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08-31-2005, 03:54 AM
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New Orleans/ Gulf Coast/ Total Disaster
Can't believe it, the whole city is basically gone. All the relatives down there are literally homeless. Some went to Houston, some are in Lafayette, some have gone to Birmingham and others I have no idea where they are and no one has talked to them though we know they did leave. The three in Lafayette will be coming up here to stay with me for a while. They lived in Kenner and the water was at their front door this morning and getting higher. Told me it got real bad and that the people were really getting scary. My Father in law on the West Bank in Gretna refused to leave his house. Either he was rescued and is in a shelter or he is dead. His house has flooded before and this time it went completely under. He's a resourceful guy so there is always hope but he wasn't in the best of health. My prayers go out to all those people from the whole region. Can't imagine what I would do if it happened to me. May God look after all of them. take care all and please put a few words in for everyone hit by the storm.
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08-31-2005, 10:15 AM
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I don't have relatives down there, but I do have a close friend that grew up there, her sister was still living in NO.
She was living about 1hr Northin in MS, though I know that is where the eye of the storm went over. I hope to hear from her in the next couple weeks to find out she is ok, until then I will be praying for her, and everyone else down in that area.
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09-01-2005, 11:49 AM
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We have tons of folks from New Orleans in Nacogdoches and all over east Texas right now. I really feel for those folks. Alot of them have already started applying for jobs and decided to stay. I say welcome, we don't have near enough good neighbors as it is.
GoodOlBoy
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09-02-2005, 10:17 AM
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It's a horrible situation. Big thumbs up to the folks of Texas they are certainly bellying up to the bar in terms of being the arms open neighbor to the people of New Orleans. The times are tough for a lot of the gulf coast residents.
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09-03-2005, 09:29 AM
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My guys daughter, son-in-law and the grand children were in Metarie...have only gotten broken up cell phone info...to all of you with friends and family, I wish you the best...may God look after all of us.
I watched this thing unfold hour by hour as all of you are doing.. I dont know about most of you but as I watch it...I have come to the very real conclusion that in the first critical hours of an emergency...no one is gonna take care of you and yours but you.. I use to make fun of my mom for insisting the tornado shelter be built, stocking it with food and all the other things...guess she saw these things coming..I have a generator but I see it is inadequate now...I priced some of the bigger ones and they are 10-15 thousand dollars...the ones I want are anyway...and just how much gas is a person to store? without blowing ourselves up? This is a wake-up call for many...disheartening and disappointing as it is...
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09-05-2005, 02:39 PM
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I think the reality of all this will not turn out to be as bad as the media hype is making it. Yes, there is flooding, but thats happened before. Yes, things are bad, but its not THAT bad.
Bad is Hiroshima, bad is San Francisco in 1906. maybe its just Urban Renewal?
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09-05-2005, 11:55 PM
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I think this might be kind of like the shark attacks before 9/11. About the only thing on the news was about shark attacks and how bad they were. My buddy, who as a side note flys F-18's, said that the occurence of shark attacks was about the same in 2001 as it was in 2000, but the press reported about it a lot more in 2001 because they didn't have anything to report about. After 911 occurred, I didn't hear a single peep about shark attacks anymore.
Where did all the sharks go? Should I just believe that there haven't been any shark attacks in the last 4 years, or is it that the press has had a lot better stories to report about since 9/11? The media pisses me off, but at least NBC is asking Nagin tough questions just like Fox. I was over my parents' picking up Nitro tonight and my mom was watching NBC. They asked Nagin who was to blame for this disaster, and he said everybody. The follow up was, "Does everybody include you." The answer was something to the effect of, "Yes, but there are others to be held accountable too". At least the moron has finally admitted that he didn't do his job. That is okay though, he will probably get re-elected just as Mayor Marion Berry did after he was convicted of drug possession and did time. DC's current mayor is doing a great job and the poor want him out. He has DMV running well along with several other agencies, and the poor don't think he has done enough for them. Okay, I need to get back to work before I bust a blood vessel on this issue.
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