Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : Chaya Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 02:31:06 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote: > 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. Good luck, Nick. I'll be thinking about you & yours over the next few days. .