I'm with Aims and Dana. Katrina was handled so poorly that "handled better than Katrina" (without more) is almost an insult. As for whether the current oil spill is a worse disaster than Katrina -- I think it's too soon to calculate the full effect of the oil spill, but if (as the current predictions are) it's going to take months just to stop the oil from continuing to spill, I suspect the oil spill is going to end up being worse.
Sweet lumpy minion, you're the only one that understands. Probably 'cause I haven't sucked the brain out of you yet.
Glory ,'Potential'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fred Pete - May 11, 2010 10:06:40 am PDT #28825 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Daisy Jane - May 11, 2010 10:07:45 am PDT #28826 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I need to vent for a second. I'm reading various articles and posts about the Nashville flooding, and I keep encountering variations on "WE didn't whine about being victims, WE just helped each other." Am I totally addled to read this as a taking a shot at poor black Katrina victims? Because that's how I'm reading it and it is making me angry.
Me too. Actually more sad than angry. I have no desire to get into a pissing match over "My natural disaster was/is worse than yours."
Daisy Jane - May 11, 2010 10:13:34 am PDT #28827 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I would honestly hate to see a disaster that was handled worse.
What they mean when they say, "handled it better" is not that the government handled it better, but that the natives handled it better than "those people" in Louisiana.
Gudanov - May 11, 2010 10:13:40 am PDT #28828 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
I think people forget that Katrina killed 1,800 people and involved a hurricane in addition to flooding. It was a different scale.
msbelle - May 11, 2010 10:15:06 am PDT #28829 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
I think people don't think before they speak. Also? a lot of them suck. Also? given the chance to see themselves as better than an "other" most will cling to that.
remember, me = the nicest.
Gudanov - May 11, 2010 10:15:30 am PDT #28830 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
The frustrating thing about the oil leak is that there's so little that can be done. It's just too deep.
Frankenbuddha - May 11, 2010 10:17:09 am PDT #28831 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is it just me, or does this look like it was designed to fight Daleks?
It looks to me like it's designed for the person to be serving ice cream.
tommyrot - May 11, 2010 10:17:20 am PDT #28832 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The frustrating thing about the oil leak is that there's so little that can be done. It's just too deep.
Although some have claimed that an atomic bomb would seal things right up....
Jesse - May 11, 2010 10:17:26 am PDT #28833 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hi you guys! I got all of the technology policies and they said you can have "reasonable" personal internet use! Although they caution that your definition of reasonable may not be the same as your supervisor's, and you should go with what the supervisor says...
Also amusing that both Kagan and Obama smoke (or maybe she quit, but it was a thing during the tobacco cases).
My people! That's probably how they got to be friends....
Jesse - May 11, 2010 10:17:27 am PDT #28834 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
oops, double-post. I need to learn how to work a Mac.