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Snika Boo Level: 44  Posts: 497/916 EXP: 600678 For next: 10607 Since: 07-21-04 From: Freezing Cold Alaska! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| Yeah, Danielle has a point. I doubt if it will completely sink and become the next Atlantis. It'll just flood for a while and wreck some houses. New Orleans will rebuild. | |||
Danielle Local Moderator  Level: 76  Posts: 2010/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| I've now heard they're sending a large number of people who can't leave the city to.. the Superdome? I don't understand why. They don't know that it will be strong enough to withstand what I've heard on TV as "The strongest Hurricane to hit the United States." What if the roof collapses, or water is able to get in? Sounds pretty dangerous to me.. but hopefully the people inside stay safe. |
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Elric Chasupa  Currently Playing: You Like A Lute. Level: 40 Posts: 467/687 EXP: 440016 For next: 1293 Since: 03-15-04 From: Melniboné Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| The governer was smart. In his State of Emergency letter, he said that the government can and will commandeer anything necessary to get people evacuated. This is where the government and other states need to pitch in. They need to send everything they can to get everyone out of the city. Cars, trucks, boats, trains, whatever it takes to get those people out. I guess the good news is that this is the hurricane that they've always known would come, and have been preparing for. I went to bed last night, and it was a Cat 3. When I got up about 30 mins. ago, it was a 5. It seems that it's trying to invent a Cat 6... All we can do is hope, and those who believe in it, pray. |
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Jarukoth  IRRATIONAL EXUBERENCE!!1! Level: 79  Posts: 3058/3194 EXP: 4402011 For next: 177456 Since: 03-17-04 From: New Jersey, U.S.A. Shoes: Yes. Since last post: 8 days Last activity: 1 day |
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| Oh, you can bet all be praying for all those people. It's funny. I hardly hear anything about it where I am until it turns huge like this. Scary. |
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Dark Vampriel Lynel "Life is just a dream on the way to death." Level: 57  Posts: 1470/1658 EXP: 1400355 For next: 85573 Since: 08-29-04 From: Somewhere..... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| I'm just hoping that my cousin that's in a Florida prison is safe and out of harms way. Also my folks in Texarkana are going to be safe too. | |||
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Elric Chasupa Currently Playing: You Like A Lute. Level: 40 Posts: 474/687 EXP: 440016 For next: 1293 Since: 03-15-04 From: Melniboné Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| As long as he's not in the Florida panhandle, he'll be fine. All 99% of Florida will get is wind and rain. We'll probably get some thunderstorms here too. | |||
Luigi-San Melon Bug Level: 42 Posts: 580/736 EXP: 485962 For next: 35400 Since: 03-20-04 From: Mushroom Kingdom Since last post: 17 hours Last activity: 10 hours |
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| It's Category 5 now. The Saints have gone to California early (They have a game Thursday against the Raiders), and the Louisiana Superdome is being used as a shelter. |
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Elric Chasupa Currently Playing: You Like A Lute. Level: 40 Posts: 476/687 EXP: 440016 For next: 1293 Since: 03-15-04 From: Melniboné Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Now? Re-read my first post. It was a Cat 5 when I woke up today around 1:00-1:30pm EST, probably earlier. And now it's only hours from landfall. |
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Danielle Local Moderator Level: 76 Posts: 2019/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| They're saying it could go offcourse to the east.. and it would be much better hitting Mississippi, where it's less damage because there's not a city like New Orleans sitting there below sea level. Even now, when it's so close to land, they're saying not to doubt that it could easily go off the predicted track. I'm assuming that would be a good thing? |
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Elric Chasupa Currently Playing: You Like A Lute. Level: 40 Posts: 477/687 EXP: 440016 For next: 1293 Since: 03-15-04 From: Melniboné Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Frankly, it doesn't matter where Katrina makes landfall. Being a Cat 5 (or possibly a Cat 4), it's gonna cause catastrophic destruction. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 10176/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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Well, it's going to hurt but we're talking about the one place in the States where they NEVER wanted a Cat 4/5 to hit...   This isn't gonna be good. Hopefully it makes a last-second turn (to minimize the effects) or weakens at the last second, but that's not likely. |
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Xkeeper The required libraries have not been defined. Level: NAN  Posts: 3511/-863 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: -753366 sec. |
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| After hearing about it on the news, all I could think was "Bye bye, New Orleans". Good luck to them, though, they'll definitely need it I mean, shit... all of these factors (elevation (or lack thereof), sheer power, etc) are really going to fuck that place up :/ |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76  Posts: 1995/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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| Yeah, hopefully it does something to lessen the effects as what's been already said. Before I didn't really pay attention to hurricanes..Does New Orleans even get a lot of hurricanes? Im guessing a few but not like this.. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 10181/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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This is the equivalent of the "Big One" if we're comparing hurricanes to earthquakes.  Bella: They might have gotten a couple of tropical storms/low-level hurricanes but nothing as potentially catastrophic as this. |
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Danielle Local Moderator Level: 76 Posts: 2026/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| They haven't gotten a bad hurricane before. Certainly not this strong. And this storm is being called "The worst hurricane to ever hit the United States"... so um, New Orleans doesn't know what's about to hit it. |
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 1997/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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| Ooh, I see . They get minor ones..and don't even know what to expect. Hopefully everything will be okay for them..I thought that being in the South kind of near Florida that they would be getting them but I guess they just get the leftovers of hurricanes. (edited by Bella on 08-28-05 11:43 PM) |
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Danielle Local Moderator Level: 76 Posts: 2027/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Yeah, they're getting the heart of this one. 150 mph winds is a major difference from the tropical storm winds that they get from other hurricanes down there. Plus that city is so old.. I don't know how it's going to withstand this. | |||
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 10186/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| Plus look how BIG the eye of the storm is in the satellite images that you see 600 times an hour on CNN. That's a pretty good indication of how big this puppy is. | |||
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Elric Chasupa Currently Playing: You Like A Lute. Level: 40 Posts: 478/687 EXP: 440016 For next: 1293 Since: 03-15-04 From: Melniboné Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Winds are now up to 160 MPH. And New Orleans has been preparing for a bad hurricane for a looong time. Nobody every expected one like this, though. If it's still a Cat 5 when it hits, it will be the 4th Cat 5 EVER to make landfall in the US. |
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Rydain Ropa Blaze Phoenix Runs With the Dragon Within Level: 42  Posts: 655/738 EXP: 490056 For next: 31306 Since: 03-15-04 From: State College, PA Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| I didn't know the scope of the storm until today. And then I found out, and now I just feel numb. How else am I to react to helplessly awaiting an inevitable disaster? I'm far out of the path of the hurricane, but still...just knowing the worst that can happen to all those people...I don't think I'll be able to sleep well tonight. Not only that, one of Rando's aunts lives in New Orleans and we have no idea where she is. |
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