Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (65 Viewers)

[tjharris]

I guess I'm in the minority here but I automatically assumed domestic terrorism. With the number of mass shootings in this country, when I hear about terrorism on American soil I automatically think domestic.

In any other city you'd probably be correct, but in New Orleans 9 out of 10 times , It's a drunk person.

 

[tjharris]

I guess I'm in the minority here but I automatically assumed domestic terrorism. With the number of mass shootings in this country, when I hear about terrorism on American soil I automatically think domestic.

In any other city you'd probably be correct, but in New Orleans 9 out of 10 times , It's a drunk person.

 

[Madmarsha]

It will get worse. Much worse.

Something to look forward to.


Here's a thought, though, that at least ... the very least ... that at 3:20 a.m., likely none of the victims were children.

 

[livefromDC]

Yep.. a little surreal seeing my hometown on the international news , here on a Wednesday night, from 9,300 miles away in my new home in Asia .


At the VERY least there should be strong consideration to making Bourbon Street pedestrian only, as has been discussed for years .. only my opinion .




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The cynic in me wants to point out that it took only 4 posts before we got a post advocating for removing all traffic from Bourbon. We're now on page 5 and there hasn't been a single rebuttal implying that it's not the trucks fault, or that's too drastic or what about law abiding drivers or...

 

[Nisey55]

Something to look forward to.


Here's a thought, though, that at least ... the very least ... that at 3:20 a.m., likely none of the victims were children.

Good point, but I'm having trouble seeing anything positive as I didn't hear about it until 30 minutes ago. Not processing yet.
Why are we so damn broken?

 

[livefromDC]

In any other city you'd probably be correct, but in New Orleans 9 out of 10 times , It's a drunk person.

9 oit of 10 times? What NOLA monster city have created in your mind? Sir, can you show me a story of someone driving drunk in New Orleans plowing through pedestrians then getting out and shooting while there's an explosive device in the vehicle?

For the record, drunk drivers kill pedestrians in every city, not just New Orleans.

 

[Yatman]

disgruntled psycho u.t. fan taking it out on uga crowd?

remember, "With UGA’s 22-19 win over Texas on Saturday night, Georgia became the first team in more than a century to knock off the Longhorns twice in the same season. Georgia also beat UT 30-15 in Austin back in October."

 

[Hubig]

How terrible!

 

[Madmarsha]

The cynic in me wants to point out that it took only 4 posts before we got a post advocating for removing all traffic from Bourbon. We're now on page 5 and there hasn't been a single rebuttal implying that it's not the trucks fault, or that's too drastic or what about law abiding drivers or...

Well, the thing is that typically every night in the FQ starting around 6 p.m., the streets are routinely blocked off to regular vehicle traffic allowing only residents, deliveries, and emergency. Events like this the times would be earlier and last longer.

On a "good" day, driving through the FQ is fraught with other cars, delivery vehicles, bikes, hansom cabs, pedi cabs, and pedestrian tourists who aren't paying any attention to any of the above.

 

[RaginSaint93]

 

[livefromDC]

'Domestic' is what I assumed the moment she said it. But it certainly would have been best for that word not to be used so early in the investigation. Because the mental impact on people is a lot worse than if she had just used the word 'perpetrator'.

Agree there as well.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Have only read headlines and a couple of internet comments. Also haven’t been down to Bourbon St (or the Quarter in general) at night in several months.

But, isn’t Bourbon St generally pedestrian only on weekends and for special events? Assuming the perps drove around the barricades (which I assume means they somehow drove up the sidewalk)?

 

[Madmarsha]

Good point, but I'm having trouble seeing anything positive as I didn't hear about it until 30 minutes ago. Not processing yet.
Why are we so damn broken?

Oh, there's nothing positive. I've been monitoring/processing for a little less than 2 hours myself now and that was the first time I'd had that thought about what ages were likely to be involved at that early hour because I wasn't sure at first what time it even did happen.

 

[tjharris]

9 oit of 10 times? What NOLA monster city have created in your mind? Sir, can you show me a story of someone driving drunk in New Orleans plowing through pedestrians then getting out and shooting while there's an explosive device in the vehicle?

For the record, drunk drivers kill pedestrians in every city, not just New OrOrleans

4 years ago and then 2 years ago, I think my timeline may be off a little. A drunk person drove into a crowd during Mardi Gras.

 

[livefromDC]

4 years ago and then 2 years ago, I think my timeline may be off a little. A drunk person drove into a crowd during Mardi Gras.

And then started shooting?