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Posted on 08/27/2005 8:05:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse
An airlift is ridiculous. If they had started 24 hours ago a better strategy would be to use buses and trucks. You would have to GET people to the airports in the first place, moving them onto buses, then off then on planes would just waste time and resources.
Can you imagine what he's thinking/feeling having to watch this and the train-wrecks aka Nagin and Blanco? Hopefully, he's giving Pres. Bush some wise advice right now on how to go around these idiots (and save lives)!
And thus the phone call yesterday from George!
FoxNews:
Oil platforms in the gulf have not been secured. Oil company officials expect some of them to collapse.
Point being: We all are going to pay. Look for significant increases in gasoline, heating fuel, natural gas prices.
WOW
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...
.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.
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.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!
Yeah, I heard that too, and also heard on WDSU that every drop of rain that falls in Jefferson Parish MUST be pumped OUT. Watching all this brings back so many Betsy memories. Prayers for all involved!
Per Fox News...oil rigs facing tides of 50-60 feet higher than normal, many could be swept away miles from where they are now. Showing views of people on orange beach in Mobile standing at the pier watching the ocean!
My father is neither urban, nor is he a rumor. Further, if you look back at silentknight's post, it is a fact; but he has an excuse.
"I was born and raised in the shabby part of town, or "downtown".....lower Ninth Ward, to be precise."
Oh, I'm beginning to understand where you're coming from. Are you talking about Algiers or that area? I was born in New Orleans at Hotel Dieu. I fear whenever the time comes we're able to go back there, we are not going to recognize anything. I've been crying since I woke up this morning.
One looks to the other and says:
"Vee're schrewed."
Goodbye Cafe du Monde. Bon chance.
That official from Jefferson Parish (gray haired guy in black shirt) is impressive, as are the others. Much better than the Mayor and Guv in emphasizing the danger and reality.
And not being able to do a damn thing about it!
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.
The building is built of reinforced concrete. It'll last. So will the people, provided they stay in the stands. It'll be one hell of a bumpy ride, but they'll survive.
Amazing comments from the NWS
If you read the building codes, you will see that the wind load design paramaters increase with the building height.
The question is...is the La code as hurricane oriented as the South floridia/Miamidade code.
In tall buildings, the damage will result from wind blown debris, especially roof gravel. The research was done bu Texas Tech..
Very interesting, thanks for the info.
That was the worst audio I have ever heard. He sounded like he was speaking on a cheap walkie talkie. Pitiful
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