Hurricane Laura

[K_Dubb]

Your knowledge and mastery of kanly...

I haven't the slightest idea what you're talking about.

[Jackstar]

It's a very narrow field of law. You probably know it by some other, more gay name. Feel free to keep that to yourself and Boris.

[albrecht]

Haha yeah I have never knowingly heard a note of theirs but he's cute as a box of puppies.  Roy posted him to illustrate "Fag Gab" ages ago and, under culture-war rules that allow me to appropriate any weapon formed against me and use it until everyone is thoroughly sick of it, I seized it right away.

Glad it isn't as bad as advertised but interesting to see experts defending their panicky storm-surge predictions the way they always do.  Same as the covid operation where, if we overstate things, more people will seek safety so sell, sell, sell.  And if you display the slightest degree of skepticism you are a science denier and very likely some sort of backwoods primitive Christian.

I'm not sure if technically called primitive or restorative but some of the churches who look backward have the best choirs because, in their view, instruments are prohibited (or at least not prescribed) in worship.

It used to be that skepticism, even of government, was considered a good- or even liberal or scientific- thing. Now we are told that "science is settled" and "government should not be questioned*"
* caveat- except for Orangeman.

[K_Dubb]

I'm not sure if technically called primitive or restorative but some of the churches who look backward have the best choirs because, in their view, instruments are prohibited (or at least not prescribed) in worship.

It used to be that skepticism, even of government, was considered a good- or even liberal or scientific- thing. Now we are told that "science is settled" and "government should not be questioned*"
* caveat- except for Orangeman.

Oh yes the shapenote singers!  I believe they are the only congregations who routinely sing parts any more with any conviction; everyone else just approximates the melody in an anemic discordant wash.

[pate]

I take it that Laura wasn't as cruel as predicted?

I sure wish she would take a turn up the Missouri River valley and give Kansas City some rain instead of heading up the Ohio...

It is like a desert around here.

Glad you survived, alby!

-p

ediot: dessert

[albrecht]

I take it that Laura wasn't as cruel as predicted?

I sure wish she would take a turn up the Missouri River valley and give Kansas City some rain instead of heading up the Ohio...

It is like a desert around here.

Glad you survived, alby!

-p

ediot: dessert

Apparently the evacuation was almost more dangerous than the storm in some cases. And there are other 'factors' involved, as usual. 

https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/apd-investigating-fatal-shooting-in-downtown-austin/   

"AUSTIN (KXAN) â€" A woman died in a downtown Austin shooting after two groups of hurricane evacuees clashed near Sixth Street and Brazos Street early Thursday morning, Austin Police Department reports. According to APD, the incident began as a fight in the street involving about 50 to 60 people. Dispatch received multiple 911 calls about the fight, and then an update that shots had been fired. A woman, believed to be experiencing homelessness, was taken to the hospital and later died."

This is in keeping with normal though. Katrina caused lots of criminality and problems in Texas due to refugees.

[albrecht]

https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/raccoon-tests-positive-for-rabies-after-dog-attacks-kills-it-in-downtown-austin/ 

"The raccoon did test positive for rabies, the city confirmed. Officers contacted the dog’s owner, who is a Hurricane Laura evacuee."

[Asuka Langley]

This is in keeping with normal though. Katrina caused lots of criminality and problems in Texas due to refugees niggers.

[ItsOver]

I take it that Laura wasn't as cruel as predicted?...


-p

ediot: dessert

Take a look at some of the online pics of Lake Charles.  It looks like it was bombed.  Someone was saying it was equivalent to an entire city being hit by an F2 tornado that lasted for over an hour in the same place.

[Tootsie]

How's my fave nazi doing?   

[Asuka Langley]

How's my fave nazi doing?   

>says the kike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSy6ENVAJlY

[Tootsie]

 

>says the kike

that's me honey 

[albrecht]

Take a look at some of the online pics of Lake Charles.  It looks like it was bombed.  Someone was saying it was equivalent to an entire city being hit by an F2 tornado that lasted for over an hour in the same place.

