Hurricane Katrina
Have you read the damage predictions from the National Weather Service for Hurricane Katrina? It reads like a prophecy out of the Bible.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD…AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCHAS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITYVEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATEADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS…PETS…AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THEWINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS…AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWNAND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERINGINCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLYTHE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING…BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEWCROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BEKILLED.
It’s hard for me to grasp that, a day from now, New Orleans may no longer exist. The loss of a city is something that happens in other countries, other times. It is a story line for a science fiction movie, not reality. And perhaps that’s part of the reason the city’s storm levees were never heightened, in spite of experts’ predictions that this event would one day occur. What other things are we not preparing for, in both our own lives and as a civilization, because the events seem too horrible to happen?
Kate said,
August 29, 2005 @ 2:48 pm
I think that’s a good question that I don’t hear anyone asking.
This line “WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS” is unbelievable. What a bizarre thing to say in a weather report.
Chad said,
August 29, 2005 @ 4:11 pm
Uhhh…lessee….what else aren’t we preparing for?
Meteor strikes
Peak Oil
Mad Cow
Genetically engineered insects
Artificial Intelligence
Nanotechnology
Is that too many horsemen?
Anonymous said,
September 2, 2005 @ 6:34 pm
We’re not preparing properly for me to kick your asses.
We are preparing adequately for “mad cow,” though. Only freaky vegetarians who lack degrees in veterinary medicine think otherwise.
douglas said,
September 5, 2005 @ 3:03 pm
when i heard about wat happen in new orleans i waz shocked and then about 3 days later where waz bush huh he came like on the 4th day i agree wit kanye west, that bush dont care about black people he is racist i say he should be remove and be replaced by someone who cares about every race he only helped the white people first!
Chad said,
September 6, 2005 @ 11:17 am
Talk to a biologist working on a test for Mad Cow and you’ll realize that we’re merely sweeping the problem under the rug, thereby making the cows extremely irritable.
It’s the truth.
…and I had steak for dinner last night with no vegetables in sight so I’m no crackpot.
Well, I *AM* a crackpot, but that’s none of anyone’s business but me and Carl….the friendly voice who tells me to hit old people.