New Orleans & Mississippi

[mirage]

I'm just shaking my head as I watch the news footage coming out of the Gulf States in the U.S., the aftermath of Katrina. It looks apocalyptic. America's Tsunami disaster, or worse.

Meanwhile the presidential Air Force One cruises high overhead at a nice safe distance to survey the damage...days later.

 

[mirage]

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued an urgent plea on Thursday.....the flooded city lacks food and water for thousands...
He issued a desperate SOS....

The city was ordered to evacuate yesterday. But not enough buses or modes of transportation... Currently running out of resources at the Convention Center.... The Convention Center is unsanitary and unsafe.... Running out of supplies for 15,000 to 25,000 people.... the situation is desperate.

The flood waters have become the feared "gumbo" of unknown chemical toxins and bacteria. The flood waters apparently have snakes and hungry alligators swimming in them...

There may be many more dead than feared. Meanwhile as temperatures climb so does concern about serious disease...

Incredible looting is rampant as is violent crime. A Walmart was robbed of its entire gun supply. The city is approaching total anarchy. The National Guard has finally been called in - 3,000 and 1,500 more promised per day. Louisiana's governor hopes 40,000 will be deployed....



Mostly those who could afford to get out, got out, before the hurricane hit. Those who are the poorest are now seriously suffering.

 

[LT]

U R so right mirage ... I,m just stunned as well.
It is like a science fiction, holocost type movie.

 

[mirage]

This is interesting blog...
The Interdictor Journal of the "Survival of New Orleans" blog.
A lot of reading but very interesing if you read from the beginning. The blog was started before Katrina on the 29th (28th?) of August. The guy writing the blog has been holding out on the 10/11th floor, in a 27 floor highrise on Poydras in New Orleans riding out the hurricane and its aftermath, while he holds down the fort with others from Directnic. He has a vantage point from ground 0,
no make that ground -1, as he later puts it... anyway going to try to post the link http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/

 

[mirage]

This is interesting blog...
The Interdictor Journal of the "Survival of New Orleans" blog.
A lot of reading but very interesing if you read from the beginning. The blog was started before Katrina on the 29th (28th?) of August. The guy writing the blog has been holding out on the 10/11th floor, in a 27 floor highrise on Poydras in New Orleans riding out the hurricane and its aftermath, while he holds down the fort with others from Directnic. He has a vantage point from ground 0,
no make that ground -1, as he later puts it... anyway going to try to post the link http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/

How boring I'm replying to my own post. Other Ppl are off enjoying the last long weekend of the summer? (Giving them the benefit.)

Really, the above mentioned blog is really interesting. Especially the kajillion comments embedded throughout the blog from the beginning.

I'm considering saying something controversial just to get a little more action on this board here...

Every heard of "weather terrorism"? In other words, what if this was an act of man-made "natural disaster"? And I don't just mean global warming, although not to rule that out entirely as a factor.

Scientists have been working on this as form of weaponry for years.

I'm not kidding, comming to a year or a decade real soon, to you. And you think the price of gas is bad now.

 

[mirage]

Sorry about the link posted above-I didn't check it doesn't work. But this one does.... here you go folks!

here: http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/

 

[Irvin]

Good to see the guy has a sense of humour.

Keeps you going through things like this.

 

[kosteczki]

that's just carzy. Americans always so quick to jump into other countrie's business, but takes them for ever to get things done in their own country. There is going to be some serious political issues in the states after this is all over.

 

[mirage]

that's just carzy. Americans always so quick to jump into other countrie's business, but takes them for ever to get things done in their own country. There is going to be some serious political issues in the states after this is all over.

For sure.

 

[Teufellj]

"The rest of the story..."

Hi folks, you need some updating on the problems that Lousiana and bordering states are having. To address the slowness of our President in sending a quicker response to the afflected areas...you need to know that at an All Governors meeting was held a few years back and ratified by those state governors that the President has ...NO Jurisdiction to enter any State unless called upon by that states governor to apply any federal help of any type. ALL of the governors signed and ratified this States Rights Agreement. I agree that things are mighty tough for those poor folks and that a couple governors were a bit remiss in not calling for needed aid sooner, but the president's hands are tied and has NO Jurisdiction in any state due to disaster. The only way at present is for all of the leading officials to have been totally incapicated (dead) then our President has the obligation to help and send disaster relief in any capacity to stricken areas. Most Americans have either forgotten or never knew about this referendum that was voted in by all of the USA's governors. The supprise for me is that unless each official delegate is actually non-exhistant there is no such emergency clause for this deadly situation. I do believe that this stupidity will be rewritten shortly!

Teufellj ...

 

[system13]

Shame

It would be a lot of * if I put what I think US president is,and his cohorts.

 

[Teufellj]

Mirage ...

Mirage,

I as an American citizen and one of many, agree with your unsaid thoughts. Not that many of us care for the present regime. I personally have seen worse but not by much. The rich folks seem to have things their way but that does not make them any smarter than the person on the street. Things are quite hot in the Whitehouse since the disaster in Lousiana and there is a major trickle down effect of troubles that are beginning to rear their heads. Going into symantics won't change our politics but many of us would like to see another...Harry S. Truman back in the Presidency.

Teufellj ...

 

[mirage]

Re: Mirage ...

Mirage,

I as an American citizen and one of many, agree with your unsaid thoughts. Not that many of us care for the present regime. I personally have seen worse but not by much. The rich folks seem to have things their way but that does not make them any smarter than the person on the street. Things are quite hot in the Whitehouse since the disaster in Lousiana and there is a major trickle down effect of troubles that are beginning to rear their heads. Going into symantics won't change our politics but many of us would like to see another...Harry S. Truman back in the Presidency.

Teufellj ...

Sure the current political regime is taking a lot of flack, but that was not the main reason I introduced this thread. At the time I first posted it, it had become a bad situation down in Louisiana and getting worse by the minute and at the time nobody else on this board seemed to care. I do think the president was a little slow to act, and its curious that he chose not to put money to shore up the levies around New Orleans, because a direct strike by a hurricane was said to be a low probability, even though it was a scenario that was predicted at least a couple of years ago. To be honest I find American politics a bit complicated. No, I hadn't heard of the ratification at the State Governors at the state government meeting before. If somebody was making stupid comments about the current US govenment it wasn't me. I think the political and economic situation in the U.S. and the world is a whole lot more complicated than most people realize.

Btw, as I write this, Rita has now become a cat 4 hurricane and is making its way across the Gulf.

 

[Teufellj]

Mirage...

Mirage, no one that I've seen is poking blame of any nature on any one person or group. Yes, there is political complications. Usually is when things are so out of line when the Congress and the Senate of USA have a stranglehold on the Presidential powers. This chokehold has sifted down to the states bureacrats to the point that anyone with a little office holding or a lot of finance thinks that they are the gift of God in their own little realms (states.) Not everyone is included ofcourse.

Teufellj ...

 

[mirage]

Re: Mirage...

Mirage, no one that I've seen is poking blame of any nature on any one person or group. Yes, there is political complications. Usually is when things are so out of line when the Congress and the Senate of USA have a stranglehold on the Presidential powers. This chokehold has sifted down to the states bureacrats to the point that anyone with a little office holding or a lot of finance thinks that they are the gift of God in their own little realms (states.) Not everyone is included ofcourse.

Teufellj ...

Yep, that much is bound to be a problem right there...
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Just watched CTV and saw some live coverage little over hour and half ago from New Orleans. Recently patched levies breached again due to amount and rate of rainfall from hurricane Rita. Army offical cussing- Other official advising media crew to get the h**k out in 10-15 minutes or there will be no way to leave except by boat!