Civil Emergency Message: Hurricane Katrina

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[@marypantoja1]

This message was not fake, I lived in Louisiana during Katrina and this message went out to all residents living there. I saved it on our answering machine.

[@Paulistex_]

wow

[@ZeldaFeb]

I was in Mississippi near the border of Louisiana. We also got this message.

[@Pebblespins-]

+Kimyona A Do you remember what day and time???

[@thesurfgent4697]

Mary Pantoja yea I remember this warning

[@alexalmazan7812]

I was in Matthew Sandy and katrina

[@blasterisk]

WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS

[@michaellovely6601]

This type of wording in the civil emergency message for Hurricane Katrina was meant to get the most stubborn residents of New Orleans to realize that the storm would essentially destroy the city and that they should get the hell out of New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.

[@terrencemcdaniel6605]

Bah gawd

[@lozpopo]

This part really gave me chills

[@isaacsamuel1278]

Worst part was it wasn’t wrong, plenty of people died of straight up dehydration after the strom

[@mikeestwick5411]

To date, this is the most harshly worded warning product issued by any NWS office. Robert Ricks risked his job putting this out, but as a survivor of two prior killer hurricanes, he felt he had no choice but to make Katrina a "leave or risk dying" scenario. Unfortunately, when the levee failures started, his predictions were spot on, and I'd even say that where the warning was off as far as impacts, it was still right for the wrong reasons. More would have died if this warning hadn't gone out and prodded additional people to leave.

[@veganmocha]

Mike Estwick he did the right thing. too many people lose their lives just because they hear warnings like this and brush it off because they think it can’t be that bad.

[@peepindis]

It was only the particulars of the predicted damage that were off. The suffering and destruction did fit the power of the warning. I'd hate to have been in his position. I don't know enough about it but surely people knew the levees had a chance of failure. Why weren't they included in the warning?

[@michaellovely6601]

I honestly wish that more offices for the National Weather Service would issue sternly worded broadcasts for devastating natural disasters. Ray Nagin lived through Hurricane Betsy in 1965 and Hurricane Camille in 1969; so he took Hurricane Katrina seriously. If the National Weather Service office in Springfield, Missouri had issued a Particularly Dangerous Situation warning in conjunction with a Tornado Emergency for Joplin, Missouri it would have saved many lives during the EF5 tornado that tore through Joplin on May 22, 2011.

[@blackcitroenlove]

I still have the copy of this that came over the AP wire when I was working at WQUN-AM in Connecticut (now defunct.) When I read that, I was stunned..I had NEVER seen such a warning in my life.

[@marysusannepatterson8981]

This absolutely a real emergency alert. I live in the New Orleans area and heard this several times the day before Katrina made landfall. It was one of the most surreal moments of my life.

[@dead4120]

+TheBrothersGibb yes, this happend around 10am ish

[@dead4120]

+TheBrothersGibb yeah, me and my family stayed, but we really had no choice

[@stormwarning1693]

Emotional Donut Hope Yep. About 10 am we got it in Baton Rouge. Scared me to death. The traffic from 4 am on, was like living in Houston. The city was under seige. I've never seen anything like it ever. Terrible time for the Gulf region.

[@xg2513]

I lived in Baton Rouge and it too was surreal. I remember being terrified.

[@TylerR-kw7hi]

When I was young I lived in California where is will happen 4 times every month or every week I would go nuts no matter how used to it I am because I would be watching any happy wholesome show and it will play I never forgot how scared I was that day (scar ed for life)

[@kevintucker466]

"water shortages will make human suffering incredible by modern standards" . . . if that message doesn't hit home nothing ever will

[@comet9364]

Whenever it says “will face certain death” I get a cold chill down my spine

[@stormwarning1693]

This is NOT FAKE. I live there and this message circulated by media Saturday morning accelerated the traffic, fear and shopping to an unimaginable scale.

