Smack talk thread

[Nolazach]

I must agree with you. I do think that the government should have done more for helping those who had no way out (elderly, handicap, etc.) ... HOWEVER, being poor is not an excuse. People should have gotten off their lazy asses and got the out of the city. They had at least 2-3 days to get out. The media just chose to show video clips of the absolute worst citizens that New Orleans has to offer (9th ward, unemployed rats living off of the government). The majority of the GOOD people in New Orleans who lost their homes weren't even shown in the media (other than local news). The media only focused on the worst people living in New Orleans. Trust me, New Orleans has its fair share of trash for citizens just like every city does, but its only a small portion.

Did you evacuate for Georges? How about those three in 2002? Dude we have evacuations all the time. Up until Katrina no one born after 1965(Betsy) feared hurricanes for what they were. I had to leave my cat and dog behind, many people couldn't. i snuck back in on river road just to get the animals. Then stayed to help. I lost my house to a tornado in the storm, but had no flooding.

Not everyone could evacuate either, how about all those people that died in that nursing home in St. Bernard. I guess they were lazy. T^here was no bus service until afte the storm hit. The government had declared martial law before the storm hit. They could have taken every tourist,transit and school bus in the city and just let people take them, instead they said they didn't have drivers. So the busses flooded. How hard was it to drive to Baton Rouge at <5mph? Failure of the government at every level caused the most damage.

[Spurminator]

Another Internet treasure!! Good find! We might have never seen that otherwise!

[The_Worlds_finest]

Reminds me of timmy in game 3 of the 2005 finals, his 3rd finals, And Im sure you remember the out come of that series...

[DAF86]

[SpursWoman]

I assure you, if it's on the internet, a Suns, Rockets, Jazz, Lakers, Cavs, Nets, Pistions or a Mavs ... and whoever other fans I missed, already beat you to it. It's not fresh, so please quit starting all of these new threads.

Thanks.

[spursfan09]

Did you evacuate for Georges? How about those three in 2002? Dude we have evacuations all the time. Up until Katrina no one born after 1965(Betsy) feared hurricanes for what they were. I had to leave my cat and dog behind, many people couldn't. i snuck back in on river road just to get the animals. Then stayed to help. I lost my house to a tornado in the storm, but had no flooding.

Not everyone could evacuate either, how about all those people that died in that nursing home in St. Bernard. I guess they were lazy. T^here was no bus service until afte the storm hit. The government had declared martial law before the storm hit. They could have taken every tourist,transit and school bus in the city and just let people take them, instead they said they didn't have drivers. So the busses flooded. How hard was it to drive to Baton Rouge at <5mph? Failure of the government at every level caused the most damage.

Wow I am truly sorry you lost your house. And you are a hero for staying to help other people.

[BRHornet45]

Did you evacuate for Georges? How about those three in 2002? Dude we have evacuations all the time. Up until Katrina no one born after 1965(Betsy) feared hurricanes for what they were. I had to leave my cat and dog behind, many people couldn't. i snuck back in on river road just to get the animals. Then stayed to help. I lost my house to a tornado in the storm, but had no flooding.

Not everyone could evacuate either, how about all those people that died in that nursing home in St. Bernard. I guess they were lazy. T^here was no bus service until afte the storm hit. The government had declared martial law before the storm hit. They could have taken every tourist,transit and school bus in the city and just let people take them, instead they said they didn't have drivers. So the busses flooded. How hard was it to drive to Baton Rouge at <5mph? Failure of the government at every level caused the most damage.

in reference to your nursing home comment, please read my post. obviously the government should have done more, but the MAJORITY of the people could have gotten out. also, this was not a George or other hurricane. it was well known it was going to be the worst ever .. I am sorry for your personal loss by the way.

"I do think that the government should have done more for helping those who had no way out (elderly, handicap, etc.) ... "

[Nolazach]

Wow I am truly sorry you lost your house. And you are a hero for staying to help other people.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't STAY. I went to Houston on August 27th, Katrina hit on the 29th, I drove back on the 1st of September. I planed on staying in Baton Rouge. The day I came back was the day the guard came in. Alll I did to "help" was simple volunteer work. Make sure neighbors were okay, go get ice and food from the soldiers and split them up.
i had got an entry pass on the 3rd to enter New Orleans. The water was still there. We took up clothes donations and brought water and MREs to people.

On the 11th i started doing work in Biloxi, thats where I saw my first DBs. I found a suicide victim in a hotel room of a collapsed Casino. It was sad. Biloxi looked alot worse than New Orleans, looked like a bomb had gone off. Casino boats were on the other side of the road, buildings had colapsed. All the beach houses were gone. Including the Jefferson Davis home. I was staying in a RV in Biloxi when Rita hit.

Bought a house in Baton Rouge in October, By December things were getting back to normal. House is rebuilt now, if I could have done it over I would have done more.

I am sorry for your personal loss by the way.

Don't I did all right by insurance. I had Allstate so you know how that goes. They undervalued all the possesions. They tried putting age to every item, Like five years on clothing so they could give you less. I got the $2500 from Fema, $600 from State of Texas, 80,000 SBA loan and am waiting on Road Home money all in all I did pretty good. Still killed my finances, and I got my new house with a ARM loan.

