*OFFICIAL* Hurricane Katrina thread

[Slacker13]

Your 2 for 2 on stupid posts in this thread.

[newfant]

Is this thing powerful enough to rip the roof off the Superdome? That would be wild.

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Is this thing powerful enough to rip the roof off the Superdome? That would be tragic .

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People are going there for shelter.

[utmt40]

They were saying that the dome there can stand up to a 200mph storm so who knows. The eye is now 29 miles wide.

[newfant]

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[newfant]

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Is this thing powerful enough to rip the roof off the Superdome? That would be tragic.


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People are going there for shelter.

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Those people may be [censored]. If I were in NO right now and had no transportation to get out, I would take off running north. Now.

Edit: Another reason to get out is the aftermath. The newscasters are talking about no water and no electricity infrastructure. That is, nothing left to repair to get electricity back to NO.

[bugstud]

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They were saying that the dome there can stand up to a 200mph storm so who knows. The eye is now 29 miles wide.

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the problem is the whole damn city will be flooded severely, maybe even to the dome. if the surge hits 30ft I think the worst is possible

[utmt40]

Also it is going to affect the oil situation so it might be wise to fill up your gas tank tonight if you havent already.

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Which is more powerful, a Tsunami or a hurricane ?

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They are the same thing. Hurricanes are in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. Tsunamis are in the Western Pacific. Tsunamis have a tendency to get stronger; in fact, Typhoon Tip has the lowest pressure ever record at 870mb.

Katrina, which is now at 902mb, is the strongest hurricane ever in the GOM.

I'd like to see some video of it. I hope someone has a camera mounted at the shoreline.