Sunday, September 14, 2008
Category Two
Nothing much can be done with the fools who are told to evacuate before a hurricane, have the time & means to evacuate, & do not evacuate. But what if they do not send their children to safety? I've seen these people on news reports after Gustav & today. Maybe they should be charged with endangering the welfare of child. A DUI with a child in the car gets that charge added on. Stupid & selfish, & they - they're always men, maybe the women are shamed - have the audacity to recount the nightmare for the news cameras. The footage ought to end with cops snapping handcuffs on these guys as they protest, "Hey, what did I do?"
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The sea coast damage was not unexpected, & was too familiar. The destruction around Houston was shocking. This should dispel any misconceptions people might have about hurricane strength categories & the relative dangers they pose. Hurricane Ike was Category Two. Imagine a Cat One pushing a ten or fifteen foot surge into Jersey's shallow bays & narrow estuaries behind a high tide that cannot drain because of the surge, along with 80 mph winds & torrential rains. Hurricane Isabelle was a Cat Two when it slammed into the Outer Banks in Sept. 2003, but the most widespread damage was in Virginia, & extended up the tidal rivers including the Potomac, & sent floods roaring down from inland mountains. It's s scary to think how a slight deviation at sea could have driven Isabelle up Delaware Bay with the worst section of the storm wrecking the Jersey shore from Cape May to Barnegat Bay.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
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The sea coast damage was not unexpected, & was too familiar. The destruction around Houston was shocking. This should dispel any misconceptions people might have about hurricane strength categories & the relative dangers they pose. Hurricane Ike was Category Two. Imagine a Cat One pushing a ten or fifteen foot surge into Jersey's shallow bays & narrow estuaries behind a high tide that cannot drain because of the surge, along with 80 mph winds & torrential rains. Hurricane Isabelle was a Cat Two when it slammed into the Outer Banks in Sept. 2003, but the most widespread damage was in Virginia, & extended up the tidal rivers including the Potomac, & sent floods roaring down from inland mountains. It's s scary to think how a slight deviation at sea could have driven Isabelle up Delaware Bay with the worst section of the storm wrecking the Jersey shore from Cape May to Barnegat Bay.
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