Katrina could inundate New Orleans

Mon Aug 29 13:17:40 UTC 2005

On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Hannigan, Martin wrote:

> Some of this is on topic. Internet access is as important as the
> lights or water being on. Right, get out, but it'll be good
> to see reasonable updates on what's going on utilities wise
> down there when the weather shifts.

I'm sure other infrastructure providers are watching Katrina's track closely
as it heads inland.  Wind becomes less of an issue as the storm degrades, 
but there's still plenty of rain left in a tropical storm or a tropical 
depression to cause major flooding well away from the hurricane makes 
landfall.

Pittsburgh, PA is pretty far inland, but the remnants of Ivan last year 
did a real number on us last September.  A number of COs in low-lying 
areas did receive at least some flood damage, with a small handful being 
taken out of service completely.

jms