Comments on: Hurricane Gustav Continues March To Gulf

71 Dead In Caribbean; New Orleans Considers Evacuation As Potential Cat. 3 Hurricane Looms

[hbevis]

I''''m not dumb enough to build a house where major natural disasters happen.

There actually are places like that in the US if you have the capacity to think about it.

I''''m sorry you folks aren''''t smart enough to figure it out yet.

Posted by shanev137 at 06:18 PM : Aug 28, 2008

This above is a crazy post. There is not many places in the world that you can''t get hurt or killed by some kind of natural disaster. So, lighten up and try and live with fact that there are millions of people that live where they can get hurt or killed. The people in this world always turn out to help the ones that have been hit.

[shanev137]

Why should I feel sorry for people who are seriously dumb enough to live in the path of hurricanes?
Posted by shanev137

I don''''t think anybody is asking you to feel sorry for them. But either way, when your home is destroyed by a natural disaster, nobody will feel sorry for you either.

Posted by Displeased at 04:57 PM : Aug 28, 2008

----------


I''m not dumb enough to build a house where major natural disasters happen.

There actually are places like that in the US if you have the capacity to think about it.

I''m sorry you folks aren''t smart enough to figure it out yet.

[brundage3]

CBS and other News outlets should discontinue there posting venues UNLESS they are willing to apply the AT LEAST the same rules of accuracy and Journalistic ethics that most major news papers use in their editorial pages.

A lot of folks may rage at this suggestion. Some may claim that tthe newspaper Do NOT apply good ehtics rules. Few will bother to research, study,,, (God forbid) actually READ succh ethics policies as those of the major city newspaper nearest to them.

That assumed,,, CBS and other web sites should apply them. Allowing these posts is not allowing us to utilize our constitutional right to free speech. We can do that without these sites. Shame on CBS for this stuff.

[nolalou]

On Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency and asked President Bush to make a "pre-landfall" disaster declaration. HOW ABOUT THEY WAIT UNTIL THE HURRICANE HITS BEFORE THEY STICK THERE HANDS OUT AGAIN AND THINK IT IS UP TO OUR GOVERMENT TO PAY FOR THERE SORRY ASSSSES FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS!!!!
Posted by maedean


This is not about sticking out hands out! A governor needs a federal declaration of an emergency in order to mobilize national guard, commandeer buses for evacuations, and make use of federal resources to get people out of harms way! Our last governor was criticized for waiting to long to ask for a declaration of a ''State of Emergency'', which gives the governor powers he or she needs to act in advance of a storm, not after it''s already hit!
So you can take your arrogant tone, and SHOVE IT! I went through Katrina and I D-AMN WELL KNOW WHAT I''M TALKING ABOUT WHILE IDIOTS LIKE YOU DON"T HAVE A F-ing clue!

[displeased]

My friend in Florida has to pay an additional $400 a month for one year, to her homeowners insurance company because homes and business located too close to the coast were destroyed. She didn''''t sustain damage to her home but paying $4800.00 extra a year to help these idiots rebuild their lives, SUCKS.
Posted by chyenna

Hey, they got to pay the price to live in paradise. I know people who are trying to move out of Florida for the same reason. They''ve been trying for two years but there are 6000 other houses for sale in their county. They''re going to be stuck there for a while.

[lloydbest1]

As of 1400 EDT, 28 August 2008:

Gustav is still a tropical storm nearing minimal Cat 1 hurricane strength. Sustained winds are 70 mph. Central pressure is 983 mb or (in English) 29.03 inches. Storm''s still moving westerly at 5 mph, seriously whizzing on Jamaica.
There has been little change in its projected path from updates earlier in the day. Most PROBABLE path still takes it straight into Terrebonne and St. Mary Parishes, less than 60 miles from the Big Easy, but this far out it could hit anywhere along the gulf from Corpus Christi clear to Apalachicola.
At this point it is still a wuss storm but it is headed into some VERY warm water that, in addition remains warm to a considerable depth. With all that heat energy available and diminishing wind shear that was pretty anemic to start with, Gustav is virtually certain to develop into a hurricane of up to Cat 3 strength.
Now is the time to start making plans. A lot can happen between now and Tuesday; we can hope Gustav will simply go away, but that''s not likely to happen. In four days one can cover a lot of ground even on foot. Get your more mobile neighbors to help. There are at least a quarter million folks left over from the last diaspora who have not returned home; maybe they can provide a space or lend a hand.
It''s an individual choice. Go or stay. But if N.O. draws the short straw again it will get ugly.

[maedean]

On Wednesday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency and asked President Bush to make a "pre-landfall" disaster declaration. HOW ABOUT THEY WAIT UNTIL THE HURRICANE HITS BEFORE THEY STICK THERE HANDS OUT AGAIN AND THINK IT IS UP TO OUR GOVERMENT TO PAY FOR THERE SORRY ASSSSES FOR ANOTHER THREE YEARS!!!!

