I read this over at CF and it is truly chilling what is going on in New Orleans. This is the kind of stuff that isn't on the news and thought you may want to see for yourself...

Drove into HELL (New Orleans) last night... Sensitive types stay out

First off I wanted to post what REALLY is going on in this city. Please don't get this thread locked people. The news stations are only showing a minuscule of reality. This post may offend some people but I will post what I saw, like it or not it is REALITY.
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Well last night I was watching the 6pm news when they announced the 17th street canal pumps failed as well as another break in the levee. My house is right off St. Charles Ave. and up to 6pm yesterday is was the only part of the city that was dry. Since the pumps failed and the new break St. Charles Ave. would be under 9ft of water in the next 12-15hrs. My brother and I felt if we wanted to save anything we had to leave NOW. We loaded up flashlights, rope, our medical ID's, both our .45 Glocks, 2 shotguns and rode out. En-route we listened to the radio which broad casted all the news about the looters and what not, in hindsight it was a mistake. My mother didn't want us to go by dad who is a Vietnam vet told to be safe and "shoot to kill" if it ever comes to that.

One the way we had to pass 5-6 checkpoints to allow entry into the city. We stated we were medical personnel who were activated, showed our ID and off we went. On the radio reports were coming in about the officer who was shot in the head, the 2 gunman who opened fired on the NOPD station, and how looters were carjacking cars to get out of the city. This started making my brother nervous and giving seconds thoughts.

Anyway we get to the city and it looks like a freaking war zone. The best visual I can give is the movie "Blackhawk Down" when all the Somalians are rushing the city. They are people EVERYWHERE, they are pissed off, and all have weapons, 2X4's, Axes, and guns. If this wasn't bad enough we are 2 white boys in a truck in a sea several hundred armed pissed off blacks. There wasn't a white person to be found. I couldn't get over the little 8-10yr old kids with weapons, I ever saw one carry a claw hammer!

These people were absolutely nuts rammed trucks(stolen I'm sure) in to jewelry stores stealing items, they were tearing apart Wal-Mart carrying out TV's, Playstations, DVD players, etc. One lady was wheeling out an entire rack of merchandise, not sure what it was but sure wasn't clothes for food. They were all laughing and carrying on like it's freaking Christmas.

We got stuck in traffic when we see the group of guys walking down the street w/ AK-47's, at that point the "pucker factor" kicked in, a couple Glocks and shotguns were no match for that. We haul azz trying to get to Uptown when we see these people chopping down the front door w/ an axe of this $4-5 million dollar mansion on ST. Charles Ave. I was just in total awe because it was so surreal. Making matters worse it's 11pm at night there is no electricity and you really can see anything or anyone until they are right up on you.

Our plan was to be in and out in 30min, this included putting his Harley on the trailer. It would have taken me 5-10min tops to get my stuff, all I wanted was my pictures from college, my clothes/shoes, and my computer tower. Well he got scared saying we are going to get jumped while putting the bike on the trailer. Keep in mind this is the only area in the city that is dry. So just like rats who move to higher ground these people were doing the same. Word must have gotten out that Uptown was dry so there started to be a large influx of people.

Needless to say he wanted to go home rather than take our chances. While it was the smart thing to do I was beyond infuriated w/ him because we made it this far. He just kept saying our lives aren't worth it. So we turned around, our next challenge was getting out of the city while not getting jacked. Reports came out that people were jumping in the back of truck holding the drivers at gunpoint. Traffic started to slow so I just nailed it got out as fast as I could.

Even though he was the voice of reason I'm still pissed. All I have is my life and the clothes on my back. I lost my house(which is now 9ft underwater) ALL my clothes, TV, computer, furniture, and photo albums and videos from childhood and college. What makes this worse is my brother owned the house and I was a tenant and I didn't have renters insurance, hindsight is 20/20.

I also hope everyone of the F*(king looters get Tetanus, E-Coli and F*(KING drown. I'm serious I really hope the all die for what they were doing to the city, killing people, and destroying homes. Never in my life have I ever seen people act live savages, it was truly sicking.Daytona6938595.9244097222

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Glad to here your okay Jose

But......I'd just like to say that I hope any of our members in either LA or MS are safe and sound.  In my 47 years of life this is by far the worst thing I've ever seen.  The normal person can not imagine the extent of this until they have lived throught it.  Good Luck and God Bless to everyone and their families.

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Thanks, Mark....Now I'm ashamed I complained as much as I did about 2 days with no electricity....God help these people.

JR

This thing just punctuates what the survivalist have been saying all along. When your government can no longer protect you it becomes the haves vs the have nots. If you are not able to protect your family there may be no one else to do it for you. If you don't stock pile food there may be none for you and if you have it you may have to secure it. There are many in Florida that no matter what they are told about having gas , cash, and food when a storm is coming and yet when all is said and done there will be hundreds if not thousands driving around hunting for it the day after the storm passes. Let this be a lesson to us all to be prepared because you just don't know whats coming. And may God have mercy on those along the Gulf.

With 5 days notice of the storm,why didnt the governor of Louisiana have supplys stocked up and ready? Why did they deploy only 2000 National Guard during that time to standby,instead of 4 days after the fact? Only some of over 230,000 people actually left.I think that requires a few more guardsmen,dont you? You want to blame all this on the President?

Let's not get all political about this, please.

Thanks!

Watching it unfold from afar is one of those frustratingly experiences of utter helplessness mixed
with disbelief. I hope our government has the fortitude
to come up with a timely tangible and useful way of
contributing assistance somehow. What a shocker. Chris.

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Let's not get all political about this, please.

Thanks!

[/QUOTE] Sorry,but I'm frustrated & dumbfounded that even with the huge logistical problems,& never before seen catastophy we have down South thats its taking this long myself,but we cant lay all this in the Presidents lap! They had some warning in those states and it seems that no one down there had a plan of action already mobilizing or on stand-by

Adam, I don't know if its politcal or not, or is it just stinging assault on all that we know is right. We are the richest and most industrialized country in the world, that after 9/11 was supposed to be prepared for the worst. We all share the blame in some form or another, after all we are a democracy. I'm sure that the Military was biting at the bit to do what they do best and that is to protect the less fortunate. I can only imagine how this is playing out around the world. Our forces are ready to move in less than 24 hours. Its the pencil pushers that need their forms in triplicate that hold these things up. But they are there now doing the difficult job of trying to bring order out of chaos and they will have many sleepless nights trying to cope with seeing fellow Americans in that sad state. And I promise to digress no more.