GustavFollow

Gustav has been upgraded to a category 4 hurricane, with plenty of warm water on it's projected path, which includes N'Orleans.





Edited, Aug 31st 2008 12:35am by fhrugby

I should have gone to this year's Mardi Gras when I had the chance.

Don't wait. Send money now to 1-800-WHITE APATHY

BBC is announcing a Manadtory evacuation of coastal districts.

In Nawleuns, i thought it meant men in pointy white hats.

Bloody hell. As bad as NC needs the rain, I hope it throws some our way when it hits land and disperses.

Yeah I posted about it in "that other forum" here a couple days ago. What's crazy is that the infrastructure isn't completely repaired yet and apparently there's an $800 million gap in the repair budget. 3 years and they're still not 100% - if Katrina took them out before, it's crazy to think Gustav doesn't have a chance to equal or surpass Katrina's damage factor.

Edited, Aug 30th 2008 5:20pm by BrownDuck

So we'll be seeing you as the naked idiot plastered all over the media?

I need like two dozen kites shaped like sea gulls, see if I can ride the storm James and the Giant Peach style.

The best part about the new orleans repairs? They are repairing everything to the same failed standards that didn't work last time!

If you stay, make sure to loot yourself up some "swimmies" for your arms.



BE PREPARED.

Really? That was worth creating a whole new account for? You need to pick your battles better.

After Katrina, anyone in Louisiana who builds a house below sea level, "protected" by levies deserves what he gets. Neither any government agency nor insurance company should bail these fools out when their houses go underwater. You build there at your own risk. Don't expect the rest of us who make saner choices when we decide where to live pay for the stupidity, stubborness of those foolish few. How many times do the insurance companies and government have to rebuild houses that we know won't last. Take your insurance payment and move. No insurance? Even more of a reason to get out of there.