Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans live video.

[oisaveloy]

Live commentary tends to be best delivered by people with great spontaneous command of language. Oh well.

[kewlick31]

the only thing i saw was some broken windows and curtains... it wasnt collapsing loser prob a intern because all the actual reporters were to pussy to stay

[Robox35]

I used to live in New Orleans... Then I took a stop sign to the knee...

[MrEurocat]

this guy should be prosecuted for scaremongering - "buildings starting to collapse"? etc. what an asshole

[stryderzer0]

dam so much exxaggeration. If he wants to report in a real storm, he shouldve been in hurricane irene!

[honolulu274]

@stryderzer0 actually hurricane katrina was was more powerful than irene. Katrina blew winds up to 180 mph and irene didnt even reach 100 mph in wind speed.

[BGBGBGBGBGBGhawt]

Weathermen suck so much ass at speaking when they don't have a script to go by.

[Msclutz497]

I know this was a tragedy, but don't blame EVERYTHING on the government...hate to break it too you but there was like a week in advance to evacuate. I respect the people didn't want to leave your homes but what does the Government have to do with it? Just saying. lol, no hate(:

[LALW1118]

@Msclutz497 There wasnt really a week.. if you look at the forecast Katrina wasnt headed towards New Orleans.. literally the day before it took a hard 90 degree turn and headed right for them.

[mamacornettesmoney]

@LALW1118 You have it backwards. It WAS headed right for NOLA then veered sharp East & hit the MS coast instead around Bay St Louis. We were indeed given warnings at least 5 days in advance. I clearly remember hearing PSA's on radio & TV all that weekend pleading people to take this storm more seriously than others. We were told over & over that it really could be "The Big One" that we know will eventually wipe NOLA out. They said it could be the biggest natural disaster in US history.

[radlikewhoa]

new orleans wasn't nearly the worst it. dare yall to go to bay st. louis, ms or waveland or anywhere in mississippi coast. we still haven't rebuilt everything yet. ;)

[mamacornettesmoney]

@radlikewhoa They haven't rebuilt everything in NOLA either. You are right that the Hurricane itself hit those areas of MS much worse than NOLA, but the levees broke and caused flooding that lasted over a month in NOLA.  It was the Levee failure more than the storm itself that devastated NOLA.

[cajunsaints]

i was in that storm!!!!! me and my familey

[chamblizi]

if he would have got sucked up i would laff

[JamesSkullWielder]

God Bless all that had to go through this. And one thing to say: That guy is totally calm talking about buildings going and a huge hurricane considering he's in a building outside on a porch.

[LOVETHEVIRGO]

omfg 5 min on a stop sighn ..... lmao!

[octobergirl03]

what is he doing there isent he supposed to get away he culd die

[PASCAGOULA17]

New Orleans got all the attention when Mississippi was the main victim of Hurricane Katrina.....

[MaitreTsu]

@PASCAGOULA17 Well that has to do with how much more destruction was caused in just this one city. As well as how many people died in just this one city. Also New Orleans is " globally known " they wouldnt broadcast about somewhere that no one knows about unless they have to no chose but to do so.

[FireFlamesrocks]

@PASCAGOULA17 Well, their leevees caved in and flooded most of the city very badly. I was there visiting family when it happened.

[IcecreameSundae199]

HOLEY CRAP! i feel bad for ppl who died...if anybody died lol

[bilgewater79]

@IcecreameSundae199 just a bunch of crackheads and patients in hospitals that were abandoned by the staff. There were corpses floating all over the ninth ward where the blacks lived. Some estimated put the death toll at 5000 but I doubt we were that lucky to loose that many crackheads, junkies and old people.

[funkbrother216]

@bilgewater79  You have something against old people?

[bilgewater79]

@funkbrother216 Old people are slow and always seem to have hard candy in their pockets. They frequently smell like moth balls and piss. I have seen them on their mobility scooters, ripping around the Walmart looking for the adult diapers and I loathe them.

[RadarGuidedVermin]

@funkbrother216 You have something against finishing high school?

[weatherbug95]

@bilgewater79 Yeah there will never be a true death toll, due to the water sweeping the bodies out. Current estimates are about 1,800.

[TheMsgabby]

I FEEL VERY BAD FOR DEM.

