Heart Felt Condolences.....Katrina

[George_Pickett 0]

I thought I would start this to give my Heart Felt Condolences to all the victims, their families, and anyone who has been affected by Hurricane Katrina. You are all in my thoughts, and prayers.

 

 

 

I hope others will feel free to post some of their notes here.

 

 

Respectfully,

[DigitalLava 0]

I really feel for those who have lost their home, and life.

Edited August 31, 2005 by DigitalLava

[Avery Tynte 0]

It really puts the little stresses of life into perspective for you. It makes you think that while, yes, you do have problems in life, and yes, you do have stress. At least you do have a home to go back to, a job to support yourself.

 

My heartfelt condoleneces to all that were affected and devastated by this latest diaster. You are in my thoughts and prayers.

[Travis Kroells 0]

I feel sorry to for the situation, no body should have to go through that. But not so much for the people. When you hear about a catagory 5 Hurricane, that can put your entire house underwater, and you still have the audacity to keep your family and kids in the house and try to ride it out, I'm sorry, but I cant feel very sorry when your sitting on your roof waiting for a helicopter to save you.

 

People should be smart enough to know to leave the area. If not for themselves, then for their freaking families.

[Nemesis 0]

It's a horrible thing that happened and I feel bad for everyone. Travis you have to remember some people couldn't afford to evacuate with everyone else.

[Dumbass 0]

Commedian Ron White said it best:

 

"It's not that the wind is blowing, it's WHAT the wind is blowing."

[knlwtchr 0]

The storm is devistating. And the after math is horrific. Not to be morbid, but consider wading through your back yard and a corpse floats by. Stuff like this is going to happen there soon, if it hasnt already. Water is undrinkable. Bathrooms are non-existant. No showers. No getting a drink from the fridge or frying up an egg or whatever. Where are people sleeping? How well are they eating? Can you imagine getting a kit of blankets, toothpaste, shampoo and whatever from a red cross truck? Well, its reality there now. Lets hope they can bring it back to civilization, another amenity that has been threatened.

[Travis Kroells 0]

people couldn't afford to evacuate with everyone else.

Are you honestly trying to feed me the line, saying that someone was too poor to get up and leave?

 

Unbelievable.

[eagle 0]

there were some people who were not able to be evaced due to =no phone,alone,disabled,like living in the boonies.....their home health care worker

not due for a cpl.days....and probably busy w/ their own families concern and

saftey...some did fall through the cracks....the others that blatenly ignored the

imminent danger.......well some paid for that decision with their LIVES....all in all

some of us that did ride the storm out were lucky and blessed...i agree that given

the information on the approaching storm one should evacuate...however the reason

for staying or leaving is immaterial and mute at this point....point fingers later...the

issue now is to help as much as possible and extend some compassion to those in need

not to kick them when they are down and out....to the less compassionate i certainly

hope and pray you do not have to experience this kind of disaster or any disaster

in your lifetime...i can tell you from a personal and professionial point of view this

kind of situation is not and will not be a plesant one...go volunteer to assist with the

clean up ..and missing recovery(people/bodies) ...you may come back with a different

point of view....and hopefully a little more compassion......it could have easily been a

earthquake,sunami,...or other natural disaster....warned ahead of time....and try as

you may...not be able to leave in time...point is it is history...let us help in a way we can. :huh:

[Seiben 0]

Yeah, my heart goes out to those affected. :huh: Saw the news.. pretty bad stuff.

[Cptn Corizon 0]

A few things quickly.

 

My heart and prayers go out to the famlies and victims of Katrina. Another horrid tragedy that reminds us that we can't controll nature.

 

Also, some people really can't afford to just up and leave. Most of the people who were killed were too poor to be able to evacuate. They didn't have cars, and if they did they couldn't afford the gas to evacuate.

 

Just some things to think about. If you have time, stop by your local Red Cross and see if they need any help. Anything you can do will help. While the damage has already been, still worse are the after effects as people are left with out clean water, power and shelter.