Indeed. Houston was spared and by that I meant it wasn't as bad as the reporters were predicting but parts of LA got hit bad and even places in Arkansas etc from the storm once inland. Lots of people without power- which I can tell you aint fun in LA in the summer! Hopefully the Drive Thru Daiquiri places are open...

[ItsOver]

Indeed. Houston was spared and by that I meant it wasn't as bad as the reporters were predicting but parts of LA got hit bad and even places in Arkansas etc from the storm once inland. Lots of people without power- which I can tell you aint fun in LA in the summer! Hopefully the Drive Thru Daiquiri places are open...

Yep, you definitely don’t want to be in the Lake Charles area right now.  Basically turned into a third world country with Laura.  Damaged/ destroyed buildings all over, trees and power lines down, no electricity, no public water in most areas, with temps in the upper nineties and high humidity.  Low death toll, so far, but I’m sure a lot of folks evacuated.  Virtually all high wind damage.

[Jackstar]

the Lake Charles area right now.  Basically turned into a third world country with Laura.  Damaged/ destroyed buildings all over, trees and power lines down, no electricity, no public water in most areas, with temps in the upper nineties and high humidity.  Low death toll, so far, but

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[albrecht]

Yep, you definitely don’t want to be in the Lake Charles area right now.  Basically turned into a third world country with Laura.  Damaged/ destroyed buildings all over, trees and power lines down, no electricity, no public water in most areas, with temps in the upper nineties and high humidity.  Low death toll, so far, but I’m sure a lot of folks evacuated.  Virtually all high wind damage.

I cast no aspersions and love the folks there but, let's face it, LA isn't the most comfortable state in the best of times. There is a reason people there must drink incessantly and have weird culture necessitating Drive Thru Daiquiri stores and corrupt- but flamboyant (in a non-homo way)-  politicians. 

[Jackstar]

There is a reason people there must drink incessantly and have weird culture necessitating Drive Thru Daiquiri stores and corrupt- but flamboyant (in a non-homo way)-  politicians.

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Louisiana is an actual sewer. Aptly named.

[albrecht]

Louisiana is an actual sewer. Aptly named.

Sportsman Paradise. But, yeah, why they need to medicate, disinfect, and sanitize their blood-stream with incessant drinking of alcohol. 

[ItsOver]

I cast no aspersions and love the folks there but, let's face it, LA isn't the most comfortable state in the best of times. There is a reason people there must drink incessantly and have weird culture necessitating Drive Thru Daiquiri stores and corrupt- but flamboyant (in a non-homo way)-  politicians.

I’ve driven though the I-10 area of Louisiana frequently over the years, always to get somewhere other than there. It's definitely it’s own culture, especially in the Lafayette/ Acadiana area. Still, everyone I’ve run into has been a down-to-Earth, good person, if you can understand them. It maybe a hell hole swamp to most, but it’s home to them.  If I had to choose between some damnable place, though, like NYC or the LA swamp, I’d go with Boudreaux. I wouldn’t wish something like hurricane Laura on anyone one.  Well, maybe Dave Noorie.

[albrecht]

I’ve driven though the I-10 area of Louisiana frequently over the years, always to get somewhere other than there. It's definitely it’s own culture, especially in the Lafayette/ Acadiana area. Still, everyone I’ve run into has been a down-to-Earth, good person, if you can understand them. It maybe a hell hole swamp to most, but it’s home to them.  If I had to choose between some damnable place, though, like NYC or the LA swamp, I’d go with Boudreaux. I wouldn’t wish something like hurricane Laura on anyone one.  Well, maybe Dave Noorie.

Salt of the earth and lots of fun times to be had there. Good, solid people with some allowance for drunkenness and high-jinx. Recall how they helped out during Harvey etc. And just to survive in that environment. 

