Posted on 08/26/2005 8:03:22 PM PDT by janetjanet998
Therefore...the official forecast brings Katrina to 115 knots...or a category four on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. The GFDL is more aggressive and calls for 124 knots and 922 mb. The FSU superensemble is even more aggressive bringing Katrina to 131 knots.
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I can imagine eating bignets and having coffee 16 feet under water... which is where Cafe du Monde will be.
One of these times New Orleans is going to get really wet.
Still heading WSW at 11:00 pm - IMHO, they have no clue where it will make landfall again. But I'm not looking forward to breakfast at Brennan's anytime soon.
Here I thought taxpayers would have to but new boats for yacht owners in Pensacola for the third time.
New Orleans has dodged the bullet several times in the past. Sooner or later their luck is going to run out. Maybe Katrina will be the hurricane that finally floods the city.
all the models are now tightley clusted with a LA or MS hit...this could even hit CAT 5 at times...water temps are at their seasonal peaks and still 2-5 degrees above normal..90-91 degress over the northern gulf
That does not bode well for the MS delta.
marking for a later read
Is the prediction of New Orleans drowning going to finally come to pass?
My son is at college in Melbourne, Florida and a good friend just moved to New Orleans.
better fill your gas tank up...lots of oil rigs in the path...oil above $70/bar on monday?
Lucky me, I can walk to work. I only fire up the 4WD Pathfinder once a week to get groceries and whiskey.
Great graphics. It's easy to see how much of the city is below sea level.
It's a great city...I hope it's luck has not run out.
This is not good....Big Easy to become Big Splash????
Drunken post alert. Please pull over and recite the Greek alphabet backwards.
definitely $70 oil next week. Hell, Prince Bandar gets diarrhea and they take it up $2/bbl.
how high are the levees?
Panama City, FL by 0600 29 Aug 05 (80 Kts sustained), by 2000 29 Aug 05 (30 Kts sustained) Atlanta, GA.
Just high enough.
Galveston. This one may sneak in to Galveston.
Hurricane Betsy caused a levee to break in New Orleans in the 1960s, and people who lived through that have stories to tell.
In one case, a family had to get on the roof of the house because any lower point was in water.
The people had to fight critters and creatures for the roof -- snakes and other things wanted the high ground. It was very unpleasant from what I remember of these stories.
Hurricane Betsy caused a levee to break in New Orleans in the 1960s, and people who lived through that have stories to tell.
In one case, a family had to get on the roof of the house because any lower point was in water.
The people had to fight critters and creatures for the roof -- snakes and other things wanted the high ground. It was very unpleasant from what I remember of these stories.
not only that, but lots of refinery capacity in Southern LA and MS. This could really spike energy prices.
Doesn't anyone have some GOOD news?
I just save a bunch of money.... nah.... too corny.
Do I sense a bit of anticipatory excitement at that prospect?
PLEASE remember that, tho it may be a fascinating news event for you, for REAL PEOPLE here in New Orleans it's their LIVES you're talking about being wiped out.
Have a little compassion- and maybe prayers that it WON'T happen. Thank you.
NE1 know if this is going to hit the rigs...
if it hits the rigs (oil/gas) there will be 70$ oil and 11+ natural gas...
yikes
there's also refineries up along the river. and in Pascagoula. It could be bad
High enough to keep water IN as well as out. Should be close to a new moon so there well be some high tide to add to the storm surge but not as bad as a full moon. It might be enough to push it over the edge. (literally) Not smart to build BELOW sea level.
Bananas Foster....yummm.
Yes. Check out the thread- U.S. Destroys Alleged Terror Lair.
Does he go to FIT, my niece graduated from there last year?
People there need to go on vacation ASAP and have a big New Orleans style party somewhere.
I am currently in New Orleans. Most people went to bed tonight thinking it is going to hit FL. I think they will be shocked on Saturday it it heads this way. The levees are much improved since Betsy, but still it's a bowl.
Aren't you in the NO area? I'm in Lake Charles and am keeping my on this thing.
Yea ya right, Blue!!
No kidding!! Guess we'll be boarding up and heading out. And I thought I'd have a quiet weekend! Geesh!!!!!
It will miss NO, as they always do.
I pray you are right. I wish this on no one, but I hope it misses us.
until this afternoon, I thought it was heading east. It isn't looking good. The weekend is definitely going to be crazy.
Of course, I could be wrong; I just say it will miss it due to my distrust of the models.
However, we really will not have a good handle on this until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.
If it still is headed toward NO, GET OUT OF DODGE immediately because your luck may have run out.
The problem is that this one is going to surprise a lot of people because of the shift. I think the roads will be a parking lot by the time people realize they need to leave. We are staying. We actually live on a ridge (in Metairie), 12 feet above sea level.
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