Pretty interesting NO pics and story

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Pretty interesting NO pics and story

Posted: 9/9/2005 8:11:42 PM EDT

Link.

You have to register it seems but it just takes a username and BS E-Mail addy.

Worth it I think.

Plus the guy incriminates himself in a felony!

Posted: 9/9/2005 8:13:28 PM EDT

[#1]

I prefer to use [email protected]

Posted: 9/9/2005 8:17:09 PM EDT

[#2]

Who the hell used the fake email address of "[email protected]"?!

That's my fake email address, damnit.

Posted: 9/9/2005 8:28:19 PM EDT

[#3]

Here is a fake email and password:

[email protected]

ar15ar15

Posted: 9/9/2005 8:33:37 PM EDT

[#4]

Ok so tell Mr. Lazy here what the felony was? I am too lazy to read through all of that.

Posted: 9/9/2005 8:40:14 PM EDT

[#5]

He stole a truck and drove to Texas...!!
Improvise, adapt and overcome!!!

C.g.

Posted: 9/9/2005 8:42:26 PM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
He stole a truck and drive to Texas...!!
Improvise, adapt and overcome!!!

C.g.

I fully agree, I just would not post pics!

How about the scared white men in a sea of black photo! Yeesh!

Posted: 9/9/2005 8:51:40 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
He stole a truck and drove to Texas...!!

he said he "borrowed" his friend's truck -- the guy said "do what you need to do". good freind.

ar-jedi

Posted: 9/9/2005 9:13:36 PM EDT

[#8]

At 6 in the morning on Day 5 we said good bye to each other and wished each other the best. Andy and I walked a mile to the Convention Center carrying as many important things as you could carry in two backpacks. When we got to the Convention Center and we turned the block... this is the site we saw. Thousands and thousands of people who had slept on their chairs waiting for the buses since last night.

My jaw dropped and a sudden state of fear grasped my body. However, I maintained utter calmness. It was obvious that they were NOT going to help these people evacuate any time soon. They had been forgotten and obviously and shamelessly ignored. And it was evident that Andy and I were merely two specs of salt in a sea of pepper. Not only would we have to wait forever, but more than anything, we would probably suffer dire conditions after it would be obvious that we wouldn't "fit in". It was clear to me that we would have to find another way out. We left the Convention Center and my first intuition is to walk around the city. I wanted to clear my head, but I also had a weird and crazy plan in mind.

I searched and searched for parking lots and broke into three cars. I was unsuccessful in hotwiring all of them (I mean, do ANY of YOU know how to? I mean c'mon, I was raised with a golden spoon and now I'm committing a minor felony). I was getting frustrated when I remembered a conversation Andy and I had with a friend a couple of days before evacuation. He said that he owned a series of trucks and that he would lock them up in his factory. If worst came to worse, he told us that we could do what we had to do. We walked another mile to the factory over by Calliope and Annunciation Street. The factory had been already been looted. They took power tools, hammers, etc. Two trucks lay there untouched.

I looked around under dim light for anything. I didn't know what I was looking for, but I had to do something. In the back of the wharehouse there was a small window. Behind the window was a small office. Inside the office, there was a small box that said "truck keys". I grabbed a metal pipe, and quitely, but succesfully smashed the window. There was only one key... to truck #25. The trucks that were there, were #6 and 25. I don't remember much after I turned on the ignition. We drove towards the Westbank where we had "heard" that there was a way out. It was true. However, we had no gas and the tank was on "E". Thirty miles outside of Baton Rouge, and 45 minutes after riding on "E", we found a gas station... they didn't take cash. A man paid for our gas with his credit card and for 5 others. The next stop... Houston, Texas. I don't want to say this was all Divine Intervention... but it's not too late to start believing... - Alvaro R. Morales Villa

Posted: 9/9/2005 9:16:01 PM EDT

[#9]

tag

Posted: 9/10/2005 3:38:04 AM EDT

[#10]

interesting read, thanks

Posted: 9/10/2005 5:18:30 AM EDT

[#11]

Here's something unexpected:

we found a gas station... they didn't take cash. A man paid for our gas with his credit card and for 5 others.

I take it they didn't want to have large sums of cash in their pockets when the wolves roamed the streets. Kind of the opposite of everyone's theories about cash/gold being the king in emergencies!!

Black Fox

Posted: 9/10/2005 8:35:48 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Here's something unexpected:
I take it they didn't want to have large sums of cash in their pockets when the wolves roamed the streets. Kind of the opposite of everyone's theories about cash/gold being the king in emergencies!!
Black Fox

Very true, but this is only one scenario and I sure wouldn't have it in my pockets.

What happens when that credit card machine goes down.....

Crpdeth

Posted: 9/10/2005 8:55:43 AM EDT

[#13]

I needs me some new shoes!!!

Good pics

Posted: 9/10/2005 9:16:56 AM EDT

[#14]

These are great pics of before, during ,and after.

These are places where the press would not show because of lack of interest or looters.
It was amazing how alot of the buildings are not flooded or heavily damaged.

Posted: 9/10/2005 7:29:39 PM EDT

[#15]

BTT.

Posted: 9/10/2005 8:24:20 PM EDT

[#16]

Five0..went through ALL 197 pics... GREAT "essay" I thank you for a GREAT thread!

Posted: 9/11/2005 3:30:48 AM EDT

[#17]

No question about it, the best I have seen about the N.O. disaster. Great read.

Posted: 9/11/2005 4:02:08 AM EDT

[#18]

Haven't read throught the whole thing yet, but the snippets so far are encouraging. This sort of thing gives me faith that there are still real Americans out there who are prepared to deal with their problems themselves, rather then sit on their ass and wait for Big Brother to solve all of their problems for them. And of couse blame the nearest Republican when Big Brother fails to make their lives flawless.

Posted: 9/11/2005 4:06:46 AM EDT

[#19]

Tag

Posted: 9/11/2005 4:17:59 AM EDT

[#20]

tag

Posted: 9/27/2005 2:29:03 PM EDT

[#21]

What happened to the pictures???? I get an ugly woman instead.

Posted: 9/27/2005 2:32:03 PM EDT

[#22]

album deleted, did anyone grab it?

Posted: 9/27/2005 3:47:24 PM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Here's something unexpected:
I take it they didn't want to have large sums of cash in their pockets when the wolves roamed the streets. Kind of the opposite of everyone's theories about cash/gold being the king in emergencies!!
Black Fox

Very true, but this is only one scenario and I sure wouldn't have it in my pockets.

What happens when that credit card machine goes down.....

Crpdeth

Well, if the credit card machine goes down for lack of power, chances are that the electrically-operated gas pumps are also going to stop working.

If the credit card machine goes down for other reasons, and there's still power, well I imagine that they would either accept cash or close up.