#29 Postby LSU2001 » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:28 am
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 005
...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
IN CREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
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