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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA



1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005







DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED







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!







LAZ038-040-050-056>070-282100-



ASSUMPTION-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-



LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-



ST. CHARLES-ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-



UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-



UPPER TERREBONNE-



1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

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