[@brianstacks1412]

Absolutely not fake

[@robeloox22]

he knows

[@damonthaplaya8443]

I knew in fact that our family cannot be home when Katrina unleashes her fierce wrath. I guess my parents got the message like most people, and we left to stay with family in NW Arkansas. Same when less-powerful Gustav came through in '08. We moved a year later to said area.

[@damonthaplaya8443]

If you're wondering, we didn't live in the Big Easy. Just an hour-or-two drive away. Where I was didn't flood, fortunately, but there was a lot of damage (I mentioned in The EAS Experience's other Katrina alert video that my house suffered damage).

[@ZFKATNBADGER40]

In South Texas we had an eerily similar broadcast ahead of Harvey, it was the scariest message I've ever heard. But boy was it true...

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

One story from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey that just flat out pisses me off is how televangelist Reverend Joel Osteen refused to let people shelter in his church in Houston after Hurricane Harvey devastated the city.

[@Paulygon]

This message was composed and broadcasted 11 minutes after Hurricane Katrina gained category 5 strength. Thank Robert J Ricks Jr. for this message, which made many people leave New Orleans.

[@damonthaplaya8443]

If it wasn't for his message, thousands of more people would've died. What would we do and where would we be right now without brave heroes like him?

[@scottbroadnax6266]

Scary thing is, he likely knew it was going to go 5 and had what he was going to say ready to go on standby

[@Batben01]

Every time i listen to these types of announcements, i feel like it is the voice of a creepy mortician, or worse...The Angel of Death.

[@dead4120]

Ikr!

[@allurebb]

Me to one time there was a tornado in Tennessee and the power was out it was scary

[@michaellovely6601]

A scratchy voice like this one definitely gives you the feeling as though either a creepy mortician or the Angel of Death is making the announcement.

[@kevinmack845]

Used to freak me out as a kid when storms would roll through, especially when I was home by myself

[@babyshay2228]

hearing this again gives me chills

[@allurebb]

Same

[@elijahtorres2688]

That must have been very scary! I’m glad you are okay now!

[@cxcaineglow]

If Ya think this was fake, ask people who live in Louisiana. I got this message when it came out.

[@xg2513]

Galaxy Star This. I lived in Baton Rouge at the time

[@sarahhall6695]

same

[@Joeman7791]

My mom was living in New Orleans, she evacuated to Ohio.

[@hyysonin]

The reason why the EAS voice is terrifying is for the sake of your attention

[@mkultrasubject]

no idiot it’s to scare the hurricane

[@Rhoafannnnnnnnn]

Inkl1ng no idiot thy sent it out to scare people to prepare get ready. Are u dumb

[@sd07games45]

No they use it through a microphone so it will sound different than they actually sound in real life

[@TheWaynelds]

Aiden Petrella There isn’t anyone named Inkl1ng here.

[@hyysonin]

@@mkultrasubject omg you're right 😱😱

[@MurasakiNeko]

I see why they have an electronic voice doing this. There's no way I'd be able to announce this with any sense of calm in my voice.

[@rdfox76]

This one is a message that was sent out in the late stages of Katrina's approach, done by the local NWS office without any approval by their bosses in Washington due to their frustration at the limited preparations being taken. The message was credited with scaring people into actually taking action, and led to NWS rethinking its entire emergency message concept, leading to the introduction of the new Enhanced Wording options for particularly dangerous situations intended to be scary on purpose

[@frankv.9525]

On the verge of the 20th anniversary of the worst natural disaster to ever hit the United States, this has to be the most chilling weather warning ever issued. Can't imagine the fear this struck in the hearts of people in the path of this devastation. As succinct as this message may have sounded, I'm sure it saved many lives.

[@AngieEnz84]

That may well be the bleakest, most eerie EAS warning I've ever heard. Holy shit. Talk about not mincing words.

