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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 12:59 PM Original message |
Overheard comments from co-workers about Katrina.... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. If I understand correctly, 80% of the residents did evacuate. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Wrong. Many Thought They'd Just Ride It Out. While Some Might Not |
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Media_Lies_Daily (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Walked where? How far could they have gotten? And as far as.... |
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PunkPop (847 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. What a load of crap. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. You think they had time to WALK out of the way of the storm? |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Some tried to get out but the traffic wasn't moving. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. They did in fact reverse the highways.. |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 03:29 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That's good to know. |
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sniffa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. they stayed behind so they couLd Loot |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. . |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. And besides, it's your HOME... |
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tk2kewl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. did i hear right that they weren't letting people into the Super Dome if |
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Hong Kong Cavalier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. I heard that too, where I work. |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. I heard on the tv on Sunday that only 1 in 5 residents of NO |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm on a writers' loop of mixed politics |
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subchicagogal (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
8. I hope you enlightened the sheeple! |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Let them eat cake |
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Bethany Rockafella (916 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've been hearing conversations here at work too. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. I hope you pointed those things out to them. |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. The Homeless had no idea |
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Mutley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. A kid in one of my classes said |
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Double T (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
18. There will always be several 'hind sight sages' telling everyone..... |
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kbm8795 (337 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. IMO, the buses should have been free. . . |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. It seemed like it was over until the levees broke |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not everything is black and white. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-31-05 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. No doubt some compassionate fundies, too |
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