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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (ferrell{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Sun Aug 28 2005 - 15:32:03 EDT
WeatherMatrix Headline: 8/28/05... NWS WARNS IN CHILLING STATEMENT: "MOST
OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS... PERHAPS LONGER... THE
MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL... 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... 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... NEW ORLEANS MAYOR: "EVERY
PERSON IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS HEREBY ORDERED TO LEAVE THE CITY"...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH... GUSTING TO 210 MPH... KATRINA
IS A CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE...
NHC WARNS: ALREADY 26.75" PRESSURE, EXPECT 15" OF RAIN, 25 FOOT STORM
SURGE... ON-AIR METS QUOTING 40-FOOT WAVES ON TOP OF THAT!... LAST WORD
FROM BUOY BEFORE SILENCE WAS 35-FOOT WAVES... 17-FOOT WAVES APPROACHING
GULF COAST ALREADY...
LINKS AT: http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/2005/storm.php3?storm=12
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