[spursfan09]

Yeah but the fact you you had your own loss and still found a way to help people is courageous. To me thats really strong. Even something "small" goes a long way.
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[Viva Las Espuelas]

Oh your right. 90% of the city evacuated, so your right civilians didn't do a damed thing.

we had taken over South Houston and Atlanta before the storm even hit.

Not everyone has a car. Look at when they evacuated Houston for Rita. Its hard to move a million people.

Also what you don't know, is that we have Hurricane evacuations every year, (almost). Most of the time the Hurricane turns away and our evacuation turns into a three day trip to see family in Texas. I almost even stayed during Katrina, glad I didn't.

Look asshole. If the goddamn levees would have hel we wouldn't even be talking about Katrina. The government is responsible for the flood, but I doubt you would understand that.

i said i wasn't being an ass. if you have to result to name calling then i'm done with you. have a great life.

[TampaDude]

On the 11th i started doing work in Biloxi, thats where I saw my first DBs. I found a suicide victim in a hotel room of a collapsed Casino. It was sad. Biloxi looked alot worse than New Orleans, looked like a bomb had gone off. Casino boats were on the other side of the road, buildings had colapsed. All the beach houses were gone. Including the Jefferson Davis home. I was staying in a RV in Biloxi when Rita hit.

Yeah, Mississippi got crushed by Katrina...I know a guy from Pass Christian...they got a 30-foot storm surge there...and I'll never forget those pics of Biloxi...whole buildings tossed a quarter-mile or half-mile inland...insane...

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Not to mention nobody knew it was going to turn into cat 5 overnight.

wasn't it a 3 when it hit? 4 maybe

[Budkin]

Daddy?

Yes, son?

What does regret mean?

Well son a funny thing about regret is that it's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done. And by the way, if you see your mom this weekend, could you be sure and tell her--

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[Nolazach]

The day after the storm. Texas announced it was going to give all Evacues food benefits. People kept comiong up to us offering money or whatever. I have never seen such an outpouring of support. Every church I passed had clothes and supplies to give out, Firemen where out collecting money, police were off to go help out. Really your state did a of a lot.

Every one of us was just in shock at how quickly people in and around Houston had organized. My mom in Dallas had said the same thing my sister in Universal city too. People here were so much better prepared. It was great, that outpouring of support.
The saying was "Your hearts are bigger than your state".

[Darcus]

Not everyone could evacuate either, how about all those people that died in that nursing home in St. Bernard. I guess they were lazy.

Former St. Bernard resident here, lived in Chalmette and had 9ft of water in my house. I was very angry to find that the Mangano family that owned the nursing home, who failed to follow proper evacuation procedures, allowing the elderly disabled in wheelchairs to watch the water rise until it was over their heads and they were no longer breathing, were acquitted of all the charges placed against them.

The media failed to cover anything going on in St. Bernard, unfortunately. The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet that was dug through the wetlands in St. Bernard to provide quicker access to the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for all of the damage to St. Bernard and the 9th Ward area. I did get to meet Laura Bush when she came to my high school in my senior year, though. I despise the Bush administration but she was a nice woman.

Living in Old Metairie now.

[Nolazach]

i said i wasn't being an ass. if you have to result to name calling then i'm done with you. have a great life.

You know damn well you were being a smart-ass. When you started all this Katrina talk, I'm just trying to put the truth out there and say some positives.

[DarrinS]

Natural disaster smack is weak.

[nbascribe]

dayum.....isn't this spurstalk and not katrinatalk????

wake up trolls...u know betta!!

[INS]

Viva Las Espuelas = gay

[rascal]

Dude... Poor/unemployed people aren't good people??

Wasn't Jesus poor and unemployed?

[O-Factor]

The day after the storm. Texas announced it was going to give all Evacues food benefits. People kept comiong up to us offering money or whatever. I have never seen such an outpouring of support. Every church I passed had clothes and supplies to give out, Firemen where out collecting money, police were off to go help out. Really your state did a of a lot.

Every one of us was just in shock at how quickly people in and around Houston had organized. My mom in Dallas had said the same thing my sister in Universal city too. People here were so much better prepared. It was great, that outpouring of support.
The saying was "Your hearts are bigger than your state".

Former St. Bernard resident here, lived in Chalmette and had 9ft of water in my house. I was very angry to find that the Mangano family that owned the nursing home, who failed to follow proper evacuation procedures, allowing the elderly disabled in wheelchairs to watch the water rise until it was over their heads and they were no longer breathing, were acquitted of all the charges placed against them.

The media failed to cover anything going on in St. Bernard, unfortunately. The Mississippi River Gulf Outlet that was dug through the wetlands in St. Bernard to provide quicker access to the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for all of the damage to St. Bernard and the 9th Ward area. I did get to meet Laura Bush when she came to my high school in my senior year, though. I despise the Bush administration but she was a nice woman.

Living in Old Metairie now.

2005 Thread

[RandomGuy]

Meh. Only when the Hornets prove they can win any games in SA, will I think the Spurs are done for, or even in trouble. Guess we will find out more after tonight's game.

I am out of vbookie cash again, though. No sweep for me.

[Jonesy77]

Wasn't Jesus poor and unemployed?

No, he was a carpenter

[Nolazach]

Viva Las Espuelas = gay

[Slowpoke Rodriguez]

I've never seen that picture before. You've stumbled upon an Internet treasure.

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