I don't think anyone is losing it...
Posted on 09/24/2005 9:58:36 AM PDT by Howlin
So what's going on here?
We have relatively minor damage, both wind and surge at the point of landfall.
We have significant structural damage at Lufkin and Nacogdoches, Texas, 150 miles inland, and the wind tearing up a dam nearby.
We have a surge that keeps on growing several hours after the storm, apparantly deeper at a range of 150 to 200 miles east of landfall than it was at Lake Charles, only 50 miles from landfall.
Am I the only one who sees a problem with this information?
Must be "early reports".
They're always wrong.
Same goes for the pictures of the waders at Laffite.
Bad camera angle.
Holy Cow!
13-16 feet above sea level? It's very close to the ocean, in the middle of a swamp. Do they have a levee or something?
I don't think anyone is losing it...
Something is amiss...
They said water up to the second floor at Inn on the Bayou in Lake Charles.....6 feet of water at the Civic Center.
2. The Mississippi River levees are very solid structures. Louisiana does have a healthy fear of that river but not of Lake Pontchatrain.
Looks like the sin industries of Louisiana have taken major beatings. Most of the casinos have been damaged or people have been forced to flee. The ones in Shreveport and Baton Rouge may become victims of the flooding rains (the Red River basin is getting hammered right now with rains...)
INN ON THE BAYOU 1101 W PRIEN LAKE ROAD LAKE CHARLES, LA, US 70601
neat map of river stages sw la: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lmrfc/forecast/tributaries/status_calc.shtml
New videos of Lake Charles LA on Fox
It is beginning to look as if over the eons, Hurricanes have had a hand in defining the coastlines within the Gulf of Mexico.
The subject is: Hurricane Rita.....discuss. :)
Excellent site! Thanks.
They just showed the Livingston Dam releasing water....that lake sure looks high!
KPRC was live...said they would come back to show the erosion problem
now more lake charles on fox...
HAAAAAAAA!!!! Thanks, I needed that!
Het TxS... yep, I'm fine --- I posted a little earlier. Have kept the computer off most of the day due to winds and thunder. I don't want to have to reprogram it again like I had to do after Katrina.
We're finally getting rain, but it's ruining my dish tv reception...lol. I was tired of watching the local news's tornado alerts anyway.
What's going on in your neck of the wooods?
I see that Meg is A-OK, thank God.
This is also a very tall bridge. Back in the 1960s, my dad would slow down towards the top of the bridge to use his car radio to talk to his Beaumont office 100 miles away...
The Baton Rouge Mississippi River bridge (I-10) may be taller...
FOX keeps showing footage of Harrah's casino and other gambling establishments with the caption "Beaumont, TX". Someone needs to tell them that Texas doesn't have gambling casinos. The film is of Lake Charles. They have been showing the same footage all afternoon.
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