Weird Katrina victims file 489,000 claims with fed government - $3 quadrillion

[The Helper]

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.

The total number — $3,014,170,389,176,410 — is the dollar figure so far sought from some 489,000 claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane.

Of the total number of 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.

Katrina victim sues U.S. for $3 quadrillion

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.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Matemeo]

@The 3-quadrillion request. Good, freaking, game.

 

[EatShrooms]

They better win this.

 

[dunpealx4]

i dont think the whole world has that much money. they asked for too much. consequently, they will get nothing.

 

[MeRcChRiS]

no way is there enough gold to back up the money if we give them any.

 

[Sim]

There is suffering.

And then there is profiting from that suffering. :shades:

 

[Wiseman_2]

Wow, I got me some extra-curricular facts to bring to my Geography class tomorrow. We're doing a case study of Hurricane Katrina, and more specifically, New Orleans. It's good working on current events, they keep updating and you can add stuff that wasn't there before.