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Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / August 2005What is the official news...
on this hurricane. Basically we are hearing a few different and varied things about what has happened. Fox news has it as hitting as a Cat. 4 and NPR said 3... not that that will make overall a ton of difference but it is different. I'm just not sure where to look for the right information? A I would take NPR over Fox any day. I think some of the news stations hyped it up so much that they *want* it to be a cat 5 or worse ... even if it's not > on this hurricane. Basically we are hearing a few different and varied > things about what has happened. Fox news has it as hitting as a Cat. 4 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > A >I would take NPR over Fox any day. > I think some of the news stations hyped it up so much that they *want* it > to be a cat 5 or worse ... even if it's not At this point, the pictures and videos speak for themselves. See my post under JJ's thread below. I don't really think the Cat. level is relevant any longer. Any further evaluations are based on the level of destruction, number of lives lost, estimated damage quota, insurance estimates, etc. In other words, it is possible that a Cat 2 hurricane can become one for the record books if it happened to create mass destruction or take a large number of lives. I think the reports of it being a Cat 4 at landfall are most accurate. It did lessen into a Cat 3 not much after that, though, and I think that is where the discrepancies lie. I was shocked by the fact that it was still a Cat 1 hurricane as of 8pm tonight or somewhere around there! -Kara. >>I would take NPR over Fox any day. >> I think some of the news stations hyped it up so much that they *want* it [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > -Kara. all the different news accounts can be frustrating ... and your right, the level doesn't matter at this point ... i just hope that the ppl that have been affected can recover. I'm not so sure that I would be able to :( > all the different news accounts can be frustrating ... and your right, the > level doesn't matter at this point ... i just hope that the ppl that have > been affected can recover. I'm not so sure that I would be able to :( I was thinking the same thing. It would be so easy to give up hope at that point- even for the most optimistic. It's a tragedy and a feeling I hope I never have to understand. :( For now I will be keeping them all in my thoughts and prayers. When relief funds are established and such, I will hopefully contribute. So very sad. :( -Kara. > > all the different news accounts can be frustrating ... and your right, the > > level doesn't matter at this point ... i just hope that the ppl that have [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > -Kara. It is awful and you are right the cat level is not important I just got confused by the different accounts and to try and understand what is going on I wanted some clarity if possible. I am praying for everyone involved.... I know that tragedy draws out the best in some people. I also know that with tragedy lives are changed forever in a way I can't even begin to understand. Anni> > all the different news accounts can be frustrating ... and > your right, the level doesn't matter at this point ... i > just hope that the ppl that have been affected can recover. > I'm not so sure that I would be able to :( which is exactly why i choose to live in an area where there are minimal risks of natural disasters... while New England does have chances for hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, forest fires & Nor'Easter blizzards, they are few & far between. *all* of life is a risk. you just have to choose which ones are more acceptable to you & which you really don't want to deal with. then you learn the best ways to minimize chances of damage from the risks you chose to live with. for people to choose to live in an area of swamp 10 or more feet BELOW sealevel, in a hurricane prone area...well, they have to be ready to accept quite a bit of risk of loss, either of life or property. the attitude of "it can't happen to me" isn't going to help in a situation like Katrina. lee  Signaturewar is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength 1984-George Orwell > I would take NPR over Fox any day. > I think some of the news stations hyped it up so much that > they *want* it to be a cat 5 or worse ... even if it's not um, it CAN'T be worse than a Cat 5... it was a Cat 5 on Sunday night. if you looked at the satellite pictures from then it was really scary. the eye was bigger than the little peninsula that sticks out at the end of Louisiana! it had lost some steam (down to a Cat 4) before making landfall & it missed NO by 15 miles or so, so it wasn't the worst case scenario, but it was /is pretty nasty. lee <and FOX isn't news by any strech of the imagination!> war is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength 1984-George Orwell > on this hurricane. Basically we are hearing a few different and varied > things about what has happened. Fox news has it as hitting as a Cat. 4 and > NPR said 3... not that that will make overall a ton of difference but it is > different. I'm just not sure where to look for the right information? My understanding from the National Hurricane Center was that it made its first landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 (well, its first landfall on Monday, that is) and was a Category 3 by the time it made its second landfall near the Louisiana/Mississippi border. Best wishes, Ericka > My understanding from the National Hurricane Center was that it > made its first landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 (well, its first > landfall > on Monday, that is) and was a Category 3 by the time it made its > second landfall near the Louisiana/Mississippi border. Yes, Ericka. This is what I gathered from what I heard, too. -Kara. > on this hurricane. Basically we are hearing a few > different and varied > things about what has happened. Fox news has it as hitting > as a Cat. 4 and NPR said 3... not that that will make > overall a ton of difference but it is different. I'm just > not sure where to look for the right information? it hit the coast as a Cat 4, but once it made landfall it degraded fairly quickly (which is what usually happens). at the moment (well, at 5am) it was down to tropical storm status. it's still likely to cause a great deal of flooding to the Ohio & Tennessee Valleys lee Signaturewar is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength 1984-George Orwell |
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