Category 5 Hurricane Katrina Forces Citywide Evacuation of New Orleans

[EagerBeaver]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/28/hurricane.katrina/index.html

This could be the most powerful Hurricane to ever hit the USA mainland.

 

[Montreal Moose]

Mardis Gras tradition could be in trouble.

 

[EagerBeaver]

Only three Category 5 Hurricanes have ever hit the USA:

Labor Day Storm, 1938 (hit Long Island and New England)
Hurricane Camille, 1969 (hit Mississipi and Gulf coast)
Hurricane Andrew, 1992 (hit Southern Florida)

Hurricane Katrina may be more powerful than all 3 of these storms.

 

[bond_james_bond]

Post-Hurricane Con Artists

Hopefully, the authorities will do a better job with:

1. Fraudulent insurance companies
2. Scam artists with outrageously priced home reconstruction costs
3. Hotels charging maximum rates to cash in on the immediate demand

 

[Lawless]

...and hopefully SPs will be moving up north!