LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people across Louisiana were still without power or water Friday, a day after Laura sawed a devastating path through the state, killing at least 11 people, and officials warned that basic services could be knocked out for weeks or longer along parts of the Gulf Coast.
The death toll rose after authorities reported that a Texas man was killed when the Category 4 hurricane sent a tree crashing into his home near the Louisiana border. Four other people, all in the same residence, died from carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator. Six deaths were reported Thursday in Louisiana, where the outlook was grim for thousands of evacuated residents eager to return.
“We need help,” said Lawrence “Lee” Faulk, 57, who returned to a home with no roof in hard-hit Cameron Parish, which was littered with downed power lines. “We need ice, water, blue tarps — everything that you would associate with the storm, we need it. Like two hours ago.”
In Lake Charles, Mayor Nic Hunter cautioned that there was no timetable for restoring electricity and that water-treatment plants “took a beating,” resulting in barely a trickle of water coming out of most faucets in the city of 80,000 people.
“If you come back to Lake Charles to stay, make sure you understand the above reality and are prepared to live in it for many days, probably weeks,” Hunter wrote on Facebook.
Those poor people.
Now do you miss President Bush?
The White House press release came out yesterday telling residents to listen to their mayors and follow local emergency guidelines. The message was clear: "You're on your own."
Now do you miss President Bush?
Those poor people.
Why? He screwed Katrina up.
But I absolutely guarantee that Trump will do even less than Bush did.
After witnessing Trump's reaction to the hurricane in Puerto Rico, I knew one thing: if California was hit by the big one, we'd be on our own. Well, the big one didn't happen; we were just ravaged by wildfires instead. Yep...we were on our own.
If a hostile foreign power bombed one of the states right now, this would be their opportunity, because Trump wouldn't do a goddamn thing about it.
Yes, but there's more than that. Lake Charles and Westlake have a disproportionate share of refineries and chemical plants. If they stay down long enough, we're going to feel it.
Gee...maybe all of this emphasis on fossil fuels was not such a great idea after all DONDON!
Now do you miss President Bush?
Fuel aside, chlorine and industrial alcohol, alumina, etc, are all important as hell if you want even a modestly high-tech society.
Actually, its all probably seeping into their ground water by now. Maybe they can treat the soil like a sponge and squeeze it back out again.
Might be a good time to remind us all that Climate change is not really about nominal weather conditions. In fact climate and weather are not the same things anyway. However, the most critical aspect of climate change is the increased severity of weather events. Hurricanes are worse and occur more often. Rains are torrential wiping out crops and growing seasons. Heat is more excessive causing massive fires on a scale rarely seen.
Is any of this starting to sink in for you climate deniers.
Paradise is still just foundations, right?
The Dixie Chicks are free to speak their mind. They can say what they want to say. They shouldn’t have their feelings hurt just because some people don’t want to buy their records when they speak out. Freedom is a two-way street ... I don't really care what the Dixie Chicks said. I want to do what I think is right for the American people, and if some singers or Hollywood stars feel like speaking out, that's fine. That's the great thing about America"
-G.W. Bush-
"Meryl Streep, one of the most over-rated actresses in Hollywood, doesn't know me but attacked last night at the Golden Globes. She is a Hillary flunky who lost big"
-DJ Trump-
Yeah, Trump makes people miss Bush.
Those poor people.
Trump makes people miss Doctor Mengele.
No, no, no. It wasn't Paradise. It was Pleasure!
Paradise is still just foundations, right?
I bet Democrats on the forum have no clue where Paradise is in CA. And I gave you all a hint.
I know. I have been there.
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