Katrina, The lost episode

[Brent]

It's really good so far.

[southerngale]

I thought they were going to air the original episode, but so far, just a few clips from it. Interesting, nonetheless.

[Evil Jeremy]

it is starting to look like a "Storm Stories" episode rather than an "It Could Happen Tommarow" episode!

[Jim Cantore]

we're only 17 minutes in guys

[Ixolib]

I kinda like the way they put the episode together. It's like a true-to-life before & after viewpoint that, in many cases, proves out what they put together in April.

[Old-TimeCane]

Rats! I meant to watch this, and forgot to turn the TV on. It sounds like it might not quite have been what I was expecting, but it sounds like it was interesting anyway.

[Brent]

Rats! I meant to watch this, and forgot to turn the TV on. It sounds like it might not quite have been what I was expecting, but it sounds like it was interesting anyway.

It's re-airing at Midnight and 2am EDT tonight... and other times later in the week.

Anyway, this is a bit freaky how it was so accurate.

[Ixolib]

Anyway, this is a bit freaky how it was so accurate.

Heard Dat!!

[Ixolib]

Stephanie may be a bit optimistic in thinking that Katrina's wrath "shook" everybody in the U.S. into an increased awareness.

Since recently moving to Maderia Beach here in west central Florida, it amazes me how so many people here in the St. Pete/Tampa/Clearwater area are truly clueless about surge and how it can absolutely become a life changing (or life ending) event.

Naive or nonchalant - not sure which, but it is prevalent.....

[JonathanBelles]

Stephanie may be a bit optimistic in thinking that Katrina's wrath "shook" everybody in the U.S. into an increased awareness.

Since recently moving to Maderia Beach here in west central Florida, it amazes me how so many people here in the St. Pete/Tampa/Clearwater area are truly clueless about surge and how it can absolutely become a life changing (or life ending) event.

Naive or nonchalant - not sure which, but it is prevalent.....

they are clueless here. during charley newscrews were doing reports form the gandy and howard franklin bridges and the bayside bridge standing there getting hit again and again by waves crashing on the shore and getting "walked"(or blown over) by the winds even after the police ordered mandatory shutdown of the bridges and nearby area.



not related but how do you like it here in pinellas county?

[Ixolib]

not related but how do you like it here in pinellas county?

Love it!!! We're (my wife and I) are the proud new live-in managers at a 20-unit condo complex in Maderia Beach. Besides the traffic (which I wasn't used to back in Biloxi), this place is beautiful. And even with the traffic, the wonderful roads are a sight to behold. No doubt, West Central Florida is truly a piece of paradise - even with all the development. Plus, it's really cool to go to Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowes, and ANY restaurant and not have to wait for 2 hours to get service!! That's one side-effect of Katrina that I surely won't miss!!

[JonathanBelles]

just dont got k-mart down here cuz they are very, very slow, but you do have thousands of restauyrants to pick from

[Old-TimeCane]

It's re-airing at Midnight and 2am EDT tonight... and other times later in the week.

Anyway, this is a bit freaky how it was so accurate.

Haha! Wouldn't ya know...I missed them, too!

[BayouVenteux]

Plus, it's really cool to go to Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowes, and ANY restaurant and not have to wait for 2 hours to get service!!

Never have had to wait for service in a store or restaurant? Wow. Based on my experiences down there, you must have moved in after the snowbirds all went home! Just wait 'til after Thanksgiving.

Seriously tho', it's great to hear you're getting your life back up and running.

[benny]

finally watched it tonight... it was pretty good.. still get the chills watching that monster explode in the central gulf

[Brent]

It's re-airing at Midnight and 2am EDT tonight... and other times later in the week.

Anyway, this is a bit freaky how it was so accurate.

Haha! Wouldn't ya know...I missed them, too!

Friday Night at 9pm, Midnight, and 2am EDT.

[CentralFlGal]

It's almost annoying how we're arguing over what the episode is / will be / should've been about. I think we should all watch the episode, come back here, and discuss then.

Arguing is status quo around these parts.

Anyhow, the episode was very good in the comparison between what they predicted and what actually happened in the area.

[Ixolib]

Plus, it's really cool to go to Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Lowes, and ANY restaurant and not have to wait for 2 hours to get service!!

Never have had to wait for service in a store or restaurant? Wow. Based on my experiences down there, you must have moved in after the snowbirds all went home! Just wait 'til after Thanksgiving.

Seriously tho', it's great to hear you're getting your life back up and running.

Thanks, BV. Perhaps what I really meant was "comparatively" speaking!!

Even with the snow birds though (which have been gone since about mid-March), I believe life here is STILL much closer to normal than I have experienced over the last 9 months in Biloxi. I do miss home, but we're gonna give it a real try here and see what happens.

That loop current just to our WSW, though, better behave itself this season!!

[Old-TimeCane]

Friday Night at 9pm, Midnight, and 2am EDT.

Thanks, Brent!

I may have to try to catch the 2 AM one. I'll be in Charleston for the 9 one, and on my way home from there for the midnight one.

I'll see this thing one way or another

[WXBUFFJIM]

It was a very neat episode, it was nice to see how they combined the original and focused the emphasis more on what occurred complements of Katrina and the fact New Orleans wasn't in the worse part of the hurricane to begin with, yet they experienced quite a beating given the very large size of this hurricane.

The encore presentation of Katrina the lost episode will air on Friday night at 9 PM eastern and pacific and at 2 am eastern on TWC if anyone missed it.


Jim