Hurricane Katrina ----- millions are going to need help

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:28:00 pm

For those that haven't seen any pictures of the wrath this storm brought check out this slide show. It is going to take a long time to get this mess cleaned up. I hope those with friends and family in the area are ok. It is going to be very hard on many people.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/ ... icalweathe

It is going to take many years for millions of displaced people to get some type of "normal" life back. This might be the first time in US history we will need to ask other Nations for help.

From Microsoft.com
Here is a partial list of organizations that are working to address the needs of hurricane survivors, if you would care to make a contribution.
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizen ... encies.asp

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:40:47 pm

Wow.

I was busy the last few days and skipped the news because I knew all they'ld talk about is the hurricane, thinking it would be a normal storm. Shows what a dumb a$$ I am.

Dear lord the first picture alone is devasting, even for a city under sea level

! And I didn't know about the effect on gas prices

. I hope everyone's okay and recovers from this as quickly as humanly possible.

Byrneout · Post by **Byrneout** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:39:52 pm

I have friends that live in NO that I've not heard from yet. Let's just hope that the recovery/relief effort is able to assist as many people as possible.

Peter Parker · Post by **Peter Parker** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:51:35 pm

Shocking, and humbling

God bless all that were in harms way

Byrneout · Post by **Byrneout** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:19:26 pm

And New Orleans has been officially abandoned by order of the Governor.

Damn.

napalm · Post by **napalm** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:37:52 pm

I thought the same as Todd Luck...until I saw the pictures yesterday in the newspaper

. I hope everybody is ok and recovering.

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:25:51 pm

absolutely jaw dropping...mother nature at her most destructive

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 1:27:59 pm

Actually NOLA is really at the fault of their leadership. Mississippi felt the brunt of the hurricanes damage. The flooding is what is hurting NOLA...

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:44:29 pm

I was watching the Presidents speech a little while ago and he said, "this is one of the worst national disasters in our nation's history."

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:33:27 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:I was watching the Presidents speech a little while ago and he said, "this is one of the worst national disasters in our nation's history."

Here is a Yahoo story on his speech.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050831/ap_ ... washington

tbrezz · Post by **tbrezz** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:38:25 pm

Aweful

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:47:34 pm

Check out this video on the BBC. "City under siege" It gives a pretty good idea of what is going on in New Orleans.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4201480.stm

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 6:52:07 pm

I have family and friends in the New Orleans & Mississippi area. We have not been able to get in contact with them. And I used to live in Belle Chasse, LA less than 13 miles from New Orleans. There is only cell phone service in the Mississippi area, no contact in the Louisana area. I tried contacting them today but phone service is down "Due to Hurricane Katrina", don't you love those automated messages! Please keep your thoughts and prayers to all of the people in this region.

Mrs. Jedimarley

myron · Post by **myron** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 7:42:28 pm

DawgPhan wrote:Actually NOLA is really at the fault of their leadership. Mississippi felt the brunt of the hurricanes damage. The flooding is what is hurting NOLA...

the city being built 12 ft below sea level to begin with isn't helping any either...didn't I read that parts of the city were 20 ft under water yet???

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 8:19:00 pm

myron wrote: didn't I read that parts of the city were 20 ft under water yet???

Yeah and about 80 percent of New Orleans is under water.

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandfork ... 518636.htm

steverino · Post by **steverino** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 1:47:40 am

They say the body count might get up to over a thousand. let's just hope for the best.
Hope your family and friends are okay mrs. jedimarley

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:10:41 am

stupid dumbasses are shooting at rescue copters! can you believe it. looting, arson, its horrible. new orleans has become no mans land sans batman.

Todd Luck · Post by **Todd Luck** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:30:55 pm

Jaknife wrote:stupid dumbasses are shooting at rescue copters! can you believe it. looting, arson, its horrible. new orleans has become no mans land sans batman.

That's exactly what I've been thinking the last 48 hrs. Complete with the endless line of refugees walking on overpasses trying to get out of the city. The magnitude of this is unbelievable.

Here's relief information and how to help:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9115520/

DawgPhan · Post by **DawgPhan** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 2:56:39 pm

Jaknife wrote:stupid dumbasses are shooting at rescue copters! can you believe it. looting, arson, its horrible. new orleans has become no mans land sans batman.

yep...it is a mess there...a real mess...sadly I dont think that we have seen the worst for NOLA..

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:05:38 pm

Biloxi before.
http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katr ... _05_dg.jpg
Biloxi after
http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katr ... _05_dg.jpg

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 3:06:40 pm

NO before
http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katr ... 004_dg.jpg

NO after
http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katr ... _05_dg.jpg

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 4:12:37 pm

x-omatic wrote:NO before
http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katr ... 004_dg.jpg

NO after
http://www.digitalglobe.com/images/katr ... _05_dg.jpg

Here's the same images rotated, aligned, and cut to the same areas.

enlarge image

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:16:33 pm

Jaknife wrote:stupid dumbasses are shooting at rescue copters! can you believe it. looting, arson, its horrible. new orleans has become no mans land sans batman.

All of the cable channels have been reporting the story about the rescue chopper being shot at and the rescue operation suspended because of that. The last I heard, however, the National Guard has NOT confirmed this and other reports say this did not happen.

The National Guard has confirmed that there was a shooting inside the Superdome. Two people wrestled the gun away from a Guardsman and shot him in the leg. They were arrested.

Jaknife · Post by **Jaknife** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:02:14 pm

dude, a guard got shot in the head.

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 11:14:37 pm

Katrina sets big test for US
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4204304.stm