[@amazingplaysroblox1245]

The last message before the transmitter got knocked down. Also my mom survived Katrina she was lucky and she described it as hell on earth

[@chriswideman1218]

I wonder if WWL 870 AM radio played this dire warning on the air.

[@Mitzi73]

This is a scary message but accurate. He may as well said the four horseman will be riding through.

[@PelicanGuy]

This was the real deal. Scared he crap out of me...and I was well inland when Katrina struck...still is.

[@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069]

I was living in Georgia, East of Atlanta at the time this occurred. Just started Second Grade almost Four Weeks prior to Katrina. She came inland and spawned Tornadoes in parts of Georgia in the Afternoon/Evening of August 29, 2005! Scary Stuff!

[@chriswideman1218]

@@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069 and spawned tornadoes in South Carolina too especially in Greenville

[@TheBobbo4554]

This was a 100% real message issued by the National Weather Service.

[@yungslim93]

1:35 the most horrific message I've ever heard in an emergency alert.

[@carlosq1248]

the reason they make the voice and sounds terrifying enough to give you nightmares is so they can get your attetion

[@nodakliberalhawk]

This would scare the crap out of me! Which was the point of the message. I heard that the local NWS office put this out because some people weren't taking it seriously. They put this out without the permission of NOAA; that is what I call guts.

[@cameronbarnes]

nodakliberalhawk Honestly i would do the same. Scaring them will encourage more people to leave thus saving more lives.

[@Mindraker1]

+nodakliberalhawk Katrina increased in intensity very quickly and suddenly, catching many people by surprise.

[@shinydavidhowell]

nodakliberalhawk And at that point it was a Cat 5 and not forecast to weaken as much as it did before landfall. Said weakening meant there wasn't (quite) the wind damage this message anticipated, but with the levees failing, there was indeed human suffering "incredible by modern standards" anyway.

[@xg2513]

nodakliberalhawk I lived in Baton Rouge when this was sent to all people. It was terrifying. It was on the TV too I think.

[@gretasworld6288]

Wow

[@weatherbug95]

I remember hearing this a day before Hurricane Katrina made landfall. I was only 11 at the time and the sound and wording of this message will stay with me for the rest of my life. Katrina is a storm that will never be forgotten.

[@mrscal2004]

I hear this message 17 yrs later and it still brings goosebumps and tears. I remember hearing this on the i-10 over the spillway heading west at 3am when we left on 8/28/05. so surreal. so haunting.

[@miguelmontero6130]

How did you react when you first heard the message back in 2005?

[@hotblackdesiato5016]

Once tropical storm and hurricane force winds onset...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!

[@bigdawg77]

The EAS beep still shakes me to my core to this day

[@allurebb]

Imagine just sleeping in darkness for weeks

[@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069]

Not only that, but worse! You would also have no air conditioning, therefore, you'd be ABSOLUTELY miserable trying to sleep! Trust me, it's not fun.

[@exclusivelymadeforthat]

You have to get hand cranked flashlights and a bunch of batteries, its also better to sleep without clothes. It may not do much but it sure is better.

[@eddyx8218]

It's scary to know that this was real.

[@EL_NERVE_TIK]

Well, unfortunately, with this year's hurricane season we just might have to hear a message like this again.

[@flaccidpringle]

to give perspective to non-southerners about katrina's power, i like to talk about ship island, a barrier island off the mississippi coast hurricane camille cut a huge gash in the middle of the island, effectively splitting it in half katrina, barreling in just as the island was about to naturally patch back up, tore it open further to the point where the army corps of engineers had to step in and plug the gap manually in 2019

[@calitruckdriver2025]

thats so scary....i can imagine how people were reacting anf expecting the worst what the machine said thats some scary emergency alert...

[@cxcaineglow]

Nobody had a good reaction. Most of the reactions would freak the shit out of other people, already scared or not.

[@calitruckdriver2025]

No such thing as good reaction, Look at comment below me. I'd be shit scared, and im sure people reacted in shock not knowing what to do at that point to stay or to go. most left but alot also stayed.

[@janeatlantica]

This gives me some serious chills.

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

I actually one time got a EAS message on my phone from the FBI AND US marshals at one time. Wow that was beyond the scariest moment of my life.

[@dr3wrocks]

Super chilling. Appropriately worded for what was to come. The “an inland hurricane wind warning is issued when…” honestly is one of the most frightening parts of this to hear because it really reaffirms that this is a 100% valid official message issued by the national weather service.

[@brandonhawley6420]

When I hear this warning on Hurricane Katrina I always get chills up and down my frickin spine.everytime I hear it the voice,the alert tone. It creeps me out knowing how real and legit this was for the New Orleans area in 2005.When I heard this for the first time in 2017 a month after when Irma hit, i was disturbed by what I heard on this.Just imagine hearing this message in your house alone therefore it is the scariest message I've ever heard in my life🌀 ⚠️!!!!!!!

[@MichaelLovely-mr6oh]

I can't imagine how scary the warning for Hurricane Maria must have been for the residents of Puerto Rico; in both Spanish and English.

[@user-ny2jp6pl4n]

oh fucking hell..and we left our fellow Americans there for days...

[@ThorogoodFan1]

I was working graveyard shift one night a week ago...I hooked my phone up to the boombox at the place for full volume. I played this vídeo on my phone and listened to it on the radio at 2 in the morning....can you say, one of those "creeped the fuck out moments"? Thanks for this vídeo.

[@chriswideman1218]

Was it on WWL 870 AM? You can pick them up at night

[@leticiahernandez6951]

This is not fake I was in New Orleans and I saw this Emergency broadcast and then 10 minutes later my house broke I got on my car and called 911 saying “HELP my house oh god no yeah it gone” “sir are you okay?” My house i…… and then the power was out

[@VWatch07]

Well, I don't live in the US, but I find myself imagining how terrifying it'd be to receive a warning like that... and I still shit bricks.

[@deussolinvictus]

I remember sitting at my computer and reading the NOAA alert for Katrina. It was nothing short of apocalyptic and the NOAA projections were based upon Katrina hitting NOLA directly.

[@valdeezycleaver]

Can we get an EAS system that sounds just a little bit less pants-shittingly terrifying?

[@flskywarn]

Bismo Funyuns no

[@cameronbarnes]

Bismo Funyuns The reason it's like that is to encourage people to leave. You wouldn't want them to not say anything and wind up killed.

[@xg2513]

Did you know the beeping is actually at a frequency that clashes with the brain. It's meant to make you feel uncomfortable it was designed by scientists.

[@DJJablonsky]

Bruh thats the point

[@stormwarning1693]

Drayton Magill... Sure, no problem. When the peak of the storm hits no one will regret staying. It's important for people like you to be comfortable with the tenor of the report.

[@peach12294]

Damn, I'm so thankful that our hotel reservations were lost before the hurricane. I'm a former New Orleans citizen and if me and my family stayed down there and listen to this message, we would have been scared and deceased. This is scarier then the tropical storms! Soooo thankful that we left.

[@TheSkelliz]

Imagine watching a ton of emergency videos like this, then your fire alarm triggers from some burnt toast that your brother was making. Scariest shit in mah life xD

[@BadFoxtrot]

The voice made the message even more horrifying.

[@HelloThisIsAva]

Even listening to this now, knowing what happened, it’s terrifying. Yet for those who went through the storm, it had to have been utterly horrific to hear this knowing you were about to either a.) lose your home and come back to nothing or b.) go through all the awful things this creepy robot voice is telling you

[@armageddon6341]

I remember this. At the time I was living at the coast of NC, so we're easily prone to flooding. We never got the wind damage from Katrina, but we sure as hell got a lot of rain.

[@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069]

But you did get hit by Ophelia in September that year, didn't you?

