National Geographic Magazine Predicted New Orleans Disater almost a year ago.... - GoFuckYourself.com

Donny · 09-11-2005, 10:59 AM

National Geographic, October 2004:

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It was a broiling August afternoon in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Big Easy, the City That Care Forgot. Those who ventured outside moved as if they were swimming in tupelo honey. Those inside paid silent homage to the man who invented air-conditioning as they watched TV "storm teams" warn of a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico. Nothing surprising there: Hurricanes in August are as much a part of life in this town as hangovers on Ash Wednesday.

But the next day the storm gathered steam and drew a bead on the city. As the whirling maelstrom approached the coast, more than a million people evacuated to higher ground. Some 200,000 remained, however?the car-less, the homeless, the aged and infirm, and those die-hard New Orleanians who look for any excuse to throw a party.

The storm hit Breton Sound with the fury of a nuclear warhead, pushing a deadly storm surge into Lake Pontchartrain. The water crept to the top of the massive berm that holds back the lake and then spilled over. Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level?more than eight feet below in places?so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and strip joints on Bourbon Street like the pale rider of the Apocalypse. As it reached 25 feet (eight meters) over parts of the city, people climbed onto roofs to escape it.

Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States.

When did this calamity happen? It hasn't?yet. But the doomsday scenario is not far-fetched. The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City. Even the Red Cross no longer opens hurricane shelters in the city, claiming the risk to its workers is too great.

jimmyf · 09-11-2005, 11:01 AM

heard this on the news, they pertty well got it right on...

directfiesta · 09-11-2005, 11:08 AM

Pretty accurate ...

NOTE to citizens: always elect president that is capable of reading....

kaori · 09-11-2005, 11:13 AM

Wow!!
I've always kind of liked National Geographic..

warlock5 · 09-11-2005, 01:00 PM

When I was in high school years ago I saw a video that showed what would happen to New Orleans if a cat4 hurricane hit it.

baddog · 09-11-2005, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DonovanPhillips

National Geographic, October 2004

... Thousands drowned in the murky brew that was soon contaminated by sewage and industrial waste. Thousands more who survived the flood later perished from dehydration and disease as they waited to be rescued. It took two months to pump the city dry, and by then the Big Easy was buried under a blanket of putrid sediment, a million people were homeless, and 50,000 were dead. It was the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. . . .
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Guess it just goes to show how wrong they can be

tranza · 09-11-2005, 06:05 PM

it scares how they can predict so well such a thing

baddog · 09-11-2005, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by tranza

it scares how they can predict so well such a thing

It scares me that you think they were accurate

GatorB · 09-11-2005, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Guess it just goes to show how wrong they can be

Are you retarded? How were they wrong?

SplitLZ · 09-11-2005, 07:44 PM

That sucks it had to happen

baddog · 09-11-2005, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GatorB

Are you retarded? How were they wrong?

50,000 were dead

WarChild · 09-11-2005, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by jimmyf

heard this on the news, they pertty well got it right on...

Because Kerry had a hard and fast plan to rebuild the retaining walls to hold back a Class 4 or 5 Hurricane?

escorpio · 09-11-2005, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by directfiesta

NOTE to citizens: always elect president that is capable of reading....

How about a mayor and governor that can read? Or suggesting that the citizens read themselves and consider a move or at least a small amout of emergency preparation?

GatorB · 09-11-2005, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

50,000 were dead

And? You know what the final death count will be, Nostradamus? I mean it's almost 500 and they have searched what less than 5% of New Orleans? Not to mention the ones that are alive, but will die of diseases.

LauraLee · 09-11-2005, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

50,000 were dead

Except for the death toll, ALL the terrible details listed in that article from 2004 mimic Katrina's disaster to a Tee.
I consider this article to be both accurate and surreal.
Anyone assuming on a death toll is being silly. They haven't even come close to clearing all the dead and missing.
Also, the CDC is rather concerned about the possible threat of an epidemic breakout as the evacuees are being held and transported to many different city/states and locations.

baddog · 09-11-2005, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LauraLee

Except for the death toll, ALL the terrible details listed in that article from 2004 mimic Katrina's disaster to a Tee.
I consider this article to be both accurate and surreal.

Surreal? Give me a break. Anyone can predict what will happen to a city that is below sea level and hit by a cat 4 or 5 hurricane.

LauraLee · 09-11-2005, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Surreal? Give me a break. Anyone can predict what will happen to a city that is below sea level and hit by a cat 4 or 5 hurricane.

I wasn't referring to whether or not there would be flooding in a city under sea level (give me a break). I was referring to other details..25 feet under, folks escaping from their roofs, toxic water etc. Had i not known that article was 'hypothetical'- i would have thought it was written specifically about Katrina. Hence my use of 'surreal'. sheesh.

Dax · 09-11-2005, 08:36 PM

wow !!

I have that issue im gonna go look for it and read it !

broke · 09-11-2005, 08:37 PM

What were National Geographic's recommendations to prevent the further loss of life? Recommendations that could be used to prevent the tragedy?

broke · 09-11-2005, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by LauraLee

I was referring to other details..25 feet under, folks escaping from their roofs, toxic water etc.

LOL.

Those were real leaps, heh?

dready · 09-11-2005, 08:58 PM

They've also predicted things like the end of cheap oil in the very near future, but does that stop people from buying trucks and SUVs?

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