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Originally Posted by texxasco
I also know that yes indeed, according to NOAA weather, when Katrina was hitting Florida the projected path did show it hitting somewhere between Biloxi and New Orleans.
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It appears that on 8/26, a day after Katrina hit Florida, NOAA figured there was a 10% chance of a hit on New Orleans. Also, it wasn't until 8/27 that Katrina was upgraded to Cat3, and it wasn't upgraded to Cat4 until 8/28.
I don't think you can evacuate on a 10% chance. If you evacuated a city the size of New Orleans, and were wrong 9 out of 10 times, you'd be strung up by your toes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrica...na#Predictions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timelin...ricane_Katrina
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Oh well... nothing to do now but watch it all unfold...
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I'm involving myself in some fundraising projects right now (I just raised $100 a few minutes before I posted this) , and I'm looking for charities that will specifically target child victims of Katrina. I'm sure you're doing your part, also, and I thank you for that.
I totally agree, government at all levels will learn from this tragedy- we can only hope- and next time they can be better prepared to both protect the city and get the heck out of there.