Holy Shit!

Armageddon...NWS-style...

 

The most dire alert I've ever read...

 

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1011 AM CDT
SUN AUG 28 2005

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE  EXPECTED...

.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!