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National Geographic Article on a hurricane hitting N.O.

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:27 am
by Admiral Thrawn
Sorry if this has been posted before. Pretty interesting on how accurate this article is

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

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:40 am
by TheCope
when i started reading it i thought the article had been written this week. yeesh.

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 6:57 am
by will_kill
wow...great post Thrawn.

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:04 am
by Flabby Chick
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.'

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:13 am
by Skyalmian
with a large earthquake in California
Funny that they mention that one... :|

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:53 am
by dissent
will_kill wrote:wow...great post Thrawn.
x2
have to read this through later...

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:07 pm
by Mobius
ounce of prevention != pound of cure. :(

Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:02 pm
by Ferno
A similar article was published in scientific american in 2001.

heh.