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Posted on 9/3/20 at 9:34 am to LPLGTiger
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One story I know is 99% true. My cousin was in the national guard then and was in NOLA to distribute food/water. He said they would drop off pallets of water at locations and gang members would come in shortly after they left to take it all. They couldn't do much because they were never threatened by the gangs. He said it really pissed them off watching innocent people not being able to get supplies. One day as they started driving off one gang decided to fire a few rounds at their truck. Truck stopped and they returned fire. No more gang problems in that area is all he said.
I’d say that is true. Very similar to my buddy’s story, except they had explicit orders from the Very top.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 9:35 am to ColdHodor
Some bald dude stole all my Heineken
Posted on 9/3/20 at 9:39 am to PipelineBaw
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There was a thread on here with someone claiming a "brother in law" story. IIRC thug gangsters were shooting at cops in the Superdome so her BIL took to shooting multiple people with a rifle he took out of the hands of military police officer or some shite.
The best part was that she actually believed it happened and tried to argue back
Posted on 9/3/20 at 9:42 am to ColdHodor
Other than the general destruction all around, and seeing military helicopters and National Guard all of the time, I didn't see anything too crazy. Some things that stand out:
About three or four days after the storm, my brother-in-law and I were going on a grocery run in Baton Rouge to get some things for a family. Traffic was horrible. We were at a red light at an intersection, and see a NYPD car pass by. That was something you didn't see every day.
At the time, I was working in an office building across from Hammond Airport. We got power back at work about 10 days after the storm, and employees started trickling back in from wherever they had evacuated to. A couple of days after returning to work, the Army shows up and pretty much takes the building over. If I recall correctly, the were from Fort Hood. Anyway, we ended up sharing office space with them for a couple of months. They were flying in an out of New Orleans from the airport. We got to know them pretty well, and had a bbq for them before they left.
I went down highway 90 through Biloxi/Gulfport to Pensacola the day after they opened the highway back up. Lord God almighty I never thought I'd see such destruction with my own eyes.
About three or four days after the storm, my brother-in-law and I were going on a grocery run in Baton Rouge to get some things for a family. Traffic was horrible. We were at a red light at an intersection, and see a NYPD car pass by. That was something you didn't see every day.
At the time, I was working in an office building across from Hammond Airport. We got power back at work about 10 days after the storm, and employees started trickling back in from wherever they had evacuated to. A couple of days after returning to work, the Army shows up and pretty much takes the building over. If I recall correctly, the were from Fort Hood. Anyway, we ended up sharing office space with them for a couple of months. They were flying in an out of New Orleans from the airport. We got to know them pretty well, and had a bbq for them before they left.
I went down highway 90 through Biloxi/Gulfport to Pensacola the day after they opened the highway back up. Lord God almighty I never thought I'd see such destruction with my own eyes.
This post was edited on 9/3/20 at 9:46 am
Posted on 9/3/20 at 10:26 am to slackster
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Chris Kyle is full of shite.
He used to be full of shite. Now he is full of lead.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 10:27 am to ColdHodor
Martins Uptown. N. O. Finest tried to break in the upstairs door, so they unlocked the floors. Put signs everywhere “Please take anything, please do not destroy the equipment
I do not have to tell you what happened.....yep every piece of equipment was destroyed
Why are they so destructive???
Posted on 9/3/20 at 10:53 am to RougeDawg
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Oprah left a box of donuts on my chest while I was sleeping on a cot in the parking garage.
Ok that right there is a bold faced lie. Oprah would never let go of a box of donuts. You could only get a donut from her if you pried it out of her cold dead fingers.
The phrase Oprah left a box of donuts on your chest sounds pretty kinky though. Kinda like a Cleveland steamer.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 11:02 am to ColdHodor
Seeing the National guard patrolling and checking entry into an affluent neighborhood while the one across the street was left for the locals to defend from looting. It was in Harvey. The locals took care of it quite well. It left an impression on me for obvious reasons though.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 11:03 am to Booyow
Lootie isn't crazy. Lootie is iconic.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 11:18 am to namvet6566
I remember delivering supplies to evacuees at the Tanger Outlets. They were sleeping in their cars in the days after the storm
Also bringing supplies to those in hotels around Gonzales. Some were sharing a room with multiple groups. Each group would have a preset time to sleeep/shower and would otherwise stay outside
I'll never forget the first building I helped clear. It was a church in the Gentilly area. Fire and Brimstone style preacher who had a mural depicting the duality of god. One side was God's love, the other God's wrath.
