Hey GL

[cincygreg]

Now a category 3 and looking like she might still strengthen more. Headed for the Gulf Coast.

[cincygreg]

170 MPH sustained winds, 200+ MPH gusts, category 5 heading straight for New Orleans and the surrounding area.

Bad bad bad.

[Sluggo]

My heart is aching for all those people down South. We are lucky to live well out of the areas of hurricanes.

[jumper69]

I was just in Mississippi last week. Funny...it wasn't raining then. [img]graemlins/wonder.gif[/img]

[cincygreg]

I was gonna pick a specific story to post, but this has a ton of them

HURRICANE STORY


And so does this one

MORE HURRICANE STORIES

[Dulcinea]

From this site:

Oh my.

HURRICANE KATRINA A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969. 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.

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[cincygreg]

Ended up being the third most powerful when it hit land.

Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and parts of fFlorida all getting pounded.
The aftermath will be pretty horrific.

[gae]

Now that we have a sign, maybe we can find reason.

[reason]

Folks, I think the worst is yet to come, in New Orleans at least.

80% of the city is underwater, and from I understand, it's still rising. And once the water stops rising, it will sit, because there's no where for it to go.

The levees are good at keeping water out, but they are also good at keeping water in.

And on a different topic - and sorry if I sound harsh - but what in God's Name were those 30 people in the Biloxi ocean front apartment building thinking? Ironically, the name of the complex was something like The Quiet Waters Apartments. Can they sue for false advertising?

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[reason]

Originally posted by gae:
Now that we have a sign, maybe we can find reason.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">In my Florida, it's always sunshiney, breezy and warm, unlike the miserable hothouse that is the "other" Florida.