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And lots of taxes are paid by people who don't have homes on the coast.
Then that would be sad, too. In that assumption are you figuring one of them to be the one where they lived? Where pretty much everything they own was in it?
As far as summer/vacation homes go...it's never a good thing to lose something meaningful to you, but in my mind it still doesn't equate to those who have nowhere familiar to sleep tonight and are missing loved ones.
And lots of taxes are paid by people who don't have homes on the coast.
Nice article
here's part of it..
Big Texas-style welcome for evacuees
Janet Shamlian
Correspondent
HOUSTON — With the evacuation of New Orleans under way, the Houston Astrodome has been outfitted to welcome the thousands of displaced people from the Crescent City.
NBC News Janet Shamlian reports from the Astrodome on how the facility has been set up to accommodate those fleeing the wreckage of Hurricane Katrina and some of the problems that have already come up.
What is the scene like at the Houston Astrodome?
It’s much different than what the Astrodome has looked like over the past several years because it has been vacated for four years now, since Houston built a new stadium.
click link for the rest...
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/9160993/
A man pulled up with his trailer BBQ pit yesterday and cooked hundreds of hot dogs for survivors. They wouldnt let him serve them because he didnt have a permit.
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edit: this was at the Afrodome.
A man pulled up with his trailer BBQ pit yesterday and cooked hundreds of hot dogs for survivors. They wouldnt let him serve them because he didnt have a permit.
edit: this was at the Afrodome.
Are you serious??
Yep. No health liscence.
I wish I would have known...I'd have sped down there with mine. That sucks sooooo bad.
A lot of us two days ago (including me) agree with Hastert. Do you, or has anything changed your mind either way?
Just because a disaster isn't as bad a catastrophe as the apocalypse in New Orleans doesn't mean we shouldn't care. I know there's grief overload right now, but a significant part of the Mississippi culture and history got wiped out. It pales in comparison to the horror in New Orleans, but then again, pretty much any tragedy we'll ever face in our lives does.As far as summer/vacation homes go...it's never a good thing to lose something meaningful to you, but in my mind it still doesn't equate to those who have nowhere familiar to sleep tonight and are missing loved ones.
If they do rebuild, they will not be able to get insurance without raising the level of the city above sea level a la Galveston post-1900.
I actually agree with Hastert. I think it sounds courageous to say "We will not be defeated by this hurricane, we will rebuild New Orleans." But it's not very logical to me.
Of course, I also wonder if it wouldn't be inevitable that people would migrate there and it would build up on its own anyway, considering coastline property is always in such high demand.
4:15 P.M. - (AP): Police say storm victims are being raped and beaten inside the New Orleans Convention Center.
About 15,200 people who had taken shelter at the convention center to await buses grew increasingly hostile.
Police Chief Eddie Compass says he sent in 88 officers to quell the situation at the building, but they were quickly beaten back by an angry mob.
Compass says, "We have individuals who are getting raped, we have individuals who are getting beaten."
He says tourists are walking in that direction and they are getting preyed upon.
In hopes of defusing the unrest at the convention center, Mayor Ray Nagin gave the refugees permission to march across a bridge to the city's unflooded west bank for whatever relief they can find. But the bedlam appeared to make leaving difficult.
That headline was inaccurate.
What he said what that it didn't make sense to rebuild the city below sea level. And I'd have to agree with that. After Galveston got demolished in 1900, they rebuilt it higher, above a new seawall.
Yeah you're right, I did misinterpret the comments the first time through.
I guess "Don't Restore New Orleans" would have been more appropriate.
It makes sense. You can't keep people from migrating there eventually, so they need to take steps (while they can) to ensure that those people are not living with this kind of risk.
This is a great blog I was just given the heads up on (well, great in that it's insider info., not so great what they are reporting....)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
The word is that in Jefferson Parish and Orleans, FEMA has "bugged out." They haven't brought supplies in.
THE REAL MILITARY IS NOW FLOWING IN. National Guard is being replaced before our eyes. Watch the feed.
Word is that the Marines are at 1515 Poydras where our OC4s are. I think we're coming back online in force shortly.
