re: The Hurricane Katrina "Certain Death; Catastrophic Damage" warning.

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it overstated the wind threat

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You needed someone in DC to tell you to GTFO?

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But remember the then Governor asking people who were in Rita's path and staying to take a permanent magic marker and write their name and social security number somewhere on their bodies so that next of kin could be notified if the worst happened.

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As far as New Orleans goes, remove the failure of the levees and the only serious damage would have been some wind damage but the area wouldn't have been inhabitable for weeks, not nearly one half of homes were wind damaged or destroyed, matter of fact hardly none of what was in that warning happened.








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My always optimistic FIL, on the morning of Aug 28 and seeing the cat 5 satellite imagery headed for his house, stared "that thing could dissipate and come ashore as just a depression. We should be fine

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