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It Looks Like I was Right (Hurricane Katrina Merged)

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methomps said:
Well now things are taking an interesting turn. There are reports of police officers looting, including breaking into ATM machines. Whether these are legitimate, pre-emptive measures is probably something we'll never know. Let these idiots have plasma tvs and jewelry. Focus on the people who are hindering the rescue effort.
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I think it has been pretty widely publicized that N.O. has the most corrupt police force in the country. I have seen more than one documentary on TV about some of the things that go on down there. I would hope that in a time like this their professionalism would take precedence, but you never know. I did read where the police were raiding the grocery and drug stores to gather medical supplies.

A co-worker who is an ex-counselor brought up a good point to me this morning about some of the behavior that is spiraling out of control. He said that there are probably lot of people down there who's supply of drugs (crack, coke, etc) is now run out. They are probably getting pretty desperate now, and probably not very rational.
 
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Buck Nasty said:
A co-worker who is an ex-counselor brought up a good point to me this morning about some of the behavior that is spiraling out of control. He said that there are probably lot of people down there who's supply of drugs (crack, coke, etc) is now run out. They are probably getting pretty desperate now, and probably not very rational.
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Here's an interesting graphic from NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/2005_HURRICANEKATRINA_GRAPHIC/index_02.html

The area where rioting, looting, and gang warfare is most common is in the city between/through the French Quarter to the Convention Center. By the NY Times graphic, this is the area with the most dense, non-white population with a median income below $23,000. I had not even thought about the questions of drug use.
 
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the authorities have lost control... many people are are unaware, and are acting the fool because they don't realize the gravity of it all... old people, and children are being exposed to the elements, there is no water, there is no food... people are waiting for resuers that will never come... there is no communication, so people don't even know how bad the situation really is... the toll will be astronomical...

27,000 troops are supposedly moving in...
 
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Cut the NOLA Mayor A Little Slack

I know the NOLA mayor has been getting some poor press here, and I have jumped in to that myself somewhat feet first . Its frustrating seeing little happen, both from the outside looking in and for the Mayor from the inside looking (for a hand) out.
On further review, I think that was wrong of me....
He doesn't have the charisma or chutzpah of Guliani - that seems true. He also lacks one thing that Guliani had on his side - a very clearly defined, localized area of destruction. The NOLA Mayor is instead faced with a city-wide catastrophe, one in which transportation is thwarted, ALL power is down, ALL water, medicines and food have to be trucked in and there is no immediate end in sight to the city's problems.

I think its time to cut the poor schmo some slack.
 
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OSUsushichic said:
Damn, what a mess. I'd really like to hear from Bucknola to know that he and his family are OK. Let's hope we hear from him soon.
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Back to something important...Unless he goes well outside the affected area he isn't going to have internet access anytime in the near future and I doubt very seriously that getting online to chat is going to be high on his list of priorities.

I believe he said he was headed to a place 100 miles inland but from everything we've been seeing on the news I don't think that was far enough.

I hate to say it but maybe the BP family needs to start thinking about a little relief fund of our own here. The scope of the devastation just makes it almost impossible that anyone down there completely escaped damage. Hopefully in Bucknola's case its "only" material.
 
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I was thinking the same thing...this thread is about the thoughts and prayers that go out to thousands of people desperate to stay alive in one of America's oldest and greatest cities that is ravaged. Take it somewhere else.
 
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This doesnt sound like its going too well.

"There are multiple people dying at the convention center," he said. "There was an old woman, dead in a wheelchair with a blanket draped over her, pushed up against a wall. Horrible, horrible conditions.
"We saw a man who went into a seizure, literally dying right in front of us."
People were "being forced to lived like animals," Lawrence said -- surrounded by piles of trash and feces.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/09/01/katrina.impact/index.html
 
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Thump said:
I know that I will probably catch hell for this but Donnyjr lives down in Alabama and I wonder if he was in the Hurricane-ravaged area.
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No one deserves what those poor bastards are going through right now.

If donny was in a mobile home anywhere near the path of this storm he's probably in a bad way.
 
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