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The Deipnosophist

Where the science of investing becomes an art of living

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A private investor for 20+ years, I manage private portfolios and write about investing. You can read my market musings on three different sites: 1) The Deipnosophist, dedicated to teaching the market's processes and mechanics; 2) Investment Poetry, a subscription site dedicated to real time investment recommendations; and 3) Seeking Alpha, a combination of the other two sites with a mix of reprints from this site and all-original content. See you here, there, or the other site!

28 August 2005

Category 6?

If Hurricane Katrina makes landfall just west of New Orleans, then her full fury will smack the city hard. If Katrina makes landfall just east, then other cities will be devastated. This is due to the fact that a hurricane's force is worst at approximately 2 or 3 pm, when envisioning the storm as a clock face. There is no solution for a storm of this size, but to pray it does not make landfall at all. Of course, a hurricane gathers its force over water, and dissipates it over land, so even that hope is forlorn.

Katrina could be worse than 9.11, with a potential death toll in the 10s of thousands -- despite a warning.


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