Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : Tim Weaver Date : Sun Aug 28 2005 14:10:58 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Mark Nobles wrote: > In article , Nick > wrote: > >> John Iwaniszek wrote: >> >> > Nick wrote in >> > news:Xns96BF808A7684Endtcm@ 68.1.17.6: >> > >> >> Jim Larson wrote: >> >>> Nick wrote: >> >>>> Barrnabas Collins wrote: >> >>>> John Iwaniszek wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>>> Category 5 by Monday. landfall on New Orleans Monday night. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> Wrong. Strong Category 3 or Category 4 hitting west of New >> >>>>> Orlieans. ------------------------------------------ >> >>>> >> >>>> DOH! >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> (You got something against New Orleans?) >> >>> >> >> >> >> I am about 60 miles north west of New Orleans so east of me is >> >> good. Besides, Bourbon Street could use a good rinsing off. >> >> >> > >> > Cat 5 and landfall on NO by Monday. Don't mess around. >> >> Yeah, winds up to 175 now. Jim Cantori even left Biloxi for safer >> ground. > > Yep, that makes it a Cat 6! Not even the ground it passes over is safe. > I saw roads in Oklahoma that a tornado had crossed with that wind > speed, and it ripped the pavement up off the ground and flung it. Thinkum can do all that from way up north? -- Tim Weaver I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I am not so sure what you heard is not what I meant. .