Katrina and the waves

[IgwanaRob]

Surf's Up! 160 mph winds, 15-25 surge swells (possibility of 40-50 foot waves ON LAND! :0 )

Good luck folks, especially anyone in Louisiana and Mississippi.


(stupid new item of the day: people who leave pets behind during emergency evacuation will be charged with cruelty to animals, because we all know Fluffy is more important then our frelling children...)

 

[cvmfour]

LMAO! As much as I love pets as the next guy, they can be replaced. Sometimes there just isn't enough room in the car for a big ass dog. Hmmm little johnny or Fito :whistling: :sign:

 

[CalixEros]

I can understand if there's no room in the car because of the necessities, but people who leave their pets behind so they can bring their favorite stereo or video game with them deserve to be charged with cruelty to animals...

 

[cigars&rum]

Sustained winds now gusting at 175MPH!

C&R

 

[AVB]

I'm sure you are all waiting to be walking on sunshine again.

 

[Jeffro600]

Looks like its going to bury New Orleans....experts are saying that their expecting 20+ feet of water to cover the city. Wish everyone in the area all the best and stay safe!!!

 

[BGarv3]

I can understand if there's no room in the car because of the necessities, but people who leave their pets behind so they can bring their favorite stereo or video game with them deserve to be charged with cruelty to animals...

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What about my humi...... :whistling: :laugh:

I wish all you guys/gals down there the best and hope you all remain safe.

 

[Maggs44]

I'm sure you are all waiting to be walking on sunshine again.

[snapback]217631[/snapback]​

I was wondering how long it would take for someone to "get" the title. :laugh:

 

[IgwanaRob]

Good news - where my brother is staying is fine, and he missed out on the gunfight last night because he went to bed early :0

Bad news - the MTV parties and VMA's are were not cancelled for tonight

 

[IgwanaRob]

What's amounting to be the biggest storm ever to hit the US, and people are still partying out on Bourbon Street in New Orleans (not that shocking). A reporter on FOX News asks one guy why he's still there, and the idiot says "It's none of your f**king business". Yeah he'll be missed tomorrow when he's dead - not. Freaking moron.

 

[AVB]

Katrina is not anything like Camille or Andrew and I haven't heard that it will be. Let's not get too carried away here.

What's amounting to be the biggest storm ever to hit the US,...

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[Inthacup]

Let's not get too carried away here.

Are you joking? Everything I've heard today is that it will be worse than either. I sincerely hope it's not.

also, your latest cigar girl is the hottest I've seen.

 

[cigars&rum]

It will weaken some just before landfall...but it should be given the respect the likes of an Andrew or Camile.

C&R

 

[IgwanaRob]

Katrina is not anything like Camille or Andrew and I haven't heard that it will be. Let's not get too carried away here.

What's amounting to be the biggest storm ever to hit the US,...

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Try watching the live reports to keep in touch with what's going on. All of the cable news stations are reporting the same things - 175+ mph now with 20-30 foot surges expected (Andrew has already been surpassed), and predicted to get worse as it hits the warmer water (90 degrees right now right off the coastline - the water is warmer than the air at this point) and lower pressure near the land - both major factors that will increase the severity of the storm as it moves.

It's just changed course recently and is now on a direct head-on path with NO, and they are already experiencing a 5-8 foot storm surge 10-12 hours before it's scheduled to hit (they've moved it's time to hit land up to 4-5 AM now). Factor in the higher concentration of people compared to 1969, and the flooding and expected structural detestation due to the location (70% of NO is below sea level, and they are not expecting any of the older wooden buildings to survive), if the storm maintains it's course it is indeed looking to be one the biggest, if not the most destructive storms since they began keeping records. They're saying that there will propbably be 12 straight hours of hurricane force winds over LA/MS before it moves on later tomorrow night.


Here are a few places with up to date info:

Bloomberg

MSNBC

Fox News

And they're just reporting on CNN that a Tornado warning for the entire area is now in effect.

"Let's not get too carried away here." It's that kind of thinking that helps keep The Darwin Awards in business.

 

[cigars&rum]

Katrina is not anything like Camille or Andrew and I haven't heard that it will be. Let's not get too carried away here.

What's amounting to be the biggest storm ever to hit the US,...

