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May 03, 2007
Power of nature
Nature in its awesome glory can be a wonderfully beautiful thing to behold - or utterly terrifying. A friend sent me the phorograph below today. It was taken by some brave (and very good) photographer of the storm surge which accompanied Hurricane Katrina as it hit the Gulf Coast. The settlement from which this was taken and a neighbouring one were erased from the maps - 14,000 people rendered homeless until their towns could be rebuilt. Such is the power of nature.
This apparent "mountain" is in fact the wave front of a storm surge. All credit to the photographer, I can only guess at how he or she survived.
There is nothing quite like the awesome power of nature when she is angry.
Posted by The Gray Monk at May 3, 2007 08:06 PM
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Here's the source, along with links to more pics from the same guy:
http://www.snopes.com/katrina/photos/surge.asp
Posted by: Laura at May 10, 2007 06:16 PM