tractor 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2007 Source: http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/Hurricane Felix was downgraded to a Category 3 storm after making landfall Tuesday morning in Nicaragua as a potentially disastrous Category 5, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.Shortly before making landfall near Punta Gorda, Nicaragua, Felix regained its status as a Category 5 storm with 160 mph (257 km/h) sustained winds, the Miami, Florida-based hurricane center said in its 8 a.m. ET update. Nicaragua's Health Minister Maritza Cuan told CNN that she and about 50 patients are riding out the storm in a hospital in Puerto Cabezas. She could see the strong wind bending trees as the storm moved ashore, damaging the rooftops of the hospital and homes in the community of 50,000 people.The roof of one shelter was so badly damaged that the people had to be moved to the hospital, Cuan said.Can someone say this is major destruction in a low income community? They may never get anything back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
husker 0 Report post Posted September 4, 2007 It's always a shame when hurricanes hit 2nd or 3rd generation areas that like. When Katrina hit here in the US, sure many people died and New Orleans was destroyed, but at least we've rebuilt a good deal of it. It's so hard for those people to rebuild their land because they have no money to pay for it. Hurricanes are just a terrible thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tractor 0 Report post Posted September 5, 2007 Yes sadly there isn't anyway to stop them. They were looking for one and the one they found would just move it. They did a computer model and they moved Katrina, but then it hit NYC witch did even more destruction and it had time to gain power.I wish we could get a big wall in the ocean. How do they form anyway? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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