# Them Gays Caused Katrina ... AND Wilma **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 25, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902 "2005-10-25T23:01:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/1 "2005-10-25T23:01:06Z")
[Link](http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47021) Yes, not content to drawing down God’s wrath on New Orleans by holding Southern Decadence, the Gay Agenda Workgroup Delegation (GAWD) tried for a twofer by holding Fantasy Fest in Key West, thus drawing Wilma to destroy that noted resort city. :rolleyes: Will **somebody** please tell these loons to STFU?? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/2 "2005-10-25T23:06:48Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > [Link](http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47021) > > Yes, not content to drawing down God’s wrath on New Orleans by holding Southern Decadence, the Gay Agenda Workgroup Delegation (GAWD) tried for a twofer by holding Fantasy Fest in Key West, thus drawing Wilma to destroy that noted resort city. :rolleyes: > > Will **somebody** please tell these loons to STFU?? So… What’s their explanation for Rita? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/3 "2005-10-25T23:09:03Z")
Tits? ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/4 "2005-10-25T23:15:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > So… What’s their explanation for Rita? :dubious: Tom Delay’s current legal troubles? Honestly, brother, are you surprised? After every disaster, it seems there’s got to be some so-called Christian group who stands up and says it’s God smiting those guys (or gays! :eek: ) who aren’t holy enough to be just like us. Nevermind that hurricanes have a predilection for the Bible Belt, although it looks like there is one whale of a Noreaster setting up off of New England. I’m no longer surprised, or even shocked. It’s as routine as the annual letter to the editor calling Halloween a satanic holiday, although in all fairness, I haven’t seen that one yet this year. CJ ---
**Author:** ![light\_strand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@light\_strand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/light_strand)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/5 "2005-10-25T23:31:15Z")
Wow! Gay is some powerful stuff! Tell God I’ll stay away from the gay, but He needs to get me a pony. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/6 "2005-10-25T23:32:06Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > Tom Delay’s current legal troubles? > > Honestly, brother, are you surprised? After every disaster, it seems there’s got to be some so-called Christian group who stands up and says it’s God smiting those guys (or gays! :eek: ) who aren’t holy enough to be just like us. Nevermind that hurricanes have a predilection for the Bible Belt, although it looks like there is one whale of a Noreaster setting up off of New England. > > I’m no longer surprised, or even shocked. It’s as routine as the annual letter to the editor calling Halloween a satanic holiday, although in all fairness, I haven’t seen that one yet this year. > > CJ Boy-O there’s a whole lot of smiting going on. So much so that I think those folks are full of smit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/7 "2005-10-25T23:43:23Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Will **somebody** please tell these loons to STFU?? As long as they’re getting nods from ignorant homophobes and angry rebukes from everyone else, I would imagine they have no reason to stop. They’re getting the attention that they so desperately crave. My motto for these people: DNFTT. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/8 "2005-10-26T00:20:58Z")
> [@Siege](#): > > Tom Delay’s current legal troubles? That makes sense, especially with Ezekiel’s explanation of the Sodom incident! 😉 > [@](#): > > … although it looks like there is one whale of a Noreaster setting up off of New England. Provincetown, obviously! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/9 "2005-10-26T00:44:47Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > So… What’s their explanation for Rita? :dubious: I wondered about that myself. The fabulous and well-known gay hotspots of…Beaumont and Port Arthur? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/10 "2005-10-26T00:44:51Z")
Well, then, what happens in non-hurricane season? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/11 "2005-10-26T00:52:18Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > Well, then, what happens in non-hurricane season? God rests. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/12 "2005-10-26T00:53:42Z")
> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#): > > Well, then, what happens in non-hurricane season? I think it’s because Jesus only ate part of the pomegranate seeds. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/13 "2005-10-26T01:17:17Z")
“No, yeah, he’s absolutely right. Don’t fuck with us, we’ll ruin _Kansas!_ We have the power!!” - Suzanne Westenhoefer ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/14 "2005-10-26T01:18:29Z")
> [@light strand](#): > > Wow! Gay is some powerful stuff! Tell God I’ll stay away from the gay, but He needs to get me a pony. Seriously. So if I wanted to, say, get revenge on a certain ex, I could - hypothetically of course - sneak into his basement and do something gay? Cause you know, I could be down with that. Hypothetically. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/15 "2005-10-26T02:34:55Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > So… What’s their explanation for Rita? :dubious: (Multiple choice) Hurricane RIta was caused by [A] The metrosexuals \*\* The Scorpions [C] The hand of God punishing the U.S. for Pauly Shore [D] Some damn butterfly in Asia flapping its wings ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/16 "2005-10-26T02:39:40Z")
Naples and Boca Raton were, I suppose, collateral damage? on further review, **Thudlow** , are you suggesting that Texas is being punished for an '80s German heavy metal band? Perhaps the accents were a bit extreme, but why Texas? ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/17 "2005-10-26T02:46:39Z")
Here I am. Rock you like _a hurricane_. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/18 "2005-10-26T02:51:17Z")
I think these _carbon-based lifeforms_ (I apologize to other carbon-based lifeforms for associating them with _these_ excretas) have missed the obvious. What is the common point of **all** the affected areas ? They are all red states. ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/19 "2005-10-26T03:00:51Z")
I love how these people try to come up with ridiculously coincidental correlations and try to use them to prove some sort of point. Then again, it does get them media exposure. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902/20 "2005-10-26T03:02:18Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > “No, yeah, he’s absolutely right. Don’t fuck with us, we’ll ruin _Kansas!_ We have the power!!” > > - Suzanne Westenhoefer Yeah, I was thinking something like that. If the gays have some kind of supervillain weather machine, shouldn’t much of the Bible Belt be gone? If the Christian Right has it, shouldn’t all the gays be in the Atlantic? If god’s doing it, he needs glasses or something. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/them-gays-caused-katrina-and-wilma/327902.md?page=2)