Interesting...... Crime Remains Low in New Orleans

[Forkin' Crazy]

Crime remains low in New Orleans
By AP
2006-05-05 8:38 PM CST
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Crime in New Orleans, which hit record lows after Hurricane Katrina emptied the city, remained low in the first few months of this year, Chief Warren Riley said Friday.
Overall violent crime in the first quarter of 2006 was down 64 percent compared with the first quarter a year ago, new statistics show, and murder was down almost 74 percent. At the same time, nonviolent crime was down 52 percent from a year ago, Riley said.
However, after investigating 17 murders in the first three months of the year, New Orleans police recorded 13 murders in April - the highest number for any month since the Aug. 29 storm.
Riley said the murders were largely confined to one section of town _ Central City _ where criminals have moved into abandoned homes and begun fighting each other.
"We have operations going on now that we believe have quieted that area down," said Riley.
Residents moving back into some sections of town will help police patrolling for crime, the chief said.
"The more citizens that move back ... the more information we're going to have, and at some point this will settle down," Riley said. "Every 10 people that call in, that's like adding 50 or 60 people to your police department. We need those citizens as our eyes and ears."
Many parts of New Orleans remain uninhabitable and deserted. The city's most recent population estimate in late January was 210,000, down from nearly 455,000 before Katrina.
The biggest jump in crime was in burglary and car theft. Much of that was storm related, the chief said, as families returning home found vehicles missing or their property looted.
"We have patrols in abandoned areas," Riley said. "But most of our people are focusing on areas where there are citizens. We want to make sure those areas are protected."
http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/uptotheminute.cfm?recid=4034
Remove the criminals and crime will go down.. Makes sense to me!!! :rollside:

[Poster X]

Drowning and starvation have the same affect.

[Old Texan]

Drowning and starvation have the same affect.
And whose fault was that?

[Schiada76]

One of my clients was just telling me about his friends in Dallas whose house was jacked.
The PD said it was Katrina burglers, they took EVERYTHING in the house down to the ketchup and salt. PD says they just move it all into their new digs and that's how they shop.
Maybe they don't know you can shoot their asses in Texas. Hopefully they learn the hard way.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

And whose fault was that?
Well, GW's of course Tex. Have you forgotten!??!?!?!?!?!??!? :crossx:

[steve d]

At least in New Orleans it was encapsulated......Now it has metastasized!

[Forkin' Crazy]

Drowning and starvation have the same affect.
OK, Wise One.. whose fault might that have been? GW? FEMA? NO, sorry..
It was your hero "Mayor" Nagin and his bitch Blank0!!!! :crossx:

[Poster X]

It was all the above. There is no one person at fault. New Orleans was an example of government failure on the local, state and national levels. It still looks like a third world country. FEMA was out right behind the cameras.

[572Daytona]

Not to mention a failure of personal responsibility to heed and act upon the evacuation orders (unless you were in a nursing home). Was starvation actually a problem? Just how long were people without food of any kind?

[Old Texan]

Not to mention a failure of personal responsibility to heed and act upon the evacuation orders (unless you were in a nursing home). Was starvation actually a problem? Just how long were people without food of any kind?
"Personal Responsibility"
'Nuff said.

[Forkin' Crazy]

It was all the above. There is no one person at fault. New Orleans was an example of government failure on the local, state and national levels. It still looks like a third world country. FEMA was out right behind the cameras.
More BS from Junior...... Do you remember when they evacuated Houston? That's the difference inbetween a liberal and a conservative evacuation..... Nagin carried his ass and left his people there to die.... Blank0 just sat around and cried....

[centerhill condor]

we're locking 'em up here in Tennessee! they could get away with all that big eazy crime in NOLA....not here!
last week a NOLA emmigrant shot and killed a man because the victim gave the guy a "dirty look".. I'm sure in about 13 years I'll be standing out by the prison with a sign that says, "justice delayed is justice denied" as he eagerly awaits execution.
In the meantime, he'll get fed and bed...maybe religion, too!

