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Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:14 pm to Radio One
quote:Well, it didn’t help that the helicopters were also picking people off as they looted businesses.
I can understand pushing your way to the front of the line, so to speak, but actively hindering — *shooting at* — those dispatched to bring rescue? It boggles me.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:15 pm to N2cars
Actually, I never have. I’m a stranger here.
Closest is my wife lived in Mandeville for a couple of years.
Closest is my wife lived in Mandeville for a couple of years.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:17 pm to The Scofflaw
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Was it as bad as everyone says it was?
Yes, I believe it was.
I wasn't in the Superdome though.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:17 pm to Underteaux
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didn’t help that the helicopters were also picking people off as they looted businesses.
And here we go. LOL
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:19 pm to notiger1997
someone on here knew someone who shot a looter from a mile and half away
blew his head off
get dropped the bags of chips he stole
blew his head off
get dropped the bags of chips he stole
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:20 pm to Radio One
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I can’t understand why anyone would do this. I can understand pushing your way to the front of the line, so to speak, but actively hindering — *shooting at* — those dispatched to bring rescue? It boggles me.
There is an underbelly to New Orleans that only the police, but even more so organized crime (ie Gang Units) realize is as ruthless, savage, and completely fricking stupid as it actually is.
Remember the show Gangland on history? When it came to the New Orleans gangs and trying to compare them to the Cripps, Bloods, Hell’s Angels, MS-13, etc. the FBI teams said something along the lines of the following:
There was no hierarchy; as soon as someone, anyone, gets a semblance of control he’s killed. Typically gunned down. The show talked about how when many of these gang members were bussed to the astrodome in houston, the houston gangs were used to people talking first, talking a lot, fighting, and then resulting to shooting. When the NOLA gangs showed up, there was no talking. Just straight up murder at the drop of a hat.
These are some of the dumbest, most aggressive, most drug addicted idiots on earth and they ALL had guns illegally.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:25 pm to notiger1997
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So it sounds like DM treated yall well for the storm. :)
DynMcDermott, yes.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:33 pm to Ye_Olde_Tiger
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Something no one really talks about regarding Katrina was how it took the city by surprise. It sounds dumb, but it's really true.
I was young and dumb, so I wasn't paying attention. I'd gone down to New Orleans for a concert that Friday night (Easy Star All-Stars performing Dub Side of the Moon at HOB - awesome show!). It was business as usual in the city that Friday night. No one had a care in the world about it. I woke up super early to a call from my Mom telling me to high tail it back to BR. We got out just before the cluster of an evacuation started.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:33 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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There is an underbelly to New Orleans that only the police, but even more so organized crime (ie Gang Units) realize is as ruthless, savage, and completely fricking stupid as it actually is.
New Orleans is a glimpse into the future of all the major urban areas of this country if we continue down the path we're on. It's inevitable.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:39 pm to The Scofflaw
HKL
This post was edited on 10/2/24 at 9:17 am
Posted on 6/17/24 at 7:51 pm to The Scofflaw
quote:Who here remembers The Scofflaw’s mom and all her carnal hijinxes?
Who here remembers Hurricane Katrina and the Superdome?
PS: GFY
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:03 pm to The Scofflaw
The demographic in the Dome can't congregate on a Friday night, without chaos ensuing.
Put them in an actually chaotic situation, I'm sure it was absolute anarchy.
Put them in an actually chaotic situation, I'm sure it was absolute anarchy.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:05 pm to Oilfieldbiology
quote:we evacuated but 15 feet of water
St. Bernard,
Didn’t get back to the house til late October bc it reflooded for Rita
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:06 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I was young and dumb, so I wasn't paying attention. I'd gone down to New Orleans for a concert that Friday night (Easy Star All-Stars performing Dub Side of the Moon at HOB - awesome show!). It was business as usual in the city that Friday night. No one had a care in the world about it. I woke up super early to a call from my Mom telling me to high tail it back to BR. We got out just before the cluster of an evacuation started.
Yep. I went to the Saints preseason game that Friday and it was just a regular night in the city. Woke up Saturday seeing what happened over night with the storm and got my arse back to BR.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:34 pm to The Scofflaw
It’s hard to understate how massive Katrina was. 1,390 deaths. Power out for weeks all the way up to Jackson and Meridian. Gas was very hard to come by throughout that entire area.
I had an old Nam vet friend who didn’t evacuate. He and another guy were the only ones left in their apartment complex. The landlord asked them to defend it. They set up crossfire between the two of them that covered their back gate. They had visitors, but were able to lay down enough fire to protect the apartments.
Co-workers brother lived on the coast and didn’t leave. He found his Nextdoor neighbor up in a live oak, still alive, after the storm passed.
The stories you hear are all true. It was all too terrible to make up. Hopes, dreams, life’s work all disappeared for many. Heroes were a dime a dozen. People were great. People were terrible. Many did whatever they had to to survive.
I had an old Nam vet friend who didn’t evacuate. He and another guy were the only ones left in their apartment complex. The landlord asked them to defend it. They set up crossfire between the two of them that covered their back gate. They had visitors, but were able to lay down enough fire to protect the apartments.
Co-workers brother lived on the coast and didn’t leave. He found his Nextdoor neighbor up in a live oak, still alive, after the storm passed.
The stories you hear are all true. It was all too terrible to make up. Hopes, dreams, life’s work all disappeared for many. Heroes were a dime a dozen. People were great. People were terrible. Many did whatever they had to to survive.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:41 pm to 257WBY
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Many did whatever they had to to survive.
After the storm, this phrase was used FAR too fricking often to explain and condone absolutely appalling behavior.
Modern comfort and amenities were unavailable for several months, but some people went completely feral after a few days to a week despite groups like the Cajun navy, Red Cross (may they rest in hell), and other charities organizing water and food for people.
Did it suck? Absolutely. I helped my parents clean up their property on the north shore where they had something like 50 trees fall. I’ve never been that hot as I was working that august cutting pine trees and moving them. I was lucky enough that my parents got power back fairly quickly and we could step inside for AC so believe me, I understand that people were suffering.
But the way some people acted is inexcusable and I’ve lost a lot of respect for people that demand to be taken care of but do nothing to help themselves.
Eta
I need to say this, everyone I interacted with on a daily basis was nothing but spectacular, understanding, and all around incredible in terms of caring for their fellow man. I’m just venting at excuses I’ve seen made for the worst behavior imaginable
This post was edited on 6/17/24 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 6/17/24 at 8:59 pm to GetCocky11
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It only happened a few years ago....oh shite, it's been 19 years.
same thing happened to me the other day in another thread.
i was thinking college kids today’s parents were in college in mid 80s.
until someone pointed out that those would be their grandparents instead
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:10 pm to Nutriaitch
Katrina was very bad… and the affects are still being felt n BR we th all the transplants that have risen crime rates through the roof.
Posted on 6/17/24 at 9:13 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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absolutely appalling behavior.
I was in a vehicle driving down a street in New Orleans a couple of days after the storm and stopped to ask some people on a porch if they were doing OK. They said they needed water. I told them the Guard had dropped a pallet of bottled water at the end of the block.
They said "we know, go get some for us." I just shook my head and drove off. There is a class of people who have spent their entire lives on the government tit and see no reason to make an effort to help themselves. That is the people who got stuck in the city. It wasn't because of racism or being poor. It was because the government didn't come to their house, load them up and take them away. These people are incapable of displaying even the slightest initiative.
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