Subj : Re: Katrina prediction
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Ken McElhaney
Date : Fri Sep 16 2005 09:35:28

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape


John I wrote:
> Chaya wrote:
>
> > Before the storm hit, John posted an advisory here that was from the
> > National Weather Service detailing the possible effects of Katrina
> > (http://littlink.com/h3j3r).  I remember thinking it couldn't have been
> > official--I'd never seen anything like it before.
> >
> > The author discusses it with Brian Williams here:
> > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9358447/
> >
> > Short, but interesting.
> >
>
> There is a meteorologist who was posting to DailyKos post-Katrina who said
> the category ratings for hurricanes were insufficient.  Katrina was cat-5
> only because the levels stop at 5.  His major point was that the current
> category system was not comprehensive enough and needed to be upgraded to
> also convey the scope of damage and geographical spread of the storms.
>
> The warning was an accurate prediction, but the number alone was
> insufficiently informative.

I would think that if a catagory 5 hurricane didn't make you pack up
and drive inland several hundred miles, then you probably deserve to
watch you and your house get leveled.  I think there should be a law
passed that if a homeowner who's capable of leaving (i.e. has a
functioning car), but chooses instead to proclaim to a newscameraman
"I'm stayin, dammit!" must pay his own medical bills without the aid of
any insurance.

We can't catagorize tornadoes until after they have hit (despite what
the movie "Twister" says...of course, that film is easily the funniest
comedy of the '90's) and I think that's a good thing.  After all, who
wants to argue with grandpa while a tornado is bearing down on your
home about "how powerful it really is";

You, "Let's get outta here!"
Grampy, "Aw, that's just an F2, I'm stayin!"
You, "It'll still kill ya, let's go!"
Grampy, "Aw, back in my day we used ta spit at an F2...F2, schmeff2."
You, "When you get to heaven, tell grandma I think your nuts, bye."

Ken

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