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Emergency declared in Louisiana
Herald Sun ^ | 21 September 2005

Posted on 09/20/2005 4:12:29 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher

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To: glock rocks
Those winds are caused by Halliburton, dontcha know?

I've heard that Cheney personally steers each hurricane into areas where the most minorities can be harmed.

61 posted on 09/20/2005 8:12:27 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Hate yourself? Hate everybody else, too? You'll be at home with the Democrats!)
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To: RGSpincich

'Thumbody' has maybe learned from experience that leadership needs to be exercised BEFORE disaster strikes. Maybe.


62 posted on 09/20/2005 8:13:12 PM PDT by Republic (Michael Schiavo murdered Terri Schindler.)
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To: popdonnelly
Even Governor Blanco is capable of learning };-)

The wheel still turns for a while even after the hamster has died.

63 posted on 09/20/2005 8:13:51 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Hate yourself? Hate everybody else, too? You'll be at home with the Democrats!)
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To: Spunky
FR made me look and to some extent, it looks like winds do play a factor in the movement of a cane.

I had to resort to images that I can easily understand, which can explain the link.

http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov/kids/Problem_Board/problems/weather/hurricanebasics.swf

Don't get me wrong - she is STILL a moron, just thought it was interesting. Been a northerner for so long, all I had to worry about was if the snowblower would start on October 1st. :-)
64 posted on 09/20/2005 8:20:04 PM PDT by mc5centsJR (Got tired of NY politics - loving the sun in North Carolina)
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To: mc5centsJR

Yes, winds affect hurricanes, but they are only one factor, and there is no "tumbleweed effect".


65 posted on 09/20/2005 8:24:57 PM PDT by TaxRelief (follow the money...)
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To: RedWhiteBlue

That makes sense. Thanks.


66 posted on 09/20/2005 8:35:31 PM PDT by Blogger
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To: DocRock

Is she sleeping or just a bad attitude?

I'll agree with "America's challenge' all right. This dimwit governor sure is.


67 posted on 09/20/2005 8:38:32 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: vger

That picture just says it all...


68 posted on 09/20/2005 8:39:34 PM PDT by World'sGoneInsane (LET NO ONE BE FORGOTTEN, LET NO ONE FORGET)
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To: RightWhale
This one is headed for Texas. If Louisiana gets anything it will be rain, not much wind.

The Corp of Engineers says that the N.O. levees can't withstand any more than 3 inches of rain. That is very little for a hurricane. N.O. would be on the east side, which is the wet side of the hurricane. Also, they will get tidal surges from Lake Ponchtratrain that could cause a lot of trouble. I know this for a fact. Tidal surges from fairly mild sustained winds can cover the roads and two of the ways out of my subdivision. It happens even without hurricanes. Those winds out of the east can blow Lake Pontchatrain waters right into parts of N.O. and surrounding parishes.

69 posted on 09/20/2005 8:45:48 PM PDT by jamaly (I evacuate early and often!)
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To: True Republican Patriot

Hizoner the mayor was late late late in accepting the Feds word that it was too soon to be asking evacuees to return to New Orleans already.

Maybe the sheep who are dependent on the MSM for their opinions will wake up to reality (that many from NOLA already clearly understood); that the mayor and the governor screwed up big time and that the tragedy DOES NOT rest on President Bush's shoulders (but the cleanup and relocation/recovery does now).

The democrat leadership in Louisiana has proven itself unfit to serve. "Getting a second chance" they almost still didn't get it right.


70 posted on 09/20/2005 10:02:26 PM PDT by weegee (The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
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To: evangmlw
Hey, must have been able find 2 drivers as well, ain't dat a miracle in itself?

It must not have been a sunny day.

71 posted on 09/20/2005 10:35:19 PM PDT by Elyse
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To: FederalistPhred

Just as in Bay St. Louis, interstae 10 is a few miles from the coastline. Upon a recent trip there to deliver a friend some relief goods only 2 blocks from the Bay.
As he could see that I was in a state of disbelief at how high the surge came in, he told me to look at the overpass at Hwy 43 & I-10 when I went under it to rejoin the interstate to head back towards Baton Rouge.
The water mark was 15 ft up the grassy embankment that made up the 1-10 overpass over MS state highway 43, some 5-7 miles from his house (which is no longer ther btw)....


72 posted on 09/20/2005 10:42:58 PM PDT by 30 something american (never argue with idiots, they'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

LOL, "whitey" better hurry up and beat Rita to Texas to inspect the possibility of blowing up a levee to harm only black folk....


73 posted on 09/20/2005 10:46:03 PM PDT by 30 something american (never argue with idiots, they'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience)
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To: weegee

A local couple was packing up to evacuate AGAIN this evening while being interviewed and said "we're leaving *this* time for good" citing a mess of confusion as of whether to go or stay as of late....

Some people drove as far as 10-12 hours to get home under the recommendations of Nagin only to be turned away.


74 posted on 09/20/2005 10:50:05 PM PDT by 30 something american (never argue with idiots, they'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience)
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To: SkyShot
No doubt another crafty salvo upon our nation's women and minorities courtesy of GWB and his gang of weather-targeting, racist thugs. Oh wait... Hurricanes don't kill people, fatal decisions kill people.

Wait! I thought it was Halliburton and that weather control device in Dick Cheney's basement. Cheney is a hurricane monger. It is a hurricane for oil!

75 posted on 09/20/2005 10:57:27 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: glock rocks
Those winds are caused by Halliburton, dontcha know?

Yes, it has got to be that weather control machine in Dick Cheney's basement. They are at it again. Hurricane mongers all of them...

76 posted on 09/20/2005 11:00:23 PM PDT by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: msnimje

Governor Bozo Blanco:

Underreacted with Katrina approaching.......

Overreacting with Rita approaching as it is headed for Texas.

RATs are soooooooo predicatable.


77 posted on 09/21/2005 12:11:13 AM PDT by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (Bush's #1 priority Africa. #2 priority appease Fox and Mexico . . . USA priority #64.)
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To: weegee
Maybe the sheep who are dependent on the MSM for their opinions will wake up to reality (that many from NOLA already clearly understood); that the mayor and the governor screwed up

Even the MSM is asking Nagin some questions.

Tonite on CNN Anderson Pooper asked Nagin why they ignored an Amtrack offer to take 2,000 people out of N.O.

Nagin responded that he didn't know anything about it. Anderson then gave him the name of one of his staff who took the call from Amtrack to which Nagin replied, "well, now I have something to go on" blah blah.

Have you heard anything about this story, I haven't seen a thread on it.

78 posted on 09/21/2005 12:23:10 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe (To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world)
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To: jdm
"About three weeks late and a few billion dollars short."

A few billion? A few hundred billion more like it.

79 posted on 09/21/2005 5:58:24 AM PDT by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: RightWhale

We need it every summer, but right now the lake levels are high in the Hill Country (Central TX) so this *may* cause problems.


80 posted on 09/21/2005 6:02:22 AM PDT by BJClinton (I'm trying way to hard to find something witty to say for my tagline.)
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