Katrina victims sue US for $3 quadrillion dollars

[Gabu]

Not only three quadrillion, but three quadrillion, fourteen trillion, one hundred seventy billion, three hundred eighty-nine million, one hundred seventy-six thousand, four hundred and ten.

...where the hell did that number come from?  Did the person just randomly mash the numpad of his computer?

[Gabu]

Not only three quadrillion, but three quadrillion, fourteen trillion, one hundred seventy billion, three hundred eighty-nine million, one hundred seventy-six thousand, four hundred and ten.

...where the hell did that number come from?  Did the person just randomly mash the numpad of his computer?

nuh uh, that's all the lawsuits combined. the largest single lawsuit is the three quadrillion one.

Oh, haha.  That explains it.

...well, no, it doesn't.  But you know.

[Gabu]

Would you feel the same way if San Francisco were flattenned by an earthquake? How about if a tornado destroyed a major Midwestern city? Natural disasters occur anywhere.

The difference there is that absolutely anyone could see this coming, but built the city anyway.  Seriously, the city was surrounded by water and was below sea level in an area plagued by hurricanes - I can't see how no one stood up and said "this is a disaster waiting to happen".

[Gabu]

Would you feel the same way if San Francisco were flattenned by an earthquake? How about if a tornado destroyed a major Midwestern city? Natural disasters occur anywhere.

The difference there is that absolutely anyone could see this coming, but built the city anyway.  Seriously, the city was surrounded by water and was below sea level in an area plagued by hurricanes - I can't see how no one stood up and said "this is a disaster waiting to happen".

I don't think you're being sarcastic, but I can't tell.  But at this point it's irrelevant - it happened, so we have to move on.  But moving on by building the same mistake city (no levee is going to keep a hurricane out in a direct hit - sorry, unless it's a VERY weak hurricane, the city will still get hammered bad) is just dumb.

No, I'm not being sarcastic.  Seriously, I can't understand why anyone would support rebuilding New Orleans in the exact position it was before.  That would just be asking for this disaster to happen all over again.

[Gabu]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22571349/?GT1=10755

 Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion.

Does that much money even exist?

The gross world product is $48 trillion, so... no.  It's two orders of magnitude above the entire money supply in the entire world.

[Gabu]

Well the stupid people shouldn't have lived somewhere that is below sea level.

I have a feeling that the majority of people who lived in New Orleans prior to the flood were probably born there, and thus did not have any input on the matter.