Hurricane Katrina

[Stonecutter]

This is what you get when you build a city below sea level not 100 miles from a very large body of water.

And man there's gonna be some good darwinism coming to the people that stick it out.

[The Germanator]

Wow...This hits a bit close to home as the Spinto Band played in New Orleans exactly a week ago. I guess we are very lucky and I feel bad for anyone in that town, they have some good jambayala there.

[Neo]

The governor of Biloxi is comparing the hurricane to the tsunami even though 54 people died in MS and 220,000 died in the tsunami.

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Neo

The governor of Biloxi is comparing the hurricane to the tsunami even though 54 people died in MS and 220,000 died in the tsunami.

54 people have been confirmed dead in MS (and I think a majority of those were from a single county)...

While that's still a silly comparison, once all is said and done, the death toll will be much higher than that...

And when it comes to damage to structures and such, this probably could be considered 'our tsunami'...

[DeathsHand]

I apologize for the 'double post', but incase anybody hasn't (for some reason) heard the news:

Hours after the storm had passed (and seemingly spared) New Orleans, the levees gave way, and a short while later the pumps failed... The city is now filling up like a bowl, and it's not expected to stop until it reaches the level of Lake Pontchartrain (some 4 feet above sea level)...

The bodies of the dead are being ignored so emergency workers can focus on rescuing survivors, all of whom will eventually have to be shipped out of the city...

In the meanwhile, there has been widespread looting, and I believe I heard that martial law was declared...

Flood Slideshow

[Jonbo298]

Everyone told New Orleans to expect the worst if ever hit directly by a hurricane and well, this is about as close as they will probably get to a direct hit by a Cat 4/5 storm

[Acebot44]

Hmm

I like the post, I think it's awful, but it's also time to derape the H scroll, sorry


Resize it and repost it


- SC

[manasecret]

My little story.

Tulane University won't open until I've heard 9/27, but that sounds optimistic. So instead Tulane students are scrambling to register for any university in their area where they can at least take some classes. Rice University is just one of many universities helping Tulane students out, and since I'm in Houston that helps me. They're taking applications until 9/8 and they'll let us know that very Monday 9/12 if we're accepted.

I think it's super generous of them, and I'm applying. I'm guessing humanities are the classes that most people will take, because they would be easy to transfer. Unfortunately for me I'm in my fourth year of engineering, which includes the final project, and I need only one more non-engineering class. So this won't help me get closer to graduating. But at least I can keep my mind sharp. I'm sitting here at home doing nothing. You know that useless feeling you get when you're not doing anything at all? What do you do when you feel selfish doing anything besides help, but there's so little you can do to help?

However, I am in a good position to help here in Houston. Since practically all of the Superdome evacuees are coming to the Astrodome, they're asking for volunteers (my brother-in-law is already helping).

It's just that I'm not worried about the ones already in Houston, they have food and water and air conditioning and everything they need. The ones dying are still stuck in Nola. Babies and old folks are dying in that New Orleans heat, and they have very little potable water and any food. And those are the ones that we can do nothing to help. We can only hope that the military and government agencies can get them out as quick as possible.

I know I have the least of the problems. I was only renting in Nola, and I hadn't even moved in yet. Plus I'm safe. But university students like me are still a small part of the story that I thought you'd like to hear about.