This is going to be BAD

New New Orleans, we hardly knew ye.

Looks like declaring a state of emergency was a good call. Stay safe Cajun Farkers.

My advice is to GTFO.

You know, there's a very good reason New Orleans was once the "Crescent City".

Here's a cool page someone linked to on Fark, I think.

/good luck, NO
//you'll need it

Is the gulf as hot as it was in 05?

/I doesn't thinks so

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I think Mother Nature is sending a message to New Orleans.

*ahem* As a veteran of fifteen Atlantic seasons in which I personally weathered one more named storms:

Run, biatches.

That is all.

smooshie: Here's a cool page someone linked to on Fark, I think.

/good luck, NO
//you'll need it

Link of the hour! Thanks, bro.

"Don't even think of coming here for shelter this time b*tches"

Gulf coast farkers, GTFO! This one looks severe.

Churchill2004: You know, there's a very good reason New Orleans was once the "Crescent City".

Because they love flaky morning breakfast pastries?

N.O. and Mississippi coastal farkers check in and tell us your plans, please. I worry and I'm old.

The key to whether or not Gustav becomes a massive SOB is if it hits the Loop Current. If it misses it or passes over it quickly it won't be too bad. If it hits and sticks for awhile, it will become a monster and will hit the coast like a mofo.

Currently, Gustav is heading straight for the Loop Current.

Best of luck, Gulf Coasters, and GTFO of there!

Can't wait!

Tr0mBoNe: Looks like declaring a state of emergency was a good call. Stay safe Cajun Farkers.

Yeah, as Nagin said in an interview on Thursday, they learned their lesson. He irritates me to no end, but at least this time he chose to play it safe for this one.

Government Fromage: www.funnystuffblog.com

HURR HURR HURRICANE

If this storm does the same thing again to the city of New Orleans I will not give money, I will not help, I will not care.

Those living ABOVE SEA LEVEL have my deepest sympathies.

Those living BELOW SEA LEVEL have my indifference.

fuzzwell: If this storm does the same thing again to the city of New Orleans I will not give money, I will not help, I will not care.

Those living ABOVE SEA LEVEL have my deepest sympathies.

Those living BELOW SEA LEVEL have my indifference.

Only hurricanes bring out the best in people so well.

I've never witnessed people become so vile and hateful about the victims of a natural disaster like I saw with Katrina. It's completely disgusting.

So should the poor be walking out of town right about now? You should learn how difficult it is to walk in a million other people's shoes before acting like a complete and utter waste of human flesh.

MorrisBird: N.O. and Mississippi coastal farkers check in and tell us your plans, please. I worry and I'm old.

Srsly. Perhaps it's time for one of those "Farkers who need crash space/Farkers who have crash space" threads. Drew?

Confabulat: You should learn how difficult it is to walk in a million other people's shoes before acting like a complete and utter waste of human flesh.

Oh, you silly bleeding heart. What fuzzwell is saying is that those darn nonwhite people in the Lower Ninth Ward should have realized long ago that a natural disaster might occur and be exacerbated by utterly incompetent leadership at every governmental level, and as such they should have abandoned the homes that many of them have lived in for their entire lives, and left jobs, extended families, friends, and any other obligations in favor of striking out with their stock and bond investment documentation firmly in their breast pockets, looking for a place high and dry, where nary a storm nor cloud rears its ugly head.

Either that, or fuzzwell's just being a total dickhead. Your call.

Actually, things will get better when the storm goes into the Gulf, because the Gulf is cooler, which means the storm will not be as strong when it hits. Also, given the timing of the storm hitting with the current intensification phase it is going through, it is likely that the storm will hit during an eyewall replacement cycle, meaning that it will be weaker on landfall. The storm will likely only be a Cat 3 upon US landfall. Cuba, however, is screwed.

GAT_00: Cuba, however, is screwed.

Western Cuba appears to be completely fuxx0r3d.

GAT_00: Actually, things will get better when the storm goes into the Gulf, because the Gulf is cooler, which means the storm will not be as strong when it hits.

Um, don't know about that...



(hotlinked, so if it changes into a pickle, I'm so completely hosed)

GAT_00: The storm will likely only be a Cat 3 upon US landfall.

That's what Katrina was when it hit N.O.

Confabulat: Only hurricanes bring out the best in people so well.

I've never witnessed people become so vile and hateful about the victims of a natural disaster like I saw with Katrina. It's completely disgusting.

So should the poor be walking out of town right about now? You should learn how difficult it is to walk in a million other people's shoes before acting like a complete and utter waste of human flesh.

I lived through the flood of 97 here in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Going through that was an extremely exhausting time for me, both physically and emotionally. The difference between us and New Orleans is that we learned form our mistakes.

The city bought out and tore down whole neighborhoods in low lying areas near the river and made them into parks and campgrounds. Those areas were mainly lower cost housing so there was some complaining, but people accepted that we had to give the river some room. There was more complaining about how much certain people got in the buyout than over the actual buyout itself.

Doing this has caused some problems in the housing market as can be seen in the high rents for apartments in Grand Forks, but overall we needed to do it and we are better off because of it. The 2006 flood was literally a non-event thanks to the planing we did after 97.

I have no sympathy for the people of New Orleans. They have not learned from their mistakes and they will have to suffer the consequences. Large portions of New Orleans should have been bought out and torn down as it no longer makes sense to build there. Local and state government there screwed up and continues to screw up. They need some REAL leadership down there.

My family had 2 hours notice that we needed to GTFO. We managed to get out and so did everyone else. Nobody died, there was no widespread looting, people didn't sit around and wait for the Federal Government to come.

dahmers love zombie: GAT_00: Actually, things will get better when the storm goes into the Gulf, because the Gulf is cooler, which means the storm will not be as strong when it hits.

Um, don't know about that...



(hotlinked, so if it changes into a pickle, I'm so completely hosed)

What he said.

A major storm and a huge opportunity for Bush to erase the total incompetence of his Katrina response.

And we get to watch more coverage of white people finding food and black people looting. More intrepid reporters standing in ankle deep water showing what bad-asses they are.

At least it's keeping it nice and cool here in Tampa Bay.

Barnacles!: That's what Katrina was when it hit N.O.

I am quite aware of that. This storm also appears to be stronger on the east rather than the west, so NOLA will be hit hard. The models are pretty much in consensus at this point.

dahmers love zombie: Um, don't know about that...

It isn't so much the actual temperatures as the depth of the warmth that matters. NHC Gustav discussion that says precisely that.

Crosshair: I have no sympathy for the people of New Orleans. They have not learned from their mistakes and they will have to suffer the consequences. Large portions of New Orleans should have been bought out and torn down as it no longer makes sense to build there. Local and state government there screwed up and continues to screw up. They need some REAL leadership down there.

By the logic, the whole city should have been scrapped, really. The mistake of those who perished in Katrina was relying on the government to take care of them. No, this is not a criticism of them, many were forced into that situation by circumstance. It's more of a criticism of the entire system, really.

Lesson: Right or wrong, left or right, whoever you are, if you rely on the government for your well being, you will be disappointed.

And we get to watch more coverage of white people finding food and black people looting.

You realize that those stories were by two separate new agencies. One from the US and one based in France. The French didn't like using the word "loot".

nekom: By the logic, the whole city should have been scrapped, really.

No, there are some areas, like the French Quarter and such, that can be easily and economically protected. But yes, a large portion would have to be writen off.

Lesson: Right or wrong, left or right, whoever you are, if you rely on the government for your well being, you will be disappointed.

Agreed.

nekom: Lesson: Right or wrong, left or right, whoever you are, if you rely on the government for your well being, you will be disappointed.

Damn straight. And that doesn't just apply to emergencies.

The government is a lot more likely to be indifferent or outright malicious than it is to help you.

Gulf hurricanes eat well because they're huuuuungry.

Crosshair: I think Mother Nature is sending a message to New Orleans.

I think it's "Hey, dumbasses! You're not supposed to live below sea level in the hurricane belt!"

Ohhh look I'll get some rain at 8 am on Thursday!

/probably a bunch more lazy a** New Orleanians too.

Bet the dumbass hood rats are happy. More fema checks to spend tattoos, gucci, and chrome spinners.

Hey, I wonder if they'll listen to the GTFO warning this time.

McCroskey: Gulf hurricanes eat well because they're huuuuungry.

Well played, sir.

The funny thing is earlier in the week I jokingly told a co-worker "watch N.O get hit again". Looks like I should have gotten in the hurricane pool at the power company : |

Don't worry, New Orleangerians. America's finest are on the case.

dahmers love zombie: Confabulat: You should learn how difficult it is to walk in a million other people's shoes before acting like a complete and utter waste of human flesh.

Oh, you silly bleeding heart. What fuzzwell is saying is that those darn nonwhite people in the Lower Ninth Ward should have realized long ago that a natural disaster might occur and be exacerbated by utterly incompetent leadership at every governmental level, and as such they should have abandoned the homes that many of them have lived in for their entire lives, and left jobs, extended families, friends, and any other obligations in favor of striking out with their stock and bond investment documentation firmly in their breast pockets, looking for a place high and dry, where nary a storm nor cloud rears its ugly head.

Either that, or fuzzwell's just being a total dickhead. Your call.

They should pull themselves up by their wader-straps.
/TAGTFO

seminole87: Just remember to stock up on ammo ....

Check.

This is pretty much the end of New Orleans... I just can't see why any business would want to invest in a city that gets pounded every 3 years.

I'm glad I'm in the extreme northwest corner of the state for this one... I just moved up from B.R.

nekom: Lesson: Right or wrong, left or right, whoever you are, if you rely on the government for your well being, you will be disappointed.

I agree. If I get warning of a natural disaster, I'm getting the hell out of there...every man for himself.

dahmers love zombie: GAT_00: Actually, things will get better when the storm goes into the Gulf, because the Gulf is cooler, which means the storm will not be as strong when it hits.

Um, don't know about that...



(hotlinked, so if it changes into a pickle, I'm so completely hosed)

Furthermore, we already saw a storm strengthen on land. So conventional wisdom about storms doesn't always apply. Weather is unpredictable. We won't know until we know.

gluestickralph: Bet the wharrgarbl

ftfeveryone

Has anybody else noticed that Havana is going to get bulldozed by this thing? Michael Moore spoke too soon.