3 Quadrillion dollars !!! ( use your best Dr. Evil Voice)

DaemonSeid · #1 01-10-2008, 09:02 AM

I don't what's stupider....the lawsuit or the dollar amount

NEW ORLEANS - 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.

A whopping $3,014,170,389,176,410 is the dollar figure so far sought from some of the largest claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane.

Of roughly 489,000 total claims, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has received 247 for at least $1 billion apiece, including the one for $3 quadrillion.

"That's the mother of all high numbers," said Loren Scott, a Baton Rouge-based economist.

For the sake of perspective: A mere $1 quadrillion would dwarf the U.S. gross domestic product, which Scott said was $13.2 trillion in 2007. A stack of one quadrillion pennies would reach Saturn.

Some residents may have grossly exaggerated their claims to send a message to the corps, which has accepted blame for poorly designing the failed levees.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080109/...flood_lawsuits

And when I read this...this is the only image I see coming in my head is...

DSTCHAOS · #2 01-10-2008, 09:43 AM

I don't blame them for thinking up a lawsuit but the dollar amount would make it more theory than practice.

They would have to prove negligence on the part of the government and that requires more than Kanye West on the witness stand saying "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

Kevin · #3 01-10-2008, 12:18 PM

Rule 11.

Coramoor · #4 01-10-2008, 03:06 PM

I suspect this guy is behind such a moronic lawsuit.

DaemonSeid · #5 01-10-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Coramoor

I suspect this guy is behind such a moronic lawsuit.

^^^^ that's not even funny....

Tom Earp · #6 01-10-2008, 03:51 PM

Funny this post came up!

I had a customer in the store day from just east of New Orleans.

He lost his house and belongings. State Farm offered him $12,000. He also had flood and hurrican insurance with them!

He and family are now in KC Ks. and they wanted him to pay $3,000 for a house insurance that he could not live in!

SWELL!

Kevin · #7 01-10-2008, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Funny this post came up!

I had a customer in the store day from just east of New Orleans.

He lost his house and belongings. State Farm offered him $12,000. He also had flood and hurrican insurance with them!

He and family are now in KC Ks. and they wanted him to pay $3,000 for a house insurance that he could not live in!

SWELL!

How do you know that's not what his damages were? That he chose to move instead of repair the damage isn't his insurance company's fault.

I tend to think that insurance companies are categorically a bunch of scumbags (except perhaps Chubb, Amica, Allianz, etc.).

That said though, I don't have enough to go on to know that your friend is getting screwed by this tiny offer.

Also, as to the picture, I might feel sympathy for someone who was looting food or something, but Heineken?

DSTCHAOS · #8 01-10-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

^^^^ that's not even funny....

Was that supposed to be a joke? Wow.

BabyPiNK_FL · #9 01-10-2008, 06:04 PM

Many (but not all) of those people were treated like worthless animals. I think they are probably asking for something ridiculous fir the purpose of getting something that is substantial for all their pain, suffering, and loss. While I may not agree with everything they ask/say, I saw first hand the wreckless abandon that citizens of the US received at the hands of the government, we all did. The US even denied foreign aid to supplement the supplies that were being given and many of these people are still living in a squalor no better than the ones they left. People were raped, people died in the streets like animals, elderly and mentally ill sat in forgotten hospitals and half-way homes crapping on themselves until help arrived. I don't feel anger, just a lot of sadness. I'd never wish that on my worst enemy and I'd most certainly never laugh or scoff at what they've been through. The worst thing about this lawsuit though is that even if they won something, they'd probably never get it.

macallan25 · #10 01-10-2008, 07:28 PM

That picture is hilarious. Lighten up.

He's looting friggin' Heineken for God's sake. The bottle in the back pocket is the icing on the cake. Just had to get one more.

DSTCHAOS · #11 01-10-2008, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by macallan25

That picture is hilarious. Lighten up.

I'm pretty light, thanks.

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Originally Posted by macallan25

He's looting friggin' Heineken for God's sake. The bottle in the back pocket is the icing on the cake. Just had to get one more.

Oh well now that you've explained the photo, it's utterly hillarious. Yeah. I guess the visual wasn't funny enough for me.

DaemonSeid · #12 01-10-2008, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

I'm pretty light, thanks.

Oh well now that you've explained the photo, it's utterly hillarious. Yeah. I guess the visual wasn't funny enough for me.

when you have to explain (an already lame) joke (that I understood the first go around thanks) it's no longer funny.

PM_Mama00 · #13 01-10-2008, 08:31 PM

What happened to all the money people donated? Besides the designer purses and stuff that some people bought with their Red Cross cards.

texas*princess · #14 01-10-2008, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

What happened to all the money people donated? Besides the designer purses and stuff that some people bought with their Red Cross cards.

Don't even get me started on that one. I can't even count how many stories I heard about that....

DSTCHAOS · #15 01-10-2008, 08:45 PM

It's always unfortunate when the stupidity of a relative few overshadows those who do what they're supposed to do.