KATRINA - Aerial photos LA coast near Venice

Texas · Criminal Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 81 City: Houston

Pretty Sobering...........

Buergday · Guest

good lord! Shocked

pyrocasto · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 10:26 am Post subject:

HOLY SH*T! Shocked

mbuck · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 1629

How do you get a barge back in the water or those tug/fishing boats without causing stress fractures to the boat?

Can't even imagine.
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MojoPin · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 10:36 am Post subject:

That's bad! There is going to be alot of work sorting all that out.. What a tragedy..

J_DOGG · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 11:35 am Post subject:

You know what they say..... Water cleanses the sole....

I'm sure anyone close to this situation will now be much more grateful for what they have gained from this life and not what they have/had in their driveway or house.... Tragedy brings out the best and worst in people, I see lots of families taking a much needed assessment and realizing they have everything they need and can live on with out too much grief. The others will just file false insurance claims and try to take advantage of the situation.

Mother nature is just giving us a taste of what will eventually happen in one form or another on a global scale.
Our existence on this earth is comparable to a spec of dust when compared to this worlds entire life span.

Yes, I believe in DOOM and GLOOM......

Grace B. · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 11:52 am Post subject:

Wow, that's some pretty crazy stuff! I feel bad for the people there, its going to be a lot of work getting everything back together.

Broccoli B · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 11:54 am Post subject:

It might just be the distance but did you see all that butter Shocked

riverfreak · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 12:01 pm Post subject:

All of the pics are unbelievable Sad

..... I've never seen anything like it - 80% of NO is under water - I'm taking some supplies to our church this afternoon where we have set up shelter for some of the residents - we are feeling this at the pump - but it is just the beginning of the pinch we are all about to feel from the destruction

Of course we sent billions for the tsunami ordeal - I doubt we'll see a penny of foreign aid

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

On another note - they just declared martial law in NO.

Playtime is over! Looters beware!

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

man..look at this..NOw that was some strong winds!!

Stuart · Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 40 City: Wellington, NZ

You think you NEED foreign aid??? Laughing

MojoPin · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 12:15 pm Post subject:

riverfreak, chavez, Ask sweden...we always seem to help.. Mr. Green

jryoung · Ladies Man Joined: 19 Mar 2004 Posts: 7664 City: Man Jose

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

jryoung, I don't think that was what she meant......

Stuart, no, but obviously it would be nice to have the favor returned on occasion. Neutral

STPHNSN23 · Guest

did anyone see the floating casino that was dropped on a holiday inn in MS? explain to me how the hell that happens.

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

PAT MCCARTHY: Any word from Dough Boy Dave??????

Vance · Addict Joined: 25 Sep 2004 Posts: 994

marcg · Addict Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 944 City: Salt Lake City

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Wow. Let the people who endure this come out alright.

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

Here are some pictures my friend just sent me. It's a picture of their church that I saw them get married in on the sixth of this month. This was in Pass Christian, MS right by Long Beach.

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

Vance, I heard they have to pump out all that water. It seems crazy to me to build a city below sea level..

Vance · Addict Joined: 25 Sep 2004 Posts: 994

Wakebrad,

How though? I thought there wasnt any power? If there are generators can they handle all of this crap??

vision135 · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject:

O that sucks! Well atleast it didntt stay on its original path or that would have been here! Tropical depression 13 here we come..

big_air360 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 166 City: lubbock

holy cow!

Seth Martin · Moderator Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 891 City: Orlando

Dragonlady8 · Black Widow Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 9198

Seth Martin, either that it's miles away from where you last parked it.

Jensen · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject:

Seth Martin, dang that sucks your truck is most likely gone. Those picture are incredible, especially those tankers on the highways. crazy.

i sure hope we get foreign aid cuz this is going to cost billions restore the city and gas prices are already high.

south · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 4:56 pm Post subject:

With Regards to the TSUNAMI, River Freak, Chavez and Foreign Aid.

Your governement pledged $977 Million Dollars.
While you are still on your High Horse, Australia pledged more money ($1322M USD) for a country that has no where near the size of the economy. As a percentage of your GNP you fell well behind many other countries such as Ireland, Australia, Netherlands Hong Kong etc.. the list goes on.

NGO and Public Donations were $1011 Million USD, which I agree is Very Generous.

Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donations_for_victims_of_the_2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake#List_of_major_donors.

My first point is, shouldnt your generosity be measured as a percentage of your GNP rather than a base quantity.

My second point is do you really need foreign aid in this case? If you did, and asked for it, im sure that you would receive as much aid as people could provide.

Jensen · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 5:37 pm Post subject:

we probably didn't give as much as austrailia because were busy fighting a war that needs all the support it can get.

Seth Martin · Moderator Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 891 City: Orlando

i was wrong about that pic. Thats a semi-submersible in Mobile, AL.

But a rig did strike a bridge in Amelia, LA

special_k · Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 35 City: Baltimore, MD

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

south, look at that source. It's all government funds. We here in America give our own money, not the governments. If you look up the list of private contributions the US gives FAR more of it's GNP than anyone else. If a company or individual is compelled to give money they will, and did, generously. Rather than force the citizens to give aid by taxing them to pay for the government mandated aid. Don't undermine our generosity.

unsponsored · Criminal Joined: 31 May 2005 Posts: 68

Wakebrad no one did undermine your peoples generosity.

But by someone saying that a third world country should donate money to a powerful nation while they are trying to rebuild there own country is ludacris and quite stupid.

microman · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: