Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 03:29:58 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape John Iwaniszek wrote in news:Xns96C0E3401A131joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: > 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. SOOO understatement not big over there? Seriously I hope that you are all safe on the other side of the pond. Don't suppose you could send us some torrential rain a week from thursday? Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .