They are caught between Lake Pontchartrain and the mighty Mississippi. This could be really bad.
Posted on 08/27/2005 11:46:06 PM PDT by Crazieman
Broadcast on the weather channel, soon to be posted around the net.
Webcams show traffic is light at this AM, soon to fill quickly. Freepers and friends in New Orleans should flee now!
First Hurricane evacuation in New Orleans history (so its said)
I've been watching this one because I'm not entirely convinced it won't hit much closer to Houston. I've already alerted my son to consider going to his Dad's house on Lake Livingston if Katrina gets closer. When I called him earlier yesterday, he wasn't even aware there was a hurricane in the gulf. He's not a big television watcher.
Oh yeah.....
This is gonna be MAJOR!
This could EASILY be VERY deadly - with potentially thousands killed. If this monster hits NO dead on.....
"Coastal Storm Surge Flooding of 15 to 20 Feet above normal tide levels...locally as high as 25 feet along with large and dangerous battering waves...can be expected near and to the East of where the center makes landfall."
I recently heard the storm surge is now predicted as 35 feet high. Camille only had a 20 ft storm surge and hit an area of low population, 50 miles from N.O.--you know the high death toll afterwards. The tornado count alone was over 200.
I can't believe anyone is still walking the streets there, but web cams show it all.
They should use city and schoolbuses to bus people OUT of town,and reserve one lane of traffic for vehicles with more than 10 people in them. Saying there is no motel as an excuse not to evacuate is assinine--sleep in your car and live! Saying the disabled have no way out is pure negligence of the city/state/fed govt--their first job is to protect the lives of its citizens. Stick em on a bus and GO.
FEMA just said their model of a direct hit by a category 4 or 5 storm on NO showed 40 to 50 thousand casualities.
I pray for all in the pathway of this monster storm.
The thing to watch for is the expected turn to the NW, that is supposed to happen by Sunday afternoon. If it doesn't then Katrina will come ashore well west of the forecast and Houston could get some effects. Definately something to keep an eye on.
Your right the government doesn't have the right to tell you to leave. But I would suggest you be made to take swimming lessions and or provide your own body bag.
I don't know where they got the $100B figure from (it's not in the article), but I wouldn't rule out that figure if New Orleans gets completely flooded. Perhaps this figure also assumes that not only does the water flow over the levies, but it destroys them in the process putting New Orleans permanently under water.
Either you have lived in the area or you have a good resource because your points are on the money on what could happen. I lived there for 5 years and went through a number of hurricanes. If Katrina comes in from the east slow and the tide is up they are screwed.
The pumps will be overwhelmed and useless and knowing the way the state and local government works don't expect much help.
I've been watching her progress on this link.
http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconusir.html
People should understand that a city receiving a direct hit by a CAT 4 or CAT 5 hurricane is like getting hit with a nuclear bomb.
Thanks, that's a good one too. I wonder how many open windows I can keep open before my poor little computer says enough already!
You're right and it breaks my heart to think of what they have to go through. My daughter lives in the pathway that Andrew ripped into and my s-i-l remembers the storm passing--He went for a bike ride one block away--and got lost with all structures blown apart and nothing to recognize.
This is incredibly sad.
What a picture. They should pray that it moves slightly west, but hurricanes never do what you think they will.
I have friends in New Orleans. Prayers from TX. I fear this one will be bad.
1 Shell Square!
It's a lot bigger than Camile but as of yet not nearly as intense. Camile was really small but really intense. 215 mile an hour winds. Keep your eye on the Barometric Pressure, Camile hit 26.84 and it's storm surge was 24 feet.
You obviously know the stats too. This could be ugly.
...CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE KATRINA GAINS MORE STRENGTH...
...AT ABOUT 420 AM CDT... 0920Z... AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN HURRICANE KATRINA HAD INCREASED TO NEAR 150 MPH. KATRINA REMAINS A DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE.
Additionally, the Weather Channel has reported that pressure dropped to 915 mb. The pressure is now at Cat V strength, and the winds are almost at that level. This is either going to be a very powerful Cat IV or a Cat V.
Prayers up!
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