setzman's Journal: GET THE FUCK OUT LOUISANA NOW!!!!

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!

Ray ...

[ces]

this looks extrodinarily bad.

If Katrina makes landfall at its current strength it will be the second strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the US.

BTW get the fuck out of Mississsippi and Alabama too. Katrina will still be a category 2 well into Northern Mississippi and Alabama.

They say if the storm surge tops the levees protecting New Orleans it could take as long as 6 months to pump all of the water back out of the low-lying areas of the city.

To add to the happy fun much of the Gulf of Mexico oil an

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Feed for New Orleans: http://stuff.mit.edu/weather?MSY [mit.edu]

Remember folks...

[WIAKywbfatw]

Climate change isn't happening. The fact that we're seeing extreme weather conditions with alarming frequency all over the planet is just a big coincidence. No need to worry. No need to think about alternatives to oil, no need to start taking serious measures to reduce our impact on our environment and ecology. La-la-la-la, the White House says it's not happening so it must be so.

When your kids and grandkids ask you why you didn't pay attention to Mother Nature's not-so-subtle warnings, remember to tell the

Re:Remember folks...

[ces]

Love how the shrub this morning said 4 lines about Katrina then started talking about Iraq.

Yea, way to show compassion there bub.

Oh and those gas-guzzling SUV drivers will just love the gasoline prices come Monday. A full third of the US oil production is effected by the hurricane, one of the major import terminals is directly in the hurricane's path, and several large refineries are being shut down due to the hurricane.

Re:Remember folks...

[Safety Cap]

Actually the refineries were already in the process of shutting down, because it takes several days to do so.

It is not the refineries you have to worry about. There are innumerable drilling platforms that will have to be towed back to their wellheads, repaired, and reattached. There are many, many pipelines that will be damaged, and this will takes months--if not years--to fully repair.

Gotta love that oil dependent economy. Too bad we're not like those damn peace-loving communists [energie-schweiz.ch].

Re:Remember folks...

[ces]

Refineries are a concern because even if oil is release from the stratiegic petrolium reserve there may not be the capacity to refine it.

The oil production and transport infrasteructure is a problem as well.