Off Topic: Hurricane Katrina

by John Fontana on Aug 28, 2005 12:15 PM EDT in The Site

A few days ago it was just a mess of storms in the Bahamas with some rotation. Then it quickly developed into a tropical disturbance and tropical storm, making hurricane strength by the time it made landfall in south Florida. Hurricane Katrina, as of five days ago, wasn't supposed to have much of a future.

Storm tracks had the system skirting up the west Florida coast and effecting the eastern seaboard. We, here in Tampa Bay, were in for rain and some constant wind and the northern Gulf coast was in for the brunt of whatever Katrina became.

Well, after it broke away from South Florida, Katrina did some soul searching and didn't like that future... No... She wanted to make a name for herself and by god, she has...

After a south turn and some slowing, she has bloomed, blossomed and become a mega storm that the phrase "Worst Case Scenario" is associated with. Hurricane Katrina, as of this post, is packing 175 Mile Per Hour Winds (281 KPH) and heading dead on for New Orleans, Louisiana.

My thoughts are with those preparing to do battle with the storm -- this is something that happens rarely and unfortunately, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama will be the ones to prove the point what Hurricanes are capable of.

Katrina

Katrina is one hellacious bitch that is not going to be happy until she makes a name for herself -- and takes as many lives away in the process.

EDIT: This is a LIVE FEED OF NEW ORLEANS TV Being streamed online. You'll get pictures and reports from Louisana where they are facing the imminent danger head on

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our thoughts and prayers should be with all those people facing this hurricane…..

by jodi on Aug 28, 2005 1:49 PM EDT reply actions

I hope everybody Louisiana is safe. If reading this and your in New Orleans, get the hell outta dodge. Cuz’ Katrina is one hell of a bad ass hurricane who is ready to show what a BITCH she can be. Category 5 hurricane means that this BITCH is gonna be motherfucker of a disaster. Again if your in New Orleans or anywhere close to this storm, GET YOUR ASS OUTTA THERE OR YOU MIGHT BE HURT OR KILLED. Take this seriously folks, this is the real shit. This hurricane will make the 4 hurricanes that hit Florida last year look like a day at a picnic. Again, be careful to everybody from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. This ain’t no joke, BE CAREFUL DAMN IT.

by Josh on Aug 29, 2005 6:02 AM EDT reply actions

What I find funny about this, and similar such weather events, is the behavior of amateur stormchasers. It is funny to watch people try to balance their relief that nothing major happened with their disapointment that nothing major happened.

A lot of people love to speculate on just how catastrophic an event is (I’m talking to you Geraldo Rivera), and often seem disapointed when they dont get to see how accurate their apocalyptic predictions would have been had the storm stayed on course for New Orleans.

Kinda like how CNN stops caring about a story (like the Toronto plane crash) when they realize nobody died. Nothing sells like death and destruction.

Thankfully, today, sales were slower than expected.

by Keith on Aug 29, 2005 7:58 PM EDT reply actions