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Why did it take so long for this to come to mind? Six Flags New Orleans.

Thats awesome! congradulations on your new ride!

And whoever in front will be first to hit the support comming through the track! Actually, when i talked to the guy that was going to do the work, i said just follow the original and note where support goes beyond track. He then looked at it and said, "but how can you ride that? you will run into this!" :shock: I said, just do it that way, it's CONTEMPORARY!

River walk recieved roof damage and water damage from rain that came in. It also experienced looting. BIGGEST problem getting buisiness's back open is there is no one here to work. If there were people here to work in the shops it would once again be open. Same for my area across the lake. Most fast food chains only open and serve from drive through. You can't go in sit down and eat. Every where you look you see Help wanted and now hiring signs. There where two cruise ships docked by Riverwalk but thats it. they are idle right now. The paddle wheels are not operating either. As soon as more people move back in and start work things get more back to normal. Problem is the homes are not available to come back to. Some buissiness's have re opened but don't have customers and they are close to closing again. It will most likely be a LONG time before we get back to normal. I feel the city and the tourism there will come back fairly quick but as for the residence is concerned that might change drastically. Maybe for the better though. As they say, only time will tell. Matt, the bridge ends on the other side.

Yeah, The thing i don't like about the SF one is that it kinda looks to uniformish. You would kinda look like an employee if you wore it. I like mine much more!

After living in California for 13 or 14 years, a 45 minute to hour and half drive is as common as a trip to the grocery.

If you like went to the bank, and got like one dollar bills for you billion, Dude, you would have like a trillion singles!

^i am slow. It took me 30 or 40 seconds to see it. Maybe not slow, just not so gay! Harry aint looking so good in his old age. Strangely that person looks familiar. Just can't put my finger on who.

^ yep thats it. I really like the graphic with it's simplicity and wanted to do something for myself with it, so i made the airbrushed t shirt. My park is soon to be reborn Six Flags New Orleans. Unless someone buys it. :shock:

^ Hey, Thats my line!

I could have added to the other Katrina thread but felt it better to make this seperate. Yes, most of the city is devastated and needs rebuilding but i do want to show that if you were, or are planning to come to new orleans you should. What do you come to New Orleans for? To see boobs, penis and party! Thats right, contrary to popular belief, in exchange for a pair of beads you can also see a penis! In this photo report i decided not to show the destruction that is minimal in the Quarter. Some things you just can't get around but you will see that the quarter is operational and New Orleans needs you to come out and party! Be prepared cause in this report you will see a man blowing bubbles with his farts and an ACE member on bourbon st! This is the Causeway bridge. It is 24 miles long.I live on the northshore.So i drive cross lake. Going home. This is lake Pontchartrain and you see city in distance more to right Another shot on jackson square Getting married on jackson square. Back of jackson square. See, yall can come to, have fun and get drunk. OMFG! Handgrenades! These are awesome! Come on over. I'll have a few with you! ACE member and his cool patch jacket.He really sad he can't get Megazeph credit Cariage moves, Aww dang! Another katrina raviged fridge! If you only knew what they smelled like now. Common sight,horse drawn carraige on bourbon. This New Oleanian found his bench survived the storm and he moved back. Sorry, Riverwalk won't be open for another week or so. Still lots to see and do! Come on over! This nice fountain greets you as you near the Riverwalk Thats right! we have a busy port! Lots of big boats always comming through. The front panel.Each panel is panted in similar fashion to create the complete piece Move around farther and then see this. I guess thats how it works. Move around a bit ,stop and see a design. Side veiw of art installed last winter The mighty miss sippy! Tanner, who is set just round the corner said i need to show yall we here and yall need to come visit! Jackson Square! Come see it before the next storm takes it out! The original Cafe Du Monde. We need you to fill those empty seats! Ahhh, here you can buy lots of stuff to wear while you get drunk!Not enough tourists!Come on down! :-(Normally these cases full of hand dipped chocolates.Not open yet.Wish we had Sees here.i love Sees candy. Normally all seats would be filled. Come on over, we need you to fill the empty seats. Normaly fruit and veggies sold here. Maybe they will be back soon! OMG!He is blowing bubbles with farts! Yes, you do hear fart sounds when he lifts the wand. An interesting find outside of a shop.What is he doing? The quarter is very old.It always looks like this.Except for the Katrina raviged fridge on the sidewalk Due to the disaster and lack of city workers there is the odd anount of trash still around. Your here to get drunk though! Just watch your step. Usually vendors fill this to both sides and tourists pack the area. Not quite today but we are still alive here.

This Graphic was used at my park. I am not shure if it was chain wide or just internal at my park but i liked it a lot and had it airbrushed onto a long sleeve t shirt. Small on front right and large on back. This is the back This is the front

^:o I would not touch that myself but am laffin my a$$ off that you did.

OMG! I made brownies last night! Now I have heart burn from them this morning.

