Hurricane Katrina

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thankx dragon-chan. It's good to see that you guys care for my cousin and everyone else who needs to see their relatives.
 
I almost cried watching the news this morning. There were all these traumatized old people lying on stretchers, and bodies and people who lost families... It's all incredibly tragic and heartbreaking.
 
Latias_fan said:
Unless some one requested this let's start something for all the victems.
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Nice idea... hmm... But how? Should we contact the red cross or somethiong and start a fundraiser or a petition or something?
 
This is sad, very sad. Right before 9/11 too >.< I'm sitting here watching TV, man I cry too much xD I see this little girl asking for help and I burst into tears.... = (
I'm here in Arizona not much action here, but tommorow morning (ALL morning) I'm collecting donation around where I live, I hope everyone is alright...

edit - I made a small banner (see sig) for anyone who is actually doing something to help the victims, please use it ^^
 
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Too many things are happening to America...........but, we just have to be strong and pull through. If we got through 9/11, then shouldn't we be able to get past a flood? I feel sadness for the people in New Orleans, but still, you should be happy that we have food and houses. In a way it's mixed feelings.....I feel lucky I live here in America, but then I feel sad because everything happens to it. Even though I have mixed feelings, I will be strong and pull through. My school has a fundraiser called "Dollars for Disaster" and I plan on donating 100 dollars. Please help support the Red Cross and all other Donating funds
 
Sad.

I live in New Jersey, so I know can't relate to the true essence of the disaster, but I'll still pray for those who have lost things they didn't deserve to lose. In response to the people looting stores and whatnot, desperation can lead to dramatic effects, however wrong it may be.
 
The real serious part of the problem is actually NOT about the immediate damage the flood did, but the water that will NEVER go away naturally. It's a real tragic at the commerical lost, but who cares about oil when the death rate shall triple within a week because of the mentioned crime rate, and the following...

The flooded areas are all below sea level. This means that there is just absolutely no way (evaporation seriously doesn't count) for the water to naturally disappear. USA Government did send some pumps down there to get the water out, but how many pumps and how long will it take to get out all that water within an entire state? You got a huge pool of still water, with at least 60000 people trapped inside. Diseases will break out so easily in this situation. All the clean water is in ruin, so you lost water supply on top of diseases.

Assume that the government succeeded in rescuing all the people from the trap. You still got an entire state flooded with water. Even the workers there can be afflicted with those illness when they try to pump out that water. On TV here, I saw a helicopter with a tiny bucket trying to pump water out that way? Unless USA got some secret technology coming up, Louisana maybe flooded for a good old half a year if we're to wait for helicopters to clean up the flooding in such inefficient manner. Now let's make further assumption how USA miraculously got all the water out. You still got the street cleanup, and finishing off the diseases...

I know that Canada has already sent a technical support team to assist the rescue missions, but it's a massive 560,000 dollars to fund the team of 46 people for only 10 days, and that's assuming the 46 people will not share their clean water/food supplies with the victimes (which they definitely will do.)

On top of our prayers, USA will also need heavy financial fundings...



On the other hand, nobody mentioned Hurrican Emily that is even stronger than Hurrican Katrina, and smashed Mexico to pieces? Poor Mexico is in the same desperate need, just like the USA too... (but it's true that their water can flow away naturally though, unlike the below sea-level areas in the USA, yet still... pray for Mexico/that region too)
 
I think blame should be layed heavily on the government, knowing that many towns in poverty would be washed underwater far beforehand and not providing the means of evacuation for the sick/elderly/poor who couldn't get out on their own. A friend of mine's mother has been sent to help the relief effort there and many of the people she has aided tried to flee beforehand with no luck.

gj usa
 
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2wingsrbettaden1 said:
The safest place to be in these situation's is in your basement. You should also be under a strong table or chair just incase the roof falls in.
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Flooding in areas below sea level, a table or chair will get in the way of your air supply. Good thinking though.
 
Wouldn't it help if some they set up a huge pump/pipe leading to the Atlantic? they could get the pipe/pump to travel from the sewers to the Ocean...... the just continue pumping and Viola! that takes care of the excess water.... and im sure Famine Relief Organizations could supply food.
 