I walked into this darkened wreck of a building only to be greeted by the "wrath" picture of Jesus with blood red eyes staring angrily at me. Freaky as shite.
Also bringing supplies to those in hotels around Gonzales. Some were sharing a room with multiple groups. Each group would have a preset time to sleeep/shower and would otherwise stay outside
I'll never forget the first building I helped clear. It was a church in the Gentilly area. Fire and Brimstone style preacher who had a mural depicting the duality of god. One side was God's love, the other God's wrath.
I walked into this darkened wreck of a building only to be greeted by the "wrath" picture of Jesus with blood red eyes staring angrily at me. Freaky as shite.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 11:21 am to chinese58
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I overheard some Army guys at a Ranger game talking about going to NOLA after Katrina. One said he was much more afraid of some of the locals there than he'd been during his time in Iraq
My brother was in one of the National Guard units at the River center. They had just come back from Afghanistan and their weapons were still in transit or something.
He said New Orleans after Katrina was much more dangerous than over there.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 11:30 am to ihometiger
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“Operation Snow Storm”.
I remember the interview, but I think he said Operation Snow Plow, to remove the debris.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 11:56 am to ColdHodor
There was an old folks home on St. Charles Avenue that flooded and the only escape to the roof was through an opening in the roof at the top of a turret. They put a ladder up to the top and the elderly residents were trying to climb out. Several of them slipped and fell to their deaths along with a 12 year old boy that was there helping them.
This post was edited on 9/3/20 at 11:57 am
Posted on 9/3/20 at 12:56 pm to elprez00
I spoke to the Head of Security who was in the Convention Center during the storm. Older black guy, really nice dude. As close as I can quote him after all these years:
"Things were fine during the storm and right after. Then the rain slowed down and all the young kids went out. They came back with liquor and condoms and I knew shite was about to go bad."
"Things were fine during the storm and right after. Then the rain slowed down and all the young kids went out. They came back with liquor and condoms and I knew shite was about to go bad."
Posted on 9/3/20 at 1:07 pm to ColdHodor
Not during but people swear that the Florida parishes and Br were so much nicer and cleaner before Katrina.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 1:10 pm to jbgleason
Talked to an off duty police officer working security at a bar
Said he was on the roof of some prison during the flood with some prisoners
Said the prisoners were throwing other prisoners off the roof to drown.
My ex gf said her dad stayed. To watch a store he owned that was mentioned previously in the thread. They went to go check on it after they could navigate the streets. Said they drove up and there were people with guns just drinking all the stuff inside and had basically taken over the building. They just immediately turned around.
I think the garden district hired blackwater. Audubon place wasn’t blackwater. Was some Pakistani or Israeli special forces type group. It was just an acronym. ISA? PSA? Something like that. They landed a helicopter right in the middle of the neighborhood.
My ex gf said her dad would just see people walking outside of the house with big screen televisions and stuff taken from houses.
Etc etc
Said he was on the roof of some prison during the flood with some prisoners
Said the prisoners were throwing other prisoners off the roof to drown.
My ex gf said her dad stayed. To watch a store he owned that was mentioned previously in the thread. They went to go check on it after they could navigate the streets. Said they drove up and there were people with guns just drinking all the stuff inside and had basically taken over the building. They just immediately turned around.
I think the garden district hired blackwater. Audubon place wasn’t blackwater. Was some Pakistani or Israeli special forces type group. It was just an acronym. ISA? PSA? Something like that. They landed a helicopter right in the middle of the neighborhood.
My ex gf said her dad would just see people walking outside of the house with big screen televisions and stuff taken from houses.
Etc etc
Posted on 9/3/20 at 1:16 pm to ColdHodor
A black boy hoarding Heinekens
Posted on 9/3/20 at 1:30 pm to Paul Allen
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Mobs of “gang members” marching down highland road looting gas stations. That was my favorite rumor.
When Kip got Br City Police to block all the exits on the interstate so the trash would have to go to Houston. #GOAT
Posted on 9/3/20 at 2:15 pm to ColdHodor
The dead people inside MSY airport. Overfilled garbaged dumpsters outside my office underneath concourse C. The horrible smell in the air driving home from Kenner to Gonzales.
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