OMG! A garbage can just blew over!

[trof]

I just saw it LIVE on TV.
Blew right over.
I think it was somewhere in New Orleans.
Might've been New Iberia.
Or maybe New Hampshire.
Hard to tell.
It was raining, where ever it was.
Is it raining in New Hampshire?

Anyway, that sucker just BLEW right over.
It was on CNN.
Simply stunning.
One minute it was standing straight up, and the next...
BLAMMO!
Over it went.
Just out of the blue.
Totally unexpected.
Top flew open, but nothing came out.
Guess it was empty.

It was a green garbage can.
Not really a 'can', I guess.
More of a receptacle.
Kinda square and about 40" high.
It had wheels on it.
They didn't come off.

I guess the wind blew it over, but it could have been a small explosive charge.
Possibly terrorists.
You never know, nowadays.

[slackmaster]

1. We've got crows and parrots here

Keep your helmet on, trof.

[stillcool]

2. OMG! Bomb Iran right now!

[lame54]

3. Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse

[DeepBlueC]

6. Has John McCain issued a statement?!!!

I'm getting out the duct tape, just in case.

[panzerfaust]

4. FEMA can handle this one.

Stay home, stay cool

[GreenTea]

20. Such bullshit by republicans & the media to distract and get ratings to boot.

Republicans Privately Relieved Bush/Cheney Are Skipping Convention

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080901/pl_politico/13039;_ylt=Ap6hXL6KAoS8X2wgHNg2tB.yFz4D

[trof]

5. OMG! THE GREATEST PAGE!

Thanks for the recs.
;-)

[rug]

7. A hot yellow ball is forecast for the sky in 2 days.

:scared:

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Why does God hate garbage cans?

[malaise]

9. To think you missed Contessa last night

She saw a palm tree swaying in the breeze.

Great post. :rofl:

[finecraft]

10. Live update*****I'm in New Iberia right now

and the garbage can did not blow over here. We have been keeping an eye on our garbage cans, and they are all secured, so it's not one of ours. I'll check back in later when the 100 mph winds get here and give everyone an update on the garbage can "situation" here in New Iberia.

[trof]

11. I hope they have the Tabasco plant sandbagged.

Seriously, stay safe.

[finecraft]

12. McIlhenny just finished building a levee around the plant

They have been working on it for the past two years. It's around 10'-12', and runs around the perimeter of Avery Island where the plant is located, so they should be ok. Wind is picking up here, and the rain is falling hard. We lost power about an hour and a half ago, but we still have cable, so I can still connect to the "internets". Words of wisdom to pass along to anyone in hurricane country.....buy a whole house generator. We bought ours last year, and it's working great! Should have done it a long time ago...before we went through Lili and Rita.

[kestrel91316]

13. Go ahead and laugh. The Industrial Canal levee is being overtopped AGAIN.

Will you laugh at the bobbing bodies, too?

[hedgehog]

19. The OP is mocking out the MSM gfor going to great lengths to

show inane visuals while failing to convey the main story. Have you seen a single clear map of New Orleans that explains what the Industrial Canal levee is and what it's supposed to protect? Everyone talks about 95% of the people being evacuated. How many are left, who are they and why did they stay?

[no limit]

14. I just saw another one blow over on CNN, this one was blue!

wtf is goin on!!!

[Arugula Latte]

39. OMG!

When the green receptacles blew over, I did nothing, because my receptacle wasn't green.

When the blue receptacles blew over, I did nothing, because my receptacle wasn't blue.

But when the brown receptacles blew over, there was no one else to stand them upright. (And I certainly wasn't going to go out in the rain and get wet or something ... What am I, the freakin' garbage lady or something?). And so my brown receptacle blew away forever.

:cry:

[Brundle_Fly]

15. Fundamentalists accuse

this violent dumping of a trash can on the loose moral and underground lifestyles of the residents...


they brought this on themselves.

[NoPasaran]

16. No one could have forseen the wind could blow over garbage cans

We should probably invade Iran just to show the wind how strong our resolve is to dispose of our trash in cans.

[Phentex]

17. LOL!

:rofl:

This and the OP - just one reason I love this place! :hi:

[LaPera]

18. One reporter on the Weather Channel pretending to desperately shouting over the rains....

that the winds are trashing things all around behind him, then the camera pans behind him to show a single swirling little yellow plastic grocery bag doing circles in the wind....

This storm was a set up bullshit excuse...yeah, lots more rain and wind than the usual yearly hurricanes bring....That's about it...But the republicans will make more of it than it really is....this is obvious - and the media will go along with it, they love it, brings in viewers (money)!

This Category 1 Hurricane (at worse) is overblown and so are ALL the media people reporting on it pretending it's worse than it actually is...Another BushCo manufactured smokescreen (or hurricane-screen).

