Wondering about Drince88 - Page 3

Scrooge McSam · 08-31-2005, 07:21 AM

I'm trying out for Anderson Cooper's job next week. Or maybe they'll let me co-host

Ghoulish Delight · 08-31-2005, 07:53 AM

From what I've heard, levee repairs haven't started. They are still attempting to figure out the full extent of levee damage. What they have done is dropped a couple 3000 pound sand bags via helicopter to mitigate the worst of the levee damage.

Prudence · 08-31-2005, 09:00 AM

The whole thing is unfathomable.

Right now I'm "unfathoming" this:

What the hell is wrong with people? Every time there's any sort of issue the looting begins. And people act like it's totally normal. Or even expected. Apparently they're all entitled to free jewelry, teevees, guns, etc... If they're looting, I'm assuming they have somewhere to take all this bounty. Surely they're not taking it back to their cot at the Superdome? So they still have homes? If they have homes, then that "we're just the less fortunate taking our share of society" argument doesn't hold much water, (har), does it? So, instead of helping neighbors who may have lost everything, they're looting the Walmart?

It's not that I'm surprised that there is looting -- there are always pathetic opportunists. I'm surprised at the extent. The neighborhood block party atmosphere. The knowledge that eventually these people will go to church on Sunday and think nothing of their shopping spree. Instead of praying for the forgiveness of their sins, they'll be thanking God for the windfall of loot. And they'll actually believe that God granted them that opportunity as a reward for being such swell individuals.

And this is why I hate people.

Ghoulish Delight · 08-31-2005, 09:02 AM

Ugh, this is making me horribly depressed that I never got to visit NOLA as it was. It's gone forever now.

This kind of thing hasn't happened in a long long time, a city disappearing due to disaster. Seattle and Chicago were devestated by fire and rebuilt from the ground up. Life returns eventually, but it's a slow and difficult process. And so hard to absorb that it's a city like New Orleans that's been around for so long.

lizziebith · 08-31-2005, 09:16 AM

Bee and I were just lamenting skipping over visiting NO on our X-country trip this past February. We were just going to fly back out there "later." We actually got out our trip maps to see where we'd made that decision after seeing the I-10 pictures...

Man. We took the 10 across the country and didn't stop in the Big Easy. Feeling dumb now.

But, tourism concerns aside, I cannot fathom this loss. It's weird... a major city is pretty much gone. It's like 9/11 again, but we can't blame some political/cultural group.

And I had to tell my son what "looting" meant. Another piece of his innocence gone. Still, when these things happen, civilization does go out the window. I can't blame the poor souls who just see opportunity and go for it...I don't think they are thinking right. I sure wouldn't be...

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-31-2005, 11:23 AM

Wow. This makes the '94 Northridge Quake look like a joke.

As was mentioned above, it's been a long time since a natural disaster has leveled an entire large American city. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire was the last, and that was in 1906. I know I have been under the basic assumption that there was no way an entire metropolitan city could be destroyed these days, especially one as old as NO! I am sad that I never got to visit.

Looting sucks. I know there are plenty of people going for TVs, but I heard an interview with a woman who was sobbing as she stole food for her family. There were others hunting for bottled water.

I'm just as shocked as everyone else about all this...

Ghoulish Delight · 08-31-2005, 11:50 AM

The real scary part is the report that police got into a WalMart and found the gun section wiped out. There are already reports of armed groups walking through the streets.

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-31-2005, 01:52 PM

Bush will speak at 5pm Eastern time today (that's in 10 minutes or so)

Cadaverous Pallor · 08-31-2005, 02:41 PM

Check out this article written 5 years ago.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 08-31-2005, 04:00 PM

I lived in New Orleans for two months. I almost moved there a couple of years ago, but decided instead to come home to Los Angeles. I love the city so much, and this is so, so heartbreaking. So many people’s lives lost or irrevocably changed. So much stunning architecture and history, erased. Even for those not left homeless, their livelihoods are likely gone.

I feel grateful to have been a part of the city for a brief time. And that I’ve had the opportunity to visit there since. I often dream about the city, and have always thought about moving back, because there's just something so magical about it (in addition to it also being very often crime-ridden and filthy). I cannot imagine, my residence being so brief, how people who have lived there for many years, or their whole lives, must be feeling. Or even how my good friend, Alli, must feel. Two years ago she moved there, met her husband there, had her first child there, and fortunately moved away to Baton Rouge a few months before this disaster.

A sacked sculpture, a sacked building, these things happen from time to time. Poltical unrest. Terrorist attacks. Protests. But, goodness, a natural disaster sacks an entire city and so much is lost. Not even thinking about the economical ramifications, New Orleans is a treasure for so many reasons. There’s something different about that city’s energy, something so uniquely its own. The idea that it could really all be lost? You can rebuild a city, of course, but….so much of that almost unearthly quality about the place will very likely be gone forever. I hope not, but man. Man!

It must be so weird to have lived in a place that has been waiting for something like to happen. The city has been almost waiting to become the next Atlantis for years. But even confronted with this possibility, it always just seemed unlikely. Like, how bad could it really be?

Bad, apparently.

