Katrina could inundate New Orleans
Justin M. Streiner
streiner at cluebyfour.org
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
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