Official Hurricane Katrina Thread (all other threads will be merged to this one)

Satellite Aftermath

Digital Globe finally snapped some pictures of the devestation....they're still taking pictures....in the first picture you can see the breach in the levee system (follow the 17th street canal, left) and you can see the superdome's roof torn up....plus all the flooding...
Katrina Gallery

Nice find, really gives a better sense of how much damage is done...

No, Washington state We're awesome. Nothing worth attacking, No natual disasters and the most dangerous anmials we have outside is a rabbit.

Actually there is something we can do about it. We can stop buying plastic products and start riding our bikes. But everyone knows we wont because we would rather pay the huge price for gas

Screw gas prices, if they make it to $4 a gallon I'm going to convert my car to run on Alcohol and make the shit myself out of garbage organic material

Well, I'm in TN. And quite frankly it's a sweet spot if you ask me. Not to far north, not to far south, and not near any shores either. I have seen one Tornado come though Nashville, TN since I have been born. I'm 25 now, born and raised here. I don't think I'm going to be going to far from this region.

man if this was a small country and easy to get around places I'd say fuck it I'm riding my moped or my freakin bicycle but with the outstanding distances in this country people can't stop buying gas man, by stop buying gas we'll even hurt our economy more than what it already is and we're hurting our pocket either way due to the fact that people can't get to work blah blah blah and not everyone is at walking distance of their jobs or is willing to take a taxi or bus to their jobs due to the fact that they're putting money on bus fare and taxi fare instead of gas so yea and if people can't get around then there would be no shopping or anything of that sort or there will be but minimal..... we won't stop buying gas EVER no matter how high prices get, this country is a huge country and we need it.

damn everytime something like this happens it makes me value life more and more each day and how lucky I am to live in a state where it just snows........ damn man that's some sad stuff bro ....... all my heart goes out to the victims and their families

6 DOLLARS!!!!!!!!! :wow1: :bigEyes:

well as I just read in the other thread ATL is up to 6 dollars now and well this is making me think even more and more about getting one of those Vespa scooter thingys to go to work and shit cause fack man ridiculous crap with this gas thing........

no what's worrying me is in the long run lol not a few months of gas but in the long run lol but well things aren't looking bad here in CO since the gas prices HAVE NOT gone up a cent yet and well here's an article I just read:

http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2005/08/29/daily30.html

Okay sorry to be a total newb on this crap but I'm not into the whole thread what is "price gouging"?

oh alright, thanks for the explanation there E.

prices were at 2.99 to 3.19 for regular and now they are hitting 3.27 for regular or that has been the cheapest i have seen it at right now as of early this morning.

I really think people are bitching and overreacting way too much to these "high" gas prices. I mean I dont like paying $3 for gas, but honestly our gas is cheap compared to most other industrialized nations.
If all the gas stations in my area started charging $7, people would bitch more, but they'd still be filling their tanks.

Whats amazing is people are actually complaining to the gas station attendants about prices, like they can do anything. Someone on another board said a station by him had a sign out saying "Anyone else who complains is getting charged double"

Thank god most of us drive Corollas.

hahaha nice lol my sister just told me that some gas stations by where she lives RAN OUT of the unleaded plus fuel (I dk what grade it is in FL, I'm guessing 89, here in Colorado is 87) so she had to put in premium which is at $3.09 as of last night. Colorado hasn't been hit hard yet thank God

so yeah they are higher on other countries and other areas . i agree with you on that.i dunno i guess when you're accustomed to a relatively steady gas price you get used to it. having to get used to it is something a lot of people don't want to pay attention to. I am just here letting other know what it is down here. does it affect me quite a bit ,no not even. Yesterday i heard a a guy complaining that his brand new five day old Honda Civic was not getting the gas milage it should have he said it was getting worse. I then asked him how he drove and he did not respond. he just filled up and took off very hard. Right before he left i told him that was his problem and he refused to listen. so yeah. alot Depends on how people drive, which shows how they accept everything altogether.

um...in my case when i had mine running i would average 488 on a full tank the Honda would get 420 but this was expressway use. on city the rolla would get about 350 and 280 on the accord. This is in my case.

yeah so it still needed to be broken in. but he should consider how he drove regardless if it was new or not.

280 on the accord? and it's a 6 cyl right? damn dude my car is getting even less than that.... I wonder what's really wrong with that motor dude

your motor or mine because, if you remember i just got the accord back and it was getting me 13 mpg and now it get a bit better (i have yet to record it) but it got 280 yesterday on a full tank and this was giving it gas to change lanes or pass at 80+ mph. and the tranny is new too and the entire driveline.

yeah its a 3.0 VTEC V6 245 H.P. / 220 FT.LBS.TQ.

The helicopters are being shot at?! That is just plain retarded, I can understand looting to a certain extent since people need food and such to survive (in a natural disaster, if you have to break into a store to get some food to live, im all for that...) but the rest of the stuff going on (and the extent of the looting) just makes me sick...

you know what tehy say... disasters bring out ones true self... you would think that the way america rallied together after 9-11 that after this they would do the same... but I guess not... god I hate people...

I read an article about that yesterday about how they let all the prisoners go and shit...... man I would've expected them taking it easy due to the fact that they were given a break u know and like redeem themselves but no instead they go out shooting and killing ppl wtf..... I agree with E just a disgusting display of inhumane acts....