Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : Nick Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 01:46:45 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote: > 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. > Yeah, I have a friend who lives in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. She has decided to ride it out. Her house is a few hundred feet from the water and sits at 23' above sea level. .