Katrina!
29-Aug-2005, 02:14 AM
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Originally posted by J
i'm not sure how many people would call New Orleans paradise, but whatever
they say worst case senario is N.O. is underwater for 6 months, pretty crazy but awesome at the same time...and the superdome is being used as a shelter.
i'm not sure how many people would call New Orleans paradise, but whatever
they say worst case senario is N.O. is underwater for 6 months, pretty crazy but awesome at the same time...and the superdome is being used as a shelter.
29-Aug-2005, 09:50 AM
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Originally posted by czeto
Please give us a lttl more and xplain why tens of thousands of people forced to LEAVE THEIR HOMES is "awesome". I hope you mean that nature is awesome
Please give us a lttl more and xplain why tens of thousands of people forced to LEAVE THEIR HOMES is "awesome". I hope you mean that nature is awesome
they live under sea level....like you really can't ask for disaster much more than that.
29-Aug-2005, 11:05 AM
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Originally posted by J
why should i have sympathy for them...cause i don't
they live under sea level....like you really can't ask for disaster much more than that.
why should i have sympathy for them...cause i don't
they live under sea level....like you really can't ask for disaster much more than that.
anyway new orleans being under water is a worst case scenario...aka unlikely
has the hurricane hit yet? im pretty behind on this one
30-Aug-2005, 02:20 PM
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Originally posted by CyniKal.Mindset
they are decided alphabetically...so katrina is the 11th cane of the season...usually named after women for the fury and wrath they unleash...the actual name itself, I dunno how they come up with it
they are decided alphabetically...so katrina is the 11th cane of the season...usually named after women for the fury and wrath they unleash...the actual name itself, I dunno how they come up with it
30-Aug-2005, 02:25 PM
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yeah, they aren't all women names
hurricane charlie was last year, and the worst one in american history (well until they find out the damage of this one) was hurricane andrew
:edit: charlie was last year
hurricane charlie was last year, and the worst one in american history (well until they find out the damage of this one) was hurricane andrew
:edit: charlie was last year
30-Aug-2005, 02:29 PM
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Originally posted by electronblue
You are right about the alphabetical part, but a storm doesn't get a name until it is categorized as a tropical storm. The names however are not all female anymore (they alternate between female and male), as some women's rights group complained years ago LOL
You are right about the alphabetical part, but a storm doesn't get a name until it is categorized as a tropical storm. The names however are not all female anymore (they alternate between female and male), as some women's rights group complained years ago LOL
30-Aug-2005, 08:11 PM
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They are still effed. I saw somw pix on the news tonite, damn. The whole downtown is under water. The ariel view showed the the steets looking shiny cuz they are flooded. Some of those people actually stayed to ride out the storm.
