Hurricane Katrina: The dire warning issued by the National Weather Service in advance

[@vr6swp]

A recording of this warning (and the news clips of NOLO mayor Ray whatsisname) were posted on a web forum the day before Katrina hit. I was like man, that sounds kinda dire

[@WiiLoveWeather7-12-16]

If you can find the web forum with the recording, please share it with us, thanks. If you can’t that’s fine too

[@Easypeezylimonsneezy]

do you know what forum it was posted on

[@blackcitroenlove]

I still have the paper version that came up on the AP wire back in 2005. It's yellowed and weathered, but damn if it isn't still relevant.

[@camogang]

Like...if here trying to compare to upcoming Milton- stay safe

[@usefulprogrammer9880]

Very different circumstances. Florida is built to withstand hurricanes. New Orleans is like a bathtub waiting to be filled with water.

[@Simplyblondie]

@@usefulprogrammer9880still puts lives at risk and dangers Floridians are definitely more use to it doesn’t make it less scary

[@kasparovthegodofwar]

"No one ever anticipated the breach of the levees" 💀

[@baviation1872]

I think the NWS does a great job, but let’s not act like their predictions came true. The strongest sustained winds in New Orleans were 95mph, or a strong category 1, since the eye passed about 25 miles east of the city. Katrina was a very large and destructive storm, but if the levees and flood walls in New Orleans had held, I don’t think it would have been nearly as memorable, in New Orleans at least. Their predictions ended up looking very accurate, but they never predicted the flood protection system failing.

[@SaltyCanadian]

Yes but at the time of the warning it was still expected to make a direct hit on the big easy

[@ohno22446]

it did come true in Mississippi