The news channel said if there was such a category as 6, then Katrina would fall under that category. In fact, I had to go to a funeral yesterday, and there was supposed to be a resolution made by a representative from an organization the deceased was affiliated with. Well, the representative had to turn around in Orange TX, (on TX/LA border about 110 miles from Houston)
because there were orders to evacuate New Orleans, so they had to drive all the way back and pack up. I knew Katrina was on course for New Orleans, but I did not know at the time that the hurricane was so intense.
I remember back when we had cable television a television special aired on the Discovery Channel about Hurricanes, and they presented this scenario... A category 5 hurricane making a direct hit on New Orleans, and the destruction was devastating. Lake Pontchartrain would overflow its banks, and flood the city of New Orleans, the French Quarter would be underwater. For those of you who don't already know, New Orleans is a bowl shaped city, the flooding from the rain, and the overflow of the lake is going to be unimagineable, and I think it might be one of the worst natural disasters to hit Louisiana. So, ya'll, pray for and keep the thoughts of the city of New Orleans, the people who made it out, and for those who can't leave. I imagine that hotels on I-10 in places like Beaumont/Port Arthur, Winnie, Baytown, Houston, Orange, maybe even San Antonio? will be filled with evacuees.
-Joe

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