I thought Fats died decades ago. He had a great run for a fat man.

NEW ORLEANS Sep 1, 2005 Gunfire and arson blazes disrupted the evacuation of 25,000 people from the Superdome on Thursday, as National Guardsmen in armored vehicles poured into New Orleans to help restore order across the increasingly lawless and desperate city.

An additional 10,000 National Guard troops from across the country were ordered into the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast to shore up security, rescue and relief operations in Katrina's wake. That brought the number of troops dedicated to the effort to more than 28,000, in what may be the biggest military response to a natural disaster in U.S. history.

"The truth is, a terrible tragedy like this brings out the best in most people, brings out the worst in some people," said Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour on NBC's "Today" show. "We're trying to deal with looters as ruthlessly as we can get our hands on them."

He was no Led Zeppelin.

/sorry

Just gets worse and worse...

Dude. You couldn't tell that was sarcastic? Do you even talk to anyone?

Baton Rouge Area Foundation

With the link above it gives two ways to donate, either to rebuilding NO or to benefit those individuals evacuated to Baton Rouge from the hurricane impacted areas in Greater New Orleans, who are now unable to return for what maybe an extended period. Just another way to donate if you are uncomfortable with the Red Cross etc.

mevenflo: Man guys, my first Fark accepted post and it gets slammed?!?!?

hahahahahahaha. You must be new. welcome to Fark.

Isn't he diabetic? If the flood didn't get him, that surely will.

What about John Boy's mole? No one ever thinks about that until it's too late.

Who... WHO is this Omarion? And where are the message boards his slavish fans post on?

I need comedy relief.

Here's how it works:

We look at people who didn't evacuate NO and say "what a bunch of fools. They deserve what they get." We can say this with the benefit of hindsight.

It's possible that they looked at all the people who evacuated and said "what a bunch of fools. The storm will go somewhere else, and the damage won't be that bad, but they won't be able to get back for over a month!" They can say this with the (dubious) benefit of foresight.

This time, Hindsight beats Foresight. Seems like often it's the other way around.

Baton Rouge Area Foundation

With the link above it gives two ways to donate, either to rebuilding NO or to benefit those individuals evacuated to Baton Rouge from the hurricane impacted areas in Greater New Orleans, who are now unable to return for what maybe an extended period. Just another way to donate if you are uncomfortable with the Red Cross etc.

sorry no linky here cut and paste

http://www.braf.org/

God, I love his singing
Vibrato so refined
And man I dig that cajun beat
About drives me out of my mind
But I saw him on the TV
And somethings out of place
WHAT IS THAT THING ON AARON NEVILLE'S FACE

Is it a mole or a tumor
Or a milk dud he replaced?
It's like a little desert island
A black hole in outer space
Just WHAT IS THAT THING ON AARON NEVILLE'S FACE

I wish I was half as successful
Or had a quarter of his cash
Cause you gotta know, he's got the dough
to take care of that funky rash
I hope he never hears this song
or he'll put me in my place
WHAT IS THING ON AARON NEVILLE'S FACE

It could be a smudge or a piece of fudge
or a freckle out of place
Hell it could be melanoma
get that spot erased

/obligatory

Poor Fats Domino.

While that is a sad matter, maybe we will get lucky. Maybe he will be alive and rescued, while Anne Rice gets swept out to sea on a raft of her own angst.

/Oh, the tragedy! As I fall upon the thorns, I bleed!

Cool. just, when I reread it, it seems....

Ooh. Shiny!

/moving on

That is ok. I like Pizza Hut a lot better.

Soviet Union
1980's...war in Afghanistan
1986...Chernobyl disaster
1991...no more Soviet Union

United States
2003...war in Iraq
2005...Hurricane Katrina
The Future...???


This disaster, combined with an already shaky economy, has me more than a little worried. Anyone else?

bigpenguin:

Are you saying Nipsy Russell is in danger???

Hurricane Katrina made the Crescent City wet.
But we haven't seen the best from the people yet.
With George Bush not acting like a boss,
We'll all just have to rely on the Red Cross.

