National Geographic Article on a hurricane hitting N.O.

Admiral Thrawn · Post by **Admiral Thrawn** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:27 am

Sorry if this has been posted before. Pretty interesting on how accurate this article is

http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/ ... index.html

TheCope · Post by **TheCope** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:40 am

when i started reading it i thought the article had been written this week. yeesh.

will_kill · Post by **will_kill** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:57 am

wow...great post Thrawn.

Flabby Chick · Post by **Flabby Chick** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:04 am

Chilling article.

'The Federal Emergency Management Agency lists a hurricane strike on New Orleans as one of the most dire threats to the nation, up there with a large earthquake in California or a terrorist attack on New York City.'

Skyalmian · Post by **Skyalmian** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:13 am

with a large earthquake in California

Funny that they mention that one...

dissent · Post by **dissent** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:53 am

will_kill wrote:wow...great post Thrawn.

x2
have to read this through later...

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:07 pm

ounce of prevention != pound of cure.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:02 pm

A similar article was published in scientific american in 2001.

heh.