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Obama's Perfect Media Storm Might Have Just Been Born As Isaac Models Shift West
Hurricane Models ^ | 8-25-2012

Posted on 08/25/2012 6:38:11 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

Yes this is a vanity and yes everything can change again in 12 hours...HOWEVER...BE REMINDED OF THIS QUOTE FROM TEAM OBAMA!!!

"Never let a good crisis go to waste"

The perfect storm might be developing for Obama as we speak as models for Tropical Storm soon to be Hurricane Isaac have shifted directly towards where?

New Orleans.

Take a moment and think about this scenario.

Team Obama with HHS and FEMA get together and make sure they do everything Team Bush didn't do in the days and hours leading up to Katrina. The week of the hurricane as it ravages the Gulf coast...Obama rides into town and saves the day with his army of loving media scum riding in tow to capture every shot and picture of Obama's government "hard at work" for the American people.

What's next?

A DNC convention to show images and talk up the heroic acts of Team Obama and before you know it...polls swing and shift and Obama is up 10 points in national polls because we know the average American is only interested in their short term memory and who was a hero to them lately and who is taking care of them and saving the day.

Get ready...because if these models indeed keep West into Louisiana....Team Romney has a bigger problem on its hands than a poor speaking Congressman out of Missouri.

Remember...at the end of the day...it is all about the media and all about their control and what they can do with images and words.


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To: El Laton Caliente

FEMA cannot even get water off a truck. Just ask anyone in Houston who went through Ike. If this storm his NOLa, the levees will probably break again, flood the city, and the power will be out for 3 weeks whether or not the levees go. All bad news for Obama.


61 posted on 08/25/2012 8:33:25 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Shadowstrike

INIT 26/0300Z 22.1N 77.2W 50 KT 60 MPH
12H 26/1200Z 23.4N 79.4W 55 KT 65 MPH
24H 27/0000Z 24.6N 81.8W 65 KT 75 MPH...NEAR FLORIDA KEYS
36H 27/1200Z 25.8N 83.7W 75 KT 85 MPH
48H 28/0000Z 27.2N 85.2W 85 KT 100 MPH
72H 29/0000Z 29.5N 86.5W 90 KT 105 MPH
96H 30/0000Z 31.5N 86.5W 50 KT 60 MPH...INLAND
120H 31/0000Z 34.0N 86.0W 25 KT 30 MPH...INLAND


62 posted on 08/25/2012 8:46:35 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: Lera

Thank You. I was about to post the same thing. Katrina was at that strength (4-5) when she was sitting in the middle of the GOMEX. She bombed out and hit shallow cooler waters during an ERC. She was all surge at that point...I don’t think winds were higher than 130 in Gulfport.


63 posted on 08/25/2012 8:57:40 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Imagine all the Money the Strip Joints and Casinos will be making when Obama hands out those infamous $2000 Debit Cards like FEMA did after Katrina.

The Economy will come roaring back with Lap Dances and Buffets for everyone. It will be Obama’s greatest triumph!

64 posted on 08/25/2012 9:01:36 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Republicans Hope people are Smart, but Democrats Know people are Stupid.)
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To: Grams A
We got plenty here in ATL, also.

A good friend had his car stolen about 6-8 mos after Katrina, and the DeKalb Cty. officer who took his statement told him street crime had gone off the charts in the months following.

I think the only people who still care about NO are young white hipster duffuses.

65 posted on 08/25/2012 9:05:18 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass
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To: TonyInOhio

The latest models have moved west. Tonight’s National Weather Service projection does not reflect this.

The latest GFS model (considered the most reliable, and certainly so on storms this year), ran during the last hour and shows a direct hit, right up the river, on NOLA Tuesday night.

If overnight models are in agreement, watch for major warnings from the NHS tomorrow morning, evacuations and panic in Louisiana.


66 posted on 08/25/2012 9:09:47 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: ZOOKER

Katrina was a tropical storm until a couple of hours before making Florida landfall as a Cat 1 hurricane. It, like Isaac, did not intensify ujtil it hit hot Gulf waters.

I hope the similarities end there.


67 posted on 08/25/2012 9:15:22 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah

People are underestimating this storm right now because the eye is over cool deep waters .This is going to change once it hits the Gulfs 88F+ waters .
It will most likely be a cat 1 over the keys and then build up to at least a cat 2 once it gets between Naples and Tampa (should be offshore in the Tampa Bay area on the low tide so that’s good for the area but they will still see flooding from the surge ).

This storm has not started it’s intensification process yet.


