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zairgirl, I will keep you and your family and friends in my thoughts. Really. The only thing that's been running through my mind all day is one song lyric. "Well I never pray, but tonight I'm on my knees, yeah." I don't know who I'll direct my thoughts to, but I honestly hope that they will send something good your way. I watched the coverage on ABC just an hour ago, and I was incredibly moved. People helping people. It outwieghs the footage of people HURTING people. And that just... Really made me tear up. And the heros. The hospital workers!!! The only working hospital in New Orleans stayed working, it consisted of the day old infants in urgant care, and the very elderly people. If they had been moved, they surely wouldn't have survived. One 3 week old baby relied on one machine. If it had stopped working they would have to manually turn the device in a rotation to keep his tiny heart beating! And miraculously, the power stayed on. I've never believed in anything before this. That's starting to change. There are people who put their own lives on the line to save a tiny little soul that has no idea what is going on. It just really choked me up..... Made me think about how we work. For every one bad person, there's 20 good ones. And the miracle that these little babies lived, that technology stayed on in that one hospital... Ah. I GET SO EMOTIONAL LMFAO! :cry: *done*

Thank you so much for making this thread! I was going to, but didn't know how to word it or where to put it. *knows how to string people in* MAKE CHRIS MARTIN PROUD!! Prove that Coldplay fans are the nicest people in the world!!! :D :kiss: Well, we shouldn't need THAT to make us do this, but really. What's a few bucks!

Oh no! Seinna! Don't get hooked on the smilies, seriously! The little bastards will ruin your life!!! :chinese: :computer: :egypt: :gorgeous: :gossip: :greedy:

When the Levee Breaks-Led Zeppelin. I'm not listening to it though. It's just playing in my head. Over. And over. And over. And over.... AAAAAAAAH it's so fucking morbid.

I actually couldn't sleep a few nights ago. I went downstairs at 2 in the morning and put on the news. It was just as Katrina was moving out. There was a reporter standing in the french quarter saying how they were pretty lucky, he was only up to his knees or so in water and it seems to have "missed" that area, thankfully. The next morning I woke up and my mom told me it was all engulfed in 20+ feet of water. The levee broke after I turned off the TV, I guess. And the only song that's friggin' been going through my head is "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin. It's scary and annoying the shit out of me, oh my god.

I would have taken out a Whisper and added Waves. Good idea though! I'll have to do this with my ipod playlist

Yeah I'm not feeling too well today... Not been a good one LOL

You like that, doncha Kelli? You nasty, nasty girl! :lipsrsealed2: :laugh2: :lips: :mellow:

This one goes out to the hurricane victims. I'm feeling it. Walk On/U2 And love is not the easy thing The only baggage you can bring And love is not the easy thing The only baggage you can bring Is all that you can't leave behind And if the darkness is to keep us apart And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off And if your glass heart should crack And for one second you turn back Oh no, be strong Walk on, walk on What you got they can't steal it No, they can't even feel it Walk on, walk on Stay safe tonight You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been A place that has to be believed to be seen You could have flown away A singing bird in an open cage Who will only fly, only fly for freedom Walk on, walk on What you've got they can't deny it Can't sell it or buy it Walk on, walk on You stay safe tonight And I know it aches, how your heart it breaks You can only take so much Walk on, walk on Home, hard to know what it is if you've never had one Home, I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home That's where the hurt is And I know it aches and your heart it breaks And you can only take so much Walk on Leave it behind You've got to leave it behind All that you fashion All that you make All that you build All that you break All that you measure All that you feel All this you can leave behind All that you reason It’s only time All that you bear No more than a feeling on my mind All that you see All that you wear All that you sense All that you scheme All you dress up All that you’ve seen All you create And all that you wreck All that you hate

^Yep. Me too. It would have been nice if all this was done to PREPARE for the disaster. BEFORE HAND? Oh sorry. Bush and his cronies were too busy following their political agenda of bicycling through fields of poppies. My bad. At least the tsunami took us completely off guard. There was at least 2-3 days heads up for this! Some people are all alone in the world, they couldn't have gotten out by themselves. If there were more people deployed THEN to help them, maybe there wouldn't be such a toll of life. But that's only guessing at the past... *sighs* No problem! I actually was in the middle of reading it when I saw you discussing this. Ironic?! LOL

:lol: :lol: Oh yeah, and his other penis is a vagina. :huh: LMFAO SORRY! I couldn't resist.