[NMWMN]

i really like america

[JBbebegirl]

Stubborn as Americans, who are more worried about acting fools by defying the government, and looking like billy bad asses, so they can tell their kids or grandchildren how they stood their ground. Look assholes, they warned you to get out, i take that back they ORDERED you to get out, even made both sides of the highway ONE way.. OUT OF N.O.. Those who stayed its their own fault.. I'm sure those who didn't have rides, could have bummed a ride. people aren't that cruel. It's your own faults.

[ssinan001]

bush says: look honey i told ya niggas can't swin

[4afriend7]

SHOW ME THE HOUSE OF THE RAISING SUN DUDE!!! LoL

[watrdr0pl3t]

"We saw it last night, people in those rooms" LOL

[alysonfakakh22]

Um guys,water will destroy anything,sure fires earthquakes and valcanos do to,you can't stop water though cause it's everywhare...that was a very scary event for eveyone in new orleans..having no power,no air no food...people standing ontop of roofs and stuff just helpless...that was just horrible..this wasen't made up! but people should take it seriously now cause this was a warning,to evacuate the as soon as possible next time something like this happens...

[ThaNiglet02746]

Respond to this video... @gregarious24 : i agreee

[Rookerman32]

@gregarious24 What's an oxymoron?

[marchelle011]

im not from New Orleans, but i love New Orleans. I went to the Bayou Classic in like 2007 n it was still bad out there(Tent cities/ a lot of damage). very emotional for me to just imagine what some of they people had to have gone through. I'm still trying to raise money for them.

[Madeline4Eva]

@StarryKid06 It says "live" because they were shooting as it happened.

[Madeline4Eva]

That looks scary .. Great video, thanks for putting it up!

[sazerac1]

It wasn't the wind that was the problem. It was the flooding and the breaking of the levees. I live right on the river and it was just a bad storm. We didn't have any flooding or damage.

[rainbowstar78]

this was CREATED by the SATANISTS...

[rainbowstar78]

the babies that were taken for a 'medical' after this 'disaster' were microchipped by fema without their mothers knowledge...

[weatherbug95]

@rainbowstar78 What the hell have you been smoking? None of this even happened. Educate yourself before making ignorant comments.

[rainbowstar78]

@weatherbug95 ive been smoking nothing my friend haha i am awake to the nature of this reality we live in.....!! maybe you should take your own advice and educate 'yourself' before YOU make ignorant comments.......!!

[turnertavarioyahoo]

i remember that bulding when i wet to new orleans in 08 that building still tha same and the statium still got mildue

[JustLinkStudios]

Yeah!!! wow, look at these super dangerous conditions guys!!!! ill just stand on this balcony so I can swing my arm about precariously. Why didnt he just take a shit on gods face then nick his wallet?

Americans.

[jaynies1]

was anyone in those hotels ??

[maccrazyg5]

all castles made of sand fall into the sea eventually.

[West49Dude13]

Biggest Loser Season 4 Contestant Lezlye Donahue Survived Katrina

[JBrownlee504]

wow im from neworleans and i think dat ,dat was horribal i live in georgia now but still NEWORLEANS FA LIFE

[sexydiva554]

amazing!!!

[weatherbug95]

New Orleans got in the western eyewall. My weather station reported sustained winds of 90-95mph in New Orleans with gust to 115.  Yes, Slidell got in the eye and so did Waveland.

[keventheGREAT]

yea dude im from new orleans too i wus 1 of tha ppl with water damage

[weatherbug95]

I am from New Orleans and this is what we call home. Should people in California not live there because of earthquakes and wildfires? I call New Orleans home and I have no intention of leaving.

[donpazer]

btw, President BUSH is an idiot !!

[jackiebaron]

There are dozens of places around the world that are below sea level, Amsterdam, parts of London, etc. But these places are protected by state of the art defenses. The Dutch warned the US repeatedly that the levees in N.O. were in dire need of upgrade in 2002. And that they shouldn't have drained the swamplands there. The US in typical snotnosed arrogance scoffed at the masters of the ocean. Guess who the US had come over with their equipment to pump out N.O.? Right..the Dutch. American morons.

[bengals101]

I agree with you, why would anyone want to live in a city under sea level? but show some compassion for the people who lost literally everything they own

[vandalais]

Did you know New York city is under sea level? Probably not. Do you know New Orleans is one of the largest ports in the world? Probably not. I guess you must have moved to the "land of intelligent" because you definitely are not an intelligent native.

[QuitePossiblyANinja]

new york city isnt below sea level

[Ponciostr]

@vandalais NY its not below sea level

[aha45]

@vandalais

If New York was below sea level, the streets would be under water.......