68 posted on 08/25/2012 9:46:27 PM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Shit is getting serious: Next model run comes out 4 am EST..that will be the true test to see if these last runs have had a flaw in them or if we are locked in.
69 posted on 08/25/2012 10:50:46 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Re-posting comment from a few days ago:

In 2005 Katrina destroyed the city of New Orleans resulting in the (I believe first-ever) cancellation of the Southern Decadence celebration which is a gay Mardi Gras.

After the city was rebuilt, this event started up again building numbers back to previous 100,000+ levels, but was cancelled again in 2008 due to Hurricane Gustav.

The levels were reduced somewhat in 2011 because Tropical Storm Lee scared off many from outside of New Orleans traveling in for the weekend resulting in about 20% hotel cancellations.

This year’s event is scheduled Wednesday, August 29 through Monday, September 3.


70 posted on 08/25/2012 10:52:33 PM PDT by unlearner (You will never come to know that which you do not know until you first know that you do not know it.)
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To: Lera

New model run throws a 140kt cane into NOLA.


71 posted on 08/25/2012 10:58:24 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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72 posted on 08/25/2012 11:00:42 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: TonyInOhio
Secondly, Issac is no Katrina - it will be a much weaker storm.,

that's exactly right. There is no where near the energy in the Gulf to fire up this hurricane.

73 posted on 08/25/2012 11:00:54 PM PDT by sand88
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To: unlearner

God sending signals...


74 posted on 08/25/2012 11:03:47 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Maybe O-Bah-Mah will suspend his campaign to deal with the crisis.


75 posted on 08/25/2012 11:11:01 PM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Looks like it’s gonna park over Charlotte, NC ... wouldn’t that be a hoot !!!


76 posted on 08/25/2012 11:24:57 PM PDT by 11th_VA (Keep your laws OFF my Big Gulp !)
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To: unlearner

August 29 is exactly 7 years since Katrina. Look at projected landfall here. The storm is named Isaac. I can’t speak for God, so let’s see what happens. I’ve got a bad feeling, though. And this will really hurt the whole country economically, if it does happen.

FWIW, Katrina actually missed New Orleans.


77 posted on 08/25/2012 11:46:48 PM PDT by TheRiverNile
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To: Twinkie; TheRiverNile

“FWIW, Katrina actually missed New Orleans.”

Thank YOU, TheRiverNile!

Lordy, y’all! Issac is nowhere near as bad as Katrina!

First, Isaac, no matter where it hits, will be a CAT 1, or 2, and has not been much stronger, if that strong, before now.

Katrina spent most of her life in the Gulf as a CAT 5, and her storm surge, plus the fact that she was a big, fat, slow hurricane, did the damage to MS.

(I have friends on the MS coast who said that living through Katrina was like living through a 24 hour tornado.)

Secondly, Katrina didn’t do the damage to NOLA.

THE LEVEES BROKE SEVERAL DAYS LATER! I blame that on corrupt government, of which NOLA is known to have.

Sheesh...as one who has been through hurricanes, I don’t understand the drama on this thread.

“I hope Isaac is just strong enough to make the Occupy and Code Pink people so miserable they’ll look for another venue to occupy; but not strong enough to do any real damage. I hope and pray it’ll be nothing Obama can use for a crisis to exploit.”

Thank you, Twinkie. I totally concur with your comment.


78 posted on 08/26/2012 12:00:55 AM PDT by dixiechick2000 (This hobbit is looking for her pitchfork...God help the GOP if I find it.)
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To: sand88; TonyInOhio
LOL Thanks for the laugh! No where near the energy in the Gulf to fire up this hurricane? You want to say that in an open forum? Here is a history lesson for you: Image right: Warm ocean waters fuel hurricanes, and there was plenty of warm water for Katrina to build up strength once she crossed over Florida and moved into the Gulf of Mexico. This image depicts a 3-day average of actual sea surface temperatures (SSTs) for the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, from August 25-27, 2005. Every area in yellow, orange or red represents 82 degrees Fahrenheit or above. A hurricane needs SSTs at 82 degrees or warmer to strengthen. The data came from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite. Click on image above to view an animation which depicts the sea surface temperatures for the period June 9 through August 9, 2005. Also note the different tracks of Hurricanes Dennis, Emily, and at the very end Katrina. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2007/katrina.html The current water temps in the GOMEX right now? http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/egof_tmap.html 84,85,and 86 degrees. So...you both were saying?
79 posted on 08/26/2012 12:04:26 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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To: dixiechick2000

I lived through Andrew...in deep South Florida...Andrew was like a nuclear bomb that went off in the middle of the night in the middle of a tornado outbreak. Katrina was a weakening storm going through a ERC in colder shallow waters when hitting MS. She was all surge....deadly for sure but Andrew was a compact bomb.


80 posted on 08/26/2012 12:09:08 AM PDT by My Favorite Headache (In a world where I feel so small, I can't stop thinking big.)
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