[snapback]217749[/snapback]​

[snapback]217753[/snapback]​

Try watching the live reports to keep in touch with what's going on. All of the cable news stations are reporting the same things - 175+ mph now with 20-30 foot surges expected (Andrew has already been surpassed), and predicted to get worse as it hits the warmer water (90 degrees right now right off the coastline - the water is warmer than the air at this point) and lower pressure near the land - both major factors that will increase the severity of the storm as it moves.

It's just changed course recently and is now on a direct head-on path with NO, and they are already experiencing a 5-8 foot storm surge 10-12 hours before it's scheduled to hit (they've moved it's time to hit land up to 4-5 AM now). Factor in the higher concentration of people compared to 1969, and the flooding and expected structural detestation due to the location (70% of NO is below sea level, and they are not expecting any of the older wooden buildings to survive), if the storm maintains it's course it is indeed looking to be one the biggest, if not the most destructive storms since they began keeping records. They're saying that there will propbably be 12 straight hours of hurricane force winds over LA/MS before it moves on later tomorrow night.


Here are a few places with up to date info:

Bloomberg

MSNBC

Fox News

And they're just reporting on CNN that a Tornado warning for the entire area is now in effect.

"Let's not get too carried away here." It's that kind of thinking that helps keep The Darwin Awards in business.

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It will effect us all when gas prices will rise to above $3.00 a gallon. Katrina has effected oil production already and most likely cause oil to go above $70.00 a barrel which might push a gallon of "high test" above 3 bucks a gallon.

Not good!

C&R

 

[Fireman Tim]

As we all know the big problem will be New Orleans with it's 6-9ft below sea level grade and if the leveys will hold. 20-25 ft surges along most of the gulf coast will be the other thing to watch out for.

 

[psyktek]

Hurricane KATRINA Public Advisory
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US Watch/Warning

000
WTNT32 KNHC 290250
TCPAT2
BULLETIN
HURRICANE KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER 25
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE KATRINA CONTINUES TO APPROACH
THE NORTHERN GULF COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST
FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA
BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO
COMPLETION.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM
EAST OF THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER TO DESTIN FLORIDA...AND FROM
WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN FLORIDA
EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...AND FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY
LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO CAMERON LOUISIANA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 10 PM CDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST OR ABOUT 105 MILES
SOUTH OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 170 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...AND A
TURN TO THE NORTH IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ON THE
FORECAST TRACK THE CENTER OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE VERY NEAR THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST MONDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE
ALREADY DETERIORATING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND
NORTHEASTERN GULF COAST...AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN THROUGH THE
NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 160 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA
IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME
FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY PRIOR TO LANDFALL...AND KATRINA
IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AT EITHER CATEGORY FOUR OR FIVE
INTENSITY. WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL.

KATRINA REMAINS A VERY LARGE HURRICANE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 230 MILES. A WIND GUST TO 90 MPH WAS
RECENTLY REPORTED FROM SOUTHWEST PASS LOUISIANA.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 904 MB...26.70 INCHES. AN
AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WILL BE REACHING THE
CENTER OF KATRINA VERY SHORTLY.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 28 FEET...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS
BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE
CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. SOME LEVEES IN THE GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA
COULD BE OVERTOPPED. SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL OCCUR
ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA ACROSS THE GULF
COAST AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA...AND OVER THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TONIGHT.

REPEATING THE 10 PM CDT POSITION...27.6 N... 89.4 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS...160 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 904 MB.

INTERMEDIATE ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT MIDNIGHT CDT AND 2 AM CDT FOLLOWED
BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 4 AM CDT.

FORECASTER FRANKLIN


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[sack]

don't forget the alligators and snakes are all going to be part of that soup after the storm! ???

 

[IgwanaRob]

As we all know the big problem will be New Orleans with it's 6-9ft below sea level grade and if the leveys will hold. 20-25 ft surges along most of the gulf coast will be the other thing to watch out for.

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CNN just said 65 foot waves at the eye's wall with storm surges of 30 feet!

 

[Neuromancer]

As we all know the big problem will be New Orleans with it's 6-9ft below sea level grade and if the leveys will hold.  20-25 ft surges along most of the gulf coast will be the other thing to watch out for. 

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I don't think the levees can possibly hold....they were never designed for a storm of this magnitude...

And how about this for stupidity...this guys thinks the storm hitting NO is hilarious...read the comments made by TheSilentChamber...too bad he didn't stay silent...what a crass, callous individual...

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