[@armageddon6341]

@@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069 Yes actually. Ophelia did a lot more damage than Katrina to the coast of NC, since we're taking a direct hit from Ophelia.

[@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069]

2004, 2005, and 2017 had some of the costliest/deadliest hurricanes. Hard to believe next week will be 15 Years since Hurricane Katrina, that's crazy! I had just started Second Grade 4 Weeks Prior, and I remember watching The Weather Channel to keep track of Katrina, and boy, she was a MONSTER! I lived in Georgia (East of Atlanta), and she spawned a few Tornadoes in Georgia! I sure was scared out of my mind! Plus, I have Asperger's Syndrome, and I like to keep track of Hurricanes, or any Weather System there is!

[@armageddon6341]

@@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069 Yeah, it was like that with Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Irene. The EAS that played when Katrina hit was certainly one to be scared of.

[@armageddon6341]

@@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069 But Katrina was certainly a scary Hurricane. I remember it starting so weak, then over night it strengthened into a category 5 Hurricane.

[@Zachstar2000]

This reminds me of the time I was listening to an official giving out last minute warnings for those trying to stay there. He said on that day something like. "If you are on the streets of New Orleans when this hits.... You WILL DIE" That was one of the most harrowing aspects of that hurricane trying to face it exposed was certain death. People who have escaped that chaos still live and work in Shreveport.

[@samanthasaunders2043]

Wow, that Civil Emergency Message was worded very harshly. They tell you what's gonna happen ahead of time, and then it scares the living daylights out of you. Of all the hurricanes I have gone through (including Hurricane Katrina), I have never heard any warning like that in my entire life, and I'm only 23.

[@sarahhall6695]

terrible memories hearing this

[@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069]

Totally Agree! If I was living in a Hurricane-Prone Area and heard a message like this, I'd run like heck and get out before the storm hits!

[@gretasworld6288]

This was probally so scary Bless their heart

[@madlemming1711]

The death toll would have been a high number if this message never came out.

[@Katz559]

Sadly it was still a high number :( Rest In Peace to all those who had lost their lives in Katrina.

[@jessicahorne9034]

I know we have are own alert system through BOM in Australia; but the EAS Alert Experiences sound very professional, & wish we had something like that here as they get broadcasted on all emergency frequencies. Thank-you for posting!

[@RadxxRyan]

Oh God, these messages scare the living shit out of me, they always have since I was a kid. The beep and the voice...instant nightmares. I feel bad for the people who were affected by this. Also my thoughts now go out to NC/SC/VA etc. for Irene. I live in northern RI. So, fingers crossed, it won't be too bad.

[@peepindis]

Had to be done. The actual destruction was different in its particulars but I think we can all agree the overall devastation was as severe as this prediction. Maybe even more severe when the human negligence is factored in. Anybody who didn't try to leave and had the resources to do so we're killed by their hubris. No doubt about it. But please also consider that there were a lot of people who didn't leave because they just didn't have the money to find accommodations for them and their families, or pay for food, or leave the place where their jobs were, hoping they could ride out the storm. The people in the Superdome were doing the right thing by seeking shelter with others and still they were not safe. This was a terrible disaster, compounded by poverty and a government that dropped the ball in SO many areas I don't know why more people weren't held accountable

[@brycewhitehead7856]

This was the same exact message as i read in my hurricane katrina book

[@chriswideman4284]

I wonder is the National Weather Service will use this same warning or something similar to this warning when Hurricane Ida hits.

[@SuperNatblessed]

I remember hearing this! Not when it happened I'm from Virginia but it always gives me cold chills because you can tell this was serious! I have never heard anything like that! God bless those people!! So sad!! I think about often.. Like how there doing,feeling, handling life. I'm so alone..I would love on a nice man that has went thru ALL that!!😇🥰😎💯

[@SuperNatblessed]

I read the word version of this!! It was saying words like catastrophic..certain death..Like it wasn't this exact one it was a written version of this tho

[@noahharrington8701]

this message would make me leave

[@woodyhayes7402]

Water, water..everywhere, but none to drink.