[Poster X]

Houston was immediately on the heels of New Orleans. Of course they evacuated. But even then, it was a cluster **** of biblical proportions.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Houston was immediately on the heels of New Orleans. Of course they evacuated. But even then, it was a cluster **** of biblical proportions.
So it took 40 days and 40 nights to evacuate houston??? Yea, riiiiiiight.

[Forkin' Crazy]

Houston was immediately on the heels of New Orleans. Of course they evacuated. But even then, it was a cluster **** of biblical proportions.
Yea, my X girlfriend (a liberal) complained like hell about the evacuation of Houston. But she and her family got out and made it to my house to stay almost a week. They DID get out. Better then "starving and drowning", huh? :idea:

[Forkin' Crazy]

Houston was immediately on the heels of New Orleans. Of course they evacuated. But even then, it was a cluster **** of biblical proportions.
Remember Dennis was before Katrina
Oh, what about the Mississippi coast. That was ground zero. Most of them got out... Louisiana and New Orleans, the perfect example of liberal paradise... ain't so pretty as it now, is it? :cry:

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Houston was immediately on the heels of New Orleans. Of course they evacuated. But even then, it was a cluster **** of biblical proportions.
There is not a single city in this country that is designed to be evacuated in a span of a few hours of hundreds of thousands (or more) of people.
That said, there is not a single city, in this country that cannot be sucessfully abandoned to GHOST TOWN status given what, 3 DAYS!?!?!?
Blanco hid upstate, high and dry.
Nagin ran for his life and BAILED ON HIS RESPONSIBILITIES by not even emplementing whatever flawed plan he had, ZERO EFFORT BUT TO SAVE HIS OWN SKIN.
Now, after those 2, they, you, and a whole other pack of fools want to blame FEMA (and the pres personally) for someone else not carrying their own load.

[Poster X]

I hate to burst your more than generous egotistical bubble but, Brown came on TV three days before the hurricane hit and told New Orleans that FEMA had it under control.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

I hate to burst your more than generous egotistical bubble but, Brown came on TV three days before the hurricane hit and told New Orleans that FEMA had it under control.
FEMA had it under controll when THERE WAS NOTHING TO CONTROLL???? 3 days before? Laughable poser, not laudable, LAUGHABLE, try again. :rolleyes:

[SmokinLowriderSS]

