anyone here affected by Katrina?..

[Brock Samson]

 FEMA is now saying it's the worst disaster in united states history...  

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5242904,00.html

  http://www.quehubo.com/eng/katrina_gallery.php

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/americas_hurricane_katrina/html/1.stm

  http://photos22.flickr.com/38632606_e578159858.jpg?v=0

[DarkAngel0816]

I have family North of New Orleans.  My family here have been thinking about going down there to help out somehow.

[Beer]

Alot of the crew here on the Deep Seas is greatly affected by her. Several flew in today to see if their houses still exist. A few have no idea if their families made it out or tried to ride it out. Likely those affected cannot reply due to no utilities.

I get to drive through it Thursday enroute to Houston, the helicoptor is dropping us off just North of Leeville LA, and we will have a rent a car (driven from Houston by our reliefs). Not looking forward to this little trip.

Here is a self taken photo of me with Katrina 130 miles from us. Saw 20-24 foot seas and gust to 60 knots. Closest it got to the ship was 120 miles or so, we were on the West side of it fortunately. Ship rolled a max of about 7 degrees, we just stayed bow into the combined swells for the best ride. Thankfully for us, it turned as predicted else we would have had a tougher time.





Prayers for all touched by this event.

Beer

[Ponch ®]

its pretty bad, from what I've been reading. If I remember correctly, Danny Gutierrez was (or is) in La. Hope he and his are alright.

[TheGhost]

Couple regulars from Moparts were down there.  Niether have been able to check in, yet...  One's house should be underwater right now.....

[Plumcrazy]

I think Brock from the 1970 site is down there.   Hope he and any members from here are hanging in there.

[MoparYoungGun]

If I remember correctly, Danny Gutierrez was (or is) in La. Hope he and his are alright.

I believe Danny is located close to the LA/TX boarder in Sulphur. I don't believe the folks way out there got anything as severe as areas around New Orleans.

[Stormhammer]

TRAVIS IS IN LA  THOSE CHARGERS!!!!!

poor people 

still - who in their right mind tries to ride out a catagory 5 hurricane?

[TheGhost]

who in their right mind tries to ride out a catagory 5 hurricane?

People who plan on looting afterwords....

[CFMopar]

Its really sad with the looting and the prison break with hostages right now...

[TheGhost]

Its really sad with the looting and the prison break with hostages right now...

WHAT?

[Brock Samson]

  problem is,  folks who are affected are probably not chatting on a muscle car site now, even if they have a home left with a working computer..
 

[The Mad Scientist]

My Dad and Stepmom live in Baton Rouge. 

[CFMopar]

http://sympaticomsn.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20050830_hurricane_katrina_050830?hub=TopStories    down at the bottom about prision riot.

[HalfastAMX]

Hey smarty , you fogot the R.

[Brock Samson]

 i have no idea were they are publishing from...
but they are the local (liberal media) press..

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/

BTW: Thaks for the tip half..

Smarty.

[bull]

Seems every part of the country has its own brand of natural disasters from time to time. We in the NW are always getting floods and the looming threat of volcanoes. Hurricanes really seem to be pounding the south one after another this year for some reason. The only way I'm affected is with the stupid, trite and annoying news coverage. Hopefully the worst is over for everyone down there.

[Vainglory, Esq.]

My parents evacuated Destin, FL, but it doesn't look like much of anything hit that far east.  'Course they turn tail and run any time the wind gusts...

I sincerely hope everything in New Orleans will be cleaned up and brought back under control soon.  And note to the rest of the world: remember how ya'll said we didn't give "enough" to Thailand after the tsunami?  How 'bout showing US what "enough" is?

[Shakey]

A customer of mine is manufacturing down there.   No commissions for some time!

Received this yesterday.

August 30, 2005

Dear XXXXX Supplier,


As a result of Hurricane Katrina and the mandatory evacuation order, XXXXXXXXXXX two manufacturing facilities in New Orleans and in XXXXX, Louisiana have been temporarily closed.   Current conditions are affecting our ongoing effort to assess these facilities.   As soon as we are able to begin this process at both sites we will be requesting your assistance in facilitating our assessment.

Accordingly you are hereby requested to suspend all shipments to XXXXX until further notice.     Once we have assessed the damage and have a better understanding of the situation we will advise as soon as possible.   Although we are asking that shipments be suspended, you are directed to continue working on XXXXXX work orders and adhere to schedules currently in place. It is most important you keep going.

