Post Hurricane Katrina IMAGES Here (But please, no Getty images)

http:www.freerepublic.com | August 29, 2005

[Howlin]

Several people have requested a thread JUST for images of the storm.

Post them here, please.

[Howlin]

Needless to say, this is gonna be a HARD thread for dial-up

[Uncledave]

A western clothing store (L) is badly damaged while a restaurant next door remains intact after Hurricane Katrina hit Gulfport, Mississippi August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina ripped into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday, stranding people on rooftops as it pummeled the historic jazz city New Orleans with 100 mph (160 kph) winds and swamped Mississippi resort towns and lowlands with a crushing surge of seawater. REUTERS/Frank Polich

[Howlin]

Bump.

[stinkerpot65]

Chili's lives!!!

[Uncledave]

A television station loses its broadcasting tower and roof during Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Mississippi August 29, 2005. Much of the city was heavily damaged during the peak of the category four storm. The storm slammed into New Orleans on Monday with winds of 135 mph (216 kph), shutting 91 percent of the normal 1.5 million barrels per day of crude oil production in the Gulf Coast region. (Mark Wallheiser/Reuters)

[Howlin]

Put your ambulance picture here, please!

[stlnative]

An oil rig that broke loose during Hurricane Katrina is wedged under the Cochrane Bridge in Mobile, Alabama. The rig tore free of its moorings as Hurricane Katrina lashed the Alabama coast before surging downriver and smashing into the suspension bridge.(AFP/Stan Honda)

[tet68]

How proudly we hail...

[Shaka]

ping

[Howlin]

That's an oil rig?

[Quick Shot]

Due to the draft of the rig and the depth of the water, the only way to get that rig out of there will be to cut it up in pieces. This is going to be a mess, and the bridge is not built for that kind of impact. This is a mess, ouch. Speaking as a Naval Architect.

[stlnative]

yes with most of the upper section missing

[stlnative]

yes with most of the upper section missing

[MikefromOhio]

I am sure there will be some absolutely amazing pictures of this storm here....FYI

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Holy Shnikes! That's going to be expensive!

[nopardons]

YIKES! Thanks for the ping...these pictures are shocking.

[Tennessee_Bob]

we wouldn't have Global Warming that is creating all these Hurricanes.

Liberal eco-hippy tree hugger. It's the damned butterflies.

[quantim]

8/28/2005, 8:00 p.m. ET

The roof of the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans was shredded by strong winds of Hurricane Katrina as it battered the Crescent City on Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

[stlnative]

A family sits on their porch in the Treme area of New Orleans, which lies under several feet of water after Hurricane Katrina hit August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina ripped into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Monday, battering the historic jazz city New Orleans, swamping resort towns and lowlands with a crushing surge of seawater and stranding people on rooftops. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)

[theophilusscribe]

A tattered U.S. Flag flies in the foreground of the Hyatt, in New Orleans, Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, where dozens of windows were blown out when Hurricane Katrina made land fall. ( (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

[TrailofTears]

You forgot misogynous, and homophobic.

[stlnative]

hi

[NorthOf45]

Is there any chance the level of the platform will drop with the receding water from the storm surge (or due to rain)?

[GummyIII]

[scars]

I was gone for the day after about 6 cst. Did the swell hurt as much as they thought it would?

[theophilusscribe]

[NCC-1701]

Saw an few moments of video from the International Space Station of Katrina. That thing was a monster. When you see it from that vantage point, it's just aweinspiring. Sergei Krikalev and John Phillips had a great seat for that view.

[deport]

Awwwww. some ballast and a low tide may do the trick, maybe.

[theophilusscribe]

Hi FRiend! How are you and yours?

[scars]

How can you be so glib about these peoples' sufferings?

[theophilusscribe]

[SolarisRocks]

I think he is talking about the oil rig traped under that bridge..

[Tax-chick]

OH NE ZOT!

[SunnySide]

http://ap.wwltv.com/photos/L/LADM12408292344-big.jpg

Here are a lot of excellent close up shots from channel 4 N.O.'s. You'll have to clikc on link then click through their photo gallery.

[MikefromOhio]

No.

It was a STUPID comment to make and it is COMPLETELY unrelated to this thread.

Not to mention completely inaccurate.....

[Tax-chick]

All those historic buildings. What a disaster!

(I'm concerned for the people, too, of course, but if they're sitting on the front porch, they're obviously fine!)

[theophilusscribe]