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Posted on 08/27/2005 8:05:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Some new images here
http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&postid=452217#post452217
Where is the shelter in Prairieville?
Key words: "...up to..."
I think Cajun GIrl is in MO somewhere.
The bumper to bumper traffic is a big concern with me.."huge Lake Pontchartrain, crossed by the world's longest bridge, the 23½ mile long Greater New Orleans Causeway". ALL those cars. I can anticipate problems with that :(
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yup , 273 ft high , roof area is almost 10 acres , MASSIVE
Is that what it looks like now? That's a real satellite picture, not a graphic?
An interesting side note to this, is that Dr Micheal DeBakey, the Houston heart surgeon, who is credited with inventing the MASH concept, was born in Louisiana.
no superdome left if NO is in the NE quadrent of a cat5+++
I was on Hallandale Beach as the eye crossed the other night...I have been in a dozen cane's including Andrew...I can tell you all right now that Katrina felt like a Cat 2 crossing than a Cat 1.
My best friend left for the Mississippi coastline at 3 am this morning for rescue and recovery operations from Georgia. He is a paramedic and nurse.
I told him he better have his will made out. We are truly witnessing an act of God's hand here.
Thanks for that info, spunkets.
Your images post faster than my TV ;)
Oh you know between that loon and the Environmentalist will be coming out soon too. The standard BS in other words..
Thanks
Will a slight move eastward also reduce the storm surge enough to decrease the possibility of catastrophic flooding?
I'm praying the answer is yes.
The LSU guy who did the studies on how much the city could handle before the levee was breached speculated that the eye of a Cat 5 passing within approx. 30 miles of New Orleans would cause the catastrophic flooding. A bit more on the east side, because the rotation of the winds would drive water north and west into Lake Pontchartrain, then more to the southwest into the spillway west of the city, and the west side levee is apparently the weakest link. It also would eventually drive that water south as the wind came from the north, which might also breach the city's north shore levees.
The worst case scenario is an overtopping of the levee where not only the below sea-level bowl the city is in fills up, but storm surge and waves come in on top of that ending up above the roof of some homes. The next worst case scenario is a levee breach where the bowl fills, but not as deep. If the storm is far enough away that the levee holds against storm surge, then there could be flooding and wind damage, but not as totally devastating and nowhere near the loss of life. As long as the levees hold and aren't overtopped, the pumps should continue to work.
Hence the importance of where the eye path ends up, and why if the path shifts further east to Gulfport, it could make a huge difference.
BTW, the new official forecast track at 10:00 shifted a few miles east again. Of course that is just an estimate, and a pinpoint track doesn't tell the whole story, but it has been slowly trending that way for several updates now.
Thanks. Deadly.
I haven't heard of any problems on I-49. Callers earlier today said they were able to travel the speed limit. I-59 is smooth sailing per another caller.
the Mayor on CNN now - saying buses are running to take people to the superdome. How many people do they think they can put in that superdome? I mean, I know it holds alot of people, but not to evacuate any percentage of a city.
It is pretty bad when the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS TO CALL AND *TELL* YOU to order the evac.
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