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Official Description of Possible Katrina Damage

By Jeralyn, Section Huricanes Katrina and Rita
Posted on Sun Aug 28, 2005 at 09:28:00 PM EST
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Official description of possible damage:

Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks...perhaps longer. At least one half of well constructed homes will have roof and wall failure. All gabled roofs will fail...leaving those homes severely damaged or destroyed.

The majority of industrial buildings will become non functional. Partial to complete wall and roof failure is expected. All wood framed low rising apartment buildings will be destroyed. Concrete block low rise apartments will sustain major damage...including some wall and roof failure.

High rise office and apartment buildings will sway dangerously...a few to the point of total collapse. All windows will blow out.

Airborne debris will be widespread...and may include heavy items such as household appliances and even light vehicles. Sport utility vehicles and light trucks will be moved. The blown debris will create additional destruction. Persons...pets...and livestock exposed to the winds will face certain death if struck.

Power outages will last for weeks...as most power poles will be down and transformers destroyed. Water shortages will make human suffering incredible by modern standards.

The vast majority of native trees will be snapped or uprooted. Only the heartiest will remain standing...but be totally defoliated. Few crops will remain. Livestock left exposed to the winds will be killed.

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    Official Description of Possible Katrina Damage | 5 comments (5 topical)
    Re: Official Description of Possible Katrina Damag (none / 0) (#1)
    by Che's Lounge on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:52 PM EST
    I hope other states still have some guard units to send. If this is half as bad as they predict, there will need to be a massive recovery. they will need all the guard troops they can get their hands on. I'm sorry for those people. It's too bad their leaders wouldn't listen to their environmental experts, who have predicted this for years. They screwed with nature's defenses against this very situation, and now the piper is coming down the road. We can only hope (and pray) that this thing loses strength or changes course. Get out your pocketbooks and fire up the Red Cross web sites.

    Re: Official Description of Possible Katrina Damag (none / 0) (#2)
    by DawesFred60 on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:52 PM EST
    this could cost billions and stop the the economy system dead in the water along with a lot of poor people, how many homeless will just disappear? to say nothing of people inside the prison system, the fact is anyone make any plans about that?..and yes where is the national guard?

    Re: Official Description of Possible Katrina Damag (none / 0) (#3)
    by Johnny on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:53 PM EST
    This is going to be very, very ugly... A million people displaced. A fragile local ecology damaged. Recoverable? Doubtful. Will the insurance cough it up? I don't know. For those that pray, now is the time. For those that don't, keep them in your thoughts.

    Re: Official Description of Possible Katrina Damag (none / 0) (#4)
    by BigTex on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:53 PM EST
    2300 of the guard are mobolized right now.

    Re: Official Description of Possible Katrina Damag (none / 0) (#5)
    by chemoelectric on Sat Dec 17, 2005 at 01:02:53 PM EST
    Thanks to BuzzFlash: New Orleans CityBusiness, Jun 6, 2005 by Deon Roberts In fiscal year 2006, the New Orleans district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is bracing for a record $71.2 million reduction in federal funding. It would be the largest single-year funding loss ever for the New Orleans district, Corps officials said. I've been here over 30 years and I've never seen this level of reduction, said Al Naomi, project manager for the New Orleans district. I think part of the problem is it's not so much the reduction, it's the drastic reduction in one fiscal year. It's the immediacy of the reduction that I think is the hardest thing to adapt to. There is an economic ripple effect, too. The cuts mean major hurricane and flood protection projects will not be awarded to local engineering firms. Also, a study to determine ways to protect the region from a Category 5 hurricane has been shelved for now....

    Official Description of Possible Katrina Damage | 5 comments (5 topical)