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Post by pitbulllady on Sept 12, 2005 11:22:32 GMT -5
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Post by lizardgirl on Sept 12, 2005 12:36:25 GMT -5
They're so brave and strong to be willing to carry on after their lives have been turned completely upside-down, but with that kind of hope, I'm sure they'll be able to turn everything around again.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 12, 2005 15:12:11 GMT -5
I don't quite agree with that last part Cool. This event will remain in New Orleans' history...
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Post by pitbulllady on Sept 12, 2005 15:36:55 GMT -5
Yeah, it will still take a long, long time to completely bounce back from this, but I have more confidence now that it will happen. The people who have defied both Mother Nature AND the state and Federal government to remain with their homes and business and tough this thing out are the ones who embody the true spirit of New Orleans, and these are the ones who will save it, and bring it up from the brink of ruin like a Phoenix from the ashes, NOT the government! These are the people who really made the city what it was.
pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 12, 2005 15:41:46 GMT -5
They'll never be the same though...
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Post by Beboots on Sept 12, 2005 19:01:13 GMT -5
With any luck, it'll be like the devistation in the wake of a forest fire; at first, it looks like nothing could ever grow again, but after a while, green begins to peek through the black ash, and, after many long years, the forest grows back even stronger than before.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 13, 2005 13:50:39 GMT -5
Somebody watched Lion King 2 ^_^
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Post by ScrewyOldDame on Sept 14, 2005 21:46:37 GMT -5
Haha, Sean!
Anyways, I agree. It seems really far away from us in Canada and the UK, so it's impossible to fathom how much has been destroyed, but it is safe to say the culture in New Orleans may never be the same. The Cajuns who came down from Eastern Canada many moons ago are a subsequent part of the culture, and now are spread out like all the other refugees, so that place may never have the exact same flavour.
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Post by lizardgirl on Sept 15, 2005 12:15:13 GMT -5
I'm sure there are thousands upon thousands of people out there who really, truly loved New Orleans, including its inhabitants, so I guess they really will be trying their best to get things back to normal, though I see what you mean about it never really being properly the same again.
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 15, 2005 14:40:16 GMT -5
Thanks RE, makes me feel better ^_^
Heh heh. Say....do the lower prices for gas nowadays have something to do with New Orleans? I think I heard something about the place being a provider for gas...
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Post by pitbulllady on Sept 15, 2005 15:26:05 GMT -5
Thanks RE, makes me feel better ^_^ Heh heh. Say....do the lower prices for gas nowadays have something to do with New Orleans? I think I heard something about the place being a provider for gas... LOWER prices?? WHAT "lower prices"? You WERE being sarcastic, right? Gas is still over $3.00 per gallon for regular at most places around here! And yes, most of the gasoline on the east coast of the US is refined in southern Louisiana, so many of those refineries are still off-line. From what I'm reading, that region supplies refined fuel for Great Britain, too, and there have been recent gasoline shortages there, as well, resulting in some stations running out and people there "panic buying" just like they did here in the Carolinas right after the hurricane. I told y'all that the impact of this thing would be felt world-wide, not just in the US. pitbulllady
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 15, 2005 15:49:29 GMT -5
Well... It's 2.77 low for us. That's better than the near 3.30 that they had.
I guess the natural land around New Orleans was mosit because of oil, or at least the moisted ground was the main reason.
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Post by Beboots on Sept 15, 2005 16:12:09 GMT -5
The gas prices up here jumped up by like 30 cents per litre in the last few weeks, but beyond that, we haven't really been affected. We get most of our shipments by water from the west coast, and since New Orleans was on the east coast (it IS a huge shipping port, right?)...
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Post by RandallBoggs on Sept 15, 2005 16:18:39 GMT -5
Guess I should feel grateful.
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Post by lizardgirl on Sept 17, 2005 7:49:38 GMT -5
Yep, there were panics for petrol over here- people were going mad and filling up their tanks as much as they could, but the shortage only lasted a week or so, and as far as I know, it's back to normal now.
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