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QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 11:10 AM) Not only that, but for years and years experts have been asking to have the levees rebuilt and nothing got done. I was just talking about that with a coworker (and Brian and I talked about this when it happened). With the age of those levees there should have been a plan in place if there should have been a breech. How in creation could there NOT be a plan for this? :banghead

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 10:26 AM) A shortage of money is NOT the problem. Being unorganzied, having no plan in place, passing the buck, and flat out not giving a s*** is the problem. I just don't understand how the state government of LA and the federal government can be so unorganized. Wasn't there an emergency plan for if one of the levees broke?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 09:42 AM) It embarasses me as an American that this situation has become what it is. Shameful. Ditto.

Yas - great work!

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 08:40 AM) Jim and I are going to buy that garage fridge tomorrow, and a bigger generator also. Just got off the phone with Life Source for tomorrow as well. After the wedding, we are going to be getting a small chest freezer. I don't know if we have a generator or not truthfully (he's got so many things in the garage that I lose track every now and then), but that is something to look into getting. We had a fridge for the garage but friends of ours mentioned they needed one so we gave it to them only to find out they gave it to someone else who ended up throwing it away - kinda ticked us off as we would have kept it for the garage if they didn't want it (that or see if anyone else needed one).

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 2, 2005 -> 08:27 AM) I was mesmerized by the water coming out of the faucet as I brushed my teeth... I know what you mean. Brian and I are going to stock up on water and canned goods this weekend. We've been doing the canned good thing in our house for about 6 months now, but want to make sure there are bottles of water available as well. Made our donation to red cross this morning - wish there was more I could do, but it seems donating is the best that we (as in citizens not near the area) can do for now. Donations and , that is.

I really think the government at state AND federal levels have massively dropped the ball here.

QUOTE(winodj @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 09:50 PM) Holy crap, I hit 4000 posts today.

It didn't look intentional to me.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 03:19 PM) I meant to ask you.. was 294 at your end light yesterday morning..? I didn't get the full story on that truck accident, but was wondering if it effected you at all. It is south of me. It didn't affect me at all - I have been bypassing and not getting on until 95th street because of the backups from the toll booth construction. Brian had a small delay getting to 127th street yesterday morning. Looks like they are thinking the trucker with the printers' ink fell asleep. I couldn't believe the condition of the cab when I saw it.

QUOTE(alexgtp @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 03:13 PM) time to start riding the bicycle to and from work.. i dont think 60 miles roundtrip on a bike would be that bad. How about 80? lol I really wish the train was an option for me.

I read that on NBC5. Sad.

QUOTE(Steff @ Sep 1, 2005 -> 02:57 PM) Went to lunch at Simons on Roosevelt.. on the way there gas was 3.04 at the Marathon. On the way back to work it was 3.54. Sounds like what I saw driving home last night down RT 83 and then 111th street - it was $3.00 when I started and it was $3.30 by the time I got home. :banghead

That sucks Tex! You'll find a job quick enough.

I was just looking at those pictures of before and after. Absolutely astounding.

I just read in the Southtown someone stole the collection money from my church two weeks ago (about $2000).

Congrats!

I really hate month end. I cannot access any of our systems so my work piles up for a couple hrs until the systems are back up.

It seems like Marathon is charging about $3.50 for 87 octane when all the others are ranging between 3.00 and 3.30 (between last night and early this morning). I am going to have to start taking out a small mortgage just so I can get to work .

Happy birthday! Trying to think of something clever, but the allergy meds are denying me this .

If said 16 year old can afford it (it = payments/note, fuel, repairs and insurance) said 16 year old can get one.

I didn't see this posted here, thought it should be (sorry if it is a repeat): Packers' team plane also carried supplies to South GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- The Green Bay Packers flew to Nashville on Wednesday for their final preseason game -- but only after loading the team airplane with generators and other emergency supplies to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Quarterback Brett Favre was among the Packers with relatives and friends in the Gulf Coast region that has been devastated by the hurricane. Favre had the blessing of coach Mike Sherman to drive a truck with supplies to Hattiesburg, Miss., where his wife and children were at home, after the team got to Nashville. But with many of the roads in Mississippi impassable and the airports closed, Favre reconsidered. For now, ``what I've done is try to get the word out,'' he said. Favre, with the help of equipment manager Red Batty, rounded up supplies, including generators, food and water, that were loaded onto the chartered plane. ``When we get to Nashville, there's going to be a guy who drives (the supplies) to Hattiesburg,'' Favre said after the team has a workout in the Don Hutson Center. ``From there, hopefully, we can disperse this even further south.'' ``To think that we're going to try to play football and enjoy it, it's difficult. Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair teamed up with Favre and arranged to fill a tractor-trailer with relief supplies. The co-MVP of 2003, who has a home near that of Favre, also is offering to swap an autographed photo in exchange for each minimum donation of $100 to his foundation. Those funds will be distributed to victims in rural Mississippi such as his hometown of Mount Olive, Miss. McNair's personal manager, Raymond White, said the news coverage has concentrated directly on the Gulf, such as Gulfport and Biloxi, which is where the first emergency relief trucks are headed. ``You still have others ... that've been hit, too,'' White said. ``That's what Steve is trying to do is hit some of those rural areas where there might be only one gas station around, to help out people.'' White said McNair and Favre worked out the details by telephone for tractor-trailer that was filled with water, canned foods, generators and other supplies. Favre's childhood home in the Gulf Coast town of Kiln, Miss., was destroyed by the storm. Wide receiver Javon Walker also was among the players profoundly affected by the disaster. He said he received a phone call Wednesday morning from his mother. She informed him that his grandparents and two uncles can't be found in Moss Point, Miss., which is just outside Biloxi. Walker's parents drove from their home in Texas to search for Lucille and Paul Goldsmith, both of whom are in their 80s, and their sons, Paul and Earl Goldsmith. ``Obviously, dealing with what they're going through, it puts a lot of things in perspective for me, as far as family and friends,'' Walker said. ``I just want them to be safe because sometimes, you take for granted what our grandparents do for us. ``I'm just going to pray for them and hope that everything is OK.'' With lines of communication wiped out, Packers linebacker Ray Thompson isn't sure how many of his family members are holding up. Thompson's mother, grandmother and a number of aunts and cousins reside in various parts of battered New Orleans. ``I just can't watch the news. Everything is just bad news,'' Thompson said. Updated on Wednesday, Aug 31, 2005 9:47 pm EDT

I meant to click B and I clicked A. Oops

QUOTE(winodj @ Aug 31, 2005 -> 06:25 PM) 30.5 miles. I beat ya . . . er . . . wait, that isn't a good thing - 40 to and 40 back for me. Brian is 64 total. :banghead

On my way home tonight I saw prices go from 3 to 3.3 for 87 octane. Only going to go up from there.