New Orleans the next Atlantis???

[Onefast99gsx]

I was thinking and shared the same thoughts with someone else I know on this. I wonder if it would have taken this long if those stranded at the Superdome and elsewhere, would have been middle, upper-middle and upper class Americans. I'm not prejudging but does anyone think that Racism played a part? Just a thought.

[1ViciousGSX]

Maybe we should have loaded the Superdome with 18 yr old rich white girls from Aruba, then they would have had 24 Chinook helis power lift the whole building off it's foundation and carry them all to safety. :rolleyes:

[1slowdsm]

:D. If they lasted long enough especially with all the crime happening at the time.

[Matt D.]

Just read this tidbit on CNN.com this morning...

# Asia-Pacific nations including tsunami-battered Sri Lanka promised Friday to send money and disaster relief experts to the United States to help deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

[Onefast99gsx]

Yep, i was proud to see that as well. I think actually at least 10 different nations vowed to help out. That number could have risen overnight. Germany, China, France, Japan, South Korea were among some of the ones i remembered. It's a military action right now before we can even think of accepting help. Some chemical plant exploded earlier. One hell of an explosion they felt for miles. Don't know if it was American insurgents or what. The governor of LA said to the troops, "Know how to kill!" Dam straight i thought. Take these fuckers out for good.

[Pimpin Dsmstyle]

I think we should really be helping ourselves if ASIA is ready to help us. That is a pretty sad sign. I just spent an hour reading this and mostly everyone has valid, understandable and relative points. I don't handle death or change well and even though this doesn't directly relate to me, I find myself thinking about it quite a bit during the day while drive, at work etc.

It comes down to people being smarter. THINKING is good. If I was told a huge storm of any kind was coming, I would be outta there 10 minutes after being told. I could see why someone wouldn't abandon their home though. Some people would rather die at home with a natural event such as this.

Prayers & wishes go out to everyone :)

[TalonFiero]

I just donated money to the red cross. I am having a hard time with going out of town to have fun this weekend when Americans are dieing in filthy, flooded, diseased, dangerous streets in the south. No one deserves to suffer or die that way, well no one except the looters (looting non survival stuff) and others who are harming people. I wish there was more I could do...

Did anyone else hear the Mayor of New Orleans on the radio this morning?

Jim

[Onefast99gsx]

That's great of you to do that. I think everyone should stay home for the Holidays to remember those who have been lost and those that are in extemely hardship. When i ate supper last night i had a rough time enjoying it and thinking of the people that don't have anything or very little right now.

Yes, i heard the mayor of NO. Man was he pissed off at the government. He was cussing pretty big with some of it uncensored. I don't blame him one bit. 5 full days now. Bush spoke around 10am from Alabama. I didn't get to catch it.

We're fucked if there is ever another catastophe like this or even worse because nobody up top seems to know what to do. All we know how to do is bomb countries.

[Steeltwo]

the government is just dropping crap in areas and not telling anyone. They are scared to have their vechiles mobbed. But damn, this is some SERIOUSLY bad stuff.

5 days and people are still not getting stuff.

[JET]

Things would be a hell of a lot better if the people would stop shooting at the rescue people! There are 7,000 troops heading in today, so that should get things back in order. The people don't realize that the mob mentality they have is actually hurting them. If they wouldn't mob the buses and aid, then it would be a lot better. Law and order is the big thing missing so that people can do their jobs.