Hurricane Thread

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:56 pm 0

Would Craig please come to the Diary Room.......

Rambozo · Post by **Rambozo** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:09 pm 0

HAHAHAHAHA!

WHERE'S YOUR GOD NOW!?

[edit: the new picture is somehow an even better fit.]

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:17 pm 0

What's your problem 'Bozo? Grow up you stupid little shit.

Bill

PFVA · Post by **PFVA** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:18 pm 0

On a good note the politicians finally got themselves organized enough to evacuate the thousands of people at the dome by bus to Texas. Everybody else still left is also supposed to be evacuated. The city is without water. The sewage system has broken in areas and it's not working including at the Dome. Rescue teams from the rest of the country were arriving this morning to help those who are stranded and later to remove from the water the dead bodies (contamination is one of the problems at this moment). The military is taking an hospital ship, supplies of water, and the army engineers are trying to prevent the levees still left from collapsing increasing the problem. Rescue and news team are having to circulate with police protection because there is thousands of people roaming the city looking for food and water.

alexmcchesney · Post by **alexmcchesney** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:20 pm 0

And all some people can do is laugh and point.

Sickened.

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:21 pm 0

PFVA wrote:Rescue and news team are having to circulate with police protection because there is thousands of people roaming the city looking for food and water.

.. and free stuff. It always sucks when that happens. I heard on the radio that one old guy stuck it out through the storm, lucky to be in an area which isn't completely flooded, but decided to leave when people started looting in his street.

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:22 pm 0

PFVA wrote:The city is without water.

... Sorry that was uncalled for and out of context .....

But still ...

kalmar · Post by **kalmar** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:24 pm 0

Matrix wrote:
PFVA wrote:The city is without water.

... Sorry that was uncalled for and out of context .....

But still ...

Sigh. WHAT?

Rambozo · Post by **Rambozo** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:29 pm 0

the2bears wrote:What's your problem 'Bozo? Grow up you stupid little shit.

Bill

Imagine a thousand chavs were having a rave or somesuch in a house they all know to have a faulty floor. Said floor gives way, and they all plummet to their deaths.

Are you going to tell me you'd shed a tear for them?

For the sake of your current credibility you might claim to, but we both know you'd consider the UK better off for it. That's because chavs are relevent to you, as they are a local annoyance that you cannot simply ignore or avoid.

Louisiana and Alabama are full of those who are generally the sort to willingly surrender themselves to a comforting pack of lies, and who recently went the extra step. They elected a president based not on his actual merits, but instead because he shares their ideological background. Christianity has become a universal sign for "good person", a sort of "Get out of moral scrutinization free" card, and Bush exploited the blind trust they have in members of their faith in order to secure power.

That's rather dense. And now, despite warnings to evacuate, many have stayed behind. They got exactly what they deserved. It's hard for me to say, because I do have a compulsory empathetic response, but I honestly can't help feeling a little schadenfreude as I watch their houses float away.

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:30 pm 0

I think she means clean, drinkable water here. No way would anyone in their right mind consider drinking any of the flood water, it's utterly contaminated beyond belief.

PurpleChair · Post by **PurpleChair** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:35 pm 0

My, what a lovely thread

This hurricane sure has brought out the best in people, hm? I saw these pictures on another forum...

White people "find" things, black people "loot" things.

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:35 pm 0

Mayhem wrote:I think she means clean, drinkable water here. No way would anyone in their right mind consider drinking any of the flood water, it's utterly contaminated beyond belief.

Dude, I know, I was taking the mick....

Rambozo, think on, theres a lot of different people in society including inform, elderly, handicapped and mentally unstable - not to mention a prison if there was one (I dont know, I havent looked) how do you evacuate murderers safely ? Or hospitals ? or old folks homes ? What about people on heart machines or dialysis (sp), theres a lot of reasons to sit it out.

For those people, I feel... for Joe Bloggs and his gang of thugs however, i would agree with you.

I approach this with a cynical & factual view without remorse or sympathy, clear and cold, citing example to make clear points - nothing more.

Post by **gribbles** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:36 pm 0

Rambozo wrote:For the sake of your current credibility you might claim to, but we both know you'd consider the UK better off for it.

Er. You might like to check and see where 2bears is from.

And if that's the level of attention you pay to things while rushing to laugh at the misfortune and death of other people who may or may not have voted dubbya in then maybe you do need to take some time out.

I'm sure theat there are some in NO and the affected areas who are as enraged as you that he got in, but do you think they'll be laughing at their god-fearing, bush-voting neighbours.

I reckon they'll be trying to help.

Unless they're all as morally crippled as you, of course.

merman · Post by **merman** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:36 pm 0

Let's separate the two things.

There is a lot of shock and horror at what's happened.
The poorest are the worst affected.

BUT

There's also the grim truth that the South is responsible for the daft politics/Creationist lunacy/inbred nepotism that has left the USA with President George W Bush.

And the looters... God damn, these times are supposed to bring out the best in people. Instead you get images on the news of people stealing a WHOLE SUPERMARKET SHELF full of fruit & veg.

Matrixxx · Post by **Matrixxx** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:37 pm 0

PurpleChair wrote:My, what a lovely thread This hurricane sure has brought out the best in people, hm? I saw these pictures on another forum...

White people "find" things, black people "loot" things.

Men sweat, women perspire, i say tamata, you say tomato, I patata, and you say patato... also dont forget this is the deep south.... racism still roams the streets.

On a more comedic note, I just watched a re-run of futurama where atlanta georgia was underwater...... *gulp*

- One hopes this WONT become a reality in the long term.