# Katrina victim sues for $3 quadrillion. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962 "2008-01-10T08:01:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/21 "2008-01-10T22:06:12Z")
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=] First, prove you even _have_ 3 quadrillion dollars. 🙂 [/QUOTE] I had 3 quadrillion dollar bills, but my dog ate them. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/22 "2008-01-10T22:21:11Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] I had 3 quadrillion dollar bills, but my dog ate them. [/QUOTE] Must be a terrier ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/23 "2008-01-10T22:23:42Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22571349/?GT1=10755](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22571349/?GT1=10755) The identifty of the person seeking 3 quadrillion bucks is apprently unknown: After some independent research of my own, I have been able to uncover a photograph of the person seeking the 3 quadrillion clams. [This is him](http://arbyte.us/blog_archive/2005/11/drevil_million_dollars.jpg). [/QUOTE] No. [THIS is him.](http://www.leconcombre.com/alfred/img2/alfred_e_neuman_01.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/24 "2008-01-10T22:23:47Z")
The kicker is that they have to take all of this seriously. Someone actually has to waste time and energy to look at a such an outrageous claim. Jackasses ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/25 "2008-01-10T22:25:30Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] The thing is, assuming its not a joke, the asshole who did it probably actually thinks he deserves that much, and can give you a detailed explanation why. [/QUOTE] Lack of Prozac, would be what I’d guess. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/26 "2008-01-11T00:23:49Z")
> [@](#): > > NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina’s victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion. > > The total number — $3,014,170,389,176,410 — is the dollar figure so far sought from some 489,000 claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane. Even if you totally dismiss the 1 claim for $3Q, you still have 488,999 claims for $14,170,389,176,410 for an average of about $29 million each…how many here feel that this is even acceptable? That’s like taxing every American $47,312 to pay off everyone else excluding the Anonymous Dr. Evil. Eh, no. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/27 "2008-01-11T00:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=Yeticus Rex] Even if you totally dismiss the 1 claim for $3Q, you still have 488,999 claims for $14,170,389,176,410 for an average of about $29 million each…how many here feel that this is even acceptable? That’s like taxing every American $47,312 to pay off everyone else excluding the Anonymous Dr. Evil. Eh, no. [/QUOTE] Sounds about right. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/28 "2008-01-11T00:49:13Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] No. [THIS is him.](http://www.leconcombre.com/alfred/img2/alfred_e_neuman_01.jpg) [/QUOTE] No it’s [this guy](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/cerberus314/looterad.jpg) also named in the suit is every person that viewed his picture on the internet and laughed about it. :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962/29 "2008-01-11T04:08:53Z")
Wikipedia tells me the U.S. Treasury has an annual budget of $11.10 billion dollars. So after we’ve emptied the U.S. Treasury for this guy, where to next? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina-victim-sues-for-3-quadrillion/432962.md?page=1)