The city is broke. All non esential city workers were laid off long time ago. The city may come back but it sure won't be the same. At least not for many years to come. Many residence left thier pets behind. Not very smart. If you can't survive why would you think an animal can? Don't worry, it was not just cats, I am sure an equal amount of dogs,cats and rodents died! :shock: Now there is ongoing controversy that the levees were not built to spec. Still a huge mess and will be long hard road to recovery.

I wasn't going to use photoshop!

^Awwww, I should try to make one of those tonight!^

For whatever reason, everyone on my block on our side recieved minimal damage. Some roof shingles missing, fences down and maybe some siding messed up. Of course everyone lost thier fridge. When the power goes out for few days and food spoils, the smell gets in the insulation in the fridge walls and there is just no saving it. I TRIED! You just can't. I bought a new fridge last week

Decided to take a short trip in New Orleans to see how things comming along and maybe take a few pics. All photos taken today 11-10-2005. Keep in mind that what you see is uninhabitable and is like this for miles and miles and miles. There are strange smells all over but there is one unmistakeable smell you get no matter where you go. It is the smell of rotting food and meat in the fridge/freezer. It is a sweet funky smell, and when i say sweet, yes it is sweet but in a bad way! I just can't describe it. I thought i got use to it but if you get a strong wiff close up it makes you gag. I have a friend who is a funeral director and he says the worst cases are pretty close to dead body smell as you can get. As i sit here and work with this report i can actually smell it off my cloths now and then. It just sticks with you. Last week i ran an errand downtown and the sun had set just before i headed back home and most of the city has NO electricity yet. It is just miles and miles and miles of pitch black. no movement, sounds or human activity. You can see it on tv or in pictures but you just don't feel how strange, eerie and how big the whole mess really is. Here sum dem dare pictures i took. Pretty common in my hood with huge pine trees falling on homes and doing roof damage. This place is just down on the next block from me. The trees have been cleared away but the house is condemmed and will be demolished. Another shot of house that got 5 trees. Imagine you are the owner and you are driving in and you see a tree on a roof now and then. At this point you start relaxing thinking things not so bad and you turn the corner to see your house like this. Ohh how ho Now in my hood , it wasn't so much wind and flood, it was trees falling on your house that did the damage then rain pouring in. This house is just down the block from me and got 5 trees on it! The house is totally destroyed along with a car they left park Sometimes you see a small path of complete destruction. In the case of this photo, you see the electric pole and corner of building badly damaged but all around other damage not so bad. Most likely a tornado touched down here Destruction everywhere you go. Just miles and miles of devestation due to flooding. You can see landscaping, shrubs and trees dead. Car on front lawn. It just does not convey through pictures. It's all kinda a light grey and it is quiet for as far as you can see. In New Orleans it is customary to pull your car on the higher neutral ground because of common street flooding. Did not do much good here. A hood in the process of being cleaned up. you can see truck and workers in the distance. keep in mind that a lot of cleanup has already been done. after the storm these roads were un passable with tree,treeparts and debris More destruction not yet cleaned up. The cars most likely floated here from somewhere else Untill someone gets around to cleaning it, this was basically everywhere. Mud and dirt left behind after water drained A huge part of New Orleans is still without power. All intersections that have traffic lights now have stop signs. You can also see the rediculas amount of signs on the neutral ground . These are advertisements for house gutting,carpet cleaning,mold remov Dead grass,shrubs and trees After search and rescue checked homes they then marked them in this way. This home had no dead humans or pets inside. You can clearly see the water lines here. the fact that most grass trees and lanscaping are dead also gives the feeling tha a bomb was dr As you can see there is nothing but a big mess after flooding like New Orleans experienced. Looks as if no one has touched this place yet. You can see some of the plywood still on windows. Common thing we all do to help protect against hurricanes. Not much help here though. destruction This boat tours no more Road is blocked by boats pushed out of the marina Mess at the marina A mess near the marina. A random boat where it should not be. A damaged house. you can see how deep the water was by the line across the front. Before anyone could get back in the city trees blocking roadways had to be removed and are still being cleared. I saw that they were shredding a lot of this. One of the few times something smelled good round here. This pile is most likely 5 stories tall. Then the big mess from gutting houses is moved to another temporary place. these piles right now are 3 to 5 stories high When you get 5 to 18 feet of water in your house there is not much to save really. You throw most everything out and strip walls and maybe ceiling down to the studs and rebuild from there. Then as you can see, this creates another big mess to deal with la

I'm gonna hang out with somebody cool today.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel they were able to take stuff on rides this season? I didn't go to other parks till late in season but generally whatever I carried on was never questioned or an issue. Anyone else experience this?

in this order 1. Supervised Park Service 2. Supervised Ride operations, what a be och to do openning procedures for two coasters and a dark ride! and then the other flats in my section. 3. Took over Park Service 4. Dual Lead Park service and Ride Operations I was never just an operator but as a supe and then lead, of course i did at times operate rides. I absolutely love loading, unloading and operating rides! Call me crazy but i like operating coasters the most due to the non stop fast pace movement for hours at a time. Which of course makes me hate working with a slow attendand/loader. Six Flags New Orleans

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My car in shop today. I am stuck at home.

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