/Nipsy Russell gold

I've been daydreaming for a couple years about driving down south and seeing Fats play before he cashed in. Dang. I would put him in the top ten of American musicians. He's one of the best bandleaders and Fats and Bartholomew are the best American songwriting team. Ever.

Drone1047

What does that have to do with anything?

Isn't he diabetic? If the flood didn't get him, that surely will.

methinks that's bo diddley you're thinking of...could be wrong though. or maybe though both could have it.

For a moment, I was thinking of Fats Waller. I was like, how the hell is he still alive?

Wrong Fats.

According to the ol' Wikipedia, though: "In the 1980s, Domino decided he would no longer leave New Orleans, having a comfortable income from royalties and a dislike for touring, and claiming he could not get any food he liked any place else. His induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and an invitation to perform at the White House failed to get Domino to make an exception to this policy."

So I guess it's not too surprising that even impending doom couldn't get him to leave.

bad_ed:

Major (natural or manmade for that matter) disasters have the potential to push it all (the economy, society, people)over the cliff, that's what.

I was wondering if anyone else was worried about that.


And no, I'm not normally part of the tinfoil hat crowd.

I can't wait to see People Magazine's take on the hurricane.

Britney Spears will probably name her kid Katrina now.

Is it true that "In 2001, FEMA warned that a hurricane striking New Orleans was one of the three most likely disasters in the U.S. But the Bush administration cut New Orleans flood control funding by 44 percent to pay for the Iraq war."

Current report on the news.

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JohnnyCanuck
"On Monday afternoon, Domino told his manager, Al Embry of Nashville, that he would ride out the storm at home."
Tough to feel sorry for him.


Well, in all fairness, he did successfully "surf the rubble down".

bigpenguin:
i knew it was sarcasm.

I saw George Carlin 2 weeks ago in Las Vegas. He is working on his new act which is supposed to air on HBO on November 5, 2005.

I big part of his act is saying how thin the veneer of civilataion is and how much he hates people. He said several times that he hopes for huge natural disasters that he can watch on TV and the more death and destruction the better.

I'm wondering if he is still doing that show nightly at the Stardust and if HBO will make him change his act before November?

let's not forget about the true heroes of this disaster

Drone1047:

This disaster, combined with an already shaky economy, has me more than a little worried. Anyone else?


I was thinking more Minoan civ with the eruption at Thera, but another very good analogy.

Who is Fats Domino, and why should I care?

bigpenguin: - Oh, well, wait a minute. I wasn't really paying attention to this whole New Orleans "thing", but now you tell me celebrities are and were in danger!?! What can I do to help!?

No, Paris Hilton is a celebrity. Fats Domino is a talented musician who will actually be missed when he's gone.

Who is Fats Domino, and why should I care?

He's another game you can play when you get tired of Chubby Checkers.

There once was a young man named Ernest Evans who did a great impersonation of his hero, Fats Domino.

He went on to become a famous recording artist himself, and as an homage to his role model named himself Chubby Checker.

And now you know...
...A Little More of Some Story.

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I win.

"Who is Fats Domino, and why should I care?"

He was the best-selling black singer in the 1950's and early 60's. Played the living hell out of a piano, and had a very distinctive voice.

The wind blew him over...

into his wife...

who hit into his daughter...

who knocked over her husband...

/pretty obvious

Cripes, no love for my Nipsy Russell parody? that farker took me almost 2 minutes to create.

Drone1047

And no, I'm not normally part of the tinfoil hat crowd.

I'm not saying you are. I am, but that is because its a whole lot of fun for little money. One day, if time permits, I will explain to you why Bob Geldof is the most dangerous man in Ireland.

Major (natural or manmade for that matter) disasters have the potential to push it all (the economy, society, people)over the cliff, that's what.

I doubt it. Wasn't there a big hurricane during the late 60's, a period including war and wackiness in the economy?

I think everything will be fine. Sure, things will be hard for a great many people for a good long time, but I doubt this, coupled with war in Iraq and some trouble in the economy, will lead to the collapse and subsequent balkanization of the United States.

Again, think positive. Fats Domino and Dr. John OK, playing a show for the beleaguered refugees, folks helping folks make it through the hard times, and Anne Rice washing up in Trinidad and unable to make it back to the States.