Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00131)

Federal and State Governments including FEMA should
have known what was to be expected and should have
been preparing for the worst............. 

See below:
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 

..DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED 

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. AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND 
WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR 
FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE 
NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE 
WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE! MSZ080>082-282100- 
HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON- 1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005 ..INLAND 
HURRICANE WIND WARNING IN EFFECT HURRICANE KATRINA A MOST 
POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE 
INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969. 0NSET OF TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE WINDS WILL BE AROUND 3 PM AND PERSIST FOR 24 TO 28 HOURS. 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL ONSET AROUND DAYBREAK MONDAY AND PERSIST 
FOR 12 TO 15 HOURS. ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS 
ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE! 

Quoted from:
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KLIX/0508281550.wwus74.html