Uncanny prediction for hurricane Katrina

[Stumpy]

Typically, the mystics and psychics singularly failed to predict this disaster. They must be gutted that those useless scientist types managed to come up with this uncannily accurate prediction (http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/) of how this tragedy would play out. This was published in October 2004, a million dollars for the National Geographic?

[Alkatran]

Now why can't psychics ever get hits like that? It's almost like they're using the wrong tools...

[Ashles]

Goodness - that isn't just a bit close, that is spot on.

[Bronze Dog]

Yeah, they get the million.



Oh. Wait. They have to do it through paranormal means, not accurate, reliable, and proven means like science.

To get the million, they'd have to do it by opening their third armpit and fake-fart out the knowledge as a result of coming to know their true selves or something like that.

[kevin]

Originally posted by Stumpy
Typically, the mystics and psychics singularly failed to predict this disaster. They must be gutted that those useless scientist types managed to come up with this uncannily accurate prediction (http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/) of how this tragedy would play out. This was published in October 2004, a million dollars for the National Geographic?

Bah! Scientific American in 2001, 3 years before the National Geographic had Drowning New Orleans (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=00060286-CB58-1315-8B5883414B7F0000)

Including this lovely paragraph:
"If a big, slow-moving hurricane crossed the Gulf of Mexico on the right track, it would drive a sea surge that would drown New Orleans under 20 feet of water. "As the water recedes," says Walter Maestri, a local emergency management director, "we expect to find a lot of dead bodies."

[headscratcher4]

Sadly, as the Administration has been at pains to point out, no one could have known or predicted that this would happen...oh, wait, it was pretty well understood. Fortunately, I am sure that they took this kind of information into account at National Security and FEMA when drwaing up disaster relief senarios...oh, wait, maybe not...

[Rolfe]

Now let me see. You've mentioned the National Geographic (http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/) (2004), and the Scientific American (http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=00060286-CB58-1315-8B5883414B7F0000) (2001), what are we missing?

Oh yes, Prospect (http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9754) (May 2005), just for those who'd forgotten the earlier, relatively heavyweight articles.

Oh no, nobody could have forseen this, not at all! It was quite out of the question to have a contingency plan in place, because there was simply no idea at all that this was a possibility!

Rolfe.

This post brought to you from the Department For Keeping Prescient NO Articles All In One Place.

[alfaniner]

Here's one (without having read all the others). Will NOLA go up in flames? With all the gasoline, oil, debris, and whatnot floating around, it seems like an errant spark could set the whole thing off.

[Azrael 5]

Email this thread link to the White house someone!! Scarily accurate.Pity George Bush doesnt subscribe-then again would he have time to read it inbetween war mongers weekly!! :D

[phenomenon]

Oh. Wait. They have to do it through paranormal means, not accurate, reliable, and proven means like science.

Excellent point!