Do You Remember The Night Before Katrina Hit NOLA?

[KittyWampus]

We were posting on DU as meteorologists were desperately trying to warn people to evacuate.

Going to sleep that night, I was heartbroken because there was no question so many people were going to effected so horribly.

That is how I've been feeling since Election Night.

And now we see Trump's Administration is filled with "Brownies".... wealthy people who are only out to enrich themselves with no competence for the jobs they hold.

Like a slow moving natural disaster is descending upon our country and the planet.

[Tanuki]

1. I feel like the orchestra on the Titanic,

dutifully playing "Nearer my God to thee" and preparing to go down with the ship after it hit the iceberg.

[VOX]

9. "Gentlemen, It Has Been a Privilege Playing with You Tonight"

I know what you mean!

[Hoyt]

2. I felt awful for months after 2004. Just like then, we'll get through and maybe elect

another Obama type. I'd like to see a woman's perspective at the top.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. Um no. Not all of us will "just get through it." The privileged will. My daughter

is being watched very carefully now, today, with a suspected cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) leak. She's a 27yo social worker student that works two jobs and has NO OTHER access to healthcare other than the ACA.

She has a CSF leak because she also has an extremely rare chronic condition called Bechet's disease that causes systemic inflammation and ulcers that can lead to all manner of things such as GI bleeds, blindness, aneurysms, blot clots leading to DVT's in the arms or legs, pulmonary embolism, stroke, heart attack and other complications including death.

SHE NEEDS HER ACA and she CANNOT WAIT 4+ years for somebody to try and bring it back for her. Without regular medical care and expensive medication, she could easily become disabled or die by then.

So NO. We won't be just "getting through it."

[renate]

15. I hate that you have the stress of worrying about insurance on top of worries about her health

It must be bad enough to be concerned about her health right now--to have to think about insurance and what the future might bring just isn't fair.

The United States government should not be in the business of threatening and terrifying its citizens.

I wish you and your daughter the very best and I really hope everything goes well for her, today and always.

[Maru Kitteh]

16. TY renate. It really does mean a lot to me to hear your kind words.

I appreciate it.

[Hoyt]

17. I'll bet she won't lose her coverage, but I absolutely understand the concern and what you are going

through right now. We WILL get through this, including your daughter. There is no reason she or you have to live with that fear, but what is the alternative at this point but to wait for the GOPers to do their dirty dance and eventually enact something that is very similar to ACA? Even some of the GOPer governors are asking for funds to consider expanding Medicaid. It took him a few years, and a slight change in the system, but even Pence finally expanded Medicaid.

[Maru Kitteh]

21. YOU can make that bet. We CAN'T & it's crass to even say such a thing. And NO, you DON'T understand.

I was going to let this go but it's been eating at me for days. How dare you?

We're supposed to feel better because of some shit about Mike Pence? Just NO.

You DON'T KNOW what we've gone through, you don't know what we're facing, and you sure as hell don't know what's going to happen with her health or her healthcare; so spare us the platitudes. It's condescending and most unwelcome.

I'm not going to hold this against you Hoyt. I mean that. But just don't ever . . . okay?

Peace.

[MFM008]

3. yes I hooked into the weather site

and watched the hurricane spread over land.
it was a sickening feeling.
...........................................

[OldRedneck]

4. I was in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi

Will NEVER forget.

Ended up in Donaldsonville, LA. My Cajun cousin and I along with several of his friends and our duck hunting boats headed for NO the day after Katrina where we spent three tough days pulling people out of attics, off roofs, and the like. Meanwhile, Brownie sat in a hotel room in Baton Rouge trying to decide which tie to wear to his press conference.

[Tactical Peek]

5. I cannot let the opportunity pass untaken.

000
WWUS74 KLIX 281550
NPWLIX

URGENT — WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28, 2005

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED
STRENGTH... RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE
OUTSIDE!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Weather_Service_bulletin_for_Hurricane_Katrina


(I started to rewrite it substituting phraseology fitting the Russian stooge, but it's late - maybe tomorrow.)

[raccoon]

11. thanks for posting. nt

[ffr]

6. Well said!

[world wide wally]

7. The cabinet hearing is just a fucking parade of rich incompetents dedicated to corruption and every

last one of them will be approved.
It's virtually impossible to be a patriotic American anymore.

[KittyWampus]

12. Cabinet full of Brownies.

[TheBlackAdder]

8. Fall of Soviet Union created "New Russians" (slang word). Fall of USA will create "New Americans."

.


'New Russians' is a derogatory term for people who profit from corruption and shady business practices.


We're going to see the new generation of 'New Americans' who will take kleptocracy to new perverted levels.


.

[KittyWampus]

13. That goes along with what's called in Russia a "Managed Democracy".

which we sort of have now with voter suppression.

[uponit7771]

10. +1

[jimlup]

18. My daughter is getting married early

to protect her fiancee from Trump. They will get married with the family present in July but they are acting legally now because of Trump. My soon to be son in law is South American.

[Tactical Peek]

20. URGENT POLITICAL WEATHER MESSAGE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028497819