[ QUOTE ] ...it's like 500-800 dollers at least if you need to be taken to the emergency room just for the ambulence ride... [/ QUOTE ] $500?? Try $5000, pogonip. It's really quite stupid.
99 cent Whoppers What's that? The most we get for 99 cents here is a tiny hamburger. A category 5 hurricane directly striking New Orleans was calculated to be a one in 500 year event by the Army Corps of Engineers Well, it'd surprise me if there was any New Orleans left to get hit by a second one...
Ehhhh I can see where they are coming from . I mean it's like 500-800 dollers at least if you need to be taken to the emergency room just for the ambulence ride.How are they supposed to know they would not be charged for a ride the Goverment charges and taxes you for everything else ! Most of the people they are talking…
[ QUOTE ] They were never built to withstand a major storm. [/ QUOTE ] Of course they were built to withstand a major storm. What they were classified to withstand is a level 3 hurricane. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions_of_hurricane_risk_for_New_Orleans Katrina was a class 3 hurricane by the time it got to New…
I have no trouble believing that people who've grown up fifth-generation dirt-poor in Louisiana would think themselves financially unqualified for a helicopter rescue. I want to hear what the armed holdouts think they're gonna do if they can steer clear of the Guard guys. Do they plan to rule a drowned kingdom of toxic…
[ QUOTE ] Vassago: Trust me, it's $500-800 for the ambulance, its the week in the hospital that'll run you five grand. My daughter racked up half a million dollars this summer, trust me. /jzero [/ QUOTE ] How is she doing? I racked up a $2,000 ER visist once when I couldn't stop tossin' my cookies for 3 days. I couldn't…