Mayor Orders Mandatory Evacuation of New Orleans 712
Pickens writes "City officials ordered everyone to leave New Orleans beginning Sunday morning — the first mandatory evacuation since Hurricane Katrina flooded the city three years ago — as Hurricane Gustav grew into what the city's mayor called 'the storm of the century' and moved toward the Louisiana coast. 'This is the real deal. This is not a test. For everyone thinking they can ride this storm out, I have news for you: that will be one of the biggest mistakes you can make in your life,' said New Orleans mayor, C. Ray Nagin. Already, hundreds of thousands of residents had begun streaming north from New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas stretching from the Florida Panhandle to Houston. Bush administration officials took pains not to be caught as flatfooted as they were in Hurricane Katrina, announcing that President Bush had called governors in the region to assure them of assistance and that top federal emergency officials were in the region to guide the response. 'We could see flooding that is worse than what we saw with Katrina,' said Louisiana Governor Jindal."
The US Geological Survey will be running a real-time "Map of Hydrologic Impacts" to monitor flood levels, and the National Weather Service has charted direction and wind-speed probabilities. Reader technix4beos points out the need for IRC transcription of FEMA and NOAA feeds.
Re:I'M NOT LEAVING NEW ORLEANS (Score:1, Funny)
Re:News for nerds huh? (Score:5, Funny)
That frickin falling tree will knock out your INTERNET ACCESS dweeb!
That's fricking news to some of us!
Re:what the hell? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Lessons of Katrina? (Score:5, Funny)
I really just curious - do feds or anyone from government did their work _after_ Katrina?
Of course they did, they're highly trained professionals after all.
They put up signs
However they didn't expect Gustav and forgot to translate them in German.
Re:what the hell? (Score:5, Funny)
At the same time, you could easily use this argument for places like Tokyo and other areas that are and will be struck by tremendous earthquakes.
And monsters. Don't forget the monster attacks.
Re:You can't defeat nature (Score:3, Funny)
The big question is 'Who decides?'
Obviously you don't watch Fox News.
Re:what the hell? (Score:2, Funny)
Economics - New Orleans is a major port that services nearly 2/3 of the land area of the US. Not to mention the petroleum industry, fishing, cruise ships, etc... etc...
You forgot the most important, the Girls Gone Wild! industry at Mardi Gras.
Re:The mayor's statement: (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The Shock Doctrine (Score:3, Funny)
Remember kids, you should always evaluate any argument based on who's making it, not on what it says.
Re:what the hell? (Score:3, Funny)
due to dykes being breached.
I won't go there. I won't go there. I won't go there.
Re:underwater vs. earthquakes (Score:5, Funny)
California doesn't drop chunks into an abyss every time the power drops out.
Thankfully not, what with rolling blackouts.
Re:Fuck it (Score:1, Funny)
Anti-black/Jew contingents?
What do they have against Sammy Davis Jr.?
MS Better Prediction Software (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Fuck it (Score:2, Funny)
That said, your point is completely accurate.
99.9% of individuals in the deep south are severely racist, both Dem & Rep, today as well as in the past. Even the black community has a deep hatred of whites and are racist.
But in the 60's when the Dem party was moving away from the KKK ideology, the southern Dems crossed lines to become Rep. All of these have remained the most evil and dangerous assholes on the planet.
Point & Fact: everybody feels some form of racism for some one else they don't know or understand, myself included.
But I have been trying to overcome this with looking at others (all races) from a candid perspective and have been able to see beauty in most people/races. It is there if you care to look close enough. This is the first step to recovery and becoming human once again.
This world would be a much better place if we all put out an effort to treat each other with honesty, kindness, dignity & respect.
Re:what the hell? (Score:3, Funny)
>>One might posit that it is just coincidence that we're getting two strong hurricanes in three years slamming into New Orleans.
If it's not coincidence, then what is it??
Of course, Michael Moore said that Gustav is evidence that God hates the Republicans, and some democrat leaders were filmed laughing about it... but still, I'd call it coincidence.