Talk:Louisiana (1983: Doomsday)

Given the inherent lawlessness and mafia connections, I don't know how much of a consistent government could be formed in Louisiana, especially with the aftermath of Doomsday. Louisiannan 21:34, January 27, 2010 (UTC)

Louisiannan, are you basing that on reality (I had no idea there was a mafia in Louisiana!) or on the article (gang violence in Lafayette)? BrianD 22:04, January 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * My mistake: I just finished some reading on Wikipedia. I rewrote it to reflect your take. My view is that Doomsday motivated people to band together (one reason why they survived as opposed to every man for himself, like Athens), and the Mafia's attacks in 1985 were viewed by the public almost as egregious as the Soviet attack that destroyed America; a wanton attack and attempt to kill as many citizens as possible. It made people angry and willing to fight; the only thing that would have made them angrier would be Soviet troops marching through the bayous. But I am not from Louisiana...I may have misjudged the area entirely. BrianD 00:45, January 28, 2010 (UTC)



Hi, guys. I just did a quick map using google earth showing the targeted cities and the refuge cities named in the article. I put "bull's eye" targets on the cities representing primary and secondary destruction of up to about 30 miles or so. This put's Lake Arthur on the edge of the damage done to Lake Charles. It makes sense, though that survivors along the coast may indeed make their way there instead of to Lafayette. However, it seems that only one town of any size would be a candidate to have survivors in the destroyed zone between Lake Arthur, LA, and Port Arthur, TX. That town, Cameron, would have been about 25 miles outside of Lake Charles. All other survivors would be in little unincorporated hamlets along the coastal bayous (not amounting to many folk, probably). More people from the bayous would probably have made it than from Cameron, though. [I misspelled Louisiana in the caption, but had to rename the picture so I kept both as "Louisianna"!] SouthWriter 04:53, January 28, 2010 (UTC)