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To: Stevefoder who wrote (151067)12/14/2005 11:57:06 PM
From: carranza2  Respond to of 793838
 
Exactly correct.

Categories of hurricane strength are based solely on windspeed, not on storm surge.

A slow moving relatively weak storm can have a very large surge. A small fierce storm that moves quickly may not have a substantial surge at all.

Katrina was both large and fierce, ergo, the surge was huge, despite the fact that she was only a 3 when she got to NO.



To: Stevefoder who wrote (151067)12/15/2005 6:54:18 AM
From: steve harris  Respond to of 793838
 
It was horrible. Whole towns washed away. But you knew it was coming. And F5 tornado doesn't give you a few days warning.


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