It was all the above. There is no one person at fault. New Orleans was an example of government failure on the local, state and national levels. It still looks like a third world country. FEMA was out right behind the cameras.
I like this "NO 1 PERSON AT FAULT".
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Legally, the Mayor of any city is legally responsible, person #1, for the well-being of the city, and (including New Orleans La), is responsible for the creation and USE of DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLANS. If New Orleans is to be evacuated, the responsibility rests on the Mayor. The authority, and the responsibility that accompanies it, reside with THE MAYOR. This is in the city charter.
Is there a problem with me sourcing the City Of New Orleans own website?
http://www.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=46&tabid=26
Probably a bad source of info, yea, like Wikipedia and the Times.
City of New Orleans Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan
Authority to issue evacuations of elements of the population is vested in the Mayor. By Executive Order, the chief elected official, the Mayor of the City of New Orleans, has the authority to order the evacuation of residents threatened by an approaching hurricane.
Do you think ANY of THIS WAS DONE??
The City of New Orleans will utilize all available resources to quickly and safely evacuate threatened areas. Those evacuated will be directed to temporary sheltering and feeding facilities as needed. When specific routes of progress are required, evacuees will be directed to those routes. Special arrangements will be made to evacuate persons unable to transport themselves or who require specific life saving assistance. Additional personnel will be recruited to assist in evacuation procedures as needed.
Slow developing weather conditions (primarily hurricane) will create increased readiness culminating in an evacuation order 24 hours (12 daylight hours) prior to predicted landfall. Disabled vehicles and debris will be removed from highways so as not to impede evacuation. In local evacuations involving more than fifty (50) families (i.e. 50 single dwelling units), staging areas may be established at the closest available public area outside the threatened area. Upon arrival at the staging area, evacuees will be directed to the appropriate shelter facility. Evacuees will be encouraged to stay with friends or relatives in non-threatened areas whenever possible. Security measures will be employed to protect the evacuated area(s) in accordance with established procedures and situations
Oh, by the way:
The person responsible for recognition of hurricane related preparation needs and for the issuance of an evacuation order is the Mayor of the City of New Orleans. Concerning preparation needs and the issuance of an evacuation order, The Office of Emergency Preparedness should keep the Mayor advised.
You're really gonna hate this part poser, section 5:
V. TASKS
A. Mayor
* Initiate the evacuation.
* Retain overall control of all evacuation procedures via EOC operations.
* Authorize return to evacuated areas.
B. Office of Emergency Preparedness
* Activate EOC and notify all support agencies to this plan.
* Coordinate with State OEP on elements of evacuation.
* Assist in directing the transportation of evacuees to staging areas.
* Assist ESF-8, Health and Medical, in the evacuation of persons with special needs, nursing home, and hospital patients in accordance with established procedures.
* Coordinate the release of all public information through ESF-14, Public Information.
* Use EAS, television, cable and other public broadcast means as needed and in accordance with established procedure.
* Request additional law enforcement/traffic control (State Police, La. National Guard) from State OEP.
C. New Orleans Police Department
* Ensure orderly traffic flow.
* Assist in removing disabled vehicles from roadways as needed.
* Direct the management of transportation of seriously injured persons to hospitals as needed.
* Direct evacuees to proper shelters and/or staging areas once they have departed the threatened area.
* Release all public information through the ESF-14, Public Information.
D. Regional Transit Authority
* Supply transportation as needed in accordance with the current Standard Operating Procedures.
* Place special vehicles on alert to be utilized if needed.
* Position supervisors and dispatch evacuation buses.
* If warranted by scope of evacuation, implement additional service.
E. Louisiana National Guard
* Provide assistance as needed in accordance with current State guidelines.
F. Animal Care and Control
* Coordinate animal rescue operations with the New Orleans SPCA.
I wonder where the Superdome is in this list..............
A. Shelter Demand
Shelter demand is currently under review by the Shelter Coordinator. Approximately 100,000 Citizens of New Orleans do not have means of personal transportation. Shelter assessment is an ongoing project of the Office of Emergency Preparedness through the Shelter Coordinator.
The following schools have been inspected and approved as Hurricane Evacuation Shelters for the City of New Orleans: Laurel Elementary School
Walter S. Cohen High School
Medard Nelson Elementary School
Sarah T. Reed High School
Southern University Multi Purpose Center
Southern University New Science Building
O. Perry Walker High School
Albert Wicker Elementary School
Now, with success, the Parish of Plaquemines just south of the city evacuated its population using school buses. SCHOOL BUSSES, A novel idea. Why didn't Nagin think ofr that, it was IN HIS SOP's (Standard Opperating Procedures).
If there is any area of the state that requires evacuation that is the responsibility of THE GOVERNOR of the state, except where that responsibility is usurped by the Mayor of a city. The Governor is responsible to assist those Mayors who require assistance in cases of disasters. The responibility for creation and carrying out disaster plans of the state belong to THE GOVERNOR.
