisticated city. I guess not," Denise Bollinger said.Another person described it as a chance for "oppressed" people to "get back at society."One man walked down Canal Street with a pallet of food on his head. His wife insisted they weren't stealing from the nearby supermarket. She said she had eight grandchildren to feed."It's about survival right now," she said.Nearby, looters ripped open the steel gates on the fronts of stores on Canal Street. They filled industrial-sized garbage cans with clothing and jewelry and floated them down the street on bits of plywood and insulation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lalate Posted August 30 Author Report Share Posted August 30 I watched 9-11 constantly uninterrupted on TV.THISSSS I cant watch anymore. People who cant find their wives. People crying, holding on for dear life. I cant watch it. .... and to THINK that people are looting that Wallgreens? IVEEEE been in that store (down the street from the famous Bread/Desert place) - to think someone is looting THAT store means the antique shops near by with pieces worth each easily over $10K are being pillaged So of the great antiques of the south originate or are housed in New Orleans. This is a tragedy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZE Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 I watched 9-11 constantly uninterrupted on TV.THISSSS I cant watch anymore. People who cant find their wives. People crying, holding on for dear life. I cant watch it. .... and to THINK that people are looting that Wallgreens? IVEEEE been in that store (down the street from the famous Bread/Desert place) - to think someone is looting THAT store means the antique shops near by with pieces worth each easily over $10K are being pillaged So of the great antiques of the south originate or are housed in New Orleans. This is a tragedy.Where are they going with the stuff they're stealing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8ted Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 oh "they" find places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydup Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 oh "they" find places.Please define "they"thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlr8ted Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 you know who "they" are, you congradulate "them" all the time when we get into cabs..Pics of the hurricane.http://flickr.com/photos/deaah/38451996/in/set-692663/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaydup Posted August 31 Report Share Posted August 31 you know who "they" are, you congradulate "them" all the time when we get into cabs..Pics of the hurricane.http://flickr.com/photos/deaah/38451996/in/set-692663/I am just sooo proud of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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