Typhoon Watch
Typhoon Haiyan has just been upgraded to a Super Typhoon: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/07/super-typhoon-haiyan_n_4232240.html

I keep hearing different news agencies trying to predict the extent of the damage Super Typhoon Haiyan will cause. Unfortunately, I think it’s only going to get worse before it gets better. This makes me think of the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. To get a better idea of what might happen because of Super Typhoon Haiyan, I looked up some facts about Hurricane Katrina:

a. Hurricane Katrina was the largest and third strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the U.S.
b. In New Orleans, the levees were designed for Category 3, but Katrina peaked at a Category 5 hurricane, with winds up to 175 miles per hour.
c. The storm surge from Katrina was 20-feet (six meters) high.
d. Hurricane Katrina affected over 15 million people in different factors such as economy, evacuations, gas prices or drinking water.
e. An estimated 80 percent of New Orleans was under water, up to 20 feet deep in places.