Vehicle plows into crowd on Bourbon St., with 14 fatalities (12 Viewers)

[Madmarsha]

So one can just “join” ISIS? Is there a sign-up fee? Makes me feel like he was more of an IS sympathizer than an actual member because you don’t just “join” like some book club.

Valid question that I had, too. But that's a question we should ask about other things, too.

 

[buzd]

Their streets stay nice because it hardly rains - at least that’s what I was once told. It hardly rains where I am as well but the streets suck so who knows.

Phoenix is at the foot of mountains so it’s all dry hard rock that doesn’t move. New Orleans is built on swamp and clay, so it’s like putting streets on a waterbed.

 

[Madmarsha]

The devices he planted wouldn’t detonate, so once he couldn’t get them to explode after a few hours he went to plan B.

Interesting thought.

 

[Sun Wukong]

So one can just “join” ISIS? Is there a sign-up fee? Makes me feel like he was more of an IS sympathizer than an actual member because you don’t just “join” like some book club.

ETA - not directed at you. Just the timleline where he cites joining ISIS in the summer made me laugh.

They do a rush week. But if you're a legacy you just get in.

 

[Eeyore]

I dont know why folks have such a hard time with Federal LE claiming "terror" when they havent all the info.

They cannot, unlike anonymous folks on twitter, proclaim "terror" based on a curled up flag with one character showing in photo.

my word.

My issue is with the application of the term.

If a woman who owns no weapons says "delay, deny, depose" on a phone call is a terrorist, but a man who has 150 explosive devices in his home, told neighbors that political assassinations should be brought back, told the neighbors that he hopes an assassin won't miss a presidential candidate, and used photos of a sitting president for target practice is not terrorism, what is terrorism?

 

[Saint_Ward]

he went on sidewalk at first (going around squad car), but he had 3 blocks of unobstructed driving correct?
and while i'm certainly in the camp to make (most of) The Quarter a pedestrian zone, not sure I want bollards on the sidewalk as well - for whatever reason that feels like it creates more problems than it solves

Even if they put bollards at each block, he could have probably still gone around on the sidewalk.

Clearly any sidewalk barrier needs space for pedestrians and wheelchairs, etc.

 

[VPCajun]

This is the last direction I thought this thread would turn.

It

was

inevitable!

.

 

[Wisco Steve]

Even if they put bollards at each block, he could have probably still gone around on the sidewalk.

Clearly any sidewalk barrier needs space for pedestrians and wheelchairs, etc.

There are other means besides bollards that have been adopted. You still need trucks parked, narrowing the sidewalk paths. This is what my community did after a criminal maniac plowed thru the X-Mas parade:

Waukesha Memorial Day Parade returns; traffic barricades in place

The Memorial Day Parade Monday was Waukesha's first parade since November's Christmas Parade attack and featured $800,000 worth of barriers at all major intersections, aimed at preventing another tragedy.

www.fox6now.com

 

[Brennan77]

Even if they put bollards at each block, he could have probably still gone around on the sidewalk.

Clearly any sidewalk barrier needs space for pedestrians and wheelchairs, etc.

They put out mobile ones for the sidewalk today. The police chief admitted on camera that she didn't even know we had them. oof

 

[Madmarsha]

Even if they put bollards at each block, he could have probably still gone around on the sidewalk.

Clearly any sidewalk barrier needs space for pedestrians and wheelchairs, etc.

Right, because the barriers aren't necessarily because of the worry of someone barreling down the street, they're really just to prevent the regular traffic flow through that area that is allowed at other times. No, no, no, you can't come down this street.

 

[gummbo70114]

I worked with a guy from Phoenix who temporarily lived in Lakeview off St. Bernard. He said at the time his wife was going to be moving there a few weeks later with their Mustang.

Me: "Uhhhh... you have noticed those potholes have you?"

Him: "Yeah. I'm wondering if need to trade it in once she gets here."

It’s always good to get a new wife they can handle potholes

 

[CapitalCitySaint]

They put out mobile ones for the sidewalk today. The police chief admitted on camera that she didn't even know we had them. oof

She’s not that sharp and looks like she should have retired about 2 decades ago but maybe I’m just being mean.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

She’s not that sharp and looks like she should have retired about 2 decades ago but maybe I’m just being mean.

I havent lived in NOLA for many moons so i wasnt familiar with the ‘new’ police chief (who has probably been there for a while but is new to me) beyond having heard her name… but during the press conference the other day i was thinking ‘Hey i kinda like this old broad’.. in contrast to some of the other officials she seemed to have her ish together.. then- she starts in with the ‘New Orleans is still a fun town, dont worry about anything just go out and have a great time !!11!!11!!’ .. that whole schtick, when everything on Bourbon St had JUST happened… i was like come on, read the room lady .

 

[Innominate]

Right, because the barriers aren't necessarily because of the worry of someone barreling down the street, they're really just to prevent the regular traffic flow through that area that is allowed at other times. No, no, no, you can't come down this street.

Just like most locks. They're there to keep the honest people honest.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Prior to my kids attending Jesuit and Mount Carmel, I was really only familiar with the Lakefront and the restaurants in Lakeview. When they started making friends at their schools that lived in the area, I got familiar with the “streets” there and it still surprises me that the residents put up with that. Dude, those are not potholes - they’re what’s left over after a meteor hits.

i always got the sense that the residents put up with it bc the streets are defacto crime prevention -no way to make a quick getaway

but I have to say, having grown up in Lakeview, and most everyone had single story houses; I do wonder if the construction of all the mcmansions are part of the issue with the streets