Hurricane Katrina aftermath in pics

[scarab]

para ngang fake yun 1st pic parang traffic jam na hindi. Pano kung maharness ng alquaida yan technology to make the perfect storm patay na haha.

..reminds me of an old G.I. Joe movie

[empy]

M54: Where there any tornados? Hale Storms? Good to hear that your house was spared. Saw a feature on discovery about super storms and this is a super storm

walang tornado dito, but there were quite a few in Alabama and Mississippi because of Katrina.

i think the so-called 'perfect storm' is a category 5, where winds are clocked at a sustained 160+ mph, and even buildings suffer complete failure. if you do a google search on hurricane Andrew you can see what kind of catastrophe these hurricanes create.

hurricane Katrina was a category 5, and the director of the US National Hurricane Center actually used the words "perfect hurricane" to describe it. he also said that the measured surface air pressure for Katrina was the 3rd-lowest ever recorded in history (low air pressure = higher winds). sa awa ng diyos it "weakened" to cat 4 before striking the Gulf Coast.

[vtec pinoy]

worse than eber.

[empy]

btw, speaking of insurer losses, that $26b in estimated damages is insured losses only - i.e. the amount of payments the insurance companies have to pay. wala pa diyan ang uninsured losses, which could be hundreds of millions more.

[mazdamazda]

by the way... I've noticed that most American homes are built of flimsy wood instead of concrete (like here in the Philippines). that's why they get blown away easily.

[BlueBimmer]

huff n puff n blow ur house down

[BlueGirl]

kakanuod ko lang ng CNN grabe talaga ang damage...si Bush nga daw hindi makapaniwala sa nakita niya nakasakay siya sa airforce1.maswerte parin ang Pilipinas kahit papaano..lets pray this will not happen to us...napaisip ako,yung kayang mga pinoy na gustong-gusto magmigrate sa US eh tutuloy pa?

[badkuk]

mazdamazda:by the way... I've noticed that most American homes are built of flimsy wood instead of concrete (like here in the Philippines). that's why they get blown away easily.

yan din sabi ni bro. our houses here are actually much stronger than those in the US(generally speaking). On the upside though, building/rebuilding a home is much cheaper and faster, almost literally like Lego blocks kabilis

[bilog]

kala ko di binabaha ang america... Iba talaga si mother nature.

[FrankDrebin]

...napaisip ako,yung kayang mga pinoy na gustong-gusto magmigrate sa US eh tutuloy pa?

Oo naman. Eh kung giyera sa Iraq hindi pinansin eh. :D

[fourtheboys96]

climate change huh??? i think its time for them to take the lead in reducing greenhouse gases emissions. tutal mayaman naman sila. they have the resources (not like india and the rest of the 3rd world nations) needed to adjust and compensate for the economic impacts of reducing emissions of GHG. may pera nga sila pang gyera sa ibang bansa, dapat meron din sila for the environment. anyway, politica din kasi kaya ganun ang tingin nila sa kyoto protocol.

[V-dub*chic]

kala ko di binabaha ang america... Iba talaga si mother nature.

oo naman... pero iba lang talaga ang dahilan kung bakit binaha.
diba sa Pinas, kaya binabaha eh dahil sa maling pagtapon ng basura? na-block yung drainage system.
dito din, pero dahil yun sa mga na-anod na gamit nung mga big waves + pati todong buhos ng ulan.

[mbt]

grabe talaga ang hagip ng bagyong ito, i hope those areas will be able to recover in due time

i can't help but think though that the intensity of this storm and the storm systems in recent years are in part a product of global warming. in the following years, will we be seeing more and more killer storms like this one?

ano rin kaya effect nito sa presyo ng gasolina locally (dito sa atin)? sana naman hindi umabot ng P45 or 50 per liter, yikes!

[mrpink]

.. it's mother nature's way of trying to heal itself .. wake up call for us who are abusing her ..

[theveed]

Well, I think storms will just get stronger and stronger, as more coastline cities develop, so will casualty in lives and property...

Live inland, hello tornados hehee

[RIKK03]

The gas prices went up like crazy in the past few days. I paid almost $70 to fill up my Explorer today..sucksssssssss.

[empy]

couple of comments...

iba nga ang construction dito. my parents house in Pasig is solid concrete, steel and marble. the only thing that's wood are the doors and decorative stuff. my house in FL is concrete outside and the load-bearing walls are big concrete posts encased in wood walls. the building code for all of Florida is designed to have all houses and buildings stand up to hurricanes - we learned our lesson from Andrew. the Gulf states don't have those type of hurricane-resistant guidelines, i believe. also, there is no building code that will protect you against a 20-ft flood. blame the founder of New Orleans for building the city in that spot.

re: climate changes, it definitely seems to be true about the frequency of these things. last year, i personally was hit by 4 (!!) hurricanes in south florida. before it was like 1 every 15 years. this hurricane season is not even halfway over and we have already seen 11 hurricanes (including Katrina) in the Atlantic

[oldblue]

pano ba na-form ang hurricanes at bakit parati dyan lang sa area na yan tumatama

[Monseratto]

Looters Beware!

[Monseratto]

Hope we don't see this here


Cars line up at a rare open station in Mobile, Alabama, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina September 1, 2005. REUTERS/Marc Serota