Katrina
This freakin' hurican is f-ing up everything! These poor people there are in big trouble. So many things that you really dont think of as consequences of this storm. I know I was one of them... thinking they'll just have a lot of water to clean up and they'll be inconvienced for a while but the more reports I see and hear the more my heart goes out to these people. Not the looters of corse. Those goddamn people are making it worse for everyone! Not to mention making the people of that city look bad, like thy're a bunch of good for nothin' theifs, when the only ones that are good for nothin' are the looters!
But there are so many other problems to think about with 4 states that were affected....the prison that had to be evacuated, the zoo (now all the animals have no home and they're roaming the land- very dangerous!), contaminated water and the desease that will inevitably come, the only highway in and out of that city where large chuncks have been washed away!, gas prices going up beacuse people had to eacuate the oil rigs, people will be out of jobs and so much more.
It's times like this that make me so greatful to have what I have and to live where I live, being theres no real natural disasters around here.
Louisiana
# Estimated 80 percent of New Orleans under water, up to 20 feet deep in places. Water still rising as engineers struggle to plug two breached levees along Lake Pontchartrain with giant sandbags.
# Deaths: Relief crews put aside the counting of bodies to concentrate on rescuing the living, many trapped on rooftops and in attics.
# Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said 3,000 people rescued by boat and air.
# Sections of Interstate 10, only major freeway leading into New Orleans from the east, destroyed.
# At least 370,000 customers estimated without power.
# Looting broke out in some New Orleans neighborhoods, ripping open store gates and taking guns from a Wal-Mart. One police officer shot in the head by looter but expected to recover.
# Quote: "You know, it's not like people are just there because they want to be there. They're there because they're trapped in the city." -- Gov. Kathleen Blanco on ABC "Good Morning America"
Mississippi
# More than 1,600 Mississippi National Guardsmen activated.
# Deaths: At least 110.
# Close to 1 million customers without power, utilities said.
# Hundreds of waterfront homes, businesses, community landmarks and condominiums obliterated.
# Casinos built on barges along the coast damaged or destroyed, some floated across beach onto land. Dozen casinos employed about 14,000 people, generated $2.7 billion in annual revenue.
# Major bridges damaged in three coastal counties, including those linking Biloxi with Ocean Springs and the connection to Bay St. Louis.
# Looters picked through casino slot machines for coins and ransacked other businesses.
# Quote: "It is indescribable -- blocks and blocks and blocks of no houses. Ninety percent of the structures are gone. I saw Camille and the aftermath in 1969 and this is worst than Camille." Gov. Haley Barbour on NBC's "Today." Camille killed 143 and destroyed 6,000 homes.
Alabama
# Flooding reached 11 feet in Mobile, matching record set in 1917, according to National Weather Service. Water up to roofs of cars in downtown Mobile and bayou communities. Piers ransacked and grand homes flooded along Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay.
# Deaths: Two.
# About 405,000 homes and businesses without power.
# Major bridge over the Mobile River partially reopened; it was struck by oil drilling platform that floated away from a shipyard.
Florida
# Deaths: 11, according to state tally on South Florida strike last week.
# 38,000 customers without power in the Panhandle, hit by eastern edge of storm Monday. In South Florida, about 70,000 customers still without power Wednesday.
But there are so many other problems to think about with 4 states that were affected....the prison that had to be evacuated, the zoo (now all the animals have no home and they're roaming the land- very dangerous!), contaminated water and the desease that will inevitably come, the only highway in and out of that city where large chuncks have been washed away!, gas prices going up beacuse people had to eacuate the oil rigs, people will be out of jobs and so much more.
It's times like this that make me so greatful to have what I have and to live where I live, being theres no real natural disasters around here.
Louisiana
# Estimated 80 percent of New Orleans under water, up to 20 feet deep in places. Water still rising as engineers struggle to plug two breached levees along Lake Pontchartrain with giant sandbags.
# Deaths: Relief crews put aside the counting of bodies to concentrate on rescuing the living, many trapped on rooftops and in attics.
# Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said 3,000 people rescued by boat and air.
# Sections of Interstate 10, only major freeway leading into New Orleans from the east, destroyed.
# At least 370,000 customers estimated without power.
# Looting broke out in some New Orleans neighborhoods, ripping open store gates and taking guns from a Wal-Mart. One police officer shot in the head by looter but expected to recover.
# Quote: "You know, it's not like people are just there because they want to be there. They're there because they're trapped in the city." -- Gov. Kathleen Blanco on ABC "Good Morning America"
Mississippi
# More than 1,600 Mississippi National Guardsmen activated.
# Deaths: At least 110.
# Close to 1 million customers without power, utilities said.
# Hundreds of waterfront homes, businesses, community landmarks and condominiums obliterated.
# Casinos built on barges along the coast damaged or destroyed, some floated across beach onto land. Dozen casinos employed about 14,000 people, generated $2.7 billion in annual revenue.
# Major bridges damaged in three coastal counties, including those linking Biloxi with Ocean Springs and the connection to Bay St. Louis.
# Looters picked through casino slot machines for coins and ransacked other businesses.
# Quote: "It is indescribable -- blocks and blocks and blocks of no houses. Ninety percent of the structures are gone. I saw Camille and the aftermath in 1969 and this is worst than Camille." Gov. Haley Barbour on NBC's "Today." Camille killed 143 and destroyed 6,000 homes.
Alabama
# Flooding reached 11 feet in Mobile, matching record set in 1917, according to National Weather Service. Water up to roofs of cars in downtown Mobile and bayou communities. Piers ransacked and grand homes flooded along Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay.
# Deaths: Two.
# About 405,000 homes and businesses without power.
# Major bridge over the Mobile River partially reopened; it was struck by oil drilling platform that floated away from a shipyard.
Florida
# Deaths: 11, according to state tally on South Florida strike last week.
# 38,000 customers without power in the Panhandle, hit by eastern edge of storm Monday. In South Florida, about 70,000 customers still without power Wednesday.