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| Stingray:
--- Quote from: Setabs on September 02, 2005, 10:54:20 am --- --- Quote from: Stingray on September 02, 2005, 10:47:03 am ---Obviously I can only speak for myself here, so that's what I'm doing. If I were stranded on my roof, I would be busy dismantling said roof and using the materials to build a raft and at least get to dry land. Not sure what I'd do when I got there. Start walking I guess. What I would not do is stay in NO with the whole collapse of civilization happening all around me. Again, this is just me. I have sufficient tools and fasteners always on hand in my house that tearing apart the roof or walls and using the materials to build a usable raft would be within the realm of possiblity for me. -S --- End quote --- So with flood waters rising you would grab your trusty hand saw box of nails and a hammer? In the areas flooded it took any where from 30 min. to a few hours to have the water reach the top of peoples roof's. --- End quote --- Yes, that's exactly what I would do, but like I said, that's just me. Are you saying that you would just wait there to die? Actually now that I think about it I wouldn't have to build a raft most likely. I own a small fishing boat. I guess I'd just use that provided it was locatable by the time I realized that I needed it. -S |
| TheVengeance:
--- Quote from: Stingray on September 02, 2005, 11:00:13 am --- --- End quote --- Yes, that's exactly what I would do, but like I said, that's just me. Are you saying that you would just wait there to die? Actually now that I think about it I wouldn't have to build a raft most likely. I own a small fishing boat. I guess I'd just use that provided it was locatable by the time I realized that I needed it. -S --- Quote --- --- End quote --- That's what I'm saying! They're standing on their rooftops thinking when the water goes away, they move back inside. That's just not going to happen. Salvage what you can, and get the hell out. FIND HELP, RELIEF, and what have you. And like I said, when you find a few people all willing to help one another , it's amazing what can be done/found. The problem is , this all needs to be done locally. There really isn't much we can do from outside anyway. |
| Dexter:
--- Quote from: Stingray on September 02, 2005, 10:47:03 am ---If I were stranded on my roof, I would be busy dismantling said roof and using the materials to build a raft and at least get to dry land. Not sure what I'd do when I got there. Start walking I guess. What I would not do is stay in NO with the whole collapse of civilization happening all around me. Again, this is just me. I have sufficient tools and fasteners always on hand in my house that tearing apart the roof or walls and using the materials to build a usable raft would be within the realm of possiblity for me. -S --- End quote --- As would most of us. Problem is though, most of the people I've seen been plucked from their roofs don't look like the raft building type unfortunately. Also, if you're not confident of your raft building abilities, seeing dead bodies float past you probably won't have you rushing to make rafts. --- Quote from: Setabs on September 02, 2005, 10:44:27 am ---just for those saying how disconnected the government is. Bush just said the rescue efforts progress so far is unacceptable. --- End quote --- Whats unacceptable is bushes procrastination and refusal to accept foreign aid, as well as being AWOL once again. Match the timelines in this link belwo to the national catastrophe that unfolded. Was it a two day 'my pet goat' contemplative state he was in, or just not giving a damn? Nero fiddles once again while rome burns: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4550031 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4500685 For those rushing to blindly support their *resident as usual, just remember there could be another terrorist attack, possibly on the scale of whats happening in NO. Is your government really competent enough to cope with a disaster of that scale? Look how they're coping now. Wheres all of the public money for contingencys, was it well spent? Wheres the rapid response, the national guard, the army? |
| Stingray:
--- Quote from: Dexter on September 02, 2005, 11:22:37 am --- Problem is though, most of the people I've seen been plucked from their roofs don't look like the raft building type unfortunately. Also, if you're not confident of your raft building abilities, seeing dead bodies float past you probably won't have you rushing to make rafts. --- End quote --- You make a couple of very valid points. Like I said, that's just me. Even with the bodies floating past, I'm 100% confident that I would have no problem getting my wife to board the raft and get the hell out. I don't think either of us are the "wait for someone else to help" type. Rational or not, I'm certain that by this point I'd be well outside the NO city limits. -S |
| JackTucky:
Will any of the feel sorry for everyone liberals please stand up and say that anyone raping children is wrong? Or are they just so HORNY because Bush lied? Let's continue to question our government. It's a good thing. It would be awesome if every elected official in this country lost his reelection bid next time. But it won't happen. Massachusetts will continue to reelect fat Teddy because he felt bad, and he builds monuments and gets funding for that awful state, and NJ will still reelect their replacement senator, that old geezer Lousenberg. Heck, I'd even support throwing out all of the great republican senators ;D Bush is gone anyway. Throw 'em all out I say. Art |
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