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My Corvette Photos Default Drove into HELL (New Orleans) last night... Sensitive types stay out Mods can you allow this to stay and not be absorbed into the Hurricane th read please. First off I wanted to post what REALLY is going on in this city. 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. 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. and up to 6pm yesterday is was the only part of the city that was dry. My br other and I felt if we wanted to save anything we had to leave NOW. En-route we listened to the radio which broad casted all the news about the looters and what not, in hindsight it was a mist ake. 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 an d 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 star ted 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, a nd 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 b lacks. 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 je welry stores stealing items, they were tearing apart Wal-Mart carrying o ut TV's, Playstations, DVD players, etc. One lady was wheeling out an en tire rack of merchandise, not sure what it was but sure wasn't clothes f or food. They were all laughing and carrying on like it's freaking Chris tmas. We got stuck in traffic when we see the group of guys walking down the st reet w/ AK-47's, at that point the "pucker factor" kicked in, a couple G locks 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 o f this $4-5 million dollar mansion on ST. Making matters worse it's 11pm at nigh t there is no electricity and you really can see anything or anyone unti l 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 compute r tower. Well he got scared saying we are going to get jumped while putt ing the bike on the trailer. Keep in mind this is the only area in the c ity that is dry. So just like rats who move to higher ground these peopl e 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 m ade it this far. So we tu rned around, our next challenge was getting out of the city while not ge tting jacked. Reports came out that people were jumping in the back of t ruck 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. I lost my house(which is now 9ft under water) ALL my clothes, TV, computer, furniture, and photo albums and vid eos from childhood and college. What makes this worse is my brother owne d the house and I was a tenant and I didn't have renters insurance, hind sight is 20/20. I also hope everyone of the F*(king looters get Tetanus, E-Coli and F*(KI NG 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 hav e I ever seen people act live savages, it was truly sicking.
Send a message via AIM to VetteBoy1979 Default All we can do is pray while we wait for all of this to subside. Cory, sor ry for your losses bro, but like your bro said, your lives are worth muc h more.
repo's Avatar Member Since: Jul 2001 "The dude is not in" Default Sorry to hear about your stuff, but you probably did the right thing. Friggin animals , they don't care as they have nothing to lose.
kapayakapaya's Avatar Member Since: Jul 2004 Default Wow, I could feel my body temperature rising while reading that.. Loot Walmart and you should still be shot but whatev er.
psychodiagnostik's Avatar Member Since: Jan 2005 Default That's horrible. This cataclysm really seems to have brought out the wors t in people. You and your brother seem intelligent an d hard working, ten years from now I'll bet you'll both have a new house , new bike, and memories of the good times. If you had went all the way, who knows what would have happened?
hawki's Avatar Member Since: Jul 1999 Very Small Town Iowa Default You and your brother are safe, I know it won't mean much at this time but the other stuff can be replaced.
GettReal's Avatar Member Since: Sep 2002 Oakville Ontario,Canada Default Quote: Originally Posted by packinair <--- speachless They dont show that on CNN.. they keep showing a clip that shows a few pe ople running out of convenience stores with candy and soda... that sound s scary as hell, especially when you mentioned blackhawk down. I am totally sorry for what you have lost, and also t hat you were so close to salvaging a few memories but your welfare was t hreatened trying to recover it Last edited by GettReal : Yesterday at 02:16 PM.
loiq's Avatar Member Since: Mar 2003 Thread highjackers are holding my cat hostage Default Good to hear you're OK. I was thinking today, I've seen a total of 1 white person in all of the f ootage they've shown on the news.
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