But also a bizarre place. You have to love situations in which a political slogan is "Vote For The Crook- It's Important"* is a winning one (a campaign slogan I suggested for Billary to steal but she did not use, and so lost each time.)

*to add to the hilarity, it was later determined that one of the juries that acquitted Edwards had stolen towels from the hotel in which they were sequestered. And he quipped that "he was judged by a jury of his peers."

[ItsOver]

Salt of the earth and lots of fun times to be had there. Good, solid people with some allowance for drunkenness and high-jinx. Recall how they helped out during Harvey etc. And just to survive in that environment. 

But also a bizarre place. You have to love situations in which a political slogan is "Vote For The Crook- It's Important"* is a winning one (a campaign slogan I suggested for Billary to steal but she did not use, and so lost each time.)

*to add to the hilarity, it was later determined that one of the juries that acquitted Edwards had stolen towels from the hotel in which they were sequestered. And he quipped that "he was judged by a jury of his peers."

Ha!  Bizarre place is right.  New Orleans is still a good place for a trip away from typical America, without leaving the country.  Some kind of bizarre, rough around the edges, melange of Southern, Afro, French, redneck culture, wallowing in humidity and Spanish moss.  Good booze and food, though.  Oh, yeah, and for Louisiana, praise to The Cajun Navy.

[albrecht]

Ha!  Bizarre place is right.  New Orleans is still a good place for a trip away from typical America, without leaving the country.  Some kind of bizarre, rough around the edges, melange of Southern, Afro, French, redneck culture, wallowing in humidity and Spanish moss.  Good booze and food, though.  Oh, yeah, and for Louisiana, praise to The Cajun Navy.

Awesome good place, times, and people. In HS I once threw up on a guy with a derringer in his boot (which I saw only after I erupted. I blame rich roux, not shots and beers.)  In a place on stilts over a swamp. Who knows what would've happened if I didn't have some folks backing me up and he was surprised. Back when LA was- like Ol' Mex- a place where kids could go drink (also to, sadly, some of the deadliest roads to/from TX to LA.)  I also had experienced "missing time" in NOLA during Mardi Gras before. I doubt UFOs were involved.

[pate]

Awesome good place, times, and people. In HS I once threw up on a guy with a derringer in his boot (which I saw only after I erupted. I blame rich roux, not shots and beers.)  In a place on stilts over a swamp. Who knows what would've happened if I didn't have some folks backing me up and he was surprised. Back when LA was- like Ol' Mex- a place where kids could go drink (also to, sadly, some of the deadliest roads to/from TX to LA.)  I also had experienced "missing time" in NOLA during Mardi Gras before. I doubt UFOs were involved.

I believe Louisiana was the last state to raise the legal drinking age to 21 from 18, I just missed getting "grandfathered in."  Apparently, if you were over 18 and under 21 when the law changed you were still allowed to drink.  Or something...

[ItsOver]

...I also had experienced "missing time" in NOLA during Mardi Gras before. I doubt UFOs were involved.

Tommee needs to scheduled you for a show.  You could no doubt get through a whole show without Snorge having a clue as to what was involved. “It was astounding, Jorch.  I woke up, face down on Bourbon Street, wondering how I got there...”



“Amazeen”

[albrecht]

Tommee needs to scheduled you for a show.  You could no doubt get through a whole show without Snorge having a clue as to what was involved. “It was astounding, Jorch.  I woke up, face down on Bourbon Street, wondering how I got there...”



“Amazeen”

George Norway used to tell a tale in which he fell for the old joke bet "where you gots your boots/shoes?" when he was in NOLA. Usually this "bet" is offered to tourists by small black boys (who often have sidelines like doing cartwheels, shoeshines, or 3 card monte hustles.) I like to imagine that "Corny" was the small colored boy who gleefully told George Norway "you gots your shoes on Canal Street- right now!" So won the bet and took his dollar and ran off. Leaving George Norway befuddled that he fell for it. And his buddies giving him a hard time over it the rest of the night.