I saw on the CNN front page that there are bodies floating around New Orleans Sad indeed. I'm so glad my sister got out when she could because I'm 99% sure her house is under water now. [/b][/quote] What's terrifying is that they didnt get hit as hard as they thought they were going to be. Even with a downgrade in its strength, the hurricane still managed to hit New Orleans hard enough to 'sink it'. What's stupid is they said New Orleans wasnt even hit the hardest. Well maybe not, but New Orleans is 80% underwater, I dont think you can get hit any worse then that..
On the news I saw a shot where the only thing standing was the giant Hard Rock Cafe guitar, which was weird. I don't know if it was New Orleans though, but still, it was fucked up.
What's terrifying is that they didnt get hit as hard as they thought they were going to be. Even with a downgrade in its strength, the hurricane still managed to hit New Orleans hard enough to 'sink it'. What's stupid is they said New Orleans wasnt even hit the hardest. Well maybe not, but New Orleans is 80% underwater, I dont think you can get hit any worse then that.. [/b][/quote] It's true that 80% of New Orleans is underwater, but the fact of the matter is that 70% of New Orleans is under sea level. It's quite obvious that a low-laying area like that would fill up and be devestated much easier than an above-sea level town. The 18-foot flood wall was overtaken and now much of the city sits underneath 20 feet of water. Map. Mississippi got the worst of the hurricane in terms of winds and power. 55 people are dead in Mississippi. It's just that New Orleans is so much more of an easy town to destroy by high waters and winds than it is in Mississippi.
Isnt New Orleans flooded instead of sunk? It was already below sea-level, so wouldnt it be flooded? :wth: I havent watched the TV today, but I saw some footage yesterday and that was..wow
Now the governor is making evacuations manditory, that means everyone in shelters and the Superdome is being evacuated. Not looking good
this is horrible, they say no power for months, no school for months, thousands, probably millions without homes..... my prayers go out to all of those effected and sorry this is a stupid question, but will the water that's flooding new orleans like evaporate over time? or does this 80% under water mean that new orleans is basically gone for good with the water?
You've obviously never heard of the song. The town will be pumped slowly and some water will evaporate or sink into the ground. Luckily, New Orleans isn't in a climate that gets alot of snow, so if the efforts were to last a few months into the winter, the town wouldn't become completely iced over.
You've obviously never heard of the song. The town will be pumped slowly and some water will evaporate or sink into the ground. Luckily, New Orleans isn't in a climate that gets alot of snow, so if the efforts were to last a few months into the winter, the town wouldn't become completely iced over. [/b][/quote] And if it did ice over, we could always rename it to "New Iceland". :whistle:
Like I said to my friends, you guys are horrible. Someone (who I wont say to protect him lol) said it's going to have to be "Girls Gone Swimming" now. Oh lord!
There is sniper fire in New Orleans, now. For the record, it isn't coming from anyone who was deployed there to help in the rescue efforts.
To see such a beautiful city with so many people and so much history completely destroyed makes me sad. I really feel for those people because I can't even imagine what they're going through. Some of them have lost absolutely EVERYTHING except the clothes ont heir backs. It's just terrible. I was in New Orleans like..2 months ago too. I'm so glad I got to see it before this happened, because it'll NEVER be the same. Even if they rebuild it, which might not happen. The city just might keep sinking because of the Mississippi river. :'( And personally, those news reporters are jackasses. Instead of standing around, watching the dead bodies float by them, they should fucking help the people that are stranded on houses without food or water. :wth:
i think bush isnt trying enough to help the victims. For gods sake they had a week's warning to get out of there... The rescue missions are just stupid..what happened to the SES there? Its really stupid that our troops (me bein aussie) arent doing anything because law forbids troops to interven with american troops.