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Drowning New Orleans
Scientific American ^
| October 2001
| Mark Fischetti
Posted on 08/28/2005 5:00:35 PM PDT by gitmo
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To: gitmo
I can't believe all the people lined up to get into the SuperDome. This could be devasting folks.
To: gitmo
Click on the thumbnail to open full picture in a new window.
This is a 1998 modelling a CAT 4 or CAT 5 moving through New Orleans in a very similar path.
To: JerseyHighlander
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:32:54 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(dixie deadhead)
To: devane617
I can't believe all the people lined up to get into the SuperDome. This could be devasting folks.
Yes indeed. It's like people never think about survival. As this article indicates, this has been anticipated for decades.
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:34:20 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
To: kittymyrib
Incidentally, this is the storm that Pat Robertson took credit for stopping, since he had asked all the audience of the PTL Club to pray and practically at that instant, the storm collapsed. So God essentially just runs For/Against polls? "Cap'n, I canna give ye any more prayer! She's gonna blow!" - Scotty
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:35:22 PM PDT
by
Hank Rearden
(Never allow anyone who could only get a government job attempt to tell you how to run your life.)
To: devane617
I've had the same thought.
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:35:47 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
(God has blessed Republicans with really stupid enemies.)
To: gitmo
The offshore rigs are in danger as well.
Not to mention the refineries, 8+ that will be out of service for q u i t e a while...increased fuel $ as well as - 1,000,000 barrels a day production. It will impact ALL of America. Look to 6+$ per gallon.
I've left already to Lafayette, and I went to Church for the 1st time in 3 years..pray for those who failed to leave, b/c they will be dead.
CAT5 = catastrophic damage
I've already lined up a job out here. Batten down the hatches..the storms here!!
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:36:58 PM PDT
by
BayouCoyote
(The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
To: gitmo
I was living in one of the areas hit by the hurricanes in FL last year, and can say for a fact it is a very scary situation. I did not want to leave my home, or my cats, so I stayed put. When you know for a fact that no 911 service rescue is available, and you are there for the duration, good or bad, it is enough to make long lasting memories.
To: JerseyHighlander
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:38:07 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(Dug in and not budging an inch. NOT to be schiavoed, greered, or felosed as a patient)
To: dennisw
What's that Led Zepplin tune? "When the Levee Breaks"I had the exact same thought listening to the mayor's speech earlier today.
To: SoftballMominVA
The tankers pull up, dump the MidEast oil and
Where does the Venezuelan oil dump?
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:39:26 PM PDT
by
_Jim
(Listening 28.400 MHz USB most every day now ...)
To: gitmo
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:39:53 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: kittymyrib
Closer to Texas? Bite your tongue!
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:39:58 PM PDT
by
i_dont_chat
(In gun-tote'n Texas)
To: gitmo
The impact on the economy will be huge. The Mississippi could be blocked, so barge traffic will be affected. Expect the increased demand on rail freight to affect rates there. Then there is the oil impact. This could be a tremendous shock to the economy. Get ready for long lines at the gas pump, and higher prices for goods.
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:40:18 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SoftballMominVA
Actually the worst part wouldn't be a surge in oil prices, it would be the human tragedy of dead residents, guardsmen and so forth.
Oil scarcity and prices are an inconvenience not a tragedy.
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:41:15 PM PDT
by
Androcles
(All your typos are belong to us)
To: 1rudeboy
The Dutch deal with it.
They get a lot of cat-5 hurricanes there?
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:42:23 PM PDT
by
gitmo
(Thanks, Mel. I needed that.)
To: gitmo
Let's see:
Massive disaster pending? check
Politicians delay evacuations until it's too late ? check
Desperate survivors huddled in famous landmark? check
Haven't we seen this movie before?
To: gitmo
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:47:05 PM PDT
by
NaughtiusMaximus
(The liberals promised to move to Canada but they lied . . . bwaaaaah.)
To: gitmo
No, but they reclaim land from the ocean. What's NO done lately?
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posted on
08/28/2005 5:48:20 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: gitmo
...as well as MANY refineries in the NO area. Gas prices could quickly be much higher if the worst happens...
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