In the Path.....

MEM,

My speculation is because of the vast resources the complex has, you can be plugged into practically every government agency from norad. Not to mention the live satellite feeds coming into the complex. I've been there, place is huge. Probably a better place to be in times of disaster than the white house, the president could order things and watch them carried out in real time. Not that the white house doesn't have certain capabalities right? but Norad is like the extreme when it comes to intelligence.

personally I would think a real president would stay in his home state when a disaster happens. but thats just me.
 
According to the latest news from Fox, he is there to monitor Hurricane Rita from US Northern Command and Colorado Springs, and determine if the military should play a larger role for such diseasters (maybe even tracking the storm), later on I think he is suppose to fly to Texas.

Latest Fox News Headlines over on right side where levee broke in New Orleans underneath!
Hourly update from Fox News!

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From BBC:

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4276284.stm

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Hurricane Rita is Category 4 now (135miles/hr), about 220 miles SE of Galveston expected to hit new Port Arthur as a Category 3 storm tomorrow morning with a storm surge of 15-20feet.

Coast guard helicopter is flying over New Orleans now looking at the breach and now also a breach also on the western side of the wall!

Satellite image from BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4276028.stm
Opens when clicking on picture -- big storm!

Other news:
New Orleans - the city devastated by Hurricane Katrina several weeks ago - is again under a mandatory evacuation.

Some surfers are riding huge waves in the Gulf Coast!
 
Fox News:

Fast Facts: How to Prepare
Thursday, September 22, 2005

LINKS
National Hurricane Center •National Hurricane Center
The National Hurricane Center (search) lists the following preparedness tips:

—Securely fasten impact-resistant shutters over all large windows and glass doors. Shutters can be made from metal or plywood.

—Discuss the type of hazards that could affect your family. Know your home's vulnerability to storm surge, flooding and wind.

—Locate the safest areas in your home or community for each hurricane hazard.

—Post emergency telephone numbers by your phones and make sure your children know how and when to call 911.

—Stock nonperishable emergency supplies and a disaster supply kit, containing water, food, first-aid supplies, cashly covered by homeowners insurance.
 
Current conditions: 50 mph wind gusts. Peak winds should hit in six to seven hours at about 100 mph.
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You need other things to keep your mind off the danger, MEM. /ttiforum/images/graemlins/smile.gif So here's some fun facts to think about:

Let's say you had a wind turbine on your property with a propellor diameter of 5 feet down there where you are just about at sea level. At a steady 50 mph wind you could be generating (ideally) about 12.5 KWatts of power! What is even more amazing, is if this turbine was designed to operate in greater than 100 mph winds, at that windspeed it could generate an ideal power of about 100 KWatts! If you applied "economies of scale" to this with 1000 of these wind turbines, those numbers go up to 12.5 and 100 MWatts, respectively. Sure the power generation doesn't last for a long period of time, like a powerplant, or solar energy. By comparison, the generators at Hoover Dam can generate 225 MWatts continuously, and it serves a helluva lots of loads in the US Southwest.

But hurricanes aren't going to go away. We could either tap into their energy, or just be subject to all their destructive power without getting anything but damage out of it.

Whaddya think?
RMT
 
Pretty cool. I'm always amazed at the power of nature.

Winds have calmed down to 20-30 mph. Did not lose power during the storm. Now I get to watch 2.7 million people race back to houston. This outa be interesting to watch. Can you say amateur Nascar.
 
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