hurricane ...

[lizard]

Guys…we’ve been talking about the property damage…the people, the death toll…and suddenly I realized…the hidden unknowns and costs this massive disaster will have that we haven’t discussed.

O m g.

The cost of shrimp is going to go up.

Then I started thinking about something near and dear to me…hot sauce. What will this disaster do to the pepper crop?

And then, the real tragedy occurred to me.

WHAT ABOUT THE BEADS. Millions of Mardi gras beads are submerged beneath the floodwaters, longing for warm female breasts to nestle against

 

[dorian gray]

where will the astros and texans play now?

and the real issue we've all been skirting: what about the saints?

 

[lizard]

I hear there's a nice big patch of scrub land out by Crawford.

 

[lurch70]

... "down by the banks of the mighty Olentangy"

Mardi Gras will never be the same ... we need to move the hooter viewing holiday somewhere more inland ... who says it has to be in New Orleans?

 

[dill_the_devil]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/262703

 

[Demonspell]

when ghettos are rebuilt, are they rebuilt to ghetto spec, with broken windows, crumbling foundations, and whatnot? are vermin and pests trucked in?

Not sure, but I've wondered the same about their historic brothels...

 

[J.]

where will the astros and texans play now?

The Astros haven't played in the Dome for around 5 or 6 years, dude. They play at Minute Maid Park (formerly Enron Field). THe Texans have never played in the Dome. They play in Reliant Stadium.

Anyway, what people aren't realizing is that this hurrican will cause a major increase in cost of living. The hurricane is causing oil prices and gas prices to increase, which makes truckers increase fees, which causes every little thing you buy to go up in price.

Oh well, lets just blame Bin Laden.

 

[J.]

or maybe it was God:

PHILADELPHIA - Just days before "Southern Decadence", an annual homosexual celebration attracting tens of thousands of people to the French Quarters section of New Orleans, an act of God destroys the city.
"Southern Decadence" has a history of filling the French Quarters section of the city with drunken homosexuals engaging in sex acts in the public streets and bars. Last year, a local pastor sent video footage of sex acts being performed in front of police to the mayor, city council, and the media. City officials simply ignored the footage and continued to welcome and praise the weeklong celebration as being an "exciting event". However, Hurricane Katrina has put an end to the annual celebration of sin.
On the official "Southern Decadence" website (www.SouthernDecadence.com), it states that the annual event brought in "125,000 revelers" to New Orleans last year, increasing by thousands each year, and up from "over 50,000 revelers" in 1997. This year’s 34th annual "Southern Decadence" was set for Wednesday, August 31, 2005 through Monday, September 5, 2005, but due to massive flooding and the damage left by the hurricane, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco has ordered everyone to evacuate the city.
The past three mayors of New Orleans, including Sidney Barthelomew, Marc H. Morial, and C. Ray Nagin, issued official proclamations welcoming visitors to "Southern Decadence". Additionally, New Orleans City Council made other proclamations recognizing the annual homosexual celebration.
"Although the loss of lives is deeply saddening, this act of God destroyed a wicked city," stated Repent America director Michael Marcavage. "From ‘Girls Gone Wild’ to ‘Southern Decadence’, New Orleans was a city that had its doors wide open to the public celebration of sin. May it never be the same," he continued.
New Orleans is also known for its Mardi Gras parties where thousands of drunken men revel in the streets to exchange plastic jewelry for drunken women to expose their breasts. This annual event sparked the creation of the "Girls Gone Wild" video series.
"Let us pray for those ravaged by this disaster. However, we must not forget that the citizens of New Orleans tolerated and welcomed the wickedness in their city for so long," Marcavage said. "May this act of God cause us all to think about what we tolerate in our city limits, and bring us trembling before the throne of Almighty God," Marcavage concluded.
"[God] sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." (Matthew 5:45)

 

[Mormagil]

Incredible.

 

[dorian gray]

The Astros haven't played in the Dome for around 5 or 6 years, dude. They play at Minute Maid Park (formerly Enron Field). THe Texans have never played in the Dome. They play in Reliant Stadium.

hahaha! thats awesome. after i posted that, i thought, "wait a second, i dont actually know where either of those teams play." oh well, here's to ignoring baseball and football since 1993. cheers.

 

[dorian gray]

or maybe it was God:
....

haha! jeez. i love it when someone makes sweeping generalizations. so, according to his logic, you only had to live within the city limits to get destroyed? is every death from every hurricane an act of attrition on gods part or are all those other ones just natural disasters? so dumb. are rescuers going against gods will and shall be punished?

 

[Captain Beard]

Apparently some conspiracy nuts on coast to coast am say the hurricane was made by a machine that fucks with the ionosphere. Thats right. Terrorists are sending hurricanes at us.

 

[Krilons Resa]

Apparently some conspiracy nuts on coast to coast am say the hurricane was made by a machine that fucks with the ionosphere. Thats right. Terrorists are sending hurricanes at us.

WTF?


... That's fucking STUPID!

 

[NAD]

Apparently some conspiracy nuts on coast to coast am say the hurricane was made by a machine that fucks with the ionosphere. Thats right. Terrorists are sending hurricanes at us.

dude that fucking rules. so much better than anything falwell, robertson, and phelps could come up with.

 

[lurch70]

looks like New Orleans WILL be a lake ... scary

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[J.]

it sucks that these people have no place to go, but t sucks for Houston as well. Kepp in mind these people that were in the Superdome were mostly the homeless and poor of NO. and now they are in Houston, still homeless or poor. Will they ever leave? Probably not. Not to mention the people that came to Houston that weren't in the Superdome.

Just leave THe Woodlands alone please, kthxsuckitbitchbyebye

 

[Krilons Resa]

ya, i feel bad for Houston.

 

[J.]

hell, I've read articles and interviews with these people. yep, they'll be in the Dome for a month or two, which means they'll eventually get jobs (well, maybe not. the poor and homeless don't exactly have ambition), which means they'll stay. glad I'm way north of all that shit.

also, all city financed activities (museums, zoo, parks, etc) are free admission to all NO refugees. so basically what that means, stay away from city financed operations. haha

 

[Krilons Resa]

its true.

 

[lizard]

jesus...

Okay, first this article:

A specialized urban search and rescue team from Vancouver will be joining the rescue efforts in Louisiana in the wake of hurricane Katrina.

B.C. Solicitor General John Les said the province decided to send Vancouver Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) after officials in Louisiana asked for help.

"We're the first non-U.S.-based team to be requested," said Les. "They're going to be helping as many people as they can."

CTV Vancouver has learned that the team will board a plane Wednesday night heading to Lafayette, Louisiana, where local authorities will direct them to devastated areas.

Sounds great! Except for one problem -- this team wasn't allowed to fly into the US, blocked by Homeland Security from entering. A Canadian reader sends this report:

On tonight's news, CTV (Canadian TV) said that support was offered from Canada. Planes are ready to load with food and medical supplies and a system called "DART" which can provide fresh water and medical supplies is standing by. Department of Homeland Security as well as other U.S. agencies were contacted by the Canadian government requesting permission to provide help. Despite this contact, Canada has not been allowed to fly supplies and personnel to the areas hit by Katrina. So, everything here is grounded. Prime Minister Paul Martin is reportedly trying to speak to President Bush tonight or tomorrow to ask him why the U.S. federal government will not allow aid from Canada into Louisiana and Mississippi. That said, the Canadian Red Cross is reportedly allowed into the area.

Canadian agencies are saying that foreign aid is probably not being permitted into Louisiana and Mississippi because of "mass confusion" at the U.S. federal level in the wake of the storm.