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Hurricanes are like big suction cups, they lift the water underneath them, ... The combination of a high tide and storm surge [would] smash into Mexico, doing a lot of damage.

We want an accurate representation of what happened. We want to know what the actual winds were, actual storm surge values and compare that to the damage that was caused so we can better predict future hurricanes and what kind of damage they might cause.

[NEW ORLEANS: Monstrous Hurricane Katrina barrelled toward the Big Easy yesterday with 282kmph wind and a threat of a 28-foot (8.4-metre) storm surge, forcing a mandatory evacuation, a last-ditch Superdome shelter and prayers for those left to face the doomsday scenario this below-sea-level city has long dreaded. Katrina intensified into a Category 5 giant over the warm water of the Gulf of Mexico on a path to come ashore early yesterday in the heart of New Orleans. That would make it the city's first direct hit in 40 years and the most powerful storm ever to slam the city.] I'm really scared, ... I've been through hurricanes, but this one scares me. I think everybody needs to get out.

This was a pretty light storm compared to most of the [hurricanes] we've really had. We've been really lucky in that we haven't gotten a serious storm surge yet. That day will come.

This storm, if it stays on its current track, timing and pace, it should hit Onslow County at high tide and during an astronomically high-tide cycle,

It's a very low-lying area, ... There's a very huge tidal fluctuation here on a normal tide and, with a storm tide on top of that, most of the facilities are going to be under water that are on the waterfront.

We're very concerned. This is a solid Category 2 storm, which can cause damage not just with wind and storm surge, but rainfall as well.

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In the Gulf, Katrina was a Category 5 storm, and the surge was still Category 5 when it hit the ground. It's the surge -- the pressure of water against those levee walls -- that's the most important factor, not the winds.

At the time of high tide, which was a little after 5 p.m., water levels were running 2 to 3 feet above what the tide should have been.

[Louisiana state and local authorities reacted with dismay.] The storm surge will be high, ... We've already seen what the edges of this storm are doing to New Orleans.

Kathleen Blanco

We anticipate that we could receive a storm surge of three to five feet. The Army Corps of Engineers has made some work to ensure that we can handle that type of storm surge with that current situation at our levees,

And those containers is what did the damage. they came out of the port, swept through here with the storm surge, and just wiped out everything that was in front of them - just like a bulldozer.

It's going to be primarily a water issue, ... The big thing is going to be the (storm) surge.

[Insurers say storm-surge damage is the same as flood damage.] Insurers have never collected a penny in flood-insurance premiums, ... If they're forced to pay, it could quite possibly be destabilizing and lead to the insolvency of smaller insurers in the area.

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