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Posted on 08/27/2005 8:05:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Damn. I was stationed in New Orleans for two years and we got brushed by a couple of hurricanes, but nothing like this. We had massive flooding just getting sideswiped by one; I can't imagine the damage a direct hit would do.
I still have friends there. I hope they have sense enough to get out of town.
3-4 days ago the next path was looking at me.........I'm more concerned about it now than I was then. And I'm totally in the clear now.
I almost spit soda on that one.
LOL
For the record, the guy who read the riot act to the mayor was Max Mayfield, of the National Weather Center. He made it clear that those that remain, are very likely to die, in his gentle drawl. He said that this the storm he had feared for 35 years, and now it has come. He said he laid it out to mayor so he could sleep at night for the rest of his sojourn on this mortal coil. This is veritable Shakespeare, with the mayor as Hamlet.
Idiot. He is a complete idiot, and has been created as such by a nation in fear of law and lawsuits. We fear expressing ourselves, doing anything at all because we fear being caught in a trap by a lawyer. I remember a South Park episode where the lawsuits brought by Cartman escalated to Everyone vs. Everyone, and it was exactly the predictament that now leads us to stand mouths agape while idiots in NO get ready to have Hurricane party's, the mayor won't budge in fear of lawsuits, and death moves forward to flush out the Big Easy.
getting lower all the time......... and all that warmer water to cross in the next 36 hours
And there are probably more people in NO now that do not remember that than there are.
Same here..
When you combine hurricane force winds with battering 20-foot waves filled with floating debris, it makes for a destructive combination.
Sure does.....I don't think I would ride out a cat. 4/5 there. (I'd be heading towards East TX)
I will admit to riding out a couple smaller ones in the Morgan City/Houma area.....in my 'younger days'.....
wunderground.com has a great Tropical Storm page. It shows this thing heading to a large area of very warm water. 90 degrees. That's high octane hurricane fuel.
HOWEVER - that being said, the land will tend to slow wind somewhat, so in this case the right side of the storm (east) will have faster winds. But at these speeds, who's gonna quibble?
Hurricane Camille- 17 August, 1969
WINDS: 190 mph (sustained- gusts over 220)
PRESSURE: 909 Mb./26.84 inches.
STORM - SURGE: 22 - 25 feet above Mean Tide.
http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricanecamille.htm
Just posting this link again- it's worth clicking if you've never read the story of Camille.
Thank God he's consulting with his lawyers...
Oh my--but better now then this time tomorrow. Plenty of women go into labor during hurricanes. In fact, a good number of term pregnancies spend the storm in the hospital due to the high odds for labor.
...>> read the riot act to the mayor was Max Mayfield, of the National Weather Center. He made it clear that those that remain, are very likely to die, in his gentle drawl. He said that this the storm he had feared for 35 years, and now it has come. He said he laid it out to mayor so he could sleep at night for the rest of his sojourn on this mortal coil. This is veritable Shakespeare, with the mayor as Hamlet.<<
Did you hear him say that??? Oh Man I've got chills.
I have a friend who works for the owner of one of the downtown high-rise bldgs and they do not want even tenants in them during a storm. The trend in thinking the last few yrs is that higher buildings take higher winds than lower ones, and that means more damage and liability to anyone within. Best thing to do is get out of town.
I know your question was not directed at me, however I remember the fleeing animals being mentioned on WWL radio a few hours ago. I think it was a caller and not a reporter who mentioned it. I have been monitoring 870 kHz since WWL became audible after sunset and shortly after I began monitoring WWL, I heard someone mention the animals.
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