On another note: I've just been told that we're being monitored in Iraq! To all the troops there, from one soldier to another, we're hanging tough here and you hang tough too. No matter what you're hearing, we love you guys and want you to know that we know how hard you've got it. Stay strong!
sad to see those words because it means the situation has gotten out of hand but glad that they are there.Word is that the Marines are at 1515 Poydras where our OC4s are. I think we're coming back online in force shortly.
Email from someone in Baton Rouge...
Get ready San Antonio, Houston, and Dallas, you're all in the crossfire of this crap too.Not trying to scare anyone, but it's getting insane in Baton Rouge. Unfortunately, I can barely make any outgoing calls and I keep hearing that it's hard to call my cell phones too. Anyways, there's a lot of riots breaking out over here. A couple of Walmarts have shut down...even schools that began again have had to discontinue and send children home due to the riots. The Baton Rouge population has about doubled with all homeless people and they're not leaving any time soon. My apartment complex is loaded with all kinds of strangers and I can't tell if they're family/friends of residents or if they're just homeless people hanging around. The apartment management even shut down their business center and workout room because they kept finding homeless people in there. My manager's wife got held up at a Walmart last night. Another lady at work said that her mother inlaw was held up at the gas station. Another manager of mine said that his neighborhood, which is really nice, was getting robbed since most of the people weren't even staying there due to the electricity outages. My friend's mom was going to volunteer at the Cajun Dome in Lafyette but the Sheriff told her not too since someone was raped last night. We're playing the radio at work and they said that they had to bring in a swat team into the Baton Rouge Centroplex (where about 5000 refugees are) because riots were breaking out over there. Anyways, it's really creepy and it's getting worse. Sorry I can't call you guys back. I don't know if any of you have tried calling. I keep getting voicemails and a lot of times, I can't even check them due to the towers being so bogged down. Well, this email is to let you guys know that I am ok, and I'm not staying alone for a while hopefully.
Told ya.. AMMO.. more ammo...
Message for Tenants of 650 Poydras - Poydras Center
We recieved the below email from building management. We are asking for help from tenants in our building. We need bottled water, hand sanitizer, general cleaning supplies, self cleaning stuff, germx, baby wipes, etc.. Big diesel gloves. underwear. (34, 36, 38's whatever), socks (white), razors/deodorant men's and womens, a portable chemical toilet, .45 ACP ammo if possible
If you have any of the above supplies at the office and you are willing to let us borrow them then please send us: 1) your suite number; 2) the supplies that you are willing to let us borrow; 3) the exact location of where the supplies are located; 4) your contact information; and 5) some form of laundry detergent.
If you do the above we will: 1) be able to get into your suite to obtain the supplies; 2) While getting the supplies we will also check your suite for damage and perform a little work to help you mitigate damage; 3) we will track what we borrow; 4) we will pay you back; and 5) we will eventually send you a status update.
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From: Maurice Faucheux [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 7:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Hertz New Orleans Properties
http://www.local6.com/news/4923019/detail.html
Police: Miss. Man Kills Sister Over Bag Of Ice
Authorities say 35-year-old Antonio Page shot his sister with a handgun on a street corner Tuesday night.
Police Chief David Wynn said the woman's name was not available.
Wynn said tempers are short, but he can't understand why a member of someone's family could take that step.
The shooting is being treated like a homicide, Wynn said.
Yea I saw that one.. they arrested the brother.. Temporary insanity I would say.
Byars said she and a friend passed a plywood board that had been nailed over a building's windows in their Garden District neighborhood. On the board was this spray-painted message to looters: "Don't try. I am sleeping inside with a big dog, an ugly woman, two shotguns and a claw hammer."
Byars said she and a friend passed a plywood board that had been nailed over a building's windows in their Garden District neighborhood. On the board was this spray-painted message to looters: "Don't try. I am sleeping inside with a big dog, an ugly woman, two shotguns and a claw hammer."
And that was probably written in jest...
Man, I am out of town from Dallas on business until tomorrow.
Looks like it may be time to go procure some new friends when I get back to town - Smith and Wesson.
This is getting out of hand...People are dying..I'm sure it is a logistical nightmare, but they need to get some ing help to those people.
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