----- Original Message ----- From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:26 PM Subject: Re: Olbermann
> Dave Land wrote: > > > > These are leaders who defined national security in terms of 9/11. The > > question is whether we will insist that the blighters we put in their > > places can think in terms of 8/29, too. > > > I feel sorry for the victims, but wasn´t here an alarm, calling > for evacuation from the city _3 days_ before Katrina hit? Going to the National Hurricane Center Archives, we see that that, 3 days before it hit, it was a minimal hurricane (75 mph winds) that was suppose to curve soon and hit the Florida Panhandle. It was forcast to have only 100-105 mph winds at that time, making it a modest cat 2 hurricane. The probability of being within ~125 km of New Orleans when it hit land was estimated at only 8%. If New Orleans were to be evacuated under those conditions, it would probably need evacuation once or twice a year. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
