[extropy-chat] SPACE: Will Frances destroy the remainingthreeshuttles?

[Spike]

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> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of 
> Stephen J. Van Sickle
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:27 PM
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> Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] SPACE: Will Frances destroy the 
> remainingthreeshuttles?
> 
> 
> Nasawatch claims otherwise:
> 
> "KSC's elevation is approximately nine feet, so we are concerned about
> both wind damage and water intrusion in the event of a storm 
> surge. The Orbiter Processing Facility is constructed of concrete and 
> steel and was designed to withstand winds of 105 mph...
> 
> http://www.nasawatch.com/archives/000121.html
> 
> 125 mph is *not* Cat 5, but Cat 3.  Cat 5 is over 155 mph (or 135
> knots).  I believe the orbiters are in the Processing Facility. 


One reason Cape Canaveral is so attractive as a launch
facility is that there is a large continental shelf that
extends way east from shore, so that if a cat 5 comes in there,
it loses some of its punch before it makes landfall.  So
goes the story.  Guess we shall see this weekend eh?  {8-]  

I can see where a storm surge would cause some major
consternation however.

spike