[eshadhillon]

the eye of the hurricane is actually supposed to be calm and peaceful

[rayandreina]

Well, that may be; but the eye didn't pass over New Orleans. Instead, it passed over neighboring Slidell, Louisiana -- the very hardest-hit area!

[AfricanCichlidguy]

the eye didnt pass tru slidell it hit waveland mississippi

[PityOak]

Actually, highrises buildings can help tear apart the eye of a storm..

[TwinPat90]

You have no clue what you are talking about. The eye wall of a hurricane can be up to 50 miles wide, with the hurricane itself being hundreds of miles across. A building, no matter how large, will do nothing to "tear apart" the eye. A hurricane is just too massive for it to have any effect. Only ;arge mountain ranges can do that.

[jackiebaron]

They cannot. Don't make shit up.

[PityOak]

your shitting on me...

[jackiebaron]

Nope. Besides the eye of the storm is the placid part. Nothing to tear apart.

[PityOak]

yeah. really...nothing.

[Thetgangster95]

come on nice comments i bet you wouldy even have the guts to face katrina i mean almost everybody evacuate the state

[konigr]

I feel so sorry for those poor people. I would be terrefied of that were to be happening outside my house...God bless New Orleans.

[neworleansguy10]

Thank you very much, konigr!

[magandasitrixie]

guys.. can you please just put nice comments?? like come on!! Great vid by the way.. so sad cuz hotels got torn :[[

[machetero1]

@magandasitrixie hotels? how about homes?

[FireXXXHeart]

Hurricane Katrina was absolutley horrible. I remember watching on the news and weather channel and seeing it.

[boldertits]

Why did new Orleans not receive the appropriate attention when this disaster happend?

Im no genius but if you govern people under democracy you need to apply the system to everyone, not just the richer cities.

[aaaabbbbccccghhhhhhh]

towers can still be standing at 400 miles per hour winds it will detroy everything else of course

[norekos]

Dont worry towers are secure on huricane,

[jennaluhvinlife]

New Orleans is a very historic city

and pretty fly if yu ask me .

but, on the real though , chill with that .

not everyone has the time and money

to hurry and pack up thier lives

into thier cars five times a year

when half of the time they are false alarms .

NO DUH .

[JPChick024]

Geez, that's across the street from my old job(the tall tan building)

[FanGirlsPro]

I cant imagine that... I WANNA BE A HURRICANE HUNTER WHEN I GROW UP!!! When I grow up, I wanna be famus, I wanna be a star, I wanna be in movies... ummmm... okaaayyyyy???

[whbluepit]

omg i was just getting back form there and all i seen was water everywhere and then a bunch of kids dead and shit and it stinked bad!

[KatherineMichaelaxo7]

wow, way to make shit up.

[jennaluhvinlife]

i know rite, that even sounds like an effn lie . :p

[OosamisodesoO]

ummmmmmmmmmm...guys, the power went out in a flash, so many people didn't hear the evacuations, or they had no way to leave.

[redneondot]

or living in California with firestorms and earthquakes. The vast majority of homes get little to no damage during hurricanes while hundreds of houses are destroyed during wildfires every year in California.

[courtlee84]

kinda sucks for all those celeberties. i mean it must suck to lose one of your million dollar houses. people in california are rude and uptight.

[happymike44]

Must suck to be you.

Someone who is intolerant of others and you really must be special.

Smart openminded and accepting of others NOT!

What do you know your 24 and think you know it all NOT!

I lived through this and can tell you most of the southerners are low bred cousin marrying trash talking inbred idiots who shoot at anything that moves.

Sorry guess that makes me a less then open minded kind person.

Wow I'M from California and guess what I noticed I made a awful statement.

[lilweezyana346]

thats what im sayen

[wolf99000]

I know it sounds bad but I always smile when he says come to the each and look over at the road the guy with the camera you can tell is very hesitant and at first does not do it

[liz7600]

yea i hella agree wit cheeselealove! they dont care about the people!

[homer351]

The government didnt respond for a long time disease was running ramped in the poorest parts of the city and hard hit especially where the levees broke.

STOP The NEW WORLD ORDER now.

Before we are victims.

[joeravencrow]

I WAS THERE

[triton115]

I am very surprised that nobody seems to have videotaped in the Louisiana Superdome during Katrina!

