New Orleans wiped out

[john75]

New Orleans is under 3ft of Water according to the Radio more people may have died than on 9/11

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4196188.stm

>> Edited by john75 on Tuesday 30th August 07:18

[rich1231]

john75 said:

New Orleans is under 3ft of Water according to the Radio more people may have died than on 9/11 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4196188.stm >> Edited by john75 on Tuesday 30th August 07:18

Erm its says Dozens feared dead not thousands...

[titiany]

Yeah. 55 I heard. Which is pretty impressively low considering the size of the fecka.

[Eric Mc]

I'm sure the toll will rise but, considering the size and scale of the storm and the densely populated area affected, the death toll will be relatively light. All thanks to good advance warning systems, good evacuation procedures and well trained and resourced emergency services.

If this was Bangladesh or Sri Lanka you would be looking at thousands dead and whole communities wiped out.

[titiany]

Eric Mc said:

All thanks to good advance warning systems, good evacuation procedures and well trained and resourced emergency services.

Jimbeaux must be an exhausted man!

(let us know how you got on JB!!!)

[rich 36]

Jimbeaux
anyone heard from him yet ?

>> Edited by rich 36 on Wednesday 31st August 07:54

>> Edited by rich 36 on Wednesday 31st August 07:54

[tinman0]

jimbeaux i think is part of FEMA so we may not hear from him for a couple of days. chin up though jimbeaux.

i have some friends at FEMA in Atlanta and they were mobilising everything to New Orleans yesterday.

as far as I know all FEMA personel had any days off cancelled on Friday due to Katrina and its expected arrival.

>> Edited by tinman0 on Tuesday 30th August 09:18

[ZR1cliff]

Seems like Crocodiles could create a problem as well
From a Vette forum in America.

ZRace said:

Guys, I'm headed to New Orleans tomorrow to do some Search and Rescue for the Army. I fly an Army scout helicopter and will be in support of FEMA personel to assess the damage and hopefully find people alive. Hopefully the crocs will stay in their own back yard and not go into the neighborhoods. I'm expecting to find floating bodies in some of the hardest hit areas. My thoughts and prayers will be for the suffering there.

>> Edited by ZR1cliff on Tuesday 30th August 09:48

[john75]

ZR1cliff said:

Seems like Crocodiles could create a problem as well From a Vette forum in America. ZRace said: Guys, I'm headed to New Orleans tomorrow to do some Search and Rescue for the Army. I fly an Army scout helicopter and will be in support of FEMA personel to assess the damage and hopefully find people alive. Hopefully the crocs will stay in their own back yard and not go into the neighborhoods. I'm expecting to find floating bodies in some of the hardest hit areas. My thoughts and prayers will be for the suffering there. >> Edited by ZR1cliff on Tuesday 30th August 09:48

Flordia does not have corocodiles they live in India and Oz

The problem is Florida is with Alligators that will be drawn to people walking in the water.

Also read this link

www.epa.gov/npdes/sso/control/diseases.htm

>> Edited by john75 on Tuesday 30th August 10:03

[Eric Mc]

Crocs live in Africa too.

[Trooper2]

john75 said:

ZR1cliff said: Seems like Crocodiles could create a problem as well From a Vette forum in America. ZRace said: Guys, I'm headed to New Orleans tomorrow to do some Search and Rescue for the Army. I fly an Army scout helicopter and will be in support of FEMA personel to assess the damage and hopefully find people alive. Hopefully the crocs will stay in their own back yard and not go into the neighborhoods. I'm expecting to find floating bodies in some of the hardest hit areas. My thoughts and prayers will be for the suffering there. >> Edited by ZR1cliff on Tuesday 30th August 09:48 Flordia does not have corocodiles they live in India and Oz The problem is Florida is with Alligators that will be drawn to people walking in the water. Also read this link www.epa.gov/npdes/sso/control/diseases.htm >> Edited by john75 on Tuesday 30th August 10:03

Sorry John75 but we do have Crocodiles in the U.S.


See here:www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/csp_cacu.htm

[planetdave]

OK, big hungry things in the water with teeth.

That better?

[yertis]

They have sharks too?

[Trooper2]

yertis said:

They have sharks too?

Mostly in the big cities.

[docevi1]

what about the fire ants, floating coffins, petrol floods...?

Katrina Doomsday

[srebbe64]

Brings a new meaning to the term "Katrina & The Waves" (sorry)!

[Trooper2]

srebbe64 said:

Brings a new meaning to the term "Katrina & The Waves" (sorry)!

Nice Srebbe!....

[Eric Mc]

I bet they're not Walking on Sunshine down in the deep south today.

In fact, I have a strong feeling that the Biloxi Blues are pretty evident at the moment.

[srebbe64]

Eric Mc said:

I bet they're not Walking on Sunshine down in the deep south today. In fact, I have a strong feeling that the Biloxi Blues are pretty evident at the moment.

More likely: "I'm Walking on Some Shite"

[ZR1cliff]

Apparently one of the problems with New Orleans ive read is it is on sea level so the water needs help to recede but if the water is too deep then they cant power the pumps,whoops.