[chyenna-2009]

People have known for hundreds of years that florida and the gulf are in the direct paths of hurricanes. Yes, there are other natural disaster in our conutry but never as constant as during hurriane season. People should never have been allowed to build their homes and businesses on the coasts. Helloooo, people, you put yourselves in danger every year. You know your in areas that frequently get slammed by hurricanes. And who is picking up the tab everytime this happens? My friend in Florida has to pay an additional $400 a month for one year, to her homeowners insurance company because homes and business located too close to the coast were destroyed. She didn''t sustain damage to her home but paying $4800.00 extra a year to help these idiots rebuild their lives, SUCKS. The rest of the country SHOULD NOT have to KEEP shelling out our money so the beach lovers can rebuild and rebuild and rebuild. Move your azzes out of the way and stay out of our pocketbooks.

[sistatee-2009]

I''m movin'' to the Big Sleazy so I can get me one of them FEMA trailers. Then I''m movin'' it to a gated-community in Beverly Hills. And pretty soon I''ll be sayin'' "Hi neighbor!"

[displeased]

Why should I feel sorry for people who are seriously dumb enough to live in the path of hurricanes?
Posted by shanev137

I don''t think anybody is asking you to feel sorry for them. But either way, when your home is destroyed by a natural disaster, nobody will feel sorry for you either.

[drinuk]

Here we go again, don''t the bloody oil companies just love a natural disaster threat. Just as they are running out of excuses for whacking up the prices, God goes and gives ''em a gem ! Time as come to Nationalise the bloody stuff, same with electric and gas, it is a PUBLIC utility, it''s ours !

[jubileeal]

now i am really disgusted. dumb enough to live in it''s path? are you really that ignorant... seriously, there could be a natural disaster anywhere in the united states. at least with hurricanes, we know they are coming.

trust me, we don''t want your pity...just don''t vacation here.

[shanev137]

people losing their lives and the devastation that a natural disaster can cause.

----------

Why should I feel sorry for people who are seriously dumb enough to live in the path of hurricanes?

[haoli25]

I''ll bet they are rolling some FAT ones in Jamaica right about now.

[donevis-2009]

This is what the drive by''''s live for, to say that the oil platform workers are being evacuated so that they will let all know that the price of oil will go up a bunch and that this could hit LA again and blame it on the GOP''''s for soemthing when they forgot that they now have a repub Gov. there so it will blow up in there worthless faces. The constitution needs to have limitations on what the worthless lib media says because they just love to tell of tragedy''''s that happen, they should all be deported to China, worthless thugs.

Posted by zgomer at 01:15 PM : Aug 28, 2008

I consider myself a good reader and listener. However sir I can''t seem to grasp what your trying to convey in this post. Whole lotta good ranting though.

[jubileeal]

This article was about a possible hurricane coming to the Gulf Coast... not politics. It mentioned people losing their lives and the devastation that a natural disaster can cause. But no one has mentioned any concern for them... or anything about the possible damage this storm could cause. All of the previous comments have taken a shot at either the Democrats or Republicans... When something like Katrina happens, does it really matter? I honestly don''t think that anyone in our government in either party wants a major hurricane to come to the Gulf Coast... but it sounds like you guys do just to see what will happen in politics. You are the ones who disgust me.

Let me guess... none of you are from the Gulf Coast.

[jubileeal]

This article was about a possible hurricane coming to the Gulf Coast... not politics. It mentioned people losing their lives and the devastation that a natural disaster can cause. But no one has mentioned any concern for them... or anything about the possible damage this storm could cause. All of the previous comments have taken a shot at either the Democrats or Republicans... When something like Katrina happens, does it really matter? I honestly don''t think that anyone in our government in either party wants a major hurricane to come to the Gulf Coast... but it sounds like you guys do just to see what will happen in politics. You are the ones who disgust me.

Let me guess... none of you are from the Gulf Coast.

[vranger]

"what did governor do ? what did mayor do?/ more important, what did the people do? you can''''t go thru life expecting the feds to take care of you....no matter what party is in charge."

Exactly. I''ve bought two houses in my 27 years of home ownership. BOTH were up a substantial hill. ;-)

In Katrina, an unparalleled situation occured that was beyond what FEMA was ready for, and it was just as ill prepared (or worse) for that situation when Clinton was President. Blaming that on Bush is the province of the ignorant.

[vranger]

"Think Gop_forever is a frustrated Republican soccer mom? Or possibly some dear soul in need of their meds."

Nope, I''ve seen GOP_forever''s posts for weeks in these political comments. He/she is not a Republican, he/she is a DNC support writing these lame posts in an attempt to make people thing that Republicans actually think like that ... but we don''t.

That is one sad and sick individual either way though, I absolutely agree.

[deacon20081]

I wonder if Nagin and his totally corrupt police force will try to take citizens guns away from them Again. How many were stolen and never recovered after they were siezed?