.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.
HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!
The NWS words are never that exact - they want people to know it is a definate thing, not a maybe. Frightening!!
Did you hear the chilling Jefferson Parish press conference? Have a pick axe ready to break through from your attic to your roof when the levy system fails.
Truly unbelieveable. Mind-boggling.
OMG!
OMG - praying hard from Canada for all you folks near the Gulf.
I don't think I've read anything more frightening than that.
O..M..G...
What's quite amazing to me...is here in the Orlando area...we are having windy squalls from Katrina right now. For the last two days the clouds overhead have been racing by from the southeast non-stop...it's pouring rain now with the sun shining.
Oh, God.
Prayers for my neighbors in Louisiana.
Ok that has to be the most disturbing NHC message I have ever read.
Do you have a link to that NWS report? It is so extreme, it looks fake. Thanks.
You need to step up and provide a source - or Bubye baby!
Dear God in heaven. I have never read something so chilling from the NWS...
Oh my.
I've been following your posts here and on your thread, along with the ones at the weather forum. Thanks for the effort and the constantcy of updated info. to save lives. It is aprreciated more than you know.
This warning reads like a movie script from some Irwin Allen disaster movie. The horrible thing is, it's not a fake. IT'S REAL! Prayers to all those in harms way. Godspeed to all of you.