Gustav Strengthens, New Orleans Braces

The New Orleans area is skittishly watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary. (Aug. 28)

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• tropical
• weather
• gustav
• strengthens
• orleans
• braces

[willtrib]

"Funny you of all people should talk about IQ levels. Your command of the english language, or lack there of, is awe-inspiring, to say the least. And since I sense you are too dense to realize it, that is not a compliment. Tool."

well said

[willtrib]

Sir, you are pretty stupid

I mean, the reality is you probably have a very small IQ; look at the "thoughts" you TRY to impart in these youtube posts. But on the bright side you are not alone, in fact you sir, are in the majority!

[willtrib]

Nice!

[kitkat8364]

shit happenes thats life quit b****ing about it,n'olins is always gonna be populated and florida to,b****ing about stuff you can do nothing about is pointless.oh and by the way what about them fires that devestated cali???huh.bottom line s***happenes,deal with it

[AkuzedCycotic]

Loss of life is a conveinet arguemnt for you. I shot down your NOLA is a monkey sink argument. Fact is, it does not get hit as often as you'd like to let on. Bitch about Flordia, and I am there with you.

[slipbabyslip555]

wow, you're doing stand up now? bad timing akuzedcycotic, even for assholes like me. Let me see if I'm translating you right - hey, New Orleans has only been totaled 3 times in the last 40 years, that's nothing, what's the big deal? - billions of dollars of damage each time with loss of life is a very big deal.

[AkuzedCycotic]

Okay.... 1965-2005. Compare that to Flordia, and Georgia and the Carolina's. Sounds to me, from my perspective, like all you people bitching about New orleans are blowing things way out of proportion. If it got hit yearly, every year, like Flordia, then I would agree. However, in 40+ years, it's been hit... 3 times??? C'mon now.

[slipbabyslip555]

In 1965, Hurricane Betsy devastated New Orleans, at the time it was the costliest hurricane in history. All you have to do is pay attention to the news headlines every year around this time. There is always at least one or two major hurricanes that threaten somewhere along the gulf coast or southeastern coast from Florida to the Carolinas. That is literally the definition of Russian roulette. New Orleans is still new even compared to other American cities, especially on the east coast.

[AkuzedCycotic]

The only place that gets hit often is Flordia. Name the last hurricane before 2005 to hit the city of New OIrleans. And compared to London and Paris, every US City is a new city, as we are a new nation in comparrison to Britian and France.

[slipbabyslip555]

living on the gulf coast or along the Florida coasts is playing Russian Roulette every August/September - but guess who gets stuck with the bill? WE DO!!! New Orleans is actually a relatively new city, its not Paris or London, and apparently it's not a safe place to live - nowhere is around there. I think if people live there they should be solely responsible for rebuilding afterwards. Earthquakes are much less frequent, hurricanes are automatic every year around this time.