We are committed to resuming operations as quickly as reasonably possible, while maintaining our very high safety standards.

Should the above direction present undue issues or if you have any questions about this notification please contact XXXXXXX at XXX-XXX-XXXX or myself. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.


Sincerely,


XXXXX XXXXXXXX, Executive Director
Supply Base Integration
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

[4402tuff4u]

We are all affected. Look at the prices of gas!!!! I heard that by this weekend the gas will be $ .50/gallon more! You will see $ 4.00 per gallon real soon. Last night on the way home my wife called me and said to gas up the truck because gas was going up $ .17 per gallon as per the news. I saw it at $ 2.65 by me on the way home. Got home took some spare 5 gallon containers I had in the garage and headed to the gas station. By the time I got there the $ 2.65 price was up to $ 2.85 in less than ten minutes. I thinks someone is piggy backing on the disaster and price gouging!!

On the subject of looting, where is the National Guard? I would of thought that they would of mobilized them immediately. My prayers go to all the people that have lost everything, including love ones.

[Shakey]

On the subject of looting, where is the National Guard? I would of thought that they would of mobilized them immediately.

They can't afford the gas for their boats! 

[Danny Gutierrez]

If I remember correctly, Danny Gutierrez was (or is) in La. Hope he and his are alright.

I believe Danny is located close to the LA/TX boarder in Sulphur. I don't believe the folks way out there got anything as severe as areas around New Orleans.

  Hey guys, It's me Dan the Man!!  We were very fortunate here in the soutwestern part of LA.  We hardly got a sprinkle from the hurricane.  Travis lives in Baton Rouge and they had wind and rain, but were spared the worst of it.  I hope he's OK.  All of our hotels in the area are full and we still have refugees coming in to the area looking for places to stay.  Authorities have set up shelters around the area to help some of the travelers out.  At work last night (L'auberge Du Lac Casino) we had people coming in begging for rooms.  Many people ended up sleeping on couches and chairs out in the lobby areas.  I have friends who worked at some of the casinos in New Orleans and Mississippi and they now have no jobs or homes to go back to.  It's a mess down here guys, and it's only gonna get worse before it gets better.  Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. 

[Vainglory, Esq.]

I thinks someone is piggy backing on the disaster and price gouging!!

Perhaps the immediate jump is unwarranted (perhaps), but let's remember that about 25% of the nation's refining facilities are in this area and very much affected.  Gas is indeed going to get more expensive, but you can't argue with mother nature.

[Shakey]

If I remember correctly, Danny Gutierrez was (or is) in La. Hope he and his are alright.

I believe Danny is located close to the LA/TX boarder in Sulphur. I don't believe the folks way out there got anything as severe as areas around New Orleans.

  Hey guys, It's me Dan the Man!!   We were very fortunate here in the soutwestern part of LA.   We hardly got a sprinkle from the hurricane.   Travis lives in Baton Rouge and they had wind and rain, but were spared the worst of it.   I hope he's OK.   All of our hotels in the area are full and we still have refugees coming in to the area looking for places to stay.   Authorities have set up shelters around the area to help some of the travelers out.   At work last night (L'auberge Du Lac Casino) we had people coming in begging for rooms.   Many people ended up sleeping on couches and chairs out in the lobby areas.   I have friends who worked at some of the casinos in New Orleans and Mississippi and they now have no jobs or homes to go back to.   It's a mess down here guys, and it's only gonna get worse before it gets better.   Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.  

Glad to hear you are alright!

[Shakey]

I thinks someone is piggy backing on the disaster and price gouging!!

Perhaps the immediate jump is unwarranted (perhaps), but let's remember that about 25% of the nation's refining facilities are in this area and very much affected.   Gas is indeed going to get more expensive, but you can't argue with mother nature.

The immediate jump IS unwarranted as the gas that the retailers have raised the price on is already in the tanks on their property.  The increase in the per barrel price of oil is forecasted for October delivery.

[4402tuff4u]

I heard a news (CNN) report that it was only 7 % of USA fuel consumption. Who really knows and to be frankly with you the oil companies will come up with other excuses from their PR manual "What to tell the public while increasing profits"

[67_Dodge_Charger]

Is anyone here on the site going there to help out?

Robert

[69bananabeast]

in the past two days gas went from $2.38  to $2.75     . Im begining to think I should have built a chopper instead of the 446 

[TheGhost]

And note to the rest of the world: remember how ya'll said we didn't give "enough" to Thailand after the tsunami?  How 'bout showing US what "enough" is?

No crap.  They expect us to give out to everyone else, but when we need the help, let's see how they pay us back.  I say, if they turn their backs on us, we turn ours on them.  Next time any one of them have a disaster, we flat out refuse to send help.

[DarkAngel0816]

Is anyone here on the site going there to help out?

Robert

I will be donating money as well as clothing-I have so much and was planning on having a garage sale in order to try and get some money for my Charger...but that is not important.  I am contacting some agencies about both on Friday.

We are also pushing my Stepfathers job to let him have a semi for the weekend...so we can drive down there and bring tons of water.  At least we hope to, but if not then money is on it's way from me.

I do have family North of New Orleans--they are fine, but it is heartbreaking to see this type of suffering.  We can all say "They should have..."  or "Why did they...", but I think none of us can really make an assumption such as that unless we were there.  Life in New Orleans or Biloxi is all that some of these people know....

[Big Lebowski]

I heard a news (CNN) report that it was only 7 % of USA fuel consumption. Who really knows and to be frankly with you the oil companies will come up with other excuses from their PR manual "What to tell the public while increasing profits"

  Why bash the oil companies? The cold hard truth is...because of whacko enviro legislation, NO new gas refineries have been built for 20 years. So to make this worse, our refineries were at max 98% capacity for making gas. 4 refineries were destroyed in the hurricane. Think about it.

[CFMopar]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cpress/20050831/ca_pr_on_na/katrina_cda_aid

Were going to help but I dont think it was implied Canada when saying if any other nation was going to help. I wouldnt hold your breath for most asian nations though. They wont have the money to help.

Im going to contact my redcross office and see if they need volunteers to go down. I dont like my job anyways 

[Vainglory, Esq.]

I thinks someone is piggy backing on the disaster and price gouging!!

Perhaps the immediate jump is unwarranted (perhaps), but let's remember that about 25% of the nation's refining facilities are in this area and very much affected.   Gas is indeed going to get more expensive, but you can't argue with mother nature.

The immediate jump IS unwarranted as the gas that the retailers have raised the price on is already in the tanks on their property.   The increase in the per barrel price of oil is forecasted for October delivery.

Here's a fun little scenario for you: you're a gas station owner who finds out that, overnight, your supply of gasoline might in fact be cut off for the next week or two.  Say you're paying your mortgage, keeping your business afloat, and paying your bills like a normal citizen does - thus, to have all your profit cut off for even a week or two would be very detrimental to your continued existence.  What do you do to make up for the lost gasoline of the next week or two?  Gee, raise the prices on what you already have to compensate for future losses.  Is that greed, or is it survival?  Why does a gas station owner or an oil company employee suddenly grow horns and a forked tail every time the price jumps?  They're people like you and me.

Remember, in economics expectations are just as important as information.

[Charger_Croatia]

Here we were shocked to see what's left after Katrina. Due to our sea deep inside continent (Adriatic) we have some storms but not anything like that.

Prayers to all people affected with this disaster.

[Shakey]

And note to the rest of the world: remember how ya'll said we didn't give "enough" to Thailand after the tsunami?   How 'bout showing US what "enough" is?

No crap.   They expect us to give out to everyone else, but when we need the help, let's see how they pay us back.   I say, if they turn their backs on us, we turn ours on them.   Next time any one of them have a disaster, we flat out refuse to send help.

Who turned their backs on the United States?

Isn't the United States the most wealthy country in the world?  They are also the most generous!  I can imagine the folks in LA & MS could use some physical help but as far as financial, shouldn't the US Government be sending money?  I know that there are large campaigns here in Canada to raise money for the victims as well as care packages including medicine to be sent to LA & MS.

Personally, I have started one here at my office as one of my customers is in LA and we plan on sending canned food, clothing, blankets, diapers and water early next week to our customer in LA to distribute to their affected employees.

[Shakey]

I thinks someone is piggy backing on the disaster and price gouging!!

Perhaps the immediate jump is unwarranted (perhaps), but let's remember that about 25% of the nation's refining facilities are in this area and very much affected.   Gas is indeed going to get more expensive, but you can't argue with mother nature.

The immediate jump IS unwarranted as the gas that the retailers have raised the price on is already in the tanks on their property.   The increase in the per barrel price of oil is forecasted for October delivery.

Here's a fun little scenario for you: you're a gas station owner who finds out that, overnight, your supply of gasoline might in fact be cut off for the next week or two.   Say you're paying your mortgage, keeping your business afloat, and paying your bills like a normal citizen does - thus, to have all your profit cut off for even a week or two would be very detrimental to your continued existence.   What do you do to make up for the lost gasoline of the next week or two?   Gee, raise the prices on what you already have to compensate for future losses.   Is that greed, or is it survival?   Why does a gas station owner or an oil company employee suddenly grow horns and a forked tail every time the price jumps?   They're people like you and me.

Remember, in economics expectations are just as important as information.

That was fun!

[topduarte]

Last night we cancelled out holiday weekend trip to Houston (Astros game Friday night, NASA tour Saturday morning, Beach in the afternoon, shopping with wife on Sunday, etc.)   this trip was planned a month ago!!

We felt bad as we are going to Houston to have fun while others are heading to Houston for help!

Cancelled out 2 hotel rooms last night as either a victim or a volunteer needs those rooms, got a refund on Astros tickets.

What was weird as we were cancelling one of the hotel rooms last night, the girl on the line was crying as I told her I rather have the rooms go to somebody else.

I told our kids and they   understood sort of.   I told them we would have some fun here in Austin!   the little one does not understand totally what the hurricane did, my older son does understand "alot of people were hurt and now have no homes!"

Very sad indeed.

I kinda feel like after 9/11 but in a different way.   Family and I are planning to donate our old clothes, collect some canned food and water and deliver them to the Red Cross on Saturday!!

We are all affected directly or indirectly IMO!

[4402tuff4u]

That's really honorable of you Topduarte. What goes around comes around. Here's to you 

[Steve P.]

My parents evacuated Destin, FL, but it doesn't look like much of anything hit that far east.   'Course they turn tail and run any time the wind gusts...

I sincerely hope everything in New Orleans will be cleaned up and brought back under control soon.   And note to the rest of the world: remember how ya'll said we didn't give "enough" to Thailand after the tsunami?   How 'bout showing US what "enough" is?

I couldn't agree more......

Destin is ok, Vain...     Also a good idea to have a suitcase packed for the haul ass mode.. Smart parents..

Also, a buddy of mine just picked up some clothes, blankets and some (still in plastic bags), beenie babies from us.. There are allot of kids there with nothing too...  He's filling his truck and going to the help center now..

[Ponch ®]

 

[Shakey]

Took me a minute.  As usual Iceman - killer stuff! 

[Charger_Fan]

Is there a closeup of that chick? I see a wet t-shirt.

[Shakey]

Is there a closeup of that chick? I see a wet t-shirt.

I thought about that too, but she is a bit beefy!

[Ponch ®]

Is there a closeup of that chick? I see a wet t-shirt.

I thought about that too, but she is a bit beefy!

how do you think shes staying afloat?

[Steve P.]

Good point Mojo.. I'd say that if Florida or California had the same thing happen, a high percentage of the woman would survive.. Unless they suffocate themselves!!

[Vainglory, Esq.]

My parents evacuated Destin, FL, but it doesn't look like much of anything hit that far east.   'Course they turn tail and run any time the wind gusts...

I sincerely hope everything in New Orleans will be cleaned up and brought back under control soon.   And note to the rest of the world: remember how ya'll said we didn't give "enough" to Thailand after the tsunami?   How 'bout showing US what "enough" is?

I couldn't agree more......

Destin is ok, Vain...     Also a good idea to have a suitcase packed for the haul ass mode.. Smart parents..

Also, a buddy of mine just picked up some clothes, blankets and some (still in plastic bags), beenie babies from us.. There are allot of kids there with nothing too...   He's filling his truck and going to the help center now..

Yeah, they're in a pretty good area for hurricanes, actually.  The "Destin Dome" is an area of hot water caused by the land formations around Choctawhatchee Bay, and hurricanes tend to head for the colder water.  Anyway, my dad's sister up in Nashville is getting plenty of visits this summer.

I've got some bags of clothes and such ready to go out to the Red Cross too, but I'm glad to see so many people trying to help out, even if they're far from the affected areas.

[MoparYoungGun]

That's really honorable of you Topduarte. What goes around comes around. Here's to you