The authority to order the evacuation of residents threatened by an approaching hurricane is conferred to the Governor by Louisiana Statute. The Governor is granted the power to direct and compel the evacuation of all or part of the population from a stricken or threatened area within the State, if he deems this action necessary for the preservation of life or other disaster mitigation, response or recovery. The same power to order an evacuation conferred upon the Governor is also delegated to each political subdivision of the State by Executive Order. This authority empowers the chief elected official of New Orleans, the Mayor of New Orleans, to order the evacuation of the parish residents threatened by an approaching hurricane.
Now, from the STATE PLAN:
Official State Of Louisiana Emergency Operations Plan January 2000 (supplement--Evacuation Plan)
from PDF | State of Louisiana
Here's the Governor's responsibilities:
1. Governor:
a. Proclaim a State of Emergency.
b. Issue supplementary declarations and orders, as the situation
requires.
c. Authorize and direct the use of State government personnel and
other resources to deal with the emergency.
d. Authorize and direct the authorities of non-risk parishes to
coordinate the opening and operation of shelters with DSS in
conjunction with ARC, and to lend all possible assistance to the
evacuation and shelter effort.
e. Request Federal government assistance as needed.
And a couple others:
6. Dept. of Health and Hospitals (DHH): Coordinate the evacuation and
sheltering of people who have special medical and health needs.
7. Parishes: Conduct and control local evacuation in parishes located in
the risk area and manages reception and shelter operations in parishes
located in the host area.
Here's the evacuation plan stages, CATEGORY 5 storm. Inbound for 4 days.. Might just be serious, esp with Category 3 levys........
2. Evacuation will be carried out in three phases, as follows:
a. Precautionary / Voluntary:
This phase will concentrate on people who are most vulnerable to
a hurricane and the effects of both water and wind. It is directed
at offshore workers, persons on coastal islands or in wetlands
areas and persons aboard boats. No special traffic control,
transportation, or sheltering measures will be taken.
b. Recommended Evacuation:
This phase is enacted when a storm has a high probability of
causing a significant threat to people living in the areas at risk.
Parish and State government authorities will recommend that
persons at risk evacuate. The parishes will designate staging
areas for persons needing transportation, if necessary.
c. Mandatory:
This is the final, most serious phase of evacuation. Authorities
will put maximum emphasis on encouraging evacuation and
limiting ingress. Designated State evacuation routes maybe
augmented by turning additional lanes into one-way outbound
traffic and the State Police with Local law enforcement assistance
will assume responsibility for traffic control on those routes. As
the storm gets close to the Southeast Region, evacuation routes
will be closed and the people remaining will be directed to last
01/94
resort refuges.
You're really gonna hate this poser, Dated 31 AUGUST 2005:
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. KBB 2005 - 31
__________________________________________________ ______________________________
EMERGENCY EVACUATION BY BUSES
__________________________________________________ ______________________________
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act, R.S. 29:721, et seq., confers upon the governor of the state of Louisiana emergency powers to deal with emergencies and disasters, including those caused by fire, flood, earthquake or other natural or man-made causes, to ensure that preparations of this state will be adequate to deal with such emergencies or disasters, and to preserve the lives and property of the citizens of the state of Louisiana;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Proclamation No. 48 KBB 2005, a state of emergency was declared and is currently in effect;
WHEREAS, R.S. 29:724(D)(4) provides that the governor, subject to any applicable requirements for compensation, may commandeer or utilize any private property if she finds it necessary to cope with the disaster or emergency;
WHEREAS, there is an immediate need for mass transportation to move citizens to shelters and other safe locations from disaster areas; and
WHEREAS, given the current exigent circumstances, buses are the most reasonable and practical mode of mass transportation to move our citizens to safety;
NOW THEREFORE I, KATHLEEN BABINEAUX BLANCO, Governor of the state of Louisiana, by virtue of the authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the state of Louisiana, do hereby order and direct as follows:
SECTION 1: Each Superintendent of Education for each school district in Louisiana that remains substantially operational following the passage of Hurricane Katrina shall contact the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness at 225-925-3916 and provide an inventory of school buses and bus drivers in their district;
SECTION 2: As determined by the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, such buses shall be made available to be used as necessary for the mass transportation of Hurricane Katrina evacuees, accompanying law enforcement personnel, and necessary supplies to from areas of concern to areas of safety;
SECTION 3: The Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness is hereby authorized to commandeer and utilize such buses for such purposes;
Yet, It's nobody's fault really. There is no one person at fault.
No, it's 2 person's faults. Names are Blasco and Nagin.

