Are you f-ing kidding me?

[Sally]

Bull's Eye (http://www.nola.com/hurricane/wide.ssf?http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/refresh/AL0708W5+gif/143912W_sm.gif)

...There must be other cities in line to be wiped off the face of the earth; why the rush on New Orleans?

[kendoiwan]

It's God's will my child :mellow:

[lexiphanic]

Glad I got to visit before it goes under.

[kendoiwan]

I would say me too but my visit pissed me off, as you got whole fucking neighborhoods living in tents under the express way...

[Dark Razor]

Bull's Eye (http://www.nola.com/hurricane/wide.ssf?http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/refresh/AL0708W5+gif/143912W_sm.gif)

...There must be other cities in line to be wiped off the face of the earth; why the rush on New Orleans?

Maybe it's because New Orleans lies in a really stupid location, like right in the middle of a swamp that's below sealevel.

[ryan_m_parr]

http://www.google.com/search?q=weather+weapons&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a conspiracy to kill heathens?

[Meliora]

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=41587062 Haha...

[Oso Mocoso]

Maybe it's because New Orleans lies in a really stupid location, like right in the middle of a swamp that's below sealevel.

It didn't *used* to be in such a stupid location. It's just that all the protective marshland has been wiped away, and they haven't been vigilant about moving away the river's accumulation, or taking other steps to protect the city. Amsterdam also is in a pretty bad location for a city, but they've invested in all kinds of technology and protective structures to make sure it doesn't get flooded.

[kendoiwan]

It didn't *used* to be in such a stupid location. It's just that all the protective marshland has been wiped away, and they haven't been vigilant about moving away the river's accumulation, or taking other steps to protect the city. Amsterdam also is in a pretty bad location for a city, but they've invested in all kinds of technology and protective structures to make sure it doesn't get flooded.

Fact

[Sarcastikus]

The latest computer models (8am EDT) don't look good...

[Sally]

And then there's the ever-present threat of the Mississippi jumping its banks...

Old River Control Structure mini-apocalypse (http://www.americaswetlandresources.com/background_facts/detailedstory/LouisianaRiverControl.html).

>:{

[pan_sonic_000]

Prediction: NOLA will go off the map and the government will be to blame since George Bush doesn't care about black people.

[Sarcastikus]

In case anyone is interested:

Animated radar image from Casablanca (near Havana) Cuba:
http://www.insmet.cu/asp/genesis.asp?TB0=PLANTILLAS&TB1=RADAR&TB2=../Radar/01Casablanca/csbMaxw01a.gif

Animated images from Key West and New Orleans:
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=LIX&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&type=N0Z&zoommode=pan&map.x=400&map.y=240&centerx=400&centery=240&prevzoom=zoom&num=6&delay=15&scale=1&showlabels=1&smooth=1&noclutter=0&showstorms=0&rainsnow=0&lightning=0

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=pan&prevzoom=zoom&num=6&frame=0&delay=15&scale=1.000&noclutter=0&ID=LIX&type=N0Z&showstorms=0&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&map.x=400&map.y=240&scale=1.000&centerx=400&centery=240&showlabels=1&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&lerror=20&num_stns_min=2&num_stns_max=9999&avg_off=9999&smooth=1

National Hurricane Center:
www.nhc.noaa.gov

[Denzien]

Maybe it's because New Orleans lies in a really stupid location, like right in the middle of a swamp that's below sealevel.

The oldest parts of the city didn't flood at all after Katrina. Good example of people trying to force land into habitation versus inhabiting just the land that's not as vulnerable.

Oh, and the flooding wouldn't have occurred had the levees been built deeper into the ground, into the harder layers of ground. Live and learn.

[Sally]

The oldest parts of the city didn't flood at all after Katrina. Good example of people trying to force land into habitation versus inhabiting just the land that's not as vulnerable.

Oh, and the flooding wouldn't have occurred had the levees been built deeper into the ground, into the harder layers of ground. Live and learn.

Bullet: dodged!

Just a couple more decades to restore the wetlands and modernize the levees and the city (in reduced, high ground, non-insane form) might just survive.