Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Sun Aug 28 2005 21:48:36 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. > > -- > Yes, I know, no Cat 6. But this is where it would start if there > was one. BTW, I think everyone has missed the most important thing about this hurricane, and that is mmmmmmmmmmmmStephanieAbramsmmmmmmmmmmm. .