The Snark of New Orleans

August 30, 2007 9:24 AM

Since when did we get cat 5 levees? Or a working flood plan? Behold the New Orleans Levee, where 'We don't hold anything back.'
posted by localroger (21 comments total)

The first two links read like something 'funny' my aunt would forward/cc to 200 of her closest email friends, but it only took a couple of minutes of reading the rage-fueled pieces from the third link for me to become wearied, sad and tired. At least John Goodman has lost some weight.
posted by KokuRyu at 9:34 AM on August 30, 2007

Not the best site. And since every link is to the same site, not the best post. Ah well, the frustration is understandable anyway.
posted by Brak at 9:38 AM on August 30, 2007

Have you seen the levee system in Holland? I have the only viable plan for New Orleans future. Give it away to the Dutch if they will take it.
posted by bukvich at 9:38 AM on August 30, 2007

I read that as "5 cat levees." Or rather, "5-cat levees." A levee made out of cats sounds awesome, if cruel and probably ineffectual. Anyway, you'd definitely need more than five. A five hundred cat levee, maybe.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 9:43 AM on August 30, 2007 [1 favorite]

A levee made out of cats sounds awesome, if cruel and probably ineffectual. Anyway, you'd definitely need more than five. A five hundred cat levee, maybe.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 9:43 AM on August 30 [+] [!]


Allow me to be the first to say... eponysterical.
posted by RokkitNite at 9:44 AM on August 30, 2007

Interesting post, localroger. Thanks.

Offtopic: I freaking love MoPI. Thanks for writing it.
posted by BeerFilter at 9:49 AM on August 30, 2007

eh.
posted by winks007 at 9:55 AM on August 30, 2007

I saw Cat-5 and thought they were made out of networking cable.
posted by Mick at 10:01 AM on August 30, 2007

The linked articles may be sub-par, but I found this most interesting picture...

Is this really the Governor of Louisana?
posted by internal at 10:12 AM on August 30, 2007

That's really her face!
posted by raysmj at 10:17 AM on August 30, 2007

I also thought of Ethernet cables.
posted by chunking express at 10:41 AM on August 30, 2007

When I went back to NOLA last X-mas, I saw The Levee for the first time and loved it. My mom sends me issues.
posted by brundlefly at 11:36 AM on August 30, 2007

Also, I was thinking the same thing as kittens for breakfast.
posted by brundlefly at 11:36 AM on August 30, 2007

WHOA

internal's link is totally NSFW.
posted by dirtynumbangelboy at 12:30 PM on August 30, 2007

It's NSFAnyone.
posted by ninjew at 12:33 PM on August 30, 2007 [1 favorite]

I thought it was cats tied up in networking cable.

I bet a dog was behind that idea. Or maybe a mouse.
posted by quin at 12:44 PM on August 30, 2007

localroger, when you say, "by New Orleans," where ya at?
posted by winks007 at 12:58 PM on August 30, 2007

I just want to point out that I first saw "localroger" as "lolcodger". That is all.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 6:13 PM on August 30, 2007

The political cartoons are great. That bus stop one is pretty heartbreaking.
posted by mek at 7:30 AM on August 31, 2007

Get Your War On: How did you celebrate the 2-year anniversary of Katrina? (scroll down--way way at the bottom)
posted by amberglow at 9:18 AM on September 1, 2007

winks007 -- I'm in Mandeville.

Wouldn't you know, I got home after posting this to find my telephone line AND DSL internet are both out, and apparently won't be fixed until after Labor Day. I'm posting this from the library. Just another day in NOLAland.
posted by localroger at 10:53 AM on September 1, 2007