FLHurricane.com: Who thinks Katrina was a Cat. 5 at landfall.

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Re: Who thinks Katrina was a Cat. 5 at landfall.
Fri May 18 2007 04:18 PM

While ultimately flawed, this thread does bring one interesting point to mind.

Katrina was by all accounts catastrophic, both in terms of monetary loss, and loss of life. You could therefore argue that the net effect was that of a category five. Therefore, what does the NHC do in the face of impending catastrophe from a weakening storm? Downgrade said storm resulting in an equally lesser regard from the public? Now you see the dilemma forecasters face with each decision in the hours prior to landfall.

The facts are still the facts however, as Clark pointed out.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Who thinks Katrina was a Cat. 5 at landfall.	RedHurricaneRanger	Fri May 18 2007 04:18 PM
Re: Who thinks Katrina was a Cat. 5 at landfall.	Lysis	Fri May 18 2007 04:18 PM
Re: Who thinks Katrina was a Cat. 5 at landfall.	Rabbit	Fri May 18 2007 04:26 PM
Re: Who thinks Katrina was a Cat. 5 at landfall.	Clark	Fri Feb 16 2007 09:31 PM
Re: Who thinks Katrina was a Cat. 5 at landfall.	dem05	Wed Feb 21 2007 06:51 AM
Theory 2: Dennis a Category 5	RedHurricaneRanger	Mon Feb 12 2007 09:49 PM
Re: Theory 2: Dennis a Category 5	allan	Tue Feb 13 2007 01:03 PM

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