Comments on: Evacuate New Orleans Please

By: NutCheese

NutCheese — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:04:20 +0000

I live in San Francisco because I like earthquakes.

By: marquisdejolie

marquisdejolie — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:02:32 +0000

^ Scintillating lyrics, Marilyn.

If it keeps on rainin’, trees goin’ ta fall,
If it keeps on rainin’, trees goin’ ta fall,
When the trees fall, I’ll have no place to stay.

If it keeps on blowin’, trees goin’ ta fall,
If it keeps on blowin’, trees goin’ ta fall,
When the trees fall, I’ll have no place to stay.

If it keeps on erodin’, trees goin’ ta fall,
If it keeps on erodin’, trees goin’ ta fall,
When the trees fall, I’ll have no place to stay.

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:38:41 +0000

@22 & 23: Yeah, that’s “American Pie” by Don McLean. I think of that too, but I mostly think of Led Zeppelin. Here’s the first chorus:

If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break,
If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break,
When The Levee Breaks I’ll have no place to stay.

Now do you see what I mean.

PS: Don’t change my name, Kevin.

By: marquisdejolie

marquisdejolie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:22:20 +0000

@21
Don’t send them food. Send them luggage!

By: marquisdejolie

marquisdejolie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:15:53 +0000

^ Yeah, sukatra, I was thinking the “drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry” song, too.

By: sukatra

sukatra — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:24:28 +0000

@ 17 – thanks for putting that tune in my head. I fucking hate john melloncamp or whatever he’s calling himself now. pompous ass.

@19 – no, maryland, i don’t think of led zeppelin, but I do think of that song that talks about “drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.” bye bye american pie? I don’t know.

I just found out last week we have a levee in the town where I grew up. A hometown friend mentioned something like blah blah blah, you know, over by the levee, and I said “we have a levee?” I lived there for 21 years. And it was a very small town when i lived there.

By: Nalts

Nalts — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:40:12 +0000

Interesting chain… my inlaws asked about why people return. It’s an easy question to ask until you return and get a flavor of the region’s soul. And realize that the worst off are in the least capacity to move economically. It does remind me of Sam Kinison’s bit about moving people from the desert.

By: marquisdejolie

marquisdejolie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:28:41 +0000

The weather man says it might rain 16 to 20 inches here tomorrow. That might cause a blackout here. Mom and I are counting on it:

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:44:39 +0000

Random thoughts and replies to comments above:

Anybody who stays in NO in the face of Gustav is an idiot. There is no excuse for not leaving. These people have been through this before and they should know better.

Kevin: I hope your family is safe. They will be in my prayers.

I once worked as a Family Educator for a program called Even Start that worked with low-income families. They didn’t have 2 cents to rub together, but they all had big screen TVs, cable, computers, etc. People will find the money for what they think is important.

With the Army Corps of Engineers “fixing” the levees, NO doesn’t have a chance.

I know this is tasteless, but does anyone else ever think of the Led Zeppelin song “When the Levee Breaks” when the conversation centers on NO, Katrina, or hurricanes?

While I absolutely HATE upstate NY winters, that is the worst weather we ever get around here. No tornadoes (well, we did have one a few years back, but it was small and localized and not near my town), no earthquakes, except REALLY small ones, no hurricanes since Agnes in 1972, and I live on a hill where the nearest body of water that could flood is a small creek in my back yard at the bottom of said hill.

By: marquis

marquis — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:12:30 +0000

My 90 year-old Aunt Viola won’t leave her house in High Island. She never does, even when a hurricane took out 3/4ths of Winnie. Mom and I have got our own worries: the tall pines surrounding our house are just looking for an excuse to topple over onto our roof at the slightest wind. One already did a few years ago, taking out the front bedroom. The TV predictions of Gustav’s path looks to me like its making a beeline for Marshall. Hope my karma’s still good.