 

During the recent Tsunami disaster, almost as many people died from the lingering after effects as the actual waves.

 

 

Various Relief Funds:

American Red Cross

Habitat For Humanity

Network for Good: Hurricane Katrina

[Images 0]

I feel sorry to for the situation, no body should have to go through that.  But not so much for the people.  When you hear about a catagory 5 Hurricane, that can put your entire house underwater, and you still have the audacity to keep your family and kids in the house and try to ride it out, I'm sorry, but I cant feel very sorry when your sitting on your roof waiting for a helicopter to save you.

 

People should be smart enough to know to leave the area.  If not for themselves, then for their freaking families.

You say it pretty harshly Travis but sadly I think there is quite a lot of truth there, I think a few lives could have been saved if they saved themselves. However I don't know if you can blame some of them, almost everyone has a feeling of "i'm sure its not as bad as it seems" when something like this is on the way and some people just stick with it. The reslts of which are very apparent.

 

I do feel pain for the extreme damage caused to the region though and I hope it all ends okay and that the places it hit can rebuild. I'd offer prayers buuuuuuuut I think that would actually be some sort of insult since if I was there, like hell I'd care what some guy in Hong Kong thought.

Edited September 1, 2005 by Images

[DigitalLava 0]

Are you honestly trying to feed me the line, saying that someone was too poor to get up and leave?

 

Unbelievable.

what about the homeless? How would they have the funds to get anywhere?

[Grom 0]

Hey all,

 

This thread is about expressing condolences for those dealing with the aftermath of the storm. Let's avoid devolving into a political debate about poverty. The point it, what happened there was devastating and we, as Americans, should be reaching out in whatever capacity we can.

 

Thanks for understanding,

Grom

[DigitalLava 0]

good point.

[Darrik 0]

I'm suprised I was able to hold back this long. Although I won't go into a sermon about what's happening now, I will give advice to help prepare ::in dramatic voice:: THOSE LEFT BEHIND!!!

 

Potato's Tips #1

 

Buy a boat. Lots of 'em. Big ones, small ones, round ones... etc.

 

Keep these boats ready and at hand. I recomend kayaks, but if you are taking care of small ones, a canoe could suffice. Stay away from rowboats, since you will be unable to see the obstacles in your path. Sailboats might not work well for two reasons. One, you need the weather/path to be in your favor. Two, the swinging boom might hit a bystander. But, if your lucky, you just stoped a (criminal/zombie)! (Pat yourself on the back and then proceed to take his/her looted items and wallet to take to the "police department"/pat yourself on the back and then proceed to take the zombies valuables. If you need a moral excuse, remind yourself that the items are of more use to you then a decapatated guy.) Keep a kayak ready at all times. I have two in my room, one in the living room, one in the basement, a few more in the garage, and randomly assorted paddles all over the house. Just make sure there's something to stop you when you go shooting down the stairs! If you have space in your kayak, load it up with the necesities, such as, water, food, and shotgun shells.

 

This has been a community service announcment.

[knlwtchr 0]

Incredible! Look at this:

 

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_24473.shtml

[Travis Kroells 0]

Alright, I understand that I came off as a bit harsh, and when look at it there may have been some people that couldn't 'Easily' have been evacuated. I still find it hard to believe, that it was absolutly impossible to get out, surely there was some goverment aid to help you to evacuate. I wouldn't know first hand, its just an assumption.

 

The people that really make me angry, are the middle class families that sat a home, and watched the news, heard everyone say about how this was going to be one of the largest storms in history. About how staying in your home was suicide.

 

I cant begin to attempt to understand those peoples reasoning, because now their most likely dead, or sitting it the superdome right now with nothing. I feel bad for what happened to them, for all the lives lost and ruined, but I cant as easily excuse those people that could easily have packed a few things up in the car, and drove North.

