You gotta be fucking kidding me
Bull shark seen on i-10 service rd in metairie.
Although one has to wonder how long any of the water over there in what is rapidly becoming the Western Dead Sea will be capable of supporting marine life.
And a tip o' th' hat to John Carpenter's The Thing.
Okay, who gave God a copy of _Lucifer's_Hammer_?
* Ugh, grammar hiccup. Change "mounds" to "mound." Gotta have agreement, and all that.
And a tip o' th' hat to John Carpenter's The Thing.
Still one of the best lines of all time.
It's that Pythonesque "build a castle on a swamp" situation. Frankly, rebuilding isn't going to be a priority for quite a while. My school enrolled several Louisianans today, and we anticipate more tomorrow. Again, I just have to say, anyone that thinks this won't affect them in a big big way (and not just gas, people) is wrong.
Oops. That was my post. I guess my computer lost me for a minute...
Having lived thru last year's H's here in FLA, I sympathize with the folks who have lost loved ones and had property obliterated across the Gulf coast. Indeed, my Aunt and her husband are unaccounted for north of Slidell. But seriously, the current situation strengthens my recommendation to change the state motto from "Sportsman's Paradise" to "America's Haiti!" Hang on Houston, the road to hell is paved with good intentions....
Y'all are kidding when they ask why people would want to try go home, right?
Does anyone wonder *why* the original Naw Lins settlers/revelers built the French Quarter on higher ground? Seems to me Old School folks knew a thing a two about hurricanes and setch.
Sorry for double-dipping but, Jesus Christ, Chere, even in a goofy hat and oversized aviators Johnny Depp is still HOT, HOT HOT!
Hey, TTTLAM, you've got government support. Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert said nearly the same thing.
I realize that N'awlins is important for the jazz and the blues and the Mardi Gras and such, but...
...why is anyone even seriously considering rebuilding the place? I mean, honestly...isn't it infinitely more prudent to just abandon the cesspool and save the time and expense?
Everything of "historical relevance" has gotta be damaged beyond all repair--no simple restoration job is going to fix those treasured buildings; ergo, there goes the only argument I can see for the pro-builder side.
And let's assume that the city is rebuilt to pre-disaster conditions...what happens when the next hurricane comes along? The place is BELOW FREAKING SEA LEVEL--it's going to be deluged again and again and again as the decades go by. Even lowly ants learn not to rebuild their mounds where its repeatedly stomped.
(I can see, though, the construction of a "New New Orleans" somewhere further inland. Just pull the ol' "eminent domain" trick, claim some gator farms and coon-ass land, and viola...the new and improved French Quarter II--Electric Voodooloo!)