Re: New Orleans tragedy - Acts of God or sins of humanity?

In article <gbk4j1dqdnfvb3r23b31advi2ll2n74gv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Goodge wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:42:56 +0100, Kendall K. Down put finger to
> keyboard and typed:
>
>>In message <43316B54.8060408@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Quasin <quasi3n@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> And now for the encore.
>>
>>Yes, I thought of you when I heard about Rita. (By the way, what happened to
>>all the names between 'K' and 'R'?)
>
> They didn't make the headlines because they didn't pose a major threat
> to humans. The full list of named Atlantic storms so far this year is:
>
> Arlene
> Bret
> Cindy
> Dennis
> Emily
> Franklin
> Gert
> Harvey
> Irene
> Jose
> Katrina
> Lee
> Maria
> Nate
> Ophelia
> Philippe
> Rita

Note also that all tropical storms are named; only some of which go on
to become full fledged hurricanes and only some of which hit land.
Philippe is wandering around the Atlantic going nowhere not very
fast.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

The good news for New Orleans in the latest weather service release
is

ANY TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA ARE EXPECTED
TO BE CONFINED TO A FEW SQUALLS ASSOCIATED WITH QUICKLY MOVING
RAINBANDS.

Texas unfortunately is another matter.

Emma



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