Hurricane Katrina
Bane~Child:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2005 September 03, 15:15:27
Quote from: Bane~Child on 2005 September 03, 10:59:26
JM, You are such a Gun-Ho, why don't you go have a field day and organize with the KKK or some of your fellow Wyoming militants?
I have nothing to do with the KKK. I'm not racist. I hate everyone.
That would have been my next guess. You are the most unbiased of all - you hate everyone equally. JM, you are a virtuous man.
Quote from: Bane~Child on 2005 September 03, 10:59:26
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For the love of whatever God you don't worship - It's OK to show and receive compassion without inflicting PAIN - Really it's OK
THat has to be the biggest load of crapola I've ever heard. Didn't anyone ever tell you that love hurts?
Only if you can't find the strength to withstand something which causes greater pain than love.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2005 September 03, 15:15:27
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I just thought of something and I am truly not trying to be funny, as most of you know I am incapable of that anyway, however - Do you realize those poor people are actually living out the Email Challenge? A Cell with no walls and no toilet!
Hey, maybe they'll get perfect scores, too.
No doubt they shall and emerge as the winners! Maybe the challenge should be renamed - Reg, what do you think?
Bane~Child:
Quote from: reggikko on 2005 September 04, 02:07:47
Update:
Most of my relatives have been accounted for. My elderly aunt and uncle are in Birmingham, Alabama. My best friend has not been heard from since before the hurricane.
Reg, I am truly glad for those you have located and I am sincerely concerned for those you have not. I won't say I am sorry except for your anxiety from worry and fear, because I still hold hope that they will be found safe.
Quote from: reggikko on 2005 September 04, 02:07:47
I don't think that blaming the victims of this is fair or rational. We all (except Pescado) are vulnerable to forces of nature.
That's because he believes he is a force of nature, but everyone has their Achilles heel, even Pescado.
cabelle:
The blame game won't get people to safety, feed them and care for them. I hope what will be taken from this tragedy is better plans for future crisis situations. May no one ever have to suffer that sort of Hell again.
Reggikko, I'm glad to hear that most of your relatives are OK. I hope you'll hear good news from your best friend soon. I'm also glad to hear that your home & neighborhood are in pretty good shape. I love your beautiful city and still plan to visit there someday (I'm a big nut for historic homes).
I heard an alarming story late today about the levee break. Comedian Steve Harvey was there at the center in Baton Rouge to help and spoke to a resident who lived right near the levee. The resident said that he saw a couple of barges (perhaps blown into the lake during the hurricane) smash into the levee and cause the break. I'm not sure how much accuracy there is in that statement, we'll probably find out more later. My heart breaks for the resident though; he told Steve Harvey that along with losing his home, he lost his wife and children too. That's the sort of nightmare I don't think I could survive. Perhaps the engineers need to get in there and think of better ways to keep this from happening in the future. But since I'm no engineer I will leave that to those who are knowlegable enough to decide what to do.
I consider us all to be part of the same nation. We all help each other in all crisis situations (fire, flood, earthquake). Regardless of the mistakes any governmental official could make, helping each other is the right thing to do.
Bane~Child:
I live in 'Tornado Alley' in North Texas and a tornado hit the end of the building where I worked. I told Brynne that I thought hurricanes were much worse and I would not want to experience one. I have been through tsunamis, too and though I love the ocean, I believe hurricanes are the worse type of storm. The book, Isaac's Storm, is a historical account of the one that hit Galveston at the turn of the century. It is a chilling story, even without the exerpts from interviews with some of the survivors.
cabelle:
Quote from: Bane~Child on 2005 September 04, 03:01:48
The book, Isaac's Storm, is a historical account of the one that hit Galveston at the turn of the century. It is a chilling story, even without the exerpts from interviews with some of the survivors.
I watched the History Channels documentary of "Isaac's Storm." You're right, it's quite the chilling story. The horror of it stayed with me for a long time.
I grew up in Tuolumne County in CA and lived through the forest fire dangers every year. One year my grandparents had to be evacuated and the fire came within a couple of acres of their home. I live in the Sacramento area now but I still get anxious every Aug-Oct, especially for extended family who lives in those areas. I still have nightmares about the firestorms. And in the Sacramento area we face levee failure for the Sacramento & American Rivers which has caused terrible flooding in the past and will likely happen again(luckily I live outside the flood area but it would still be an awful prospect). Some wise person once said that Mother Nature's a bitch and barely tolerates us. I think that person's right and we should never be complacent about the area where we live.
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