[krkaufman]

21. They predicted it might hit Cat-5 a few days ago, but it started losing steam ...

... more than a day ago. Better safe than sorry, but the over-hyping (crying wolf) is what may cause future deaths when residents recall the Gustav hype as they're told another possible Cat-5 is coming.

[LaPera]

22. Obviously, "the hype" was used to make McCain look compassionate presidential & to avoid Bush or

Cheney from speaking at the republican convention...so Bush is going along with the hype pretending the storm is bigger than it is....the media channels love the hype = more viewers-money.....

Because McCain desperately wants to distance himself from Bush/Cheney.

This is all republican planned a smoke-screen (or hurricane-screen).

[misanthrope]

25. Not really. It's the end product of a salacious broadcast media...

...that knows one of the axioms of the business is "When you keep 'em worried, you keep 'em watching."

If you think the national folks are bad, you ought to see how ridiculous all the local media along the Gulf Coast are about this. Over the last 15 years, it has ratcheted up to the point they send a thousand remote crews out every time the slightest storm gets close and try and play it up as being far worse than it actually is. You can practically see their eyes rolling back in their heads and the groans of ecstasy as they strain to fill hour after hour with the sounds of their own self-importance.

[gristy]

23. The NHC never predicted it would reach Cat 5. Never suggested it.

[krkaufman]

27. I didn't say "NHC." The following illustrates my point ...

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iW4ag0ehwvgQa2A-teqR0bLTPNuQD92SQMTG0

[gristy]

35. Yes. Good point.

Not surprising this Cat 5 meme was coming from FEMA.

[krkaufman]

37. Right! Because the bigger the scare ...

... the better that FEMA and the Bush Administration supposedly look if the state of Louisiana is not wiped off the map.

[LaPera]

30. It's a big rain storm...wind storm...we've seen much worse in Humboldt County every year..come on...

[trof]

24. IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ - Update on the upended garbage can:

I got a phone call from a Maurice Prejean who identified himself as the Commissioner of the St. Tammany Parrish Department of Sanitation.
Evidently several of you were concerned about the fate of the overturned garbage can and contacted his office, referring him to the CNN clip and this post.

He set me straight on a few things:

1. These are not 'garbage cans'.
They are 'refuse receptacles'.
Commissioner Prejean: "The term 'garbage can' is archaic, prejudicial, and considered to be a pejorative in today's sanitation industry."

2. In any case, he thanked us for bringing this situation to the attention of his department.

3. As soon as weather conditions permit, a team from the Department of Sanitation's Refuse Receptacle Rescue, Repair, and Reclamation Division will be dispatched to perform whatever procedures and rehabilitation may be necessary to bring said refuse receptacle back to 100% utility.
This crack division of the DOS boasts a near perfect record in rehab of refuse receptacles.

4. He admonished irresponsible residents of St. Tammany Parrish.
"We made periodic and timely public service announcements on local television and radio outlets and in the New Orleans Times Picayune pleading with citizens of St. Tammany Parrish to secure their refuse receptacles prior to evacuation. Unfortunately a few thoughtless individuals left their defenseless refuse receptacles to fend for themselves. This almost always results in the sad turn of events and avoidable tragedy that we have witnessed today. I would say that it borders on outright neglect.
I would also personally like to thank Mayor Nagin and Governor Jindal for their support and encouragement of our efforts."

[trof]

26. Above is MUST READ. REALLY.

;-)

[cwydro]

32. What I want to know:

is WHY in the name of all HUMANITY were these refuse receptacles NOT evacuated???!!

Answer me that.

Doin' a heckuva job there, Prejean:rofl:

[DeepBlueC]

36. WARNING: wear Depends when reading; you will piss yourselves

:rofl:

[donco6]

28. K&R Hilarious!

Nominating you for poet laureate.

[Canuckistanian]

29. Quick! Get McCain on-scene, STAT!

That it - the RNC is cancelled for sure now.

[cwydro]

31. Excellent! In Key West we have watched the reporters

in hurricanes past look for puddles to stand in in order to broadcast. And we have puddles, quite large ones, ANY time it rains.

[HeeBGBz]

33. Such a waste

[MountainLaurel]

34. It was probably mine

By the time we left on Saturday, the garbage folks hadn't come yet.

[Arugula Latte]

38. Why are you endangering our country with your loose receptacles?

Also, did you know John McCain was a POW and for five and a half years he didn't HAVE a garbage receptacle, let alone one he could just leave carelessly on the streets!

[MountainLaurel]

40. It's my husband's fault

I'm a good American who thought the trash could keep for a few days, but he insisted on leaving it out at the recommendation of our Commie neighbor.

[Dr.Phool]

41. Link?

[DeepBlueC]

42. I can't get enough of this!

:kick: