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The Big Easy In The Gunsights....
This comes under the heading of an Extremely Bad Thing:000 WTNT62 KNHC 280541 TCUAT2 HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1240 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ...SHORTLY AFTER 1215 AM CDT... 0515Z... AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN HURRICANE KATRINA HAD INCREASED TO NEAR 145 MPH... CATEGORY FOUR ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY IN A SPECIAL ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED AT APPROXIMATELY 1 AM CDT...0600Z. THE SPECIAL PUBLIC ADVISORY WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE INTERMEDIATE PUBLIC ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME. FORECASTER KNABB As of now, Katrina is lined up for a direct hit on New Orleans, though as we all know, it's never a sure thing. However, it appears that in the morning, the city government will issue a full-dress evacuation order. For a lot of reasons, well explained here: americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wetlands/hurricane_print.html this has the potential to be the worst natural disaster in modern American history. Mike Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-08-28 |
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