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Now Playing on the Groove Machine: Finding Beauty in Chaos

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43642) • Denver, Colorado 24 May

While Beauty in Chaos is considered a supergroup of sorts, it’s more of a project. A project of Michael Ciravolo, former lead guitarist of Human Drama, and President of Guitar Research for Schecter Guitars. In other words, he...

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My Top 10 documentaries # 2 - “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5216) • Northampton, England 27 Oct 24

So it’s pretty fair to say Spike Lee makes some great movies, none more so than ‘Do the Right Thing’, comfortably in my all time top ten. But he has a huge chip on his shoulder when it comes to racial injustice in America,...

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Finished the last one

Stacey @xstitcher (39048) • Petaluma, California 29 Dec 23

This was book #35 of my original goal of #33. The book was called "Zane and the Hurricane" and is about a boy who is sent from New Hampshire to Louisiana to meet some long-lost family. While he is there, Hurricane Katrina hits,...

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amazon good reads challenge

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Molly The Pony

celticeagle @celticeagle (189927) • Boise, Idaho 3 Sep 16

I found this book somewhere. It is about a little pony that was left in the barn by her owner during Hurricane Katrina. She survived on a pile of hay that had been left in a corner of the nearly collapsed barn. She was lucky to...

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What's next? Some Louisiana Republicans are blaming President Obama for the poor response after Katrina!

flpoolbum @flpoolbum (2978) • United States 25 Aug 15

The Federal Government responded slowly and poorly after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005.. Does it even matter that President Cheney, err, President George W. Bush was in office when that occured? Hey, why not blame...

blaming president obama for everything

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What were you doing six years ago?

scorpiobabes @scorpiobabes (7225) • United States 1 Sep 12

As many United States residents are aware, it is the sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the Category Five hurricane that devastated the city of New Orleans, and caused widespread damage in the Gulf region. I had been...

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Difference in NOLA before & after Katrina.

jessiicali @jessiicali (120) • United States 21 Jan 11

I went to New Orleans in 2004, just 1 year before Hurricane Katrina hit. I am curious to go back now & see how much it has changed. I loved what I actually got to see when I was there in 2004, and I think if I were to go back with...

Is it just me or?!!?

pixeltwistr @pixeltwistr (613) • United States 17 Jan 10

I woke up about half an hour ago...the TV was on face the nation and there was G.W. Bush asking people to send cash for Haiti! I'm sorry maybe it is just me but did this piss anyone else off??? I was appalled that they chose him...

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"The Little Things Give You Away" is about Hurricane Katrina

JashleyB @JashleyB (1441) • United States 11 Jan 09

Did you know that Linkin Park's song "The Little Things Give You Away" ( http://www.song-list.net/linkinpark/littlethingsgiveyouaway/tracks ) is about Hurricane Katrina? I love the song, it's so melodic. I think it was neat of...

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Promised investigations and checks and balances that never came....

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 4 Nov 08

Back in 2006, the House and Senate Democrats promised that if they were given control of Congress they would audit the revenues that went to Hurricane Katrina, the war and other programs where there is evidence of fraud and...

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RNC Disaster Coverage

Alexx08 @Alexx08 (93) • Germany 7 Sep 08

The Daily Show recently did a peace on the "devastating" state of the Republican National Convention. While everybody was busy making preparations for hurricane Gustav the delegates were left alone in St. Paul. The Daily Show's...

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storm of the century...

jamesnogra @jamesnogra (381) • Philippines 6 Sep 08

the strongest storm i ever heard was the hurricane katrina. it was type 5 storm...

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The Corps of Engineers aren't doing their jobs in New Orleans

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 25 Aug 08

We are in the peak of hurricane season and in yesterday's paper - on the front page no less- was a break down of "how things have changed". Population is down slights, unemployment is down, etc etc. One of the section was about...

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Have you ever experienced a Hurricane? Read my story.

lloydanthony111 @lloydanthony111 (4698) • United States 22 Jul 08

Tropical Storm Dolly has churned toward southern Texas on Monday, and forecasters said they expected it to grow into a hurricane before hitting land near the Mexican border later this week. Have you ever experienced a...

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What moment in your life was your proudest?

kbourgerie @kbourgerie (8780) • United States 5 Feb 08

After the disaster of Hurricane Katrina my son who was about 9 at the time went from house to house looking for canned goods to aide the victims. He then went to the school and ilicited help from his principal to ensure that there...

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How Tacky!

whimsystoryteller @whimsystoryteller (1743) • United States 23 Jan 08

The casino group trying to get these measures passed to approve the deal Governor Schwarzenegger made with them has a commercial out comparing the fires of California to Hurricane Katrina. What a crock! I don't mean to minimize...

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Three Quadrillion Dollar Lawsuit

dayzz25 @dayzz25 (552) • United States 10 Jan 08

People are ignorant. A Hurrican Katrina victim is suing the government for three quadrillion dollars due to the poorly designed levees. Don't these people realize that they have choices to where they live in the world. The...

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How can people be so heartless?

UnselfishShellfish @UnselfishShellfish (1306) • United States 30 Dec 07

Animal Planet aired two shows today about animal rescue efforts during Katrina. Over 60,000 animals were abandoned with no food or water in flooded homes. Human beings who were supposed to care and love these animals just drove...

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Wichita State University just completed a Denim drive.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169505) • United States 16 Nov 07

This is something I had not heard of before. The newest use for old worn out denim is to insulate homes. They are doing this where people were a victim of Katrina. I would like to know more about using denim for insulation. Any...

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Are the Enviornmentalist going to distroy this country?

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 24 Oct 07

I heard a news report where an experienced Smoke Jumper and forestry expert stated that part of the reason for the intensety of the California fires is that the Enviromentalist have successfully banned the practice of controlled...

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