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August 30, 2005 7:35 PM

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You were probably thinking ER is played out but really.. it's not. ER is fixing to pull a Travolta and reinvent itself except for the whole wacky religion stuff and Battlefield Earth. Porking that hot chick from Jerry Maguire for for sure though.

- WiMax getting closer
- Self driving car gets closer
- Go Jay!
- Might wanna rethink calling those sex lines on your cell

Lastly, your gas prices just got insane

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Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.

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- jrock
  
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  August 30, 2005 7:37 PM
  
  It's as deep as 20-25 feet in areas of NO. That's why they're mandating evacuation of the place entirely.
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    August 30, 2005 10:10 PM
    
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- rosewood
  
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  August 30, 2005 7:38 PM
  
  This is just crazy
- sgtsanity
  
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  August 30, 2005 7:38 PM
  
  Shit, nothing's going right for that guy. He's having the worst week of his life. :(
  
  yeah, the city's screwed too. :(
- Sparhawk6
  
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  August 30, 2005 7:39 PM
  
  Those massive sandbags that were supposed to arrive to plug the whole never came - the helicopters that were supposed to bring them were diverted to search and rescue.
- eldiablo01
  
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  August 30, 2005 7:45 PM
  
  Wow what kind of helicopters are these?
  http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20050813/i/r209854060.jpg?x=380&y=182&sig=WmEiFPOt6kjfHg3e_ReoIg--
  - Luminair
    
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    August 30, 2005 7:46 PM
    
    http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/h-53.htm
  - laidback
    
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    August 30, 2005 7:47 PM
    
    The type that turn into mech vehicles?
    
    dunno.. but they look cool
  - [deleted] 226079565
    
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    August 30, 2005 7:47 PM
    
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- sgtsanity
  
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  August 30, 2005 7:51 PM
  
  Holy shit.
  
  In the afternoon of August 30, one person jumped out of the Superdome to his death.
  
  Anyone see confirmation of this outside of the Wikipedia page?
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_Hurricane_Katrina_on_New_Orleans#Levee_breaches
  - zakk
    
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    August 30, 2005 7:52 PM
    
    Yes, it was reported via multiple news outlets.
  - laidback
    
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    August 30, 2005 7:55 PM
    
    Someone forgot to tell him the Saints haven't started their season yet
    - mallrice
      
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      August 30, 2005 7:57 PM
      
      Cold Blooded...
- mr brown
  
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  August 30, 2005 8:04 PM
  
  so uh, do you think we should start re-thinking building cities near areas with really tempermental weather?
  - mr brown
    
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    August 30, 2005 8:04 PM
    
    or maybe fortifying cities better against mother nature?
    
    what's the argument against this, cost?
  - firehawk
    
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    August 30, 2005 8:05 PM
    
    nah we'll simply defeat mothernature and control the weather ourselves
  - rosewood
    
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    August 30, 2005 8:06 PM
    
    How old is New Orleans again?
    - mr brown
      
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      August 30, 2005 8:08 PM
      
      old. but how long have experts been worried about a city beneath sea level being hit by a hurricane? decades
      
      I guess it's just human nature to never think that far ahead, I guess, and wouldn't be interested in spending money to protect against stuff. Kinda sad
      - sgtsanity
        
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        August 30, 2005 8:16 PM
        
        Fact: Hurricanes weren't invented until August 1863, when a Union thinktank tasked to develop new unconventional weapons finally found success. Unfortunately, their creation designed to ravage the Confederacy at will escaped one night, and retreated to the depths of the atlantic, where it licked its wounds and waited for a moment to strike. Ever since we have been terrorized by that era's tragic mistake, one that will haunt us until the end of time.
        
        proclone1
        
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        August 30, 2005 8:54 PM
        
        lol, did you make this yourself.. if so, I'm impressed
        
        sgtsanity
        
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        August 30, 2005 8:57 PM
        
        You can tell by the miscellaneous grammatical errors that I made it myself. :D
      - jrock
        
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        August 30, 2005 8:59 PM
        
        They're a big gambling town and they played the odds. They figured protection up through a close hit by a fast-moving category 3 hurricane would cover their bet nicely. Of course when the odds don't go in your favor and come back to collect, you gotta pay up.
        
        DonkeyPopsicle
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:00 PM
        
        that and the government pays for disaster repair, so there's little to no financial incentive to actually live someplace that doesn't get regularly destroyed.
        
        Sarcastro
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:01 PM
        
        The house always wins. In the long run, the house always wins.
        
        sgtsanity
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:02 PM
        
        If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes should fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
        
        jrock
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:03 PM
        
        It's like they went all-in betting on red but it landed on black.
        ALWAYS BET ON BLACK. </Snipes>
  - RatBastard
    
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    August 30, 2005 8:32 PM
    
    You mean like how the Indians lived on the hills and not the lowlands?
    - Jayx77
      
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      August 30, 2005 8:46 PM
      
      theres a reason they do tech support...
      
      oh wai...
  - Bold
    
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    August 30, 2005 8:35 PM
    
    It wasn't always that low--New Orleans has been steadily sinking over the last couple hundred years. They drained the swamps, the land dried up, and it continually sinks as a result.
    - stgdz
      
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      August 30, 2005 8:49 PM
      
      My guess is that it is going to sink a bit more now that the land is turning to mud.
      - reign27
        
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        August 30, 2005 8:55 PM
        
        And when they rebuild, the next city's going to burn down, fall over, THEN sink into the swamp
        
        Ebu
        
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        August 30, 2005 8:55 PM
        
        hahaha, that caught me off guard. Bravo, old chap!
        
        khaosman
        
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        August 30, 2005 8:56 PM
        
        All while under 100ft of sea water.
        
        Ebu
        
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        August 30, 2005 8:58 PM
        
        http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/quotes
        
        King of Swamp Castle: When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England.
        
        khaosman
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:15 PM
        
        ah, hahahaha... well played reign27
  - ThomW
    
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    August 30, 2005 8:55 PM
    
    I think the problem here is buildling a major city under sea level ... right next to the ocean.
    - eskimo spy
      
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      August 30, 2005 10:38 PM
      
      yeah, this is an issue with a number of cities around the world. accident waiting to happen, sadly.
  - pupismyname
    
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    August 30, 2005 9:00 PM
    
    yeah, like coastlines. they have hurricanes and erosion. the midwest is out, too because of the tornados. california is eliminated because of the earthquakes. further north than colorado is too damn cold, and east of the great lakes gets all that lake effect snow. the southeast sucks because of the humidity and the hurricane leftovers. it's too rainy in the northwest. too hot in the southwest.
    
    that leaves kentucky. FUCK THAT.
    - stgdz
      
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      August 30, 2005 9:05 PM
      
      The midwest suffers from tornadoes but a tornado won'd knock out a whole fucking city like hurricanes do.
      
      I would say the midwest is the safest place to live you just better learn how to live with the cold and drive in the snow.
      - DonkeyPopsicle
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:07 PM
        
        really the gulf coast is an order of magnitude more risky to live in than anywhere else in the whole nation (though the southern atlantic coast gets hit by hurricanes too).
        
        stgdz
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:09 PM
        
        After seeing the ammount of hurricane damage the last 2 years, I question why anyone would want to live in the southern coast region.
        
        DonkeyPopsicle
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:25 PM
        
        http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10658901
        
        Ebu
        
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        August 30, 2005 9:58 PM
        
        That's great, except by far the most common outcome is you still end up quite a bit in the hole, plus unless your shit gets totaled, they pay roughly what it costs to repair.
        
        And good luck getting that repair, there are still people in line for contractors from fucking Ivan. Dennis just ripped the blue roof off.
- NukeDukem
  
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  August 30, 2005 8:36 PM
  
  They mandate evacuation but there is no way for them to actually do it.