NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE warning

FORECAST FOR KATRINA WAS RIGHT ON THE MARK

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[WeatherFreak22]

I don't wanna sound rude at all but honestly it makes me mad how they always talk about New Orleans when it comes to Katrinas damage. Don't get me wrong because New Orleans was damaged REALLY bad by the storm. But the Mississippi gulf coast was COMPLETLY wiped out, nothing was left standing for miles and miles! If Katrina hadn't broke the levee New Olreans would have been alright. The Mississippi coast wouldn't. I'm just saying this because I lived in Bay St. Louis and lost everything & family.

[snowboarder5665]

this is actually very interesting. the forecaster who issued this, Robert Ricks, a meteorologist with the New Orleans/Baton Rouge NWS office, predicted this nearly a day ahead of time. he stated "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."

[Categorycinque]

This was a warning issued to the entire Gulf Coast. However, this is a Nat'l Geographic Documentary and it is powerful.

[botdfmonstersayrawr]

I remember watching this on tv..I cried..They showed my lifeless grand mother on tv D';

[DanceLoversx]

I used this in a school project thanks so much ....

[elaztica]

@KarliiKickbackxD LOL! What if they actually issued one?

[skyman2002fanclub]

dude, was this the warning that they showed on TV in new orleans or was this on a documentary or something?

[imwatching22]

Epic wall fail

[KarliiKickbackxD]

an "apocalyptic advisory" ?..........suicidal? Lol, wtf?

[littlechick500]

An Apocalyptic advisory!!

[shannonlovesjay]

i cracked up at the word failure

[BKofficer23]

@WeatherFreak22 Bless you. I'm sorry for your loss.

[webkinzlover93ify1]

@snowboarder5665 yo i was there

[Jon13bur]

@loiderman You can find the warning at Wikipedia.

[Jon13bur]

I just now read the report. I don't know about anyone else, but if I lived in Louisiana, I would have been one of the first to get my ass out of the crosshairs.

I don't know why anybody would stay.

[tayjay4]

everything i am about to tell u is 100% true.

my name is taylor and i am 12 years old. i was 8 when katrina hit. i lived in chalmette

a.k.a. the lower 9th ward, louisiana my whole life. when my family seen the warnings for the hurricane, we all dicited to go to my aunts 2- story house with a basement only 2 minutes away. when the storm hit around 2 a.m., everyone woke up.

[tayjay4]

it was very wind and it was rain kinda hard. the electricity was out and it was pitch black @ night. it was scary at first but then it was kinda fun. i watched stuff fly up and down the street and somne windows break but that was it. when it passed, we went outside and helped my aunts neighbors get out there house. there door had gotten jammed during the storm. the storm was nothing. absolutly nothing... then the city blew up part of the levee, and everything changed.

[loiderman]

wheres the rest of the waring

[WinterWeatherII]

This is why I find it funny when people say "the weather guys are never right" or "it won't affect me, because the last one didn't"

[coolcatevan9]

I agreee,But I have nothinga gaisnt blacks

[coolcatevan9]

ive been though a category 5,scary stuff...

[SanFran90]

@nightoftheshapes: Geez, man. Hateful much :-/?

[ATheGreat09]

I can't imagine listening to this exact warning on the weather radio. Fucking scary.

[danagasta1]

I have a copy of this warning from the AP. I almost passed out reading it--and I'm in Connecticut

[creq342]

i have only been through 2 hurricanes in my life 1.hurricane juan 2.hurricane kyle both in halifax nova scotia they were fun to be in though! :)