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Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by NautiNurse
He also had a report of an off shore rig with a reading of 215 mph before the instrumentation and pump were blown off. That was about an hour ago.
Prayers... prayers... prayers for all in the path of this hurricane!
You are correct - engineers do drink Scotch.
The only designs that made me nervous is when a structure is not used for what it was designed for. The Super Dome however was designed for this.
But I'm concerned with the oil and gas surface residue laying on top of the water. Could that catch fire?
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Yes, it could. That's what happened in the great Johnstown flood. Many people surviving in their floating homes were then killed by fire from kerosene in the water being ignited.
Laughing again.
I am learning alot about Freepers tonite, yall sure know how to get around these issues!
A few days ago 160 mph would have scared us to death.
Boy friend maybe
OMG did you say French AIDS!!!!!!!
What in the world is Brian Williams doing in the Superdome? Does he have a death wish or something...
Also, the TPC is backing off the 175 of earlier today. I will have to find which advisory/discussion it was in, but they are saying that 175 may have been an error.
IOw she may have topped at 165, so that makes 160 even less of a weakening and more likely just a flucuation.
Bottom line, 175 or 160, is like asking would you rather be run over by a freight train or by an 18-wheeler.
"",..pumped alot of tang down in New Orleans"
Funny... I always thought it was tane. (Octane?)
They'll come back. New Orleans, that is."
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It is either 'tane or 'pane, as in window panes. It SURE isn't 'tang. 'Tang doesn't even come close to sounding right. Google comes up with very few hits as 'tang. That ain't it!
Uh-oh!
And the other Fox reporter is going to stay in the Dome.
I didn't understand why Shep was talking about fires and being prepared for a fire.
Joe from Accuweather says not to pay attention to that, it all depends on where it's measured; his concern is the low pressue and as long as the pressure remains this low we're in for big trouble in the Big Easy.
Great logic on sharing the chocolate!
I'm glad my husband doesn't like chocolate, but potato chips. My kids are the ones who have been raiding my chocolate stashes lately . . . gotta find better hiding places.
We have many prayer threads going.
You're right, of course, but there's more to it than that: Joe B. has ALWAYS been all about using weather foreasting as a public service/public safety thing. He gets irked any time somebody starts getting giddy about the possibility that something might be leaving/weakening/etc -- when he knows it really isn't. That's the case here.
If there's some idiot out there thinking "Well heck, this thing is weakening -- prolly be only a Cat 3 or less at this rate", then that's exactly the kind of person Joe wants to protect but being blunt and erring on the side of safety.
More like freight train or Amtrak.
Strange, isn't it?
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