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Posted on 08/28/2005 9:35:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Yes, but it was a gov't project managed by the city of New Orleans, right?
The news from the President on Iraq was very important to say the least. They have agreed on a Constitution that ensures that everyone is equal under the law regardless of race, religion, or gender. That's hugh and series. I'd say he had a pretty good audience to get the news out since it doesn't seem that it would have any other way since it's all Katrina all the time.
All I know is the pumps won't work if they're submerged.
This is from the NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - this is the POTENTIAL this storm has
Worth repeating
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!
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/la/hurricane.html
Don't forget the fireants. Fireants rule the Southland and they will find a way to survive.
And the Titanic was unsinkable
Pumps don't work without electricity.
I'm sure they would add it if one ever got that strong.
How about the pollution from the 50,000 dead bodies floating in the water?
I know this sounds insignificant right now, but I'm thinking of all the plantations from Baton Rouge to NO. All that beauty. Gone. With the Wind.
They are in troble then, Fox just reported wind gusts of 250mph.
It is. It has to be periodically repaired from all the bullet hole damage from falling bullets.
BTW, I'm in Hammond, LA, and a Doctor, so I can't leave, but watching this thing closely.
I think that sewage and other contaminents are going to be an even bigger problem than the critters :(
It was eleventh hour. They had obviously never "war gamed" for the Big One.
The Superdome will quickly become a disaster area when the juice goes out.
What did he say? I'm getting really tired of not having Fox. I essentially get no television news.
So what is the latest?
Yes, they just mentioned locally that our local power companies are sending crews to help put the power back on once the hurricane subsides. Americans are good that way! :)
The Salvation Army has a hurricane relief fund:
https://secure1.salvationarmy.org/donations.nsf/donate?openform&projectid=USN-hurricane05
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