Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : John Iwaniszek Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 03:20:23 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Nick wrote in news:Xns96C0C93A13C10ndtcm@ 68.1.17.6: > 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. > this is the NOAA advisory. Read it twice. DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE. HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT. AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK. POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED. They are als predicting flooding in West Baton Rouge. http://weather.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iwszone?Sites=:laz069 .