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   XPost: alt.construction, alt.talk.weather, rec.travel.usa-canada   
   From: hatuunen@cox.net   
      
   On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:47:26 -0400, Dave Smith   
    wrote:   
      
   >the_blogologist wrote:   
   >   
   >> When tornados hit the damage is very localized. Most people in tornado   
   >> alley may have a storm shelter or know of one close. Some schools have   
   >> one building that's hardened.   
   >>   
   >> What made Katrina so bad was the New Orleans Levee Board failed to   
   >> properly maintain and modernize the levee which was 40 years old! (the   
   >> city is below sea level).  Even though Bush showed up with the mother of   
   >> hurricane reliefs, the press slamed him to get the attention off of the   
   >> levee and democrats.   
   >   
   >I think you have that backwards. What made Hurricane Katrina so bad was it   
   >was a Category 5 hurricane. It was the 6th worst Atlantic storm on record.   
      
   But it was a Category 4 when it hit land.   
      
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