08-31-2005, 07:21 AM	#1
Scrooge McSam What? Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,635	I'm trying out for Anderson Cooper's job next week. Or maybe they'll let me co-host
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08-31-2005, 07:53 AM	#2
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	From what I've heard, levee repairs haven't started. They are still attempting to figure out the full extent of levee damage. What they have done is dropped a couple 3000 pound sand bags via helicopter to mitigate the worst of the levee damage. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-31-2005, 09:00 AM	#3
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	The whole thing is unfathomable. Right now I'm "unfathoming" this: What the hell is wrong with people? Every time there's any sort of issue the looting begins. And people act like it's totally normal. Or even expected. Apparently they're all entitled to free jewelry, teevees, guns, etc... If they're looting, I'm assuming they have somewhere to take all this bounty. Surely they're not taking it back to their cot at the Superdome? So they still have homes? If they have homes, then that "we're just the less fortunate taking our share of society" argument doesn't hold much water, (har), does it? So, instead of helping neighbors who may have lost everything, they're looting the Walmart? It's not that I'm surprised that there is looting -- there are always pathetic opportunists. I'm surprised at the extent. The neighborhood block party atmosphere. The knowledge that eventually these people will go to church on Sunday and think nothing of their shopping spree. Instead of praying for the forgiveness of their sins, they'll be thanking God for the windfall of loot. And they'll actually believe that God granted them that opportunity as a reward for being such swell individuals. And this is why I hate people. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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08-31-2005, 09:02 AM	#4
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Ugh, this is making me horribly depressed that I never got to visit NOLA as it was. It's gone forever now. This kind of thing hasn't happened in a long long time, a city disappearing due to disaster. Seattle and Chicago were devestated by fire and rebuilt from the ground up. Life returns eventually, but it's a slow and difficult process. And so hard to absorb that it's a city like New Orleans that's been around for so long. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-31-2005, 09:16 AM	#5
lizziebith Wishing these titles could be longe Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pearblossom CA Posts: 984	Bee and I were just lamenting skipping over visiting NO on our X-country trip this past February. We were just going to fly back out there "later." We actually got out our trip maps to see where we'd made that decision after seeing the I-10 pictures... Man. We took the 10 across the country and didn't stop in the Big Easy. Feeling dumb now. But, tourism concerns aside, I cannot fathom this loss. It's weird... a major city is pretty much gone. It's like 9/11 again, but we can't blame some political/cultural group. And I had to tell my son what "looting" meant. Another piece of his innocence gone. Still, when these things happen, civilization does go out the window. I can't blame the poor souls who just see opportunity and go for it...I don't think they are thinking right. I sure wouldn't be... __________________ $ DO \|\| !$ DO ; TRY TRY: COMMAND NOT FOUND
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08-31-2005, 11:23 AM	#6
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Wow. This makes the '94 Northridge Quake look like a joke. As was mentioned above, it's been a long time since a natural disaster has leveled an entire large American city. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire was the last, and that was in 1906. I know I have been under the basic assumption that there was no way an entire metropolitan city could be destroyed these days, especially one as old as NO! I am sad that I never got to visit. Looting sucks. I know there are plenty of people going for TVs, but I heard an interview with a woman who was sobbing as she stole food for her family. There were others hunting for bottled water. I'm just as shocked as everyone else about all this... __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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08-31-2005, 11:50 AM	#7
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	The real scary part is the report that police got into a WalMart and found the gun section wiped out. There are already reports of armed groups walking through the streets. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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08-31-2005, 01:52 PM	#8
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Bush will speak at 5pm Eastern time today (that's in 10 minutes or so) __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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08-31-2005, 02:41 PM	#9
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Check out this article written 5 years ago. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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08-31-2005, 04:00 PM	#10
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	I lived in New Orleans for two months. I almost moved there a couple of years ago, but decided instead to come home to Los Angeles. I love the city so much, and this is so, so heartbreaking. So many people’s lives lost or irrevocably changed. So much stunning architecture and history, erased. Even for those not left homeless, their livelihoods are likely gone. I feel grateful to have been a part of the city for a brief time. And that I’ve had the opportunity to visit there since. I often dream about the city, and have always thought about moving back, because there's just something so magical about it (in addition to it also being very often crime-ridden and filthy). I cannot imagine, my residence being so brief, how people who have lived there for many years, or their whole lives, must be feeling. Or even how my good friend, Alli, must feel. Two years ago she moved there, met her husband there, had her first child there, and fortunately moved away to Baton Rouge a few months before this disaster. A sacked sculpture, a sacked building, these things happen from time to time. Poltical unrest. Terrorist attacks. Protests. But, goodness, a natural disaster sacks an entire city and so much is lost. Not even thinking about the economical ramifications, New Orleans is a treasure for so many reasons. There’s something different about that city’s energy, something so uniquely its own. The idea that it could really all be lost? You can rebuild a city, of course, but….so much of that almost unearthly quality about the place will very likely be gone forever. I hope not, but man. Man! It must be so weird to have lived in a place that has been waiting for something like to happen. The city has been almost waiting to become the next Atlantis for years. But even confronted with this possibility, it always just seemed unlikely. Like, how bad could it really be? Bad, apparently.
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