[@TH-rx1kt]

Devastating damage expected, Hurricane Katrina our most powerful Hurricane with unprecedented strength rivaling the intensity of Hurricane Camille of 1969. Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps longer. At least 1/2 of well constructed areas will have roof & wall failure, all damaged roofs will fail leaving most homes severely damaged or destroyed, the majority of industrial buildings will become non-functional, partial to complete wall & roof failure is expected, all wood frame low rising apartment buildings will be destroyed, concrete block low-rise apartments will sustain major damage including some wall & roof failure, high-rise office & apartment buildings will sway dangerously a few to the point of total collapse, all windows will blow out, airborne debris will be widespread & may include heavy items such as household appliances & even light vehicles, Sport Utility Vehicles & Light Trucks will be moved, the blown debris will create additional destruction. Persons, Pets, & livestock exposed to the winds will face certain death if struck, power outages will last for weeks as most power poles will be down with transformers destroyed, water shortages will make human suffering incredible by modern standards, the vast majority of native trees will be snapped or uprooted, only the hardiest will remain standing that'd will be totally defoliated, few crops will remain, livestock left in the wind will be killed, inland hurricane wind warning is issued when sustained winds near Hurricane force or frequent gust levels about hurricane force, a certain within the next 12 to 24 hours, once tropical storm in hurricane force winds onset, do not venture outside.

[@Somedetroitdude]

Sad how whole city got destroyed because of a failed levee

[@puppycharmss]

Well. Bringing me back to 2005 in the worst way possible. I wasn't there but I heard so much and then I went through the pain of having Sandy destroy my hometown and surrounding areas. I wasn't even there, I was in a hospital in Utah but I had to hear about it from the news and I was terrified.

[@05godzilla]

You know,this really creeps me out. last year i was asleep with my radio on then BANG! the warning system goes off.

[@darrenmuse]

The problem wasn't the hurricane itself but the flooding that resulted from the levees not being able to hold the amount of water that surged into canals.

[@macewindu9100]

Wtf are you talking about? The hurricane did a shit load of damage to New Orleans .

[@darrenmuse]

Umm, not really. There was some structural damage but nothing close to what happened outside of New Orleans. The flooding is what really hit us.

[@stormwarning1693]

darrenmuse Oh, no. A 140 mph wind was damaging. There is a photo of an SUV being tossed through a traffic signal​ in suburban Metairie. The photo exists because, strangely, the generator to the traffic signal was still operational and a ticket for running a red light was issued.

[@mitsukaishoushi4459]

@@stormwarning1693 Wait so you’re telling me someone got a ticket without even driving the car???? Ain’t no way

[@mariachi2013]

The only thing they forgot to say in this was, if you choose to stay right, your name, date of birth, Social Security number, and next of kin on your left wrist in permanent marker so you could be identified and your next of kin could be notified.

[@younkint]

I think not long after this message they did tell people to do exactly that. In any event, people were indeed told to do that.

[@kyliecraft5850]

This isn't fake. Part of this was played on national geographic for preintsion

[@jamessummers5946]

the only thing that can really compare to this is the NHC Key Messages given out when Hurricane Laura of 2020 was about to make landfall in Louisiana but even then it is a long shot.

[@Some_Guy_ontheNet]

*POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS, AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN, AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED.*

[@notNajimi]

This is harrowing

[@caramire42]

Yes it is real. I was there and it scared the shit out of me

[@SweatyBooch420]

1:28 *Power outages will last for WeEkS* lol

[@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069]

I know, right? Imagine you lived in an area prone to Hurricanes, and the storm knocked out the power. It would take WEEKS to restore it all! This would also mean no air conditioning, no water, no internet, nothing!

[@errorbuster1975]

Destroy the transformers?! nooooooo! not optimus prime XD

[@mikeyg.thecnanddisneyfan9069]

No, they're talking about the things you see on Power Poles/Lines.

