# Katrina **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2005, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837 "2005-08-27T04:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/81 "2005-08-28T22:13:19Z")
Get the hell out. So long nawlins. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/82 "2005-08-28T22:41:42Z")
Sorry **Shirley**! I’ll post puppy updates as I get them. -Lil > [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > AIGGGGH! > **percypercy** now I am going to really worry about those pets. (Humans too) but someone’s got to think of the animals that were left behind. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/83 "2005-08-28T22:46:32Z")
Lots of Baton Rouge people on here. Nice to meet you all. Hey, next time maybe we can plan a “Hurridope.” 😃 Think I’ll be turning off my computer and leaving soon. Godspeed! ---
**Author:** ![Witch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Witch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Witch)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/84 "2005-08-28T22:52:31Z")
> [@LoganDear](#): > > Lots of Baton Rouge people on here. Nice to meet you all. Hey, next time maybe we can plan a “Hurridope.” 😃 > > Think I’ll be turning off my computer and leaving soon. Godspeed! Good luck to you, and all the other Gulf Coast Dopers. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/85 "2005-08-28T23:01:51Z")
I’m going to stay witht he computer on as long as I can… there’s no other way to communicate that I have, the service is very busy. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/86 "2005-08-28T23:32:47Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > I’m going to stay witht he computer on as long as I can… there’s no other way to communicate that I have, the service is very busy. If you are on the Gulf Coast **GET THE HELL OUT NOW!!** Or we, may Heaven forbid, wind up short one Doper. :smack: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/87 "2005-08-28T23:38:47Z")
Nope Bosta, I’m not on the coast. I’m Baton Rouge, experiencing a band. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/88 "2005-08-28T23:44:38Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > AIGGGGH! > **percypercy** now I am going to really worry about those pets. (Humans too) but someone’s got to think of the animals that were left behind. Yeah, I just heard them announce on whatever station Mom is watching that pets aren’t allowed at the shelters. ☹ Made me think of the aftermath of Floyd in the rural parts of my state, with all the hunting dogs and farm animals standing on roofs. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/89 "2005-08-28T23:44:21Z")
i’m worried about the pups as well. i can’t imagine how your sister is dealing with this. she must be frantic. hope you hear good news from her friend. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/90 "2005-08-28T23:46:36Z")
Damn, this one looks like a bitch. They were reporting on the news that the French Quarter may be _gone_. As in, not there anymore. :eek: Get the hell out, and please post when you can. This one is no joke. People are going to die, and some of those bodies may never be found. (ivylass, who went through Charley, Frances, and Jeanne last year, and they’re not anywhere near as bad as this one.) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/91 "2005-08-28T23:49:18Z")
And not to add fuel to the fire, but apparently this area produces 25% of our domestic oil. If you guys (and I mean all Dopers, not just our Big Easy ones) haven’t filled up with gas, I suggest you do so _tonight_. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/92 "2005-08-28T23:55:25Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > And not to add fuel to the fire, but apparently this area produces 25% of our domestic oil. If you guys (and I mean all Dopers, not just our Big Easy ones) haven’t filled up with gas, I suggest you do so _tonight_. The Gulf Coast produces 25% of our domestic oil, not New Orleans specifically. Still, a guy on the news this evening predicted that the price of gas might jump 20 or 30 cents next week. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/93 "2005-08-28T23:57:00Z")
cnn just showed dolphins evacuated from gulf point. 3 are at a holiday inn pool and 3 are at another hotel pool. the reporter said that they may be able to swim with the dolphins because the people with them said that they would be calmer with humans in the water with them. the sea lions and seals were evacuated to warehouses because they could be out of water longer than the dolphins. the pools at the hotels have been changed over to saltwater for the dolphins. the aquarium at gulf point expects huge damage to the facility. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/94 "2005-08-29T00:05:49Z")
cnn just showed dolphins evacuated from gulf point. 3 are at a holiday inn pool and 3 are at another hotel pool. the reporter said that they may be able to swim with the dolphins because the people with them said that they would be calmer with humans in the water with them. the sea lions and seals were evacuated to warehouses because they could be out of water longer than the dolphins. the pools at the hotels have been changed over to saltwater for the dolphins. the aquarium at gulf point expects huge damage to the facility. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/95 "2005-08-29T00:10:48Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > The Gulf Coast produces 25% of our domestic oil, not New Orleans specifically. Still, a guy on the news this evening predicted that the price of gas might jump 20 or 30 cents next week. [Already happened.](http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/) Crude oil topped $70, and commodity gasoline jumped 19.84 cents/gallon in afterhours (?) trading. There’s something like 1.5 million barrels / day refining capacity beneath the projected path of the eye of this storm – and I seriously doubt it was built to handle 200 mph winds. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/96 "2005-08-29T00:16:17Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > I’m going to stay witht he computer on as long as I can… there’s no other way to communicate that I have, the service is very busy. KG, if you need someone to pass messages to your family, please let me know. I’ll be more happy to help. The same goes for anyone else, too. My e-mail is robincartwright at yahoo dot com. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/97 "2005-08-29T00:22:00Z")
> [@rocking chair](#): > > cnn just showed dolphins evacuated from gulf point. 3 are at a holiday inn pool and 3 are at another hotel pool. the reporter said that they may be able to swim with the dolphins because the people with them said that they would be calmer with humans in the water with them. > > the sea lions and seals were evacuated to warehouses because they could be out of water longer than the dolphins. > > the pools at the hotels have been changed over to saltwater for the dolphins. > > the aquarium at gulf point expects huge damage to the facility. Live from CNN. Experts say that this may be a disaster of biblical proportions. The city of New Orleans will be under siege and experts tell those remaining in the city that they must…Hey look! Dolphins. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/98 "2005-08-29T00:23:31Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Live from CNN. Experts say that this may be a disaster of biblical proportions. The city of New Orleans will be under siege and experts tell those remaining in the city that they must…Hey look! Dolphins. Lord forbid if there are any white women missing after the storm… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/99 "2005-08-29T00:29:06Z")
cnn will be busy showing reporters swimming with the dolphins. they will leave the missing women to mr abrams. unless you think the dolphins will nab any women they swim across… that would be a headline and a half. ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837/100 "2005-08-29T00:53:43Z")
Well, the humor has already stated. “nawlins.mpg” just turned up in my inbox, it’s a clip from a 1940s (?) nuclear test, showing buildings starting to fall over, but disintigrating before hitting the ground. Email was titled “Vienna West”. Nice. :rolleyes: A serious question for Nawlins locals: Just how well built is the Superdome? Is it a matter of “any port in a storm” or was it designed to stand up to anything short of the hand of Ghod? If the stadium should collapse I fear for the recovery crew’s sanity… :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katrina/318837.md?page=6)