New Orleans

[GimpyOne]

For those who know anyone who stayed as I do, here is a quick update.

Literally in the last couple of hours the levies to Lake Ponchartrain broke. While the French Quarter had survived relatively intact till now, it is slowly fillng with water from the lake. On the news this morning it looks like about 2 feet at the moment and rising.

A friend of my wifes lives in an apartment in the french quarter and decided to stay, I hope they have or will get out now.(Personally my wife and I both think they were not wise to do this)

 

[meltdown75]

New Orleans is sinkin' man and I don't wanna swim :music:

Seriously, I hope your friends are ok!

 

[Gibsons]

When the levee breaks, got no place to stay...

 

[Eli]

Damn, so it's getting worse and the hurricane is already well passed?

That's aweful. Just imagine if it would've been a direct hit, then....

I think they should just call it a disaster zone and rebuild somewhere else. It's clearly not a good place to be living.

How much would it cost to build a city the size of NO from scratch in say, a month?

500 billion? 750? 1 trillion? More?

Call Ty Pennington!

 

[dug777]

crazy stuff :Q

 

[Medicine Bear]

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Waiting on all the countries of the world to help us out in our time of need

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Hello, is there anyone there?

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[KK]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
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Waiting on all the countries of the world to help us out in our time of need

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Hello, is there anyone there?

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you'll be tapping awhile, on a side note, the united states now has another lake to fish in.

 

[crystal]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
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Waiting on all the countries of the world to help us out in our time of need

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Hello, is there anyone there?

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LOL, and you think the U.S. will let forgein help workers set foot in the U.S. soil? Or do you think they will accept forgein "monetary" aid without any string attached from those countries?

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: KK
you'll be tapping awhile, on a side note, the united states now has another lake to fish in.

If I wanted to catch debris and dead bodies, I'd stay in Philly and fish in the Schuylkill!

Hope your friends make it through OK GimpyOne!

 

[casper114]

I think the problem is that more then likely we will not be recieving any offers of help from other countries, weather we accept them or not.

 

[SagaLore]

What is the point of building levies if they're just going to break when stressed...

 

[kyparrish]

I think the only solution is to build a time machine, and go back in time to smack the people who thought it would be a good idea to build a city by the coast UNDER FREAKING SEA LEVEL.

 

[Medicine Bear]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
I think the only solution is to build a time machine, and go back in time to smack the people who thought it would be a good idea to build a city by the coast UNDER FREAKING SEA LEVEL.

Might want to take a swing by Amsterdam while you have that time machine.

 

[rh71]

+1 vote for the time machine

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: kyparrish
I think the only solution is to build a time machine, and go back in time to smack the people who thought it would be a good idea to build a city by the coast UNDER FREAKING SEA LEVEL.

Might want to take a swing by Amsterdam while you have that time machine.

Is Amsterdam below sea level? Fascinating. Never knew that.

Perhaps it should be edited to say...

...Thought it a good idea to build a below-sea level city by the coast in the middle of what is basically the crosshairs for the Atlantic Hurricane Machine?

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
I think the only solution is to build a time machine, and go back in time to smack the people who thought it would be a good idea to build a city by the coast UNDER FREAKING SEA LEVEL.

Might be hard to do without the US existing in the condition it does now due to your actions causing there to be no southernmost port ON THE BIGGEST RIVER IN THE US.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: kyparrish
I think the only solution is to build a time machine, and go back in time to smack the people who thought it would be a good idea to build a city by the coast UNDER FREAKING SEA LEVEL.

Might want to take a swing by Amsterdam while you have that time machine.

Is Amsterdam below sea level? Fascinating. Never knew that.

Perhaps it should be edited to say...

...Thought it a good idea to build a below-sea level city by the coast in the middle of what is basically the crosshairs for the Atlantic Hurricane Machine?

whatcha think the windmills were for, looks.

 

[hevnsnt]

show me your boobs!

 

[wildcat86]

RIP Mardi Gras

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
show me your boobs!

wet T-shirt contest! w00t!

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Eli
Is Amsterdam below sea level? Fascinating. Never knew that.

Perhaps it should be edited to say...

...Thought it a good idea to build a below-sea level city by the coast in the middle of what is basically the crosshairs for the Atlantic Hurricane Machine?

I don't think the founders of New Orleans knew a whole lot about hurricane activity in the 18th century.

 

[DaFinn]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear

Originally posted by: kyparrish
I think the only solution is to build a time machine, and go back in time to smack the people who thought it would be a good idea to build a city by the coast UNDER FREAKING SEA LEVEL.

Might want to take a swing by Amsterdam while you have that time machine.

Is Amsterdam below sea level? Fascinating. Never knew that.

Perhaps it should be edited to say...

...Thought it a good idea to build a below-sea level city by the coast in the middle of what is basically the crosshairs for the Atlantic Hurricane Machine?

The whole of Netherlands is AT or BELOW sea level. A lot af dams there folks...

 

[HardcoreRobot]

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
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Waiting on all the countries of the world to help us out in our time of need

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Hello, is there anyone there?

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we dont need other countries to help us - thats a benefit of being the most powerful country in th world

thailand and the other countries affected by the tsunami couldnt do sht without help from the rest of the world, which i assume you are alluding to

 

[Taggart]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot

Originally posted by: Medicine Bear
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Waiting on all the countries of the world to help us out in our time of need

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Hello, is there anyone there?

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we dont need other countries to help us - thats a benefit of being the most powerful country in th world

thailand and the other countries affected by the tsunami couldnt do sht without help from the rest of the world, which i assume you are alluding to

Ok, so we can handle the relief efforts ourself. BUT...where are all the pansy left-wing nutjobs now? They are quick to criticize the US when it takes us more than 2 hours to send relief to the tsunami victims, yet they are strangely quiet now with regards to the gulf coast disaster.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: GimpyOne
For those who know anyone who stayed as I do, here is a quick update.

Literally in the last couple of hours the levies to Lake Ponchartrain broke. While the French Quarter had survived relatively intact till now, it is slowly fillng with water from the lake. On the news this morning it looks like about 2 feet at the moment and rising.

A friend of my wifes lives in an apartment in the french quarter and decided to stay, I hope they have or will get out now.(Personally my wife and I both think they were not wise to do this)

ah... Lake New Orleans

Making reservations to go water skiing there next summer.

since the city is below sea level, i'm surprised it hasnt become another Atlantis till now. There's like 10 hurricanes a year. multiple by # of years city was built. and it dodged that many bullets?!