Hurricane Katrina

[Bond]

Riding on the City of New Orleans,
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields.
Passin' trains that have no names,
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.

Good morning America how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

[BlueFire]

Hurricane Katrina is a persitent asshole. :]

She rammed right through my area on Thursday, and did decent damage for a category 1 storm. Everyone underestimated the storm. Hell, I did too. There are still thousands without electricity down here and won't get electricity until Friday. If a category 1 caused some havoc here, I can only picture what this cat. 5 monster will do. I still remember when Andrew came here in 92.

My thoughts are with the people of New Orleans. I hope most of them escaped this thing's wrath.

[Acebot44]

This sounds horrible for the people of NO, but like Jonbo, I also want to see how it all pans out and what the underwater city would look like.

[The Duggler]

"New Orleans Is Sinking"

Bourbon blues on the street loose and complete
Under skies all smoky blue-green
I can Forksake the dixie dead shake
So we dance the sidewalk clean
My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in
New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim

Colonel Tom What's wrong? What's Going On
You can't tie yourself up for a deal
He said" Hey North you're south shut you big mouth
You gotta do what you feel is real."
Ain't got no picture postcards ain't go no souvenirs
My baby she don't know me when I'm thinking about thoes years

Pale as a light bulb hanging on a wire
Sucking up to someone just stoke the fire
Picking out the highlights of the scenery
Saw a little cloud looked a little like me

I had My hand in the river
My feet back up on the banks
Looked up to the lord above and said hey man thanks
Some time I fell so good I gotta scream
She says Gordie baby I know exactly what you mean
She said, she said I swear to god she said

My memory is muddy what's this river I'm in
New Orleans is sinking and I don't want to swim

[DeathsHand]

The levees I think they said were somewhere along the lines of 15-20 feet tall, but the storm surges are expected to easily surpass that (could be around 35 feet)...

The city could be flooded for as long as 90 days...

Estimated that at least 80% of wooden structures in the area will be destroyed...

The tall office buildings and such could sway to the point of collapse...

Anybody crazy (or drunk) enough to have not evacuated or found a decent place to take shelter face certain death...

And now for some cheesey song lyrics: ..... Nah I got nothing.

[GameMaster]

It is expected to be the most powerful cyclone to hit the United States in recorded history, with winds projected by the National Weather Service being in excess of 179 mph.

Yikes! Everyone please remain in safety during this dangerous time.

[Dyne]

Wow. I can't imagine my area being flooded. Just insurmountable damage. A lot of buildings made with wood could be rotting after something like that.