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[font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]Katrina remains a wicked category 5 hurricane. Sustained winds Sunday reached 175 mph and gusts were reported as high as 215 mph. The storm will punish the central Gulf Coast Sunday night and Monday and will be the worst in this region since Camille hit in 1969. The storm will produce catastrophic damage from eastern Louisiana to southwestern Alabama. It is also a serious threat to the lives of those who are staying behind to weather the storm. The worst part of the eye wall is approximately 25 miles in diameter. Where it crosses the coast, it will look like a war zone. The coastline will be completely inundated by a 10 to 20 foot storm surge and winds are likely to top 140 mph. All structures not built to withstand the fury of a major hurricane will be destroyed. Trees will be uprooted and power lines will come down. The storm will have huge financial impact. Damage caused by Katrina will be in the billions, and the evacuation of oil rigs in the Gulf will have at least some effect on the price of gasoline.
Katrina will be a catastrophic hurricane. The worst of the storm will occur from southeast Louisiana to the Alabama coast. The area of highest concern is from New Orleans to Biloxi, Mississippi. Somewhere in that zone, the storm will make landfall Monday morning either as a category 5 hurricane or a strong category 4. When Camille roared in in 1969 it produced a devastating storm surge over 20 feet high. Katrina very well could produce something similar. The city of New Orleans remains in harm's way. The force of Katrina's winds will act like a bulldozer and shove huge amounts of water toward Lake Pontchartrain. This could cause water to overtop the levees, and the city would be flooded. Since much of New Orleans is below sea level there is no place for the excess to go. That means the water would remain for weeks until the city is pumped dry. This is a very serious situation for the entire central Gulf Coast. For more on the storm please go to the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center on our home page.
You southern boys stay safe, ya hear?
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[font=Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif]Katrina remains a wicked category 5 hurricane. Sustained winds Sunday reached 175 mph and gusts were reported as high as 215 mph. The storm will punish the central Gulf Coast Sunday night and Monday and will be the worst in this region since Camille hit in 1969. The storm will produce catastrophic damage from eastern Louisiana to southwestern Alabama. It is also a serious threat to the lives of those who are staying behind to weather the storm. The worst part of the eye wall is approximately 25 miles in diameter. Where it crosses the coast, it will look like a war zone. The coastline will be completely inundated by a 10 to 20 foot storm surge and winds are likely to top 140 mph. All structures not built to withstand the fury of a major hurricane will be destroyed. Trees will be uprooted and power lines will come down. The storm will have huge financial impact. Damage caused by Katrina will be in the billions, and the evacuation of oil rigs in the Gulf will have at least some effect on the price of gasoline.
Katrina will be a catastrophic hurricane. The worst of the storm will occur from southeast Louisiana to the Alabama coast. The area of highest concern is from New Orleans to Biloxi, Mississippi. Somewhere in that zone, the storm will make landfall Monday morning either as a category 5 hurricane or a strong category 4. When Camille roared in in 1969 it produced a devastating storm surge over 20 feet high. Katrina very well could produce something similar. The city of New Orleans remains in harm's way. The force of Katrina's winds will act like a bulldozer and shove huge amounts of water toward Lake Pontchartrain. This could cause water to overtop the levees, and the city would be flooded. Since much of New Orleans is below sea level there is no place for the excess to go. That means the water would remain for weeks until the city is pumped dry. This is a very serious situation for the entire central Gulf Coast. For more on the storm please go to the AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center on our home page.
You southern boys stay safe, ya hear?
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