Reply #5: Yeah, my parents said there was flooding in Mississippi yesterday. [View All]

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One of the casinos had to close, some roads were under water, even some houses were getting water. These were mostly low-lying areas, but the flooding was from the tide, not rainfall.

Wow, this is a freak storm. It should destroy the Saffir-Simpson rating system. It's a category 2, which is a fairly weak hurricane, but its size makes it more deadly than storms with stronger winds. There's been talk of developing a new rating system that measures potential destructive force instead of just wind speed, and Ike seems a prime example of a need for such a rating system.