[Poster X]

As per usual you accept no personal responsibility. What a shock!! Of course Nagin and Blanco were at fault. But, so was FEMA and Homeland Security. But, go ahead and take the high road. We know y'all never have done wrong. (With the minor exception of electing the biggest idiot in the history of democracy.)

[Flying Tiger]

If you go to Legoland, check out the re-creation of N.O. with Legos.
Just about every person (not in a parade) depicted is being robbed.
Rough, ugly,, smelly town, always been in pain, but I love it.
The D Day museum is a first stop in my book.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

As per usual you accept no personal responsibility. What a shock!!
Lessee. you want me to accept personal responsibility for an event I had nothing to do with? What part of the mess am I responsible for? I was not in NO that weekend, I was not within hundreds of miles of Louisiana. I was at a lake an hour from home, burning gasoline. :crossx: I do not work for the La govt, LEMA, FEMA, nor any other agency remotely connected to it. I offered my time when the Guard activations came about and though my unit did deploy to La, I was not needed and so was not called.
Now, as "personal responsibility" goes. If I were given 4 days warning of a huge hurricane going to hit NO, and I lived there, I'D LEAVE. Unlike the whining welfare slobs there, I'd leave on foot if I had to. I am entirtely capable of covering 30+ miles a day, easilly, more if I felt sufficiently motivated. I would NOT remain to become a "refugee", let alone a "casualty" or "victim". Fortunately, because I DO believe in "personal responsibility", I will never be in the position of having to evade a hurricane on foot. I own vehicles. I can manage to board an airliner or train should the need arise. THIS concept is "personal responsibility" poser, being responsible for your own person, for your own actions.
You saw this when the president said that FEMA should have responded better since they are REMOTELY his responsibility.
You DID NOT see this when the Gov and the Mayor spent all week blaming Bush, FEMA, and anyone else within earshot for the lawlessness, the lack of evacuation, the FORBIDDING THE RED CROSS TO DELIVER SUPLIES TO THE SUPERDOME, the unused busses sitting a mile from the stadium, etc. What you saw there was "cover-my-ass-blame-Bush". What you saw there was pathetic, just like your accusations you keep failing to back up.
Wanna play some more? Try again.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Rough, ugly,, smelly town, always been in pain, but I love it.
Kinda makes me glad my wife chose Vegas to get married in as I offered her 2 options on my return from my first deployment, those, LV or NO. We left some $$ in LV, but was our own doing/idea/fault. We weren't robbed.
I'm not real sure anymore I want to check out Mardi Gras anymore. :yuk:

[Poster X]

New Orleans was about like any big city. Just older with more history and more personality. What time I haven't lived in tornado alley I lived on hurricane row. I can assure you that post Katrina NO ONE of any significance EVER evacuated. That includes Florida AND Texas. Same reason you girly men act tough when there's a slight tremor in California. You've seen a hundred of them and you know they usually aren't near what the press builds them up to be. If I'm wrong..you'd of left California. Wouldn't you?

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Nice dodge on the personal responsibility accusation. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Old Texan]

New Orleans was about like any big city. Just older with more history and more personality. What time I haven't lived in tornado alley I lived on hurricane row. I can assure you that post Katrina NO ONE of any significance EVER evacuated. That includes Florida AND Texas. Same reason you girly men act tough when there's a slight tremor in California. You've seen a hundred of them and you know they usually aren't near what the press builds them up to be. If I'm wrong..you'd of left California. Wouldn't you?
You are so contradictive you fail to listen to yourself. Your choice of living where you want is "personal responsibility". That choice by many NO residents was to sit on their entitlement asses and wait for someone else to escort them to safety. The majority of folks that stayed either made the choice to wait it out figuring they would be safe as usual or were just too lazy and/or stupid to get out.
When are you gonna admit the majority of the poor in this nation are by personal choice. Our borders are being flooded by hordes coming here to work and make enough money to not only survive, but to send funds back to their home countries yet we have lazy assed able bodied loafers sitting on the porch waiting for the govt. check to come. It's amazing the contrast in the rest of the world's starving poor. Their emaciated bodies resembling skin over bones. The starving poor being carried out of NO were mostly obese slobs whose lives have been 'destroyed' by Big Mac attacks funded by federal food stamps.