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday that his administration was moving quickly to save lives and provide sustenance to uncounted victims of Hurricane Katrina, but that it "will take years" to recover from the storm that laid waste to the Gulf Coast. "We're dealing with one of the worst national disasters in our nation's history," Bush said at a news conference hours after an aerial tour of the area. "This is going to be a difficult road," he added, and made it clear the impact could broaden well past the four states along the battered coast. Story continues below ↓ advertisement "Our citizens must understand this storm has disrupted the capacity to make gasoline and to distribute gasoline," the president said. Run-down of actions Flanked by senior members of his administration, Bush ran down a list of actions already taken to help victims of the storm. He said, for example, buses were on the way to help take thousands of storm refugees from the overwhelmed Superdome in New Orleans to the Astrodome in Houston. Medical teams had been deployed, as have search-and-rescue teams, the president said. The Coast Guard had already rescued nearly 2,000 people, he added. Bush said the Pentagon as well was contributing to the rescue and relief operations, and said he had instructed Energy Secretary Sam Bodman to work with refineries to "alleviate any shortage through loans." In addition to the government's efforts, Bush encouraged Americans to donate money to help recovery efforts. Bush cut short his working vacation in Texas by two days to fly over the devastated region. His plane flew over New Orleans at about 2,500, and it descended even further, to about 1,700 feet, over Mississippi. Bush surveyed the damage from a couch near the left front of the plane. The plane flew over New Orleans, then traveled along the coast to Mobile, Miss., before turning north toward Washington. “It’s totally wiped out,” Bush remarked as the modified Boeing 747 moved east past Slidell, a Louisiana community reduced to a pile of rubble and sticks. “It’s devastating, it’s got to be doubly devastating on the ground,” Bush said, according to his spokesman Scott McClellan. President's personal imprint Even so, Bush expressed optimism upon his return to the White House, in words directed at the victims of the storm who had lost their homes, possessions and employment. "I'm confident that with time you'll get your life back in order, new communities will flourish, the great city of New Orleans will get back on its feet and America will be a stronger place for it," he said. Bush stepped to the microphones to put a personal imprint on efforts his administration is making to cope with the disaster in the Gulf Coast. "Truckloads of water, ice, meals, medical supplies, generators, tents and tarpaulins" are loaded aboard 1,700 trailer trucks in an initial emergency response, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said at a news conference. He pledged a "full range of federal resources" -- a list that ran from bridge inspection and repair to restoration of communications networks to mosquito abatement in a region with vast stretches underwater. Hardship will persist At the same time, officials warned of continuing hardships across an area laid waste by the powerful storm. Michael Leavitt, secretary of Health and Human Services, announced that he had declared a public health emergency in the area stretching from Louisiana to Florida. "We are gravely concerned about the potential for cholera, typhoid and dehydrating diseases that could come as a result of the stagnant water and the conditions," he said. Chertoff and Leavitt spoke at a news conference attended by an unusual array of department and agency heads, each of whom came equipped with a list of actions already taken by the administration. In addition to steps designed to alleviate the suffering of victims, the administration moved to cushion the impact the storm might have on the nation's oil supply. Bush signed off on a plan to release oil from emergency stockpiles, a decision intended to offset the loss of production from Gulf Coast refiners. Temporary waiver for pollution standards At the same time, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson announced a temporary nationwide waiver of certain pollution standards covering gasoline and diesel fuels. Johnson had issued the waiver for the four storm-damaged Gulf states on Tuesday but said the broader move was necessary "to ensure that fuel is available throughout the country, to address public health issues and emergency vehicle supply needs." Additionally, Energy Secretary Samuel E. Bodman said the Transportation Department had waived rules governing trucker hours, a step he said would increase the supply of gasoline. Overall, "the first stage is, of course, life saving," said Chertoff, who emerged as the administration's point man on the disaster response. Additionally, he said the administration had already shipped 13.4 million liters of water, 10,000 tarps, 3.4 million pounds of ice and 144 generators. He said the second phase of the administration's response would be to restore "at least minimal transportation infrastructure to the region." Efforts are under way to clear roads and inspect bridges, establish communications and expand operations at airports, he added. "We are also looking at maritime assets that we can deploy to New Orleans to re-establish port operations there," he said. Longer term, Chertoff said, will be the rebuilding efforts. That seemed a long time off for those who have lost their homes and personal possessions and have been living without adequate food, shelter or sanitation since the hurricane blew ashore early Monday. Massive effort The scope of the effort cut across the government: * The Transportation Department dispatched more than 400 trucks to move 5.4 million MREs, or ready-to-eat meals; 13.4 million liters of water; 10,400 tarps; 4,900 rolls of plastic sheeting; 3.4 million pounds of ice; 10 mobile homes; 144 generators; 20 containers of disaster supplies; 135,000 blankets; 11,000 cots; 200 tables; 450 chairs; 1 all-terrain vehicle; 19 forklifts and three 100-person and nine 50-person field office kits to flood damaged areas for FEMA. * Eighteen Urban Search and Rescue task forces and two Incident Support Teams have been deployed and prepositioned in Shreveport, La., and Jackson, Miss., including teams from Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. An additional eight swift water rescue teams have been deployed, FEMA said. * The number of people rescued or assisted by the Coast Guard climbed to 1,250. * The Defense Department's Transportation Command was flying eight swift-water rescue teams from California to Lafayette, La. * These teams will provide approximately 14 highly trained personnel with vehicles and small rigid-hulled boats capable of rescuing stranded citizens from flooded areas. * USS Bataan sailed to the waters off Louisiana to provide support. Four helicopters from the Bataan were flying medical evacuation and search and rescue missions in Louisiana. Bataan's hospital may also be used for medical support. * The hospital ship USNS Comfort was leaving Baltimore to bring medical assistance capabilities to the Gulf region, and should arrive in seven days. * The Health and Human Services Department said 250 mobile hospital beds and associated equipment have arrived at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Thirty-eight Public Health Service officers are at the facility and along with disaster medical assistance teams and State health care professionals. Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9132021/ Just read, thought I should share. Weird how you don't see any of that reflected in the live footage.... It's too bad that Louisiana's National Guard has been deported to Iraq...

