I don't mind so much the looting food & diapers--but jewelry? Blue jeans? These people could be helping others, or doing SOMETHING productive--like staying out of harm's way and NOT wading in toxic waste water stealing things that are not theirs--and totally useless besides.
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Aug 30, 2005 12:05:14 pm PDT #2675 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
dw - Aug 30, 2005 12:05:43 pm PDT #2676 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
I refrained from throttling him and yelling "Where would they walk to! What about when Katrina hit! Dumbass1"
Wait, he was a vendor, right? Heh. GREAT sales attitude.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 12:06:30 pm PDT #2677 of 10002
What is even happening?
I cannot understand the reasoning employed by *those who had the ability and opportunity* to leave, but didn't. But it's cold, calling anyone going through this utter nightmare--for whatever reason--a fool. And you know, once the Superdome started leaking and until the levees gave, I was starting to think those who stayed, provided they weren't in the original flood zones, were probably better off.
I tried to explain that some people couldn't evacuate -- they didn't have cars or money or were sick or had children and no cars or money or whatever. His response? They could walk.
WTF? Oh my word. You should have clocked him, askye.
Nutty - Aug 30, 2005 12:10:13 pm PDT #2678 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
You should have clocked him with a really big map. Rolled up, for maximum whapping ability.
If a healthy person can walk 4 miles an hour (for a limited amount of time before legs falling off), and if a weather person can successfully predict the course of the storm (he/she can't), then what's the safe distance, 100 miles? That's a lot of hours of walking. 25 hours, in fact, which, maybe the warnings were more than a day before the actual impact, but probably not much more than a day.
It is literally impossible to out-walk the weather, even with advance notice.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2005 12:12:38 pm PDT #2679 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It is literally impossible to out-walk the weather, even with advance notice.
You lie! I saw that we-all-freeze movie!
Wait, *I* lie. I never saw it.
Carry on.
Maria - Aug 30, 2005 12:12:48 pm PDT #2680 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm sick to my stomach. Partly for selfish reasons because I will never get a chance to visit NO as it was, but primarily for the massive amount of suffering those along the Gulf Coast are experiencing. It's so very difficult to wrap my head around, and heart-breaking all at once.
Kathy A - Aug 30, 2005 12:13:25 pm PDT #2681 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Jessica - Aug 30, 2005 12:15:14 pm PDT #2682 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I saw that we-all-freeze movie!
Yeah, but that was killer frost. Anyone can outrun frost.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2005 12:15:35 pm PDT #2683 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
but that was killer frost
Frost is totally weather!
tommyrot - Aug 30, 2005 12:15:47 pm PDT #2684 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
ION: Gambling Monkeys Compelled by Winner's High
When given a choice between steady rewards and the chance for more, monkeys will gamble, a new study found.
And they'll keep taking risks as the stakes rise and dry spells get longer.