 

The entire city of New Orleans is ruined. It could be at least a month before the water is properly drained. Water that is so toxic it is believed to contaminate the soil to the point where rebuilding in some areas will be hazardous to your health. Theres nothing we can do with this toxic soup other then to dump it into the Gulf of Mexico and hope for the best.

 

This should serve as a reminder to everyone that were are not the masters of this planet. Nature can scoop us up and toss us away like we were grains of sand on a beach. Untold numbers of dead, houses and comunities destroyed, and a large metropolis now lying in ruin in it's own filth. I hope each and everyone of us can look back on this and say that we aren't incontrol, and sometimes, we have to know when to give up our worldly possesions, our house and everything we hold sacred just to survive.

 

::sighs::

[George_Pickett 0]

I agree Travis about those who could have left and decided to ride out the storm, but I also know there were a large number of people that did not have a way out. And there is no Government Evacuation help, they just give people the best info that they can and leave it up the the individual to leave. Let's just work to help however we can. I know that I have made foolish decisions in my own life and am thankful that at most of those times someone whas there to help.

 

"pax vobiscum"

[Dumbass 0]

It could be at least a month before the water is properly drained.

The US Army Corps of Engineers is estimating at least 3 months, and that is optimistic..

 

Sure you can blame those New Orleans residents who could have left and didn't, but you also have to consider that there have only been 4 huricanes of this magnitude, including this one, in all of recorded North American history.

 

From an engineering standpoint what makes this huricane so devistating to New Orleans (other than it's obvious intensity) is that the expensive defences the city had created to protect against a "typical" huricane are the very thing keeping the water trapped. New Orleans was about 7 feet below sea level, and is bordered by two major rivers. Some time ago the city had built huge dirt and sandbag mounds between the city and the rivers to protect themselves from these rivers becoming flooded. These defences would have been enough against a typical huricane, but this one was so strong it pushed the water over these mounds where it became trapped with no place to go.

 

But from a cost-benefit perspective, does it make sense to protect against a once-in-a-century huricane of this magnitude without knowing if such a huricane would ever develop or against the numerous smaller ones?

[Grom 0]

Has anyone heard from Daryus?

 

:huh:

[eagle 0]

Has anyone heard from Daryus?

 

:huh:

or MBVG...(T'LINNA).... ;) :P

[Seiben 0]

Has anyone heard from Daryus?

 

:huh:

YEs, Daryus has relocated to Northern Texas. He emailed the Challenger string informing us that he's staying in a hotel down there

[STSF NDak 0]

And now for a moment of seriousness.

 

I was watching Hurricane Coverage this evening, and I was completely in awe. I found myself wanting to cry at the sheer devistation and loss of life. They are "offically" unable to estimate the loss of life...just in New Orleans...but experts predict the number to be above 4000, and that's not even counting how many more people will and could die in the coming days in the wake of Katrina. To put that number in perspective, 3100 people died in the September 11 attacks.

 

In the spirit of good will and humanity, let's keep posting postive about the situation. There will be plenty of time to second guess what has occured, but for now those involved need a positive message of hope from those of us fortunate enough to not have lived through this horrible ordeal.

 

Normally, I don't post things like this, but I feel compelled. Please, do what ever you can to aid the families and victims of this crisis. During the tsunmai, America showed incredible fortitude and leadership in helping, now it's our turn to take that same fortitude and leadership helping in our country.

 

I looked at the pictures of New Orleans and Mississippi, and I swear, you wouldn't know it was America. It honestly looked like a third world country.

 

Once again, I ask you to remain postive with your messages. Please remember those from our own community that were involved in the crisis in your thoughts and prayers. And if your able, give a little to the charity orginizations now involved in the recovery operations.

 

Thanks,

N'Dak's Player

[WesleyMustDie 0]

or MBVG...(T'LINNA).... :blink: :P

Eagle, I'm fine. I don't live in Florida. :)

 

But I do know how frightening hurricanes are. I survived two of them when I lived in Connecticut. Luckily, they weren't very bad. A category 5...that's just awful.