Subj : Re: Katrina To : alt.tv.farscape From : Mark Nobles Date : Sun Aug 28 2005 19:07:13 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape 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. -- Yes, I know, no Cat 6. But this is where it would start if there was one. .