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[wolfshadow]

This is just a little good luck wish to anyone on the Revora boards who is anywhere near New Orleans.

Some websites are talking about the possibility of anywhere between 500- 50 000 dead... Main worry is if the Levees around New Orleans fail.

So, good luck~!

Kevin

[Karlos Vandango]

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[wolfshadow]

Hurricane Katrina, which is a strong Cat 4 Hurricane blowing ashore near New Orleans... Storm Surge is 28 ft, New Orleans Levees are 12 Feets. )Most of New Orleans is below Sea Level. 1.3 Million people live in and around New Orleans.

Information on Kaatrina

For conversions sake: 145 MPH = 233 Kilometers an hour

Edit: Adding Wiki Link:

Wikipedia Link

Edited by wolfshadow, 29 August 2005 - 11:49 AM.

[Karlos Vandango]

oooo

good luck anit the idea

[crave22]

Yes, good luck too anyone down there. You're gonna have quite a big mess to clean up. I do hope there were little or no casualties. (although that's unlikely... )

On a funnier note, did anyone see that one idiot reporter on CNN? He got picked up off his feet and sent down an alleyway! He's going to be sore tomorrow! I guess he learned his lesson: never walk around in a Cat 4 hurricane!

[link.the.first]

I'm glad I don't live there. I got a little bit of it when it was a cat 1 though. Wasn't too bad.

[Delta24US]

Here's the latest, although you guys probably already know by this time. Hundreds of residents are trapped in their homes under 30 feet of water. The louisiana gov't predicts an estimate of casualties in the hundreds. Whats more is that the levees are being overwhelmed. Curse you Katrina!!!!!!!!!!!!

All we can do is just hope for the best

[Karlos Vandango]

Yes, good luck too anyone down there. You're gonna have quite a big mess to clean up. I do hope there were little or no casualties. (although that's unlikely...  )

On a funnier note, did anyone see that one idiot reporter on CNN? He got picked up off his feet and sent down an alleyway!    He's going to be sore tomorrow! I guess he learned his lesson: never walk around in a Cat 4 hurricane!   

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aww i dont get cnn cause im in england

[link.the.first]

I want to see that!

[wolfshadow]

Guys, this is horrible. I'm really glad I live in Canada. Red Cross is getting a donation from me on payday.

Basically, the Levees around New Orleans are failing one by one... They are expecting 9 feet of water on Charles Street which is the main street of downtown New Orleans by tomorrow morning.

Heres a link to one of the New Orleans news stations.

New Orleans News

[link.the.first]

I saw something on the news a lot of people were using a big enclosed football stadium for shelter until the roof cracked and it rained on them.

[crave22]

@ link
Yeah, the Superdome.

We got Katrina today, but it was only a couple thunderstorms when it reached us.

Have you seen what's happening there, though? It's like they've been blasted into the stone age with people looting, car jackings by the Superdome, and crime all over. Even the cops are looting! And it's only a couple days after the storm! It's awful there. People are saying they would've been better off getting hit by a tactical nuke instead! The one thing the looters really want are guns. Police officers trying to stop the looting have been shot. It's really not pretty down there, and it will be at least a month until some form of relief can get into the city. The national guard is being deployed, but most roads into the city are flooded or unstable, and it will be a while until they can get there in force. Sooner or later there's probably going to be a declaration of martial law to help control the crime, but until then it is total chaos. I pray for anyone who lives there, I really do. And I feel bad for some people who made it out, since what's left of they're houses have probably been looted. It's really bad, and it's going to get worse before it get's better.

[Hostile]

It's basically the US tsunami, alot less death of course but very devastating. Gas prices jumped in Atlanta to $5.50 a gallon. In Wash Dc it already jumped 50 cents a gallon in one day. Not good news for the US. :(

[Vanguard]

I don't even have a job and I need gas, no money, and I'm in the US, well I better get some Soy beans then

[Karlos Vandango]

i just wacthing the devistation on the itv news
and i must say FUCKING HELL

gas priceses are gonna rise in the uk as well
not good news for my parents

and ur gonna see alot of unfaimer faces around texes vangaurd

and i cant belive the us goverment has done nothing

Edited by Karl Townsend, 01 September 2005 - 06:21 PM.

[Vanguard]

Bush is an Arogant asshole, the only time he goes out personally to see the damage, it's because it will help his election and since he can't be elected anymore there's no point for him to check out the damage.

[Karlos Vandango]

Bush is an Arogant asshole, the only time he goes out personally to see the damage, it's because it will help his election and since he can't be elected anymore there's no point for him to check out the damage.

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aww thx vangaurd
nice to see someone who thinks of bush the same way i do

[link.the.first]

He is a little too tied up right now. This is the most the military has ever been spread out over the world.

[Karlos Vandango]

yea i know but they still should have funds for this type of disater

[link.the.first]

Theres the insurance companie to handle that.