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To: tejek who wrote (247920)	8/28/2005 5:50:58 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1573096

re: What Katrina doesn't destroy with its winds, it seems it will drown. NO is in a bowl, below sea level, "protected" (or not) by levees. It the hurricane hits directly east of NO with the current strength, it will probably be an unimaginable disaster. New Orleans is one of America's great cities... the caloric intake is in direct proportion to the quality of the cooking, which is the best. God bless them. John

To: tejek who wrote (247920)	8/28/2005 5:53:55 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 1573096

No rain required ted. New Orleans is six feet below sea level and a storm surge of 25-30 feet in the eye of the storm will not be slowed down by their levees...

To: tejek who wrote (247920)	8/28/2005 6:12:43 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573096

"What Katrina doesn't destroy with its winds, it seems it will drown." I guess you have never seen pictures of what happened to Galveston during the Great Hurricane of 1900. Big deal. If you are on the coast, rain is the least of your worries. It rains all the time, stuff exists to deal with it. No, the worry is the storm surge, with the waves on top of that. A cubic foot of salt water weighs 66 pounds, and the waves will be running 20-30 mph over the top of the levees and the dikes. There is very little that can stand of to that kind of pounding. And once it starts to take buildings apart, the pieces then combine with the water to take down more and more. Galveston was the second largest port in the country, just behind New York City. Per capita, it was the richest city in the nation, else it wouldn't have been able to afford to rebuild. It never recovered. Here are a few pictures on the web. 1900storm.com en.wikipedia.org There is a book, Isaac's Storm. Good read.