re: Katrina 18th Anniversary Today

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go back to what? that was the problem - there wasn’t anything to go back to

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they weren't up immediately but the drift was "go home you tPOS" or really "you don't have to go home but you can't stay here"

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Ida didn’t blow the roof off the superdome and blow almost blow the Hyatt down

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Did you not read the rest of my post?

Never forget the warning from NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge:

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URGENT — WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28, 2005

...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 INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!

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I remember the eerie feeling of driving down I-10 from the Bay St Louis exit to Gulfport a few weeks after Katrina. The number of pieces of boards, roofs, toilets that made its way to I-10 was surreal.

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I remember flying over New Orleans a few times shortly after Katrina, on beautiful, clear nights, what was kind of eerie was seeing a big black hole where New Orleans used to be

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it’s still there, the big black hole

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I get what you mean but immediately afterward there were no lights at all, just a big dark area, it was a different look

What sticks out in my mind about the terrible days following Katrina? A MSM news reporter interviewing folks walking towards him to high ground in waist-deep toxic water. Including one young black woman who when asked how she felt about having to do that responded in disgust,"I'm Soaking Wet!"

She was not terrified at the possibility of being bitten by poisonous snakes, or alligators flushed from the nearby swamp, only that she was soaking wet. I chuckled even as I admired her attempt at practicality. Human beings are a resilient bunch.

Yep, hurricanes do interrupt people's lives.

To that brave young lady.......

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wasn't the storm itself that did NOLA in, it was when Lootie and Teedy blew up the levees

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That’s what I’ve heard too.

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What sticks out in my mind about the terrible days following Katrina?

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The Friday following Katrina in Baton Rouge was a near-breaking point. It was a shite show.