You can't make a good snowfort in a hurricane.
There is a bodysurfing tradeoff.
Whoa. Good myth.
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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.
§ ita § - Aug 30, 2005 12:27:46 pm PDT #2691 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 12:29:58 pm PDT #2692 of 10002
What is even happening?
Frost is much colder. It's much slower. It's lower down. Do we need to send you back to Michigan for a refresher course on frost, ita?
Partly for selfish reasons because I will never get a chance to visit NO as it was
Like you Maria, I'm mostly just horrified and heartbroken because of the tragedy, but I have to admit, there's a small bit of "I'll never get to see it" in there, too. A lot of people I've talked with though, those who've been there, and those who haven't, feel the same.
sarameg - Aug 30, 2005 12:30:04 pm PDT #2693 of 10002
The closest I've come to bodysurfing is a bellyflop. Burrowing is much easier.
Trudy Booth - Aug 30, 2005 12:39:15 pm PDT #2694 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Still, it's bad enough that it is archived on the interbunny. I don't need my failed attempts at race sluttage shown on basic cable.
ftr, I don't need any potentially successful ones shown either. I'm demure that way.
Ah, so THAT'S the way you are demure.
Watching the news. I don't think people 'stealing' groceries should be called looters.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 12:42:20 pm PDT #2695 of 10002
What is even happening?
I agree, Trudy. And at this point, with all that water, and no electricity, the people taking things like groceries are performing a salvage job, more than anything else.
Gudanov - Aug 30, 2005 12:43:11 pm PDT #2696 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping
Watching the news. I don't think people 'stealing' groceries should be called looters.
Me either. It's not like they can buy food anywhere.
Betsy HP - Aug 30, 2005 12:44:08 pm PDT #2697 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Urge. To. KILL.
2:07 P.M. - (AP) -- A top casino executive is calling on the Mississippi Legislature to enact emergency legislation to keep the state's coast gaming industry alive.
Treasure Bay Casino President and CEO Bernie Burkholder says most of the casino hotels on the coast survived Hurricane Katrina, but several gambling barges suffered extensive damage. He says it could take several years to rebuild.
dw - Aug 30, 2005 12:44:32 pm PDT #2698 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
I don't think people 'stealing' groceries should be called looters.
In general, yes. But you can't eat jewelry.
More news:
"WWL-TV Reporter quotes officials as saying there may now be 60,000 people in the Superdome and that more people are still being urged to go there."
Trudy Booth - Aug 30, 2005 12:46:00 pm PDT #2699 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
If there were someone there to pay they likely would. "Hey, lots of food! I'm starving! Ah well, no one at the register... nebbermind"
dw - Aug 30, 2005 12:49:38 pm PDT #2700 of 10002
Silence means security silence means approval
2:07 P.M. - (AP) -- A top casino executive is calling on the Mississippi Legislature to enact emergency legislation to keep the state's coast gaming industry alive.
Because, after all, if the mob ain't happy, ain't no one happy.
One of the casino barges is sitting above the beach. That is, it floated over the beach and is sitting about 50 feet inland. Another one is sitting on a main road.