Sunday, August 28, 2005

New Orleans braces for 'the big one'

Potential Catastrophic Hurricane Katrina at Nation's Largest Oil Port

Expected storm surge would easily top city levees. Mandatory evacuations, residents warned not to seek city shelters which may be without power and flood. Residents urge to take days supplies of food and water.

Hurricane Katrina when a much smaller and less powerful storm caused extensive damage in Florida where areas are still without power.

Huge Huricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina Google News

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the biggest U.S. oil import terminal, stopped unloading cargo from tankers yesterday, spokesman Mark Bugg said. The port is about 20 miles off the Louisiana coast and handles about 1 million barrels of crude oil a day, or 11 percent of U.S. imports.

ADDED 2:11 PM CDT CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE APPROACHING NEW ORLEANS REGION. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS 175MPH - GUSTS TO 200MPH. EYEWALL DIAMETER IS STEADY AT 22NM; CREW REPORTS PERFECT "Stadium Effect". Hurricane Katrina is now as strong as Hurricane Camille in 1969 - but this storm is larger, and will cause more extensive damage, and if it strikes New Orleans at 'just the right angle' - will no doubt MAY lead to the greatest loss of life from a land falling hurricane in nearly 100 years.

Gulf Oil Platforms Evacuated.

Oil Companies Report 'Katrina's impact on energy production unclear'

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