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> Katrina used to be a once-in-a-lifetime event uh, hurricanes have been hitting the southeast for hundreds of recorded years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L

• serverholic 6y ago
  He isn't saying that the southeast doesn't get hurricanes... He's talking about the severity of Katrina.
  • riffic 6y ago
    and high intensity hurricanes have been devastating the region for decades. here's just one example for the Houston/Galveston area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Galveston_hurricane Here's a list of previous storms that have hit the New Orleans area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_preparedness_in_New_Orleans#Early_20th_century_hurricanes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_preparedness_in_New_... Once-in-a-lifetime is both incorrect and hyperbolic.
    • ghaff 6y ago
      Or Camille in 1969 which flattened a significant chunk of the Gulf coast. https://www.weather.gov/mob/camille https://www.weather.gov/mob/camille https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Camille