Bev
(Weather Guru)
Sun Aug 28 2005 09:55 PM
Interesting - Research on Hurricane effect on New Orleans

This article is from the New Orleans Time-Picayune. It is an interesting explanation of the dangers inherent in the topogrphy of N.O., the pumping stations, the levees, etc. in the event of a Cat 3 Hurricane. They barely brushed the possibility of a cat 4 or 5. Cat 3 appears to be enough to cause devastation due to the unique features of N.O..

Hurricane effect on New Orleans from Times-Picayune

-Bev

Charley eye-witness


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