And we wonder why there was confusion...

Brwn_eyes0511 · #1 09-04-2005, 09:30 PM

But it was in the times...right???

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V125/N32/long1%2032.html

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Katrina Misses New Orleans,
Heavily Damages Mississippi

By Joseph B. Treaster and Kate Zernike

NEW ORLEANS

Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast with devastating force at daybreak Monday, sparing New Orleans the catastrophic hit that had been feared but inundating parts of the city and heaping damage on neighboring Mississippi where it tossed boats, ripped away scores of roof tops and left many of the major coastal roadways impassable.

GypsySorcerer · #2 09-04-2005, 10:25 PM

So? The eye's west half went over the city, but it was the flooding that really caused the chaos.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #3 09-04-2005, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

What's the point? If this is out of interest then thanks but we did know it looked as though it had been spared. If it's to create a counter argument then you need to do more research.

Tell that to all those who were trapped in their homes when this article was published!

The point is...not everyone knew at first of the devistation that Katrina had caused for the NOLA area...

dissention · #4 09-04-2005, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

Tell that to all those who were trapped in their homes when this article was published!

The point is...not everyone knew at first of the devistation that Katrina had caused for the NOLA area...

It's past your bedtime, sweets.

Brwn_eyes0511 · #5 09-04-2005, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

It's past your bedtime, sweets.

Come on PLEASE...

It's a holiday weekend and everything! Can't I stay up just a little longer?

GateandGarden · #6 09-04-2005, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Brwn_eyes0511

The point is...not everyone knew at first of the devistation that Katrina had caused for the NOLA area...

That's true. We had no communication with the area for awhile. We still have almost no communication. Phone lines are down in several places. But the thing is, we knew it was going to be very, very bad. It was basically either going to be catastrophic or earth-shattering. (I purposefully chose adjectives that are equally severe). We didn't know at first precisely how bad it would be or how bad it was right after it happened but we knew that lots of help would be needed immediately. There should have been military people ready to go in before it even struck the area.

JazmenFlowers · #7 09-05-2005, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

That's true. We had no communication with the area for awhile. We still have almost no communication. Phone lines are down in several places. But the thing is, we knew it was going to be very, very bad. It was basically either going to be catastrophic or earth-shattering. (I purposefully chose adjectives that are equally severe). We didn't know at first precisely how bad it would be or how bad it was right after it happened but we knew that lots of help would be needed immediately. There should have been military people ready to go in before it even struck the area.

amen sistah!