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Originally Posted by vautrain
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
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. |
We never saw any percentages.....we were just given a teletype showing a graphic of a cone and the most probable area the eye would hit somewhere just west of New Orleans extending all the way up to just east of Biloxi,MS. It mentioned that Katrina at that time was a Cat1, and she was expected to gain considerable strength once reaching the warmer waters of the gulf of mexico. Anyway..... I agree to disagree with you at this point. I maintain my position, and I am sure you do as well... Like I stated previously, all we can do is watch it all unfold. I spent a little time tonight helping out at the Red Cross shelter set up at 1st Baptist church here in Huntsville. I also found out that I might have some neighbors soon, and those being evacuees. It's a small world....