Lovely Rita

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Berzerker
I hope it turns north and hits where Katrina hit

[Mrs. Tuberski]

is there any particular reason berzerker is being an ass and talking out of it at the same time??

[Frozzy]

Well, think about it... NO is already completely fubarred... may as well throw a brick at a broken window than a fresh one.

[Berzerker]

Well, think about it... NO is already completely fubarred... may as well throw a brick at a broken window than a fresh one.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Kalius
Well, think about it... NO is already completely fubarred... may as well throw a brick at a broken window than a fresh one.

isnt that like aying might as well kick them when they are down?? Texas isnt as suspectiable to a disater as that magnatide. The worst hit will be the refineriers then the coast. the floods we might face i can assume will not even compare to that of no

[Berzerker]

They're down, why have millions more join them?

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Having lived in texas all my life we have never had a hurricane level a city like that did to no and it wasnt only katrina that leveled the city by the way. It was the ridiculous levves they had in place that most intelligent folks knew would fail. I see ur logic as why not beat a dead horse but that does really nobody any good when you have folks in both cities and states

[Frozzy]

The hurricane is going to hit. It's a case of minimising damage, and frankly I think if there is going to be x dollars spent on Katrina, and y dollars spent on Rita, I'd rather have x+y needing to be spent in one area where relief effort can be localised, rather than spread it over 3 or 4 states and the entire Gulf Coast.

[Berzerker]

steamrolling 300 miles of coastline is not preferable to steamrolling the same 150 mile coastline twice in a month. Sorry for being such an ass

Maybe it will help make more people wake up to reality - building below sea level near a coast regularly visited by hurricanes is unwise. But I've seen some of these levees that broke and I was not impressed with their construction. They need massive earthen damns, not thin walls of steel or reinforced concrete. But the politicos down there have been wasting federal money on pork just like their uncles in Washington. NO flooded because crooks are running the show


Another triumph of big government

[Theben]

I agree with Berzerker. It may seem cruel but the damage is already done in that section of the lower states. And if you think that Rita won't make it to cat 5 with nothing between it and Texas but warm Gulf waters, well then I've got a bridge in NO to sell you.
Don't think NO, think Biloxi when Rita makes landfall.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Berzerker
steamrolling 300 miles of coastline is not preferable to steamrolling the same 150 mile coastline twice in a month. Sorry for being such an ass

Maybe it will help make more people wake up to reality - building below sea level near a coast regularly visited by hurricanes is unwise. But I've seen some of these levees that broke and I was not impressed with their construction. They need massive earthen damns, not thin walls of steel or reinforced concrete. But the politicos down there have been wasting federal money on pork just like their uncles in Washington. NO flooded because crooks are running the show


Another triumph of big government

well dam when you put it that way who the hell am i to argue

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Originally posted by Theben
I agree with Berzerker. It may seem cruel but the damage is already done in that section of the lower states. And if you think that Rita won't make it to cat 5 with nothing between it and Texas but warm Gulf waters, well then I've got a bridge in NO to sell you.
Don't think NO, think Biloxi when Rita makes landfall.

Hey theben i need to speak to you bout that ocean front property in arizona u sold me I want a dam refund

[Berzerker]

Ah, a convert to Berzopia

But there's a reason the American midwest is a breadbasket for the world as are the peoples and lands in the line of typhoons, etc... Kansas has to suffer tornadoes in exchange for food, without the aerial conflict of cooler drier air coming down off the Rockies and moist gulf winds which produces tornadoes we'd suffer far worse droughts. Hurricanes bring much needed moisture during the hottest months of the year as harvest time approaches.

[Solly]

The worst NO will get is some heavy rainfall and some possible topping up of flood waters.

Landfall between Matagorda and Freeport.

[Solly]

BTW, why are the sea surface termperatures so high this year?