Katrina could equal 10-15 ATOMIC BOMBS.

[in_cog_ni_to]

A category 5 hurricane equals 10-15 atomic bombs? :scared:

MSNBC weather report.

[Jawja]

1. Yep.

Why give $$$ and blood fighting the "War on Terror" when we are losing the war on Mother Nature?

[in_cog_ni_to]

3. That ASTOUNDED me! THIS IS HUGE. n/t

[doublethink]

2. Prayers.......

[NeoConsSuck]

5. Damn!

That's not in the Gulf. It *is* the Gulf!

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. The thing is HUGE. Scary as hell. n/t

[doublethink]

9. Another Angle ......

It's a monster ....

[don954]

7. ye gods, that thig is big as the state of florida now

amazing.

[rbjensen]

4. HOLY SHIT.

[MadisonProgressive]

8. I think that is the total energy expended

over the entire time, unlike the energy from an atom bomb which is expended instantaneously. I could be wrong. Still a lot of energy tho.

[wli]

11. it's more like 10-15 atomic bombs every second or so

The area this is all happening in is vastly larger than an atomic bomb's blast radius, even the largest of them. The estimate is probably a mixture of kinetic energy from macroscopic motion and temperature.

[igetcha]

10. I told my husband to gas up the cars today...

...and we live in NY! I really think that this is going to get bad for the whole country. But my heart goes out to New Orleans :cry: