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The AP is reporting that one of S 's oil rigs broke loose, and the surge has pushed it into the Mobile River bridge.
That's messed up (sorta like captain asshole - ginobili is god - in this thread).
The weather channel is where I heard the figure of 10 deaths, but I heard about the 3 people in N.O. on the local feed.
The strong bands are popping up tornado warnings all over the place. Montgomery, AL and all of its surrounding counties look to be in the red and a few counties just outside of Atlanta, GA were put under warning.
The AP is reporting that one of S 's oil rigs broke loose, and the surge has pushed it into the Mobile River bridge.
That's messed up (sorta like captain asshole - ginobili is god - in this thread).
Well, I practically stayed up all night praying and praying for everyone to be ok...
Especially, the children, the elderly, & all of the animals. I hope they all got out safe.
compared to the you've been spewing, it is
It will probably be just a tropical storm by the time it gets to Ohio.
before you focus on New Orleans, you should focus on fixing your at ude. oh yeah, I forgot, "GiG" is just a character you play on these boards
What's going to suck is the next time there is a hurricane in the gulf, no one is going to leave NO. They hyped this storm up to the point that I wouldn't have been surprised to see Noah sailing over 200K dead in the 'toxic soup'. Next time, the percentage that stays behind will be a lot higher.
Hopefully the death toll will remains low. The damage will undoubtedly be major, but I have hope that the loss of human life can remain relatively low if the proper precautions were followed and the rescue missions go off without a hitch.
i agree
Tell that to the ones trapped in their homes right now.
NO will unfortunately break about 100 dead considering what part of town was hit hard. Between the rest of southeastern LA and the coasts of MS and AL as well as inland it would not be surprising to see another 100+ dead.
I agree 100%
Just because the predictions of apocalyptic doom didn't come to pass doesn't mean that NO wasn't seriously ed up by this storm. This one will be remembered.
Yeah. I actually think the percentage of people leaving next time will be a lot higher.
No doubt.
But the hype machine that passes for news nowadays made it out to be that everyone who stayed back would die. I realize that it was a possibility and that NO got lucky again, but the residents there will be more hesitant to leave the next time.
The hurricane washed a whale up on the Pensacola pier!
Sometimes it's better to scare these people into getting their butts out of there instead of simplifying it... Better safe than sorry, so they say...
thats there one them endangered species whales... red bull type...
The hurricane washed a whale up on the Pensacola pier!
If that's a whale, then this country is whale country. I see them all over the place!
How did you beat me to that!
I found out this morning, and was all ready to post it!
you stole my thunder, flushknocker!
Katrina Claims May Rival $16 Bln Northridge Quake (Update11)
Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Katrina may rival the 1994 Northridge earthquake as the third most costly U.S. catastrophe, according to preliminary forecasts of insured losses.
The storm's estimated cost for insurers such as Allstate Corp. will probably be $9 billion to $16 billion, said Eqecat Inc., a storm modeler. Eqecat cut its estimate from as high as $30 billion as Katrina veered east of New Orleans, sparing the city a direct hit.
``People are breathing a sigh of relief that the storm has lost strength and that New Orleans appeared to be on the weak side of the storm,'' said Ray Stone, vice president of catastrophe operations at St. Paul Travelers Cos., the second- largest U.S. commercial insurer.
Insurers paid a record $22.9 billion last year for four Florida hurricanes. Storm-related payouts almost erased third- quarter earnings last year at Allstate, the biggest publicly traded auto and home insurer.
Katrina's tally may be in line with the 1994 Northridge quake, which Fitch Ratings said cost about $16 billion. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks cost $20.1 billion, Fitch said. Hurricane Andrew, in 1992, was the most costly U.S. disaster, with insured losses of $20.5 billion.
Today's storm came ashore just south of Buras, Louisiana, with winds of 140 mph (225 kph) after weakening overnight, the National Hurricane Center said. Risk Management Solutions Inc., another modeler, predicted claims of $10 billion to $25 billion. AIR Worldwide Corp. estimated $12 billion to $26 billion.
Storm Weakens
Katrina was downgraded to a Category 1 storm after coming ashore as a Category 4 and was about 20 miles west-southwest of Hattiesburg, Mississippi at 2 p.m. local time, the National Hurricane Center said. Last night, it was a Category 5, the most severe on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Only three Category 5 storms have ever hit the country.
``The hurricane tracked somewhat east of downtown New Orleans and the western side of the storm showed evidence of weakening as it moved inland,'' said Kyle Beatty, a meteorologist at Newark, California-based Risk Management. ``Both of those served as positives for New Orleans.''
Fitch Ratings said Katrina will probably be the most costly single event for the insurance industry since Sept. 11. The terrorist attacks spurred the federal government to provide as much as $100 billion to help insurers in future attacks, according to the Insurance Information Ins ute.
St. Paul, Allstate
Tons of bodies are floating around the 9th Ward.
Where'd you hear that 2pac?
Tons of bodies are floating around the 9th Ward.
WHAT?!?!
From FNC...
An estimated 40,000 homes flooded in St. Bernard Parish just east of New Orleans
Mom heard it on the radio and called me.
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