[phrydoom]

me too, it makes me wonder

[cheeseleaflove]

It makes me mad how when you drive to new orleans the city likes look brand new and the places where people live look like crap. Shows how much the goverment cares bout its people

[duchovny2]

@cheeseleaflove the areas that haven't come back are areas where the former residents are waiting for the government to do everything: rebuild, bring them back, pay their bills, etc. If you lived here like I do, you would have seen the outpouring of help with people coming here to help, while the residents stood by and did nothing. BTW NO East and the 9th ward are the two slowest areas. I'll let you guess who lived there

[RetroJenny]

@duchovny2 I agree.  People have to help themselves if they want something accomplished.

[boomcc1]

@RetroJenny i say stick together, accomplish more

[SecurityFan101]

@cheeseleaflove Not all

[seanmjh]

@cheeseleaflove its not the government, its the owner of the building whos in charge of rebuilding it, there are still places downtown that look like crap.

[pickelmotoguzzi]

@cheeseleaflove It Isnt up to Government to pay for you. You go back to work and rebuild thats just life in the real world.

[ziggyboi1995]

@cheeseleaflove The government is not there to hand out anything to anyone. Why should my money go to a person who didn't heed the warning to evacuate when a category 5 storm? Or, to a person who to people who are too lazy to go out and get work? Instead they rely on the handouts from our government. The reason the other parts of the city look nice, the businesses invested in new building. Only the Lower 9th ward looks like it did five years ago. Most areas recovered.

[somnus71]

@ziggyboi1995 You don't know what you're talking about. The city planners have refused to allow reconstruction of the lower-income homes in New Orleans because they want to use the land for tourism and higher-income buildings. These were people's houses. But hey, who cares, right? Wonder if your ideas of private ownership apply to all income levels, or just the rich.

[ziggyboi1995]

@somnus71 Who would want to have high income housing in flood-prone areas? Thats like putting a lava fountain on the polar ice cap! Nobody in their right mind would move there!

[mamacornettesmoney]

@somnus71 They are building "mixed" housing. Low and middle income housing.

[LALW1118]

@cheeseleaflove I think its because of tourism.. tourism equals money which means more can be done but I agree they should have helped the people more.

[ElementSkateboarder2]

if you were in a middle of a hurricane katrina u be in some big shit.

[CiccioCurvaEst]

cazzo sembra un film...

[67metalboy666]

woah weather is awesomely scary!!!!>>>>

[jeepsbuddy]

Definitely not a good time to have a hurricane party.

[alysonfakakh22]

@jeepsbuddy hurricane party huh? LOL!

[popcornkatie3]

Wow, that is horrible!

But amazing footage...

[savvyanne]

Wind on it? Lol!

[savtasaba]

AMAZING!

[kjwdis]

dam i wonder why the buildings didnt collapse, building number 7 world trade did new orleans buildings must be stronger

[finalfantasyfan71490]

world trade center is heavy and it was caught on fire.. is esay to weaken the metal and melt and it collapse but his is small buliding and fat and its raining. which is explain alot although its blowing 100 miles an hour.

[xXREDMOJOXx]

Woo Hoo it lootin time!

[joeyissoweird]

....

[masterofjelly]

my cousing got a plasma screen :D

[itsallinyourhead80]

He's doing live coverage for an internet hurricane site.

[octora1979]

i was there when it hit us...scary and amazed, the moment that i cant forget...(intercontinental 08/29/05)

[lobstrositysc]

An excellent example of how hurricane-force winds and rain tunnel through tall buildings.

[leia0organa]

OMG that's horriable

[BiggestWeirdo]

those poor people

[crockett007]

holy shit

[luvisuzu]

good conditions for hangliding

[EASTBOY20032006]

damn i miss my citybut we gon bounce back like my boy juve said

[SpyHunter69]

thats insane!

[powerslave71]

haha woa

[farizle]

Jus Kno I Rep 4 da 504

[brentjh1]

Looks pretty intense!

[ladiesman22]

This is Jeff Flock. He used to work at CNN, but this is his job now, covering hurricanes

[Purplemoonstar12]

oh my gosh!

this really happened?

[JaxieBoy]

@Purplemoonstar12: Do you live in a cave or something?

[siskokidd]

This news reporter sounds like he's reporting on a parade. So much excitement and spectacle! Niagra Falls and "fountain" indeed!

[graphicpulser]

okay...where's the video of that guy getting sucked out?

[betanzosgardel]

Buah!!!!