New Orleans Flood

NEW ORLEANS FLOOD "'Thousands dead' in New Orleans City under siege Hurricane Katrina is thought to have killed hundreds, probably thousands of people in New Orleans, the city's mayor, Ray Nagin, has said." As some one who has lived with the effects of a flood zone for many year, my hopes, thought and prayers go out to the families and individuals caught by thIS awfull natural disaster. Please join me with a thought (or prayer) for them.

And in the true spirit of kindness, gasoline prices have gone up 25% (at least here in Canada...to $1.25 a litre) I daren't suppose those profits are going to help the flood victims and their families?

@Paulcat You're veering into forum rule 15 territory. Please don't. Thank you. :readrule:

Profits? Read the news man. Oil prices went up BECAUSE of Katrina, not to take advantage of those effected. The Gulf Coast is one of the world's largest producers of oil and virtually every one of those refineries had to shut down. Before Katrina the Gulf coast produced 1.5 million barrels of oil a day, right now they are producing .13 million barrels a day.

Gas prices, and oil prices at larger are a very good example to see how the free market works. With oil production in the US taking a dive, and with a steady demand, the price will go up to the point where demand and supply are in an equilibrium again.

There have been people broadcasting live scanner audio and some video for a few days now. It can be a bit spotty though. mmsh://194.97.144.25/NewOrleans?MSWMExt=.asf And I have a few links here and there to gallerys with thousands of pictures of whole families looting valuables from cars and buildings and then stealing said cars. What you hear on the news is only the tip of the iceberg. The local police force there was surrounded by gun weilding locals yesterday morning. They had to call in the military for a rescue op! Didn't hear how many rednecks were killed if any. Most of em ran away. But still. There is alot of stuff you are not hearing on the news.

1.53 euros here (=holland) for a litre of petrol, diesel a few cents cheaper :p

Excuse me folks, but this tread was meant to show SYMPATHY to those people who have lost everything. NOT to complain or boast about oil prices etc etc. PLEASE get your heads out of your pockets / wallets and show some humanity. Surely a few kind words of sympathy cost us all nothing per litre / gallon. This is your board DOOM9 What do we do next, how do we galvanise people to the subject thread ? Painfully Disgusted _SoLaRiS_

Your thread was way off-topic to begin with. What do you want, each of us to respond saying we sympathize? C'mon. IMHO, this thread should be closed and you should be grateful for not getting struck.

I would like to quote my favorite line from Forest Gump because I feel it encompases this entire thread. "Shit Happens" I'm not trying to be unsympathetic, but I don't think any discussion of these types of accidents should be discused in a forum. People are always going to be off topic and in the end a bunch of people on the internet saying "that sucks, good luck" doesn't accomplish anything. If you really want to do something, go voulenteer at a shelter or send a donation to those family in needs.