Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : Mark Nobles Date : Mon Aug 29 2005 05:06:35 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape In article , weirdwolf wrote: > 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? I think you are missing one point: this is an understatement. It doesn't mention the effect of a 30-foot tidal surge, only the wind and rain. .