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recmod
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Loc: Orlando, FL
Unbelievable Local Statement From NOLA Weather Service
      Sun Aug 28 2005 12:35 PM

I know everyone can access the links on the front page of this thread to read all the official bulletins and local statements being issued by the NHC and various National Weather Service offices. But, when I read this excerpt from the 10:00 am New Orleans National Weather Service Local Statement, I was stunned. I have never seen such a graphic expression (from an official source!) of the expected devastation from any hurricane. For those who have not taken the time to browse through the informative links provided, I cut-and-pasted this excerpt....read for yourself and pray that something intervenes to save New Orleans from this fate:

Quote from the National Weather Service, New Orleans:
Quote:

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.




Incredibly sobering.....

--Lou

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* Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH - TD#13 Forms East of Caribbean Islands MikeCAdministrator Sun Aug 28 2005 12:35 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH VG   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:41 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH GulfBreezeFL   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:29 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Ron Basso   Sun Aug 28 2005 05:06 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH stormchazer   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:46 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH GulfBreezeFL   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:50 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH tpratch   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:57 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH twizted sizter   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:56 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH TDW   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:49 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Psyber   Sun Aug 28 2005 05:30 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Convergence   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:55 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH nate77   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:52 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH OrlandoDan   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:59 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH jr928   Sun Aug 28 2005 05:01 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH pcola   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:39 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH OrlandoDan   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:45 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH OrlandoDan   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:49 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH BTfromAZ   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:09 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Miami Beach, FLA USA   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:12 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH OrlandoDan   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:11 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH VG   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:47 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH pryord1   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:49 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Ron Basso   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:13 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Clark   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:21 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH GuppieGrouper   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:38 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Clark   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:16 PM
. * * New thread Clark   Sun Aug 28 2005 05:00 PM
. * * Topography of New Orleans lunkerhunter   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:26 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH twizted sizter   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:26 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Jeffmidtown   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:42 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Lysis   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:36 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH pcola   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:43 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Ron Basso   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:50 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH OrlandoDan   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:08 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH lunkerhunter   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:15 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH *Killed -- Sent to Graveyard* OrlandoDan   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:12 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH JYarsh   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:14 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH MikeCAdministrator   Sun Aug 28 2005 04:05 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH ralphfl   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:49 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH twizted sizter   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:42 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Clark   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:18 AM
. * * Unbelievable Local Statement From NOLA Weather Service recmod   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:35 PM
. * * Re: Unbelievable Local Statement From NOLA Weather Service bigpapi   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:44 PM
. * * Re: Unbelievable Local Statement From NOLA Weather Service OrlandoDan   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:44 PM
. * * Re: Unbelievable Local Statement From NOLA Weather Service josh   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:37 PM
. * * Re: Unbelievable Local Statement From NOLA Weather Service damejune2   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:46 PM
. * * Re: Unbelievable Local Statement From NOLA Weather Service FloydRTurbo   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:43 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH SkeetoBiteAdministrator   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:55 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Sportsfreak1989s   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:58 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH KimmieL   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:32 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH susieq   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:39 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Magic Hat   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:02 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH WeatherNut   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:51 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH BobVee   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:19 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH LisaMaria65   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:31 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH bucagator   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:31 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Pamie   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:08 PM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH KimmieL   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:36 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Clark   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:26 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH susieq   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:24 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Lisa NC   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:38 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Hugh   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:45 AM
. * * Wind Directions hockeyucf   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:50 AM
. * * Re: Wind Directions mbfly   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:06 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions ftlaudbob   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:11 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions javlin   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:19 PM
. * * Gas Prices due to Katrina Bruce   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:17 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina oil trader   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:49 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina MrSpock   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:10 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina damejune2   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:22 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina BTfromAZ   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:57 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina nate77   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:02 PM
. * * super dome ftlaudbob   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:24 PM
. * * Re: super dome stormchazer   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:28 PM
. * * Re: super dome built when?? in 1970s? LoisCane   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:50 PM
. * * New update Hootowl   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:36 PM
. * * Re: New update Hawkeyewx   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:39 PM
. * * Re: New update Shan   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:45 PM
. * * hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em HanKFranK   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:56 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em jr928   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:07 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em stormchazer   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:01 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em WiscoWx   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:19 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em StormHound   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:08 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em WeatherNut   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:05 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em Clark   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:14 PM
. * * back on duty... LI Phil   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:09 PM
. * * Re: back on duty... WeatherNut   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:14 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em VolusiaMike   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:08 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em WeatherNut   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:10 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em nate77   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:17 PM
. * * Re: hoping for ERCs, but not counting on 'em tpratch   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:20 PM
. * * gilbert LI Phil   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:12 PM
. * * Re: New update TDW   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:51 PM
. * * TD #13 clyde w.   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:19 PM
. * * Re: New update Shan   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:55 PM
. * * Re: New update mbfly   Sun Aug 28 2005 03:10 PM
. * * Re: New update CaneTrackerInSoFl   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:39 PM
. * * Re: New update WeatherNut   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:56 PM
. * * Re: super dome emackl   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:35 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina BTfromAZ   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:17 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina Rabbit   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:27 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina MrSpock   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:02 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina CrestviewBRM   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:05 PM
. * * Re: Gas Prices due to Katrina MikeCAdministrator   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:18 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions bn765   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:14 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions Psyber   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:05 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions Marianne   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:10 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions OrlandoDan   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:23 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions Big Red Machine   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:41 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions TheElNino   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:49 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions collegemom   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:40 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions collegemom   Sun Aug 28 2005 06:20 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions MikeCAdministrator   Sun Aug 28 2005 01:44 PM
. * * question on Superdome.. please explain LoisCane   Sun Aug 28 2005 02:00 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions Myles   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:22 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions Myles   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:29 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions Storm Hunter   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:37 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions GLT   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:36 PM
. * * Get Out Ryan   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:26 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions Hugh   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:19 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions GEORGIA GIRL   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:17 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions JMII   Sun Aug 28 2005 12:04 PM
. * * Re: Wind Directions Clark   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:56 AM
. * * Re: Wind Directions pcola   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:55 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Hugh   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:32 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH hurricane expert   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:09 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH LoisCane   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:17 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Hugh   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:21 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Storm Hunter   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:27 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Grant   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:37 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Storm Hunter   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:48 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Clark   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:40 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Storm Hunter   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:33 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH susieq   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:31 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH GEORGIA GIRL   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:45 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Margie   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:16 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Storm Hunter   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:03 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Colleen A.   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:50 AM
. * * ramifications HanKFranK   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:15 AM
. * * Re: ramifications hunterdm   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:34 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Hugh   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:08 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH Margie   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:06 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH twizted sizter   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:12 AM
. * * Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH chase 22   Sun Aug 28 2005 11:03 AM

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