[Poster X]

That's so beyond cruel I'll not even comment. You have no idea of who died and whether or not they were engineers or street musicians.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

That's so beyond cruel I'll not even comment. You have no idea of who died and whether or not they were engineers or street musicians.
The engineers had jobs, and sucessful lives, and they took "personal responsibility" and LEFT.
If any street musicians died, it is because they were stupid enough to stay and trust the local govt.
If any engineers died, the same applies.
how's THAT for cruel? :rolleyes:

[Old Texan]

Facts sure are tough for the "brilliant" among us to digest properly.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

As much as he's been in here lately, he must either have one mother of an indigestion headache or a large supply of Methaqualone tabs to keep it in check.

[Poster X]

You are supposing. I am speaking from experience. Many business people, entertainment industry professionals and elderly people remained behind. You are basing everything you know on the Astrodome report which represented less than 1% of the people caught in the flood.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

The engineers had jobs, and sucessful lives, and they took "personal responsibility" and LEFT.
If any street musicians died, it is because they were stupid enough to stay and trust the local govt.
If any engineers died, the same applies.
how's THAT for cruel? :rolleyes:
I don't see anything here limiting it to the Astrodome. My statement is general and all encompassing.
I also don't recall the Astrodome being a problem area.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

You are basing everything you know on the Astrodome report which represented less than 1% of the people caught in the flood.
Astrodome.
That name seems familiar............... :rolleyes:

[Forkin' Crazy]

That's so beyond cruel I'll not even comment. You have no idea of who died and whether or not they were engineers or street musicians.
Oh and you don't think it is cruel to imprison people in the welfare, SSI, and ____ assistance programs? Never letting self respect develope, or a sense of importance?
Typical Liberal!
BTW I heard that the Mayor of Houston will not take any more "refugees" from any other hurricane evacuation. Crime has risen there, as well as in Austin, Dallas, etc. well beyond their expectations.
I just might go to Marti Gras next year. :)

[Poster X]

There are definitely a bunch of lazy ass welfare criminals in ANY major city. People such as myself. But, should we judge LA because of the LA riots? I think not. We also cannot judge New Orleans because of their share of offensive human beings. You can pick any major US city and dump the entire bottom rung of their income earning citizens into any population and crime will rise. That jack. Is a fact.

[Forkin' Crazy]

You can pick any major US city and dump the entire bottom rung of their income earning citizens into any population and crime will rise.
In the case of NO, it was the lower half of the ladder.
Where is your plan to rehabilitate these people... coming from there, you should have a clue... LOL!!! ;)
Well I would love to continue our banter, but I need to mow the yard. Can't get anyone to work here. They are all on SSI and welfare. :rolleyes:

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Actual Reported Population and Crimes: 2004 figures
New Orleans, LA Wichita, KS
Population: 471,057 356,179
Murder: 264 29
Robbery: 1836 626
Aggravated Assault: 2178 1990
Burglary: 5238 3930
Larceny Theft: 12544 15901
Vehicle Theft: 6534 1773
Damn, they specialize in killing each other and car theft, oh yea, robery too. You don't even want to compare it to LA's 3.8 MILLION people Crime was far higher in Nawlins (pre-hurricane). LOL nearly 8 times the population.
Listed per 100,000 citizens:
New Orleans Los Angeles Natl Average per 100,000
Murder: 56 13.4 5.5
Forcible Rape: 40.12 29.27 32.2
Robbery: 389.8 367 136.7
Aggravated Assault: 462.4 697.6 291.1
Burglary: 1112 599.9 729.9
Larceny Theft: 2662.9 1864.5 2365.9
Vehicle Theft: 1387.1 775.7 421.3
Just gotta love where being a long-term liberal, go easy on them/give 'em a monthly check just 'cause they's breathin' society gets ya. Ya'all haven't got barrel scrapings down there poser, you keep flipping over rocks & letting things run out from under them. :skull: Now, we spread them back arround the lower half of the country, and some of them think they need absentee ballots coming up this year. :220v:

[NOCTURNAL]

The Hurricane evacuation in Houston was not that bad. People just need to learn patience. All kinds of people were acting like idiots when trying to leave town.
As for the NO evacuees, they have been a burden. The crime problems are talked about here everyday now. The Reliant Park/Astrodome area was filled with guys trying to flex on the street corners immediately following the evacutation. They were more concerned with their status on the street than getting a plan together for life after NO. Oh well, SE and SW Houston are now areas to be avoided. The costs of helping your fellow man.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

