"MareCat" > wrote in message
.. .
> "Ken Davey" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> Being six feet below sea level doesn't bode well for the 'big easy'.
>> If they (the authorities) have their collective 'scat' together they
>> should be opening the flood gates on the dikes now.
>> I wish them luck!
>
> NOLA has pumps that move water into Lake Pontchartrain during periods of
> heavy rain. If the lake empties into the city, the pumps will be
> underwater, and it's estimated that it will take about six months to drain
> the city...

I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that they are
'safe'.
I surely wouldn't.
Dee Dee

"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>
> I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that they are
> 'safe'.
> I surely wouldn't.
> Dee Dee

Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4, nothing
is truly safe.

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>>
>> I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that
>> they are 'safe'.
>> I surely wouldn't.
>> Dee Dee
>
> Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4,
> nothing is truly safe.

It's a Cat 5. They are comparing it to Andrew and Camille, if you remember
those.

jmcquown wrote:
> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> >>
> >> I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that
> >> they are 'safe'.
> >> I surely wouldn't.
> >> Dee Dee
> >
> > Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4,
> > nothing is truly safe.
>
> It's a Cat 5. They are comparing it to Andrew and Camille, if you remember
> those.

It's a Cat 4 at 145 mph winds. Borderline Cat 5 - 150 is cat 5.

Sandi

Sandi wrote:

>
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>> > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>> >>
>> >> I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that
>> >> they are 'safe'.
>> >> I surely wouldn't.
>> >> Dee Dee
>> >
>> > Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat
>> > 4, nothing is truly safe.
>>
>> It's a Cat 5. They are comparing it to Andrew and Camille, if you
>> remember those.
>
> It's a Cat 4 at 145 mph winds. Borderline Cat 5 - 150 is cat 5.
>
> Sandi


It's projected path for the next few days is also scary.

--
Andy
http://tinyurl.com/dzl7h

Sandi wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>>> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that
>>>> they are 'safe'.
>>>> I surely wouldn't.
>>>> Dee Dee
>>>
>>> Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4,
>>> nothing is truly safe.
>>
>> It's a Cat 5. They are comparing it to Andrew and Camille, if you
>> remember those.
>
> It's a Cat 4 at 145 mph winds. Borderline Cat 5 - 150 is cat 5.
>
> Sandi

Yesterday it was a Cat 5 with 175 mph winds.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:
> Sandi wrote:
>
>>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>>Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>>>
>>>>"Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>>>I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that
>>>>>they are 'safe'.
>>>>> I surely wouldn't.
>>>>>Dee Dee
>>>>
>>>>Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4,
>>>>nothing is truly safe.
>>>
>>>It's a Cat 5. They are comparing it to Andrew and Camille, if you
>>>remember those.
>>
>>It's a Cat 4 at 145 mph winds. Borderline Cat 5 - 150 is cat 5.
>>
>>Sandi
>
>
> Yesterday it was a Cat 5 with 175 mph winds.
>
> Jill
>
>

The operative word was "yesterday." Has little to do with early this am.


jim

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:48:21 -0500, jmcquown wrote:

> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> >>
> >> I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that
> >> they are 'safe'.
> >> I surely wouldn't.
> >> Dee Dee
> >
> > Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4,
> > nothing is truly safe.
>
> It's a Cat 5. They are comparing it to Andrew and Camille, if you remember
> those.
>
I don't remember those being as bad.

On Wed 31 Aug 2005 09:53:40p, sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:48:21 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
>> > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
>> >>
>> >> I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that
>> >> they are 'safe'.
>> >> I surely wouldn't.
>> >> Dee Dee
>> >
>> > Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4,
>> > nothing is truly safe.
>>
>> It's a Cat 5. They are comparing it to Andrew and Camille, if you
>> remember those.
>>
> I don't remember those being as bad.

When it hit NO, it was only a Cat 4, but for some reason the damage is
actually far worse.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________

My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four,
unless there are three other people.

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
. ..
>
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> >
> > I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that they
are
> > 'safe'.
> > I surely wouldn't.
> > Dee Dee
>
> Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4,
nothing
> is truly safe.
>
>

The irony of the whole thing would be if the stadium that they're using as a
shelter, would blow over.

kili

In article >,
"kilikini" > wrote:

> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> . ..
> >
> > "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> > >
> > > I don't understand why people who are staying in hotels feel that they
> are
> > > 'safe'.
> > > I surely wouldn't.
> > > Dee Dee
> >
> > Safer than a frame built house or trailer perhaps, but with a Cat 4,
> nothing
> > is truly safe.
> >
> >
>
> The irony of the whole thing would be if the stadium that they're using as a
> shelter, would blow over.
>
> kili

The Superdome hasn't blown over (yet), but leaks have appeared in the
roof.

I was watching CNN this morning while eating breakfast. "Major
structural damage" has appeared in many buildings in New Orleans. In
other words, it might be wise to rethink a Cajun eatathon vacation
scheduled for anytime this fall.

My thoughts are with the folks who live down there and in the predicted
future path of Katrina (which includes a wide swath of the midwest and
Great Lakes states).

Cindy

--
C.J. Fuller

Delete the obvious to email me

Cindy Fuller > wrote:

>My thoughts are with the folks who live down there and in the predicted
>future path of Katrina (which includes a wide swath of the midwest and
>Great Lakes states).

And all of that area drains - right past New Orleans. The Big Easy
may not be entirely out of danger for weeks.

D.
--
Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.

-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL