Absolutely bloody terrifying: a PSA
Aug. 28th, 2005 12:29 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vulgarweedAs I'm sure most of you in the US have heard, Hurricane Katrina is a Category 5. It looks like this.
It is in the Top Three of all-time recorded US hurricanes for its size and intensity.
It has sustained winds of 175 mph, and gusts up to 215. It might bring up to 30-foot storm surges. That will overwhelm the levees and sea walls built to protect places that are at or below sea level. There's no pumping system that can handle that. It is not being alarmist to say that the destruction of New Orleans, by most accepted definitions of that word, is a very real possibility.
There are an estimated 100,000 people in New Orleans who do not own cars and have no way to evacuate.
Those of you on the flist who are religious, magical, and/or spiritual in any way, please take some time out for this today. Everybody: clear a little space in the budget for the Red Cross if possible.
It is in the Top Three of all-time recorded US hurricanes for its size and intensity.
It has sustained winds of 175 mph, and gusts up to 215. It might bring up to 30-foot storm surges. That will overwhelm the levees and sea walls built to protect places that are at or below sea level. There's no pumping system that can handle that. It is not being alarmist to say that the destruction of New Orleans, by most accepted definitions of that word, is a very real possibility.
There are an estimated 100,000 people in New Orleans who do not own cars and have no way to evacuate.
Those of you on the flist who are religious, magical, and/or spiritual in any way, please take some time out for this today. Everybody: clear a little space in the budget for the Red Cross if possible.
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Date: 2005-08-29 04:02 am (UTC)I have an old colleague from back when I worked for Martin Marietta who has been living down there for several years, I hope he's OK. I have no way to get in touch with him because we kind of lost track of each other over the years, but I believe he ran a restaurant down there. He's a wonderful cook. :-)
The latest NOAA hurricane swath forecast is here
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2%2Bshtml/145105.shtml?3day?large
It shows hurricane Katrina grinding right over New Orleans and then continuing on up the Mississippi River and finally curving off toward New York by the Pennsylvania route. Hopefully by the time it gets out that far it'll be nothing more than lots of heavy rain but even that can be dangerous I've got to keep all my East Coast friends and my prayers as well.
I'm also going to check out the BBC web site, they're really good about keeping on top of breaking news.