Re: au revoir New Orleans
I was here in Miami for Andrew and just now for Katrina as a little Cat 1.
I just saw that the winds are up to 175mph sustained and 210mph gusts. I really hope people evacuate out of its way, because at those speeds pretty much nothing is going to be standing, if you are hit head on. Even if you have shutters on your windows, the doors can't take that sort of pressure and once a door gives it will just force air in the house and jut rip the entire roof right off.
The suggestion for folks during andrew was to find an inner bathroom and lie in the bathtub with a mattress on top of you.
Good luck to anyone in its path.
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