Escape from Hurricane Katrina + Live Blog from N.O. Hell


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Del said:
*refrains from political type comments*

The sniper fire has been reported by CNN. FYI street gangs in LA have been known to use snipers I think (aka Bloods and Crips). When the riots happened there in the 90's the gangs rolled right over when armed troops arrived. I hope this will happen again here.

street gangs aren't particularly scared of cops (short of SWAT maybe), but they are not prepared to deal with the military. :)
 

BOZ said:
street gangs aren't particularly scared of cops (short of SWAT maybe), but they are not prepared to deal with the military. :)

Indeed.

The latest reports (around 5 pm pst) say hundreds of military police, veterans from Iraq, are going to the city. Their verbalized message to the looters: "We know how to shoot."
 

Just in from CNN. Apparently the Astrodome is turning people away due to being at capacity.

edit: off to a new home in San Antonio for them
 
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It's all bad, but what really tears me up is all the little kids/babies/infants that are in dire need right now. In a way, my mind refuses to comprehend what is happening, but it is happening anyway :(
 



Frukathka said:
Crazy. And this is one of the reasons I hate politicians.
His timing was off but I don't know, from the toxic stew that it has become, there could be health issues for generations, chemicals and heavy metals, have made it a 'super site' nightmare, even if they get the water out, they have the muck that will coat everything. It is horrible to think we lost a city.
 

I expect the city of NO will eventually be reclaimed for prestige reasons, but I agree that may not be the smart thing to do. Without the Mississippi floodwaters to replenish the delta soil it's sinking at 1m per century, I don't think it's viable in the long term.

In terms of deaths & destruction this disaster seems much bigger than 9/11, I don't think people are really taking in yet just how bad it is. No casualty figures are being released (unlike in the Asian tsunami) but reading between the lines it has to be well into 5 figures for the whole area. I'd be surprised if the final death toll is under 15,000.
 

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