Katrina Warning

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE<br />nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA<br />n413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005<br />n<br />nEXTREMELY DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE<br />n MISSISSIPPI RIVER DELTA<br />n<br />nDEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED<br />n<br />nMOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS…PERHAPS LONGER. AT<br />nLEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL<br />nFAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL…LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY<br />nDAMAGED OR DESTROYED.<br />n<br />nTHE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.<br />nPARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD<br />nFRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE<br />nBLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE…INCLUDING SOME<br />nWALL AND ROOF FAILURE.<br />n<br />nHIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY…A<br />nFEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.<br />n<br />nAIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD…AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH<br />nAS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY<br />nVEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE<br />nADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS…PETS…AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE<br />nWINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.<br />n<br />nPOWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS…AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN<br />nAND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING<br />nINCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.<br />n<br />nTHE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY<br />nTHE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING…BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW<br />nCROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE<br />nKILLED.<br />n<br />nAN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR<br />nHURRICANE FORCE…OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE…ARE<br />nPOSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS.<br />n<br />nLAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-290300-<br />nASSUMPTION-HANCOCK-HARRISON-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-<br />nLOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-<br />nORLEANS-ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-<br />nTANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-<br />nUPPER ST. BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-<br />n413 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005<br />n<br />nDamn, it could get real ugly, real quick.