The last I heard specifically about the French Quarter billytea, was that the water was starting down Canal St. and heading right toward it. I think I'm going to hit Google and see what I can find.
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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.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 3:23:16 pm PDT #2835 of 10002
What is even happening?
Allyson - Aug 30, 2005 3:26:15 pm PDT #2836 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
More disturbing, the Hurricane opened the mausoleum at Southern Memorial Park, dumping caskets out onto the lawn.
I forgot about the cemetaries.
Mostly, I wonder where all these people will go, and what will happen to them. They're homeless, have no jobs to go to, lost an entire city. What happens to them, now?
Trudy Booth - Aug 30, 2005 3:29:04 pm PDT #2837 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
which led to an idea of how cool it would be to have a variety of writers put together a NOLA anthology
Each story could involve a past disaster. The city has already made it through so many. Now it has a new generation of surviors.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 3:29:05 pm PDT #2838 of 10002
What is even happening?
I forgot about the cemetaries.Yeah. That's why I mentioned the bodies when Maria was talking about the pollution involved. I wasn't thinking in terms of storm casualties.
Mostly, I wonder where all these people will go, and what will happen to them. They're homeless, have no jobs to go to, lost an entire city. What happens to them, now?I can't. I have been crying all day, thinking about it. I think that's why I can't get het up about the looting. Everything is gone or going.
DXMachina - Aug 30, 2005 3:31:19 pm PDT #2839 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Mostly, I wonder where all these people will go, and what will happen to them. They're homeless, have no jobs to go to, lost an entire city. What happens to them, now?
Maybe Bush will send in Army recruiters.
Susan W. - Aug 30, 2005 3:32:32 pm PDT #2840 of 10002
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Each story could involve a past disaster. The city has already made it through so many. Now it has a new generation of surviors.
Well, my plot bunny is Battle of New Orleans (everyone who's surprised, please raise a hand). No disaster there.
Allyson - Aug 30, 2005 3:35:08 pm PDT #2841 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Maybe Bush will send in Army recruiters.
He's on vacation.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 3:35:41 pm PDT #2842 of 10002
What is even happening?
billytea, there are reports the French Quarter is flooding: [link] Scroll down to the applicable header (not too far down). That site states FOX News (sorry) is also reporting French Quarter flooding, but I didn't see it on the FOX site (it's hard to read with your eyes closed).
Trudy Booth - Aug 30, 2005 3:37:03 pm PDT #2843 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
Well, my plot bunny is Battle of New Orleans (everyone who's surprised, please raise a hand). No disaster there.
Maybe not disasters per se, but epic events. Where the New Orlenians showed how tough they were yet again.
New Orlenians? New Orleanseans?
Topic!Cindy - Aug 30, 2005 3:38:17 pm PDT #2844 of 10002
What is even happening?
Someone called them New Orleanders, and that struck me well, whether or not it's right, I can't say.