Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : John Iwaniszek Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 01:31:34 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Mark Morrison wrote in news:enh4h1lthn70eatq20lj1slk3j7q9k13kh@4ax.com: > On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:10:58 -0500, Tim Weaver > wrote: > >>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? > > She's been eating a lot of fruit, lately. > It looks like the worse they are expecting in Red Stick is 50 mph winds. Bad, but it could be a lot worse. .