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tolbiny
08-28-2005, 10:50 PM
Ok- so New Orelans as a city is 10 ft below sea level, and the storm sure may come over top of the levies. So if this happens i assume that the water from the storm surege/rain will have to be pumped out- will this be feasible- are the mechanisms in place to even begin to deal with this? If the storm is bad enough could a potion of new orleans become just a reef in the Gulf?
cwsiggy
08-28-2005, 11:23 PM
They were just sayingthe water could be in the "bowl" for weeks. Not good.
Lestat
08-29-2005, 12:44 AM
One problem is that there won't be sufficient means to pump water out if (when?) they lose power.

Someone on the news said that this has the makings to be the single greatest natural disaster to hit the US in our lifetimes.
MelchyBeau
08-29-2005, 12:45 AM
New Orleans has a system of pumps to get rid of water in bad floods, however this is gonna be horrible. The levees will probably break which will make this a much more difficult issue.

Melch
RxForMoreCowbell
08-29-2005, 01:33 AM
I think the answer to this clearly depends on how many Evangelical Christians are praying for New Orleans to stay safe.
MelchyBeau
08-29-2005, 01:49 AM
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I think the answer to this clearly depends on how many Evangelical Christians are praying for New Orleans to stay safe.

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New Orleans is heavily catholic, not protestant.

Melch
mmbt0ne
08-29-2005, 02:29 AM
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New Orleans has a system of pumps to get rid of water in bad floods, however this is gonna be horrible. The levees will probably break which will make this a much more difficult issue.

Melch

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That, and the fact that the pumps will almost certainly be submerged for some time due to the projected 25 ft. storm surge.
jakethebake
08-29-2005, 08:29 AM
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I think the answer to this clearly depends on how many Evangelical Christians are praying for New Orleans to stay safe.

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New Orleans is heavily catholic, not protestant.

Melch

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There's something very sodom &amp; gommorah-ish going on here. Katrina takes a whack at Miami, then goes after New Orleans.
Hiding
08-29-2005, 10:35 AM
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One problem is that there won't be sufficient means to pump water out if (when?) they lose power.

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The power went out earlier, the pumps are already off (what genius decided backup generators shouldn't be used for the pumps? Or making them diesel rather than electric?)

And one levee was breached over 30 minutes ago, the superdome is leaking/missing some roof, and the brunt of the storm hasn't made it to them yet.
muckdumper
08-29-2005, 01:59 PM
supplies will be needed.manpower and equipment be needed. food,water and power will be needed.sant. and med. supplies be needed. people will be homeless and the suffering will be great....crime sadly will accompany the people,miltary will have hands full and the gov't sent more soldiers out!!
Mempho
08-29-2005, 02:19 PM
Everybody's missing the real story that will come out over the next few hours. Yes, New Orleans is bad, but the Mississippi coast is *gone* in the truest since of the word. Jim Cantore is reporting a 37ft storm surge. Last report from the immediate coast was that the 2nd floor of the Beau Rivage was going under. You can a recount of Cantore's report on weather.com under the WeatherBlog.

The surge will be a new North American record.
08-29-2005, 02:29 PM
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miltary will have hands full and the gov't sent more soldiers out!!

[/ QUOTE ]Bring the troops home!
coheedandcambria
09-01-2005, 11:17 PM
New Orleans. Maybe if they weren't so busy taking off their shirts for beads and prayed once in a while this wouldn't have happened... They were smote by the Lord God. Repent ye sinners!!
m1illion
09-01-2005, 11:27 PM
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New Orleans. Maybe if they weren't so busy taking off their shirts for beads and prayed once in a while this wouldn't have happened... They were smote by the Lord God. Repent ye sinners!!

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let's pray this is a joke
09-02-2005, 03:31 AM
and when the whole city of San Francisco was leveled by earthquake and fires in 1906, im sure there were people who thought that the city would never recover, even in a time like that without FEMA and what not...dont underestimate the power of the most powerful government in the world.
Spaded
09-02-2005, 04:24 AM
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New Orleans. Maybe if they weren't so busy taking off their shirts for beads and prayed once in a while this wouldn't have happened... They were smote by the Lord God. Repent ye sinners!!

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Biblical? Some interesting facts:
-What is New Orleans famous for? -Mardi Gras
-What is Mardi Gras? -Celebration on Fat Tuesday
-What is Fat Tues.? -A day of wild sinning before Ash Wednesday, the start of the time of repentance, which the bible says people should do anyway.
-N.O. is also an important oil port. God is reducing our oil supply before armageddon!

I'm not a bible freak but it seems like the end is nigh!

Hollywood is next... 9.5 earthquake?