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To: Howlin
Central pressure was 918 at landfall. Andrew was 922 at landfall. Lowest Pressure in Katrina was 902 yesterday afternoon.

Official windspeed was 140 at landfall, andrew was "officially" 145 at landfall.

They upgraded Andrew to Cat 5 based on assessment that the "official" windspeed did not match the pressure or the damage caused by the storm.

114 posted on 08/29/2005 2:31:28 PM PDT by commish ((Montgomery, AL) Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish

They also revaluated Andrew when the wind gauge at noaa headquarters blew of at ove 170 mph.


178 posted on 08/29/2005 2:41:55 PM PDT by rodguy911 (Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU and all Mosques in the US,UK.)
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