Live Thread - Hurricane Katrina, Part IV (Update: Now a Category 5 )

NOAA - NHC ^ | 27 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[Torie]

The whole legal thing is BS, but even if it were not, the law is not a suicide pact. That is an overriding clause, that any judge would apply. That statement comes right from SCOTUS.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

The 1000 post limit was requested by FReepers in the path of the storm. They are the reason these threads exist.

Whatever their reasoning, I defer to their wishes.

[NautiNurse]

Thank you for posting that info--very good.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Was there 3000+ or 300+ ? FReepers at the counter protest there today ? if it was 3000+ ... OMG,,,, way to go FReepers.

[alancarp]

Andrew in 1992 was upgraded to a Cat 5 based on a review after the hit on Homestead, FL. Hugo was a 5 as well (1985). Don't know when the scale became widely used.

[GOPJ]

What's the picture of?

[Crazieman]

Hugo was 4. Not 5.

Only 3 fives made landfall. 1935 Keys, Camille, Andrew.

[Pyro7480]

This is becoming more and more a nightmare scenario. Though it's not as plausible as a Gulf Coast hit, I keep on thinking about the nuclear power plants along the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River/Bay, and what would happen if a Cat. 5 hurricane came up those bodys of water. I understand why they are located where they are, but still, when you have the possibility of something like this happening at least once a century....

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

OK. I didn't know that. Thanks.

[PennsylvaniaMom]

We have flood experience here in SW Pa. Raw sewage, chems; gasoline, furniture, broken pipes, glass...anything in present in high water. You cannot see the ground so you can step on anything. An up to date tetanus shot is imperative.

Prayers for the folks in Louisiana.

[metmom]

Find an infrared satellite image and look at it. It's unbelieveabe. It reminds me of Ivan. Almost the size of FL.

[Torie]

[rwfromkansas]

I think the networks will start to wake up tomorrow evening, but it will take awhile.

[Sprite518]

How does it compare to Andrew that hit South Florida?

[alancarp]

Hurricane Hugo: Sept. 10-25, 1989 (I missed the year). Max. winds: 160 mph Min. pressure: 918 mb Category: 5. Source http://www.usatoday.com/weather/huricane/whugo.htm

The Saffir-Simpson scale was invented in the early 1970's.

[oceanview]

Andrew was a cat 5, had it not taken out the meauring equipment at the NHC - I think it was a cat 5.

[Torie]

[Diddle E. Squat]

I'm not certain, but believe that there are various spillway outlets along the river to address some of that kind of flooding (or at least the downstream flow of floodwaters.) North of Baton Rouge they Army Corp of Engineers has had diversions facilities for years to channel excess into the Atchafalaya River (roughly a 20 mile wide swamp that would now probably be the Mississippi River if not for intervention.) IIRC there is similar between Baton Rouge and NO, but could be wrong about that.

[Flux Capacitor]

And you know what? We're gonna re-elect her, too. KKKathleen is one of the more popular governors in the country and will not have a serious challenge in '07. Makes me sick.

-Dan

[spycatcher]

The structure of this thing and the sea surface temps make me think that Cat 5 is the best bet, esp if it slows right near the La. shore where the water is super hot.