I was shocked by the hurricanes power. I live in north Alabama and during Ivan we get some wind and rain but nothing special. I've felt stronger gusts from strong thunderstorms. During Katrina the wind was so strong it sounded like thunder. I didn't feel any of it because I stayed inside but it took our power out for about a day. Our power didn't even flicker during Ivan. Afterward school was two hours late(that I'll cheer for) and depree(SP) was everywhere. Mostly leaves and sticks and pine needles but there were a few trees down and larger branches too. My thoughts were that if Katrina was still that powerful when it hit us, it must have been like an F5 tornado or worse when it hit the coast. I never gave much thought to how powerful a catagory five hurricane was. And I've watched the news a lot and the images are terrible. Thousands of people are sitting out side a refugee center and no one has come to help them. Why? It's crazy. It's called a refugee center for a reason and they were sent there for help.

Plus the gas prices are killer. I don't think I've ever seen it three dollars and it's still going up. In some places it's five dollars. I don't think we'll be going out nearly as much as we used to. Except for school and food, we'll probably be staying home. I realyl hope it doesn't reach five dollars a gallon here. I remember once when it was ninety nine cents. Didn't last long but if that happened now the gas would be gone before the day was even close to over. But complaining about it won't help. I would get started on another subject but if I get into the current president I'll probably start a war.
 
shesh my house was destroyed by andrew but by Katrina gosh thier population will go DOWN Down down
 
There is no one person to blame; bureaucracy is often sluggish and apathetic, but never malevolent. It takes time for a thousand-headed creature to make sure that all its heads are thinking the same thing. And frankly, we've never had a situation like this in our history so we have absolutely no idea how to react; we have to balance staring frozen in slackjawed horror at the devastation and finding an effective way to react. We're lost, unprepared, and it doesn't help that morons with political gain on their minds are already throwing the race card in the face of those who are trying to help and that there's such a level of anarchy now that snipers are shooting at doctors trying to get critical patients out of the city.

I'll edit this later with the rest of my thoughts. I may not have sounded like it above, but I'm horrified beyond anything I can say.
 
frostweaver said:
The real serious part of the problem is actually NOT about the immediate damage the flood did, but the water that will NEVER go away naturally. It's a real tragic at the commerical lost, but who cares about oil when the death rate shall triple within a week because of the mentioned crime rate, and the following...

The flooded areas are all below sea level. This means that there is just absolutely no way (evaporation seriously doesn't count) for the water to naturally disappear. USA Government did send some pumps down there to get the water out, but how many pumps and how long will it take to get out all that water within an entire state? You got a huge pool of still water, with at least 60000 people trapped inside. Diseases will break out so easily in this situation. All the clean water is in ruin, so you lost water supply on top of diseases.

Assume that the government succeeded in rescuing all the people from the trap. You still got an entire state flooded with water. Even the workers there can be afflicted with those illness when they try to pump out that water. On TV here, I saw a helicopter with a tiny bucket trying to pump water out that way? Unless USA got some secret technology coming up, Louisana maybe flooded for a good old half a year if we're to wait for helicopters to clean up the flooding in such inefficient manner. Now let's make further assumption how USA miraculously got all the water out. You still got the street cleanup, and finishing off the diseases...

I know that Canada has already sent a technical support team to assist the rescue missions, but it's a massive 560,000 dollars to fund the team of 46 people for only 10 days, and that's assuming the 46 people will not share their clean water/food supplies with the victimes (which they definitely will do.)

On top of our prayers, USA will also need heavy financial fundings...



On the other hand, nobody mentioned Hurrican Emily that is even stronger than Hurrican Katrina, and smashed Mexico to pieces? Poor Mexico is in the same desperate need, just like the USA too... (but it's true that their water can flow away naturally though, unlike the below sea-level areas in the USA, yet still... pray for Mexico/that region too)
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WHO CARES ABOUT OIL!?!?!
yes, I think what everyone right now is mainly concerned about getting any vitims to safety, but oil will be a huge loss. Here in Arizona Gas stations have already run out of gas and people have to wait a week to get it in!
 
I never thought Katrina would it so hard, I was on vacation and just thought it was another storm, then I heard Norleans was under water. Yeah, a modern day Venice. Well I hope everythings okay there. Though it obviously isn't..I've been in a flood once, so I know how it feels to be in a state of emergency...
 
Frostweaver's got a point, the people in Mexico need our prayers too.

The reason its so bad, its because where Katrina struck, the region is almost like a depression. When water gets in, its very difficult to get it out. :/

It may take months for them to come back home..
 
I live here in Miami,Florida were it passed and it didn't look that harsh but arter it got out of Florida it got stronger by second.I never thought it would be that strong.
 
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