[@queeniebeanie3196]

Dude really didn’t understand a joke from 2013😭😭😭

[@619xnomo]

lmao

[@Katz559]

This is scary :( scariest thing living in California I’ve experienced is a earthquake.

[@dadwithabat]

"Water shortages will make human suffering incredible by modern standards."

[@chriswideman1218]

That statement was a very dire situation

[@Riko_Sakurauchi_osu]

I live in New Orleans. This shit was scary af. We got the fuck out so fast.

[@carriewinfield5927]

National Weather Service Has Issued a Hurricane Warning For Southern Louisiana New Orleans

[@DrSamwpepper]

I think this was the first ever *"Civil Emergancy Message"* ever issued by the EAS.

[@619xnomo]

there had been way more prior to this incident which is kinda sad.

[@GRBY-NEWS]

The scariest EAS video I've ever seen in my life during the most costliest Natural Disasters in 2005

[@brianstacks1412]

I was at home in Dallas and saw this bulletin on the Weather Channel

[@kevintucker466]

NWS offices do this because nothing else gets the message across, some people be like ok ill ride it out . . . 175 mph like Katrina was 2 days before landfall would do damage only seen by Camille in coastal Mississippi in 1969

[@SuicideSeason4545]

I think the fact EAS messages before this weren’t this dire or harshly worded when it came to potentially killer storm systems is kind of peculiar. Logically, you’d want to scare citizens into leaving the affected areas. But this opens the door to a potential panic which will lead to traffic jams and chaos. I think this is case sensitive. Unfortunately the man behind this message made the right call. Such a terrifying omen… and seeing the bodies of the lost in New Orleans through the AP after hearing this made it’s impact even heavier.

[@GeneralBS]

It's just a tone to get your attention

[@jeanmclaurine3628]

That is not fake

[@2010azyy]

Bruh. Now someone's hands are lazy to put hurricane warning. Jeez.

[@EASfan57]

This happened on 08/29/05 August 29th 2005

[@miguelmontero6130]

Well, the alert didn’t go out until 10:11 AM in August 28th, 2005. The day prior to Katrina making landfall on New Orleans

[@zonyaaaa]

Are yall avive

[@eugenemaggiore9004]

I made it out alive because of this

[@erichall4548]

Wow

[@journeystarr]

Yeah this was definitely not fake.

[@katherinedietsch4031]

ok this will definetly give me nightmares

[@blake5452]

+The EAS Experience My friends and I created a PSA on hurricanes using 2 seconds of this clip. We're going to publish it on youtube, so I was wondering if there would be any copyright issues or is it alright for us to us?

[@MegaRamp]

This wouldn’t make me want to move tbh, this would make me accept death. Especially with the human suffering thing

[@rocksmeller99]

Brownie is doing a heck of a job

[@glennhuber4975]

They were told a cat 5 hurricane was heading thier way, and to leave immediately…. No one did

[@Pjshipman27]

Actually it hit parts of Florida.

[@1L6E6VHF]

Yes it did - though it was weaker in FL because the open Atlantic waters were cooler than the waters of the Gulf Of Mexico. Also of note: Much of New Orleans originally thought the worst was behind them. The worst winds were East of the city, with the parishes east of Lake Pontchartrain hardest hit, but the wind also blew a catastrophic amount of water into the lake. New Orleans flooded under sunny skies and gentle breezes. Such a heartbreak.

[@Bagel_Le_Stinky]

more like hurricane tortilla

[@VulpesFidelis]

I read this in written form. It scared the unholy shit out of me...

[@littlekittysan09]

i heard something like this as a test on the radio at 2 AM. This noise freaks me out!

[@chacaloso361]

Anyone during Laura in 2020??

[@Insaniqueen]

I listen to this to get to sleep

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Rip to all the pets and people that died😔😔