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Aaron Brown: What are the chances that tomorrow night, we will look in all seriousness at New Orleans and say "Oh my God, we've lost a city"?
Mr. Van Heerden: Its about 50/50...
Mr. Van Heerden: Its about 50/50...
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"I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
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I have to think that we have so many more resources than does SE Asia that such a thing is something of hyperbole. We might lose New Orleans, but we won't lose the people of New Orleans...said this could be USA's Tsunami...I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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He was pretty much talking about the level of destruction, rather than loss of human life.Originally posted by DanS
I have to think that we have so many more resources than does SE Asia that such a thing is something of hyperbole. We might lose New Orleans, but we won't lose the people of New Orleans...
However, one estimate I just heard was 44,000."I predict your ignore will rival Ben's" - Ecofarm
^ The Poly equivalent of:
"I hope you can see this 'cause I'm [flipping you off] as hard as I can" - Ignignokt the MooniniteComment
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I believe that figure comes from when Ivan threatened a direct hit last year. I saw a CNN interview clip of one of NO's emergency chiefs discussing a worst case scenario with Ivan. He mentioned that had it hit the city directly, some 40k could easily have died.Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
He was pretty much talking about the level of destruction, rather than loss of human life.
However, one estimate I just heard was 44,000.The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
The Weighted Companion Cube is cheating on you, that slut.Comment
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Something posted over at DU got this response out of me that I'd like to repeat here:
This was coming for a long time and was going to happen eventually. Los Angeles and San Fransisco are in prime position to be shaken to the ground. Tokyo and Mexico City are at risk of being buried in ash from nearby volcanoes. Florida and the entire Carribean are in Hurricane Alley. Natural disasters happen regardless of Human interference or presense. While Global Warming might have influenced this storm's developement, this storm's developement DID NOT require the influence of Global Warming.
It's easy to blame greed for the woes of the world, but the fact remains that the city of New Orleans - like many others - lives and thrives on borrowed time...The cake is NOT a lie. It's so delicious and moist.
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Tokyo's not really that close to Mt. Fuji. It's far more likely to be destroyed by a massive earthquake that is overdue.KH FOR OWNER!
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GUYNEMER FOR OT MOD!!!Comment
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People need to stop being so negative. We have done all we can. By now, all we can do is wait and pray...meet the new boss, same as the old bossComment
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29 minutes ago
SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas - Thirteen surfers had to be pulled to safety Sunday after becoming fatigued in 15-foot seas created by Hurricane Katrina, the
U.S. Coast Guardsaid.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Troy Davis said the rip tides were strong and most of the rescues were 400 to 500 yards off Quintana Beach, about 60 miles south of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico.
Sunday evening, nearby Surfside Beach closed the Surfside jetties that are used by many surfers as a launching point.
Hurricane Katrina, a powerful Category 5 storm, was expected to make landfall Monday morning near New Orleans. A hurricane warning was in effect for the north-central Gulf Coast from Morgan City, La., to the Alabama-Florida line.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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1st fatalities have been reported, 3 elderly that were being evacuated, one died when the bus they were in was tipped over, another died at an evacuation shelter before FEMA arrived, the last one died in a hospital emergency room from wounds suffered in accident.
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Crap. Gusts of up to 190 mph being reported as possible now.
I'd hate for New Orleans to be destroyed.
I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- NedComment
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- I'd like to share screenshots of the emergency shelters, but the screenshots i take don't show the video feed. But picture pyschiatric patients, people on oxygen, VERY pregnant women and the elderly all in one room, the video shot was amazing.
- they're estimating that 1 million people evacuated N.O. The population is 1.3 million. That leaves around 300,00 people in the city.Comment
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question:
we were kind of discussing this in the other thread...
because global warming causes ocean temperature to rise which in turn causes more hurricanes, do you guys think the destruction of New Orleans will spark a controversy about global warming?
and please, limit answer to yes or no... I'm not looking to actually discuss the issue here.To us, it is the BEAST.Comment
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yes, simply because no 4 people can agree on any one thing.Comment
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It'll add fuel to the controversy, but most people have already made up their minds.I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- NedComment
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Superdome shelters 35,000 from hurricaneOriginally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
Last report I heard said 10,000 will be braving it out at the Superdome.
there was like 10,000 in the afternoon with 2,000 on slow moving lines to enter (police were searching people for weapons and alcohol)."I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best." - Gracie AllenComment
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