Oh no. He's touring with U2? Since the fuck when? I know that he's not opening for them during their American October leg. And Dashboard Confessional ( :rolleyes: ) is opening in December for them... This is a very bizarre article..... :huh: I'm pretty sure it's a load of bull.

I was just kidding! Ah!! I don't actually talk to Guy in the morning and he doesn't snort 34 lines of crack each Saturday afternoon and who knows! Maybe he eats tons and tons of feta cheese! The high thing was a "joke" (? LOL I actually don't know what to call it) from another thread. See here: http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20713&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45

LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO That cracked me up^ Oh yeah, and Guy doesn't like feta cheese, angus steaks, red fingernail polish and snorts 34 lines of crack each Saturday afternoon. Seriously! I talked to him this morning. I'm sorry I'm so sarcastic sometimes LMFAO

Is anyone else going to donate money to the Red Cross? I think that anyone who feels effected by this, even in the smallest way, should give a few spare dollars to the organization so that they can get relief out to these people soon. Whether it be money to feed a family for a week, money to give a blanket to the homeless or enough to fill the gas tank of a rescue helicopter. I'm parting with my 150 dollars that I was saving up. I'm sorry. I just get very into helping people, or attempting to. My money is the only way I can really show my grief. My heart goes out to the people who have lost family members, friends, husbands, wives....

"Well, I never pray. But tonight I'm on my knees, yeah."

Emotionally drained. Psychologically damaged. Physically weak. Depressed. Hurt. Angry. Pissed off. And wanting to save the whole fucking world again. What else is new.

Pride (In the Name of Love)-U2 (from the Rattle & Hum DVD OH NO IT ENDED :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: )

(Kelli'z a bling whore!!! :P :kiss: ) "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"/My favorite U2 song. Or at least for today. Green light, 7-Eleven You stop in for a pack of cigarettes You don't smoke, don't even want to Hey now, check your change Dressed up like a car crash The wheels are turning but you're upside down You say when he hits you you don't mind Because when he hurts you you feel alive Oh now, is that what it is Red light, grey morning You stumble out of a hole in the ground A vampire or a victim It depends on who's around You used to stay up to watch the adverts You could lip-synch to the talk shows And if you look, you look through me And when you talk it's not to me And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing If I could stay, then the night would give you up Stay, and the day would keep its trust Stay, and the night would be enough Faraway, so close up with the static and the radio With satellite television you can go anywhere Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast and Berlin And if you listen I can't call And if you jump, you just might fall And if you shout, I'll only hear you If I could stay then the night would give you up Stay then the day would keep its trust Stay with the demons you drowned Stay with the spirit I found Stay and the night would be enough Three o'clock in the morning It's quiet and there's no one around Just the bang and the clatter as an angel runs to ground Just the bang and the clatter as an angel hits the ground

Freudan slip, eh? :wink3: :P

Crying Shame/Jack Johnson Its such a tired game Will it ever stop How will this all play out Upside out of my mouth By now we should know How to communicate instead of coming to blows We're on a roll And there ain't no stopping us now We're burning under control Isn't it strange how We're all burning under the same sun By now we say its a war for peace Its the same old game But do we really want to play? We could close our eyes its still there We could say its us against them We can try but nobody wins Gravity has got a hold on us all We try to put it out But its a growing flame Using fear as fuel Burning down our name And it wont take too long Cause words are burning same And who we gunna blame now? And oh, Its such a crying crying crying shame Its such a crying crying crying shame Its such a crying crying crying shame, shame, shame By now Its starting to show A number of people are numbers who aint coming home I can close my eyes its still there Close my mind be alone Close my heart and not care But gravity has got a hold on us all Its a terrific price to pay But in the true sense of the word Are we using what we've learned? In the true sense of the word Are we losing what we were? Its such a tired game Will it ever stop? Is not for me to say And is it in our blood? Or is it just our fate? And how will this all play out Upside out of my mouth And who we gunna blame? On and on Its such a crying crying crying shame Its such a crying crying crying shame

Bling: 1234.64 LMFAO I HAVE 1234 BLING well not after this post... :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: I felt the need to document this moment in history.

Oh my god ^I am so sorry. I don't know what I'm apologizing for, I can't control nature. But if I could.... My thoughts go out to you and your family. At least you have your life. That's enough to get you through to a time when things will get better.

Oh my god. All these new pictures. The Jonny ones. This Will one... Oh. Heaven. I have seen it. Dare I pry as to where these lovely things were obtained? :D :kiss: I loooove yooou! LOL! :P :lol: Thank you!!!!