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RE: Katrina could inundate New Orleans

  • From: Justin M. Streiner
  • Date: Mon Aug 29 09:20:26 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