The Hurricane evacuation in Houston was not that bad. People just need to learn patience. All kinds of people were acting like idiots when trying to leave town.
But poser said it was a biblical cluster####, the mother of all clusterF's. You must have no idea what you are talking about NOCTURNAL. Poser knows all, now BOW DOWN. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[SmokinLowriderSS]

You are supposing. I am speaking from experience. Many business people, entertainment industry professionals and elderly people remained behind. You are basing everything you know on the Astrodome report which represented less than 1% of the people caught in the flood.
New Orleans ASTRODOME .................................................. ...... :crossx:
Stil unnoticed. :crossx: :crossx:

[Forkin' Crazy]

I thought he was talking about the NO people that were brought to the Astrodome.
The Houston was a cluster fukk in a sense... but it was running out of gas that caused the trouble. That and I don't think they opened up the south bound lanes of the interstate to north bound traffic. So I guess that must have been a conspiracy by the Bush Adminstration to cut the gas stations short of fuel to trap people there while they steered the hurricane towards them. :idea:

[SmokinLowriderSS]

So I guess that must have been a conspiracy by the Bush Adminstration to cut the gas stations short of fuel to trap people there while they steered the hurricane towards them. :idea:
I think you are finaly on the right track Forkin. :D

[Jeanyus]

NO math test.
Most of NO is below sea level, the high ground is 10 feet above sea level.
A storm is aproaching with a 20 foot storm surge. Should you evacuate ?
I was taught basic math in the 60s, the answer is a no brainer for me.
Maybee we should blame the skool system ?

[SmokinLowriderSS]

That weekend it looked like a no-brainer to me too jeanyus. I guess there were a few thousand "No brainers" who stayed, and 1 "No brainer" who left them all (well, 2 actually).

[centerhill condor]

the Astrodome in Houston not to be confused with the coonasstrodome in NOLA... I've been waiting a while to use that one! I love this country!
and WHERE IS HOSS WHEN WE NEED HIM?
:)

[Poster X]

I can't wait to make fun of y'all for dying in an earthquake or a mudslide or a wildfire. :wink:

[centerhill condor]

that coonasstrodome joke is as old as the superdome... and I'm not makin' fun of this disaster. the wife and I have donated $500 to the red cross immediately and specifically for NOLA and intend to visit when we're not a liability.
in '98 my roof was removed during a tornado and it was just one area and 95% of the town was unaffected. neither I nor most of the rest of the country can comprehend the scope of the disaster that has devastated NOLA.
the measure of a man is not how he falls, rather, how he gets back up!
If we were makin' fun you'd be laughing too! and I hope you are... coonasstrodome! come on now, that is funny...

[Poster X]

Down here a coon ass is a Cajun so, it wasn't really that funny.

[SmokinLowriderSS]

the Astrodome in Houston not to be confused with the coonasstrodome in NOLA... I've been waiting a while to use that one! I love this country!
and WHERE IS HOSS WHEN WE NEED HIM?
:)
Now THAT THAR'S Funny, I don't care WHO ya are! :p :p

[SmokinLowriderSS]

I can't wait to make fun of y'all for dying in an earthquake or a mudslide or a wildfire. :wink:
No, we was makin fun of your massive intelect not knowing which dome is where. BWHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhhaahahahaahahaahaha

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Down here a coon ass is a Cajun so, it wasn't really that funny.
now THAT'S even funnier. :crossx: :crossx:
Just a bit too close to home. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[centerhill condor]

making a profit while making fun... there's a term for it.. hebephrenic Schizophrenia... laughing inappropriately... keeps you from going crazy!

[Poster X]

I like the first one and last one.

[HOSS]

See all of East Jefferson would have been fine had it not been for Broussard evacuating the pumping stations and putting the men in Mississippi,,thats a dumbass. I stayed,,,I`m fine,,,I think. :cool: