Author Topic: Hurricane Katrina (Read 1284 times)

dynaweb · « **on:** August 29, 2005, 10:19:53 AM »

Looks like it is not as bad as it COULD have been for New Orleans :p

dynaweb · « **Reply #1 on:** August 31, 2005, 10:41:42 AM »

Actually... now that they have the cameras in there... it IS pretty bad. Just took a while to flood instead of water all rushing in at once. I guess it COULD have been worse still, but wow, still pretty sobering there. Canal street is literally a canal!

zelo · « **Reply #2 on:** August 31, 2005, 11:27:49 AM »

US Venice? That would be something cool.

adb22791 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 31, 2005, 12:45:28 PM »

It was bound to happen, after we removed all the marshes.
The people there should\'ve bought flood insurance....

zelo · « **Reply #4 on:** September 01, 2005, 11:39:27 AM »

It was thought... and it is always going to be a scare for the residents of where the hurricane hit that the Mississippi will overflow it\'s banks. There are levies setup all up and down the Mississippi to ensure it flows where man wants it to flow but mother nature will always have her way!

adb22791 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 01, 2005, 05:44:34 PM »

80,000 people homeless... that sucks.

zelo · « **Reply #6 on:** September 04, 2005, 01:51:16 PM »

New Tropical Storm turning in to a Category 1... Hurricane Maria is already formed in the Atlantic.

I read the conditions will be favorable for summers like these for at least the next 20 years.

uugghhh...

adb22791 · « **Reply #7 on:** September 04, 2005, 07:30:15 PM »

Two cops commited suicide, tons of people dead... hospitals weren\'t evacuated. Ridiculus...

dynaweb · « **Reply #8 on:** September 05, 2005, 10:25:23 AM »

It is rediculous, but definately a logistical nightmare for authorities. I believe that even if they were to have known ahead of time the exact locations that were going to be affected the rescue efforts would still have been far from perfect. Even if rehearsed several times even. Considering the massive scale of destruction, coupled with the absence of power, communications, and more it is a nearly impossible task.

I believe what is rediculous is our complete reliance on modern technologies. Our government spends millions of dollars every year (our tax money) for technologies to predict the paths and patterns of large and potentially harmful weather systems. When given a clear and consise order to evacuate the city, thousands refused.