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Posted on 08/27/2005 8:05:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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WTNT62 KNHC 280541
TCUAT2
HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1240 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
...SHORTLY AFTER 1215 AM CDT... 0515Z... AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT REPORTED THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS IN HURRICANE KATRINA
HAD INCREASED TO NEAR 145 MPH... CATEGORY FOUR ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. DETAILS WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY IN A
SPECIAL ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED AT APPROXIMATELY 1 AM CDT...0600Z.
THE SPECIAL PUBLIC ADVISORY WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE INTERMEDIATE
PUBLIC ADVISORY PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME.
FORECASTER KNABB
Yep...Hurricane Camille was one baddie...really intense storms like Camille usually are small. Harder on the area that gets hit, but better for the nearby areas, perhaps. Right now, there is some doubt if it can reach level 5, but we will see. Whatever, it's not going to be nice where it comes in.
Yeah I am pumping 2.56 MBS wireless here. It pretty nice on this 17" wide screen lap top.
Well I think I got my figues from the mayor, which means they are probably worthless.
Prayers for the Gulf Coast.
The bays get pretty hot, but the ocean doesn't, North of Hatteras, where the Gulf Stream leaves the coast;
It's basically thermodynamically impossible to get a Cat 5 actually landfalling N of Hatteras and exceedingly difficult to get a Cat 4, short of drastic climatic change.
Is it just me or was this not really on many people's news radar until about a day ago or even today? Maybe I wasn't paying close attention but I had no inkling something this huge was on the way. (Keep in mind I'm in the Northeast so nowhere near the affected area) But, still, this is a huge national story and I really haven't heard much warning about it. Even today, the rest of the media besides the Weather Channel is virtually ignoring it.
There's a lot of residents of N.O. that are sound asleep and planning on sleeping in on Saturday.
top winds now 145 MPH - live on TWC now.
Part of me thinks it might be good that she is bombing out so much now... they usually don't hold that kind of strength for longer than 24-48 hours. Then again, she probably has more to go... cat5, at least for a time, looks quite likely now.
Army Corp maps show a low of 11' on the west side (by the airport), and varying between 18' and 13' along the lake, which would suggest that those numbers take into account subsidence.
Looks like they are ok for a direct surge up to 13', but a track where the winds are from the north on the west side could pile water up against that 11' levee.
I have a nosy question... if some of these people are caught without funds, between paydays- whatever the reason.. are there funds to allow them a tank of gas and the price of a motel room down the road? I'm just curious as I've never had the misfortune of facing a natural disaster (Thank God).
I lift them up in prayer with you! May God have mercy on the people in Katrina's path...
Katrina now Category 4 hurricane. Winds 145 mph, 935 mb
There's a certain amount of boredom with hurricane hype for the national networks.
If I heard correctly, somebody (sorry, didn't catch his name)at WDSU 6 just said a Cat 4 is worse than a Cat 5. How can this be?
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