----Sheesh! None of the cable networks are covering this. There are hundreds of thousands of people at risk, and all they can focus on is Cindy Sheehan!----
That's typical. The national media doesn't give a crap about the Gulf Coast.
-Dan
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Posted on 08/27/2005 8:05:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Boss called me and asked me to come in tomorrow and move my truck to higher ground. Kinda chuckled and told him that there's no way I'm going into the city tomorow. Apparently no one else has a key for my vehicle.
Don't go there. Hugo came onshore around Charleston, SC and we had major destruction well north of Charlotte , NC. D/n know what the straight line distance is but we are 200 +/- miles from the nearest NC shore and Charleston w/b farther.
Yeah, except I have to listen to the elevator music on the local forecast every 10 minutes. =P
"New Orleans finally got serious and ordered an evacuation, but far too late. There is no way everyone will be able to get out of the city in time, and they may be forced to take shelter in the Superdome, which is above sea level. If Katrina makes a direct hit on New Orleans as a Category 4 hurricane, the levees protecting the city will be breached, and New Orleans, which is 6 - 10 feet below sea level, will fill with water. On top of this 6 feet of water will come a 15 foot storm surge, and on top of that will be 20 foot waves, so the potential for high loss of life is great. Given the current track and intensity forecast, I'd put the odds of this at about 20%."
That shook me up.
That's typical. The national media doesn't give a crap about the Gulf Coast.
-Dan
Where are you located?
Even the Weather Channel doesn't completely get it! OY VEY!!!
The streaming video links above are awesome.
The official projection track and some of the models have shifted ever so slightly to the east. If I were in Vegas I'd bet that it will eventually shift a bit more east, probably hitting the mouth of the Miss. River and coming in near Gulfport, MS. That would likely be just far enough east to avoid the worst case scenario in New Orleans. Like Georges, but an even closer call this time.
But I am NOT a meteorologist.
Hey, where did you hear about the animals heading to higher ground?
B.M. new thread
I knew this was very serious the minute I saw the map this afternoon, where it is pulling from the pacific and atlantic air masses. It's bigger than big.
I think the mayor said earlier that the Superdome would be open in the AM for any who were unable to evacuate (no transportation, etc.), also that it was handicap accessible.
Said it was also built high & was able to withstand up to 200 MPH winds.
It's like the great SS debate.
Everyone in the city knew this could hapen. We had 3 straight years of claose calls. If this hits this year then the state and city officials ought to be hanged for failing to improve the levee system.
Which of you heard the report about the animals--and what was the source, please?
Just scary. With all our technology, all our hot air and all our genius, nature can come right in and within a day wipe is all away. God's Bulldozer, and start over or move on.
Ping to the new storm thread.
Say hello, you are both the same age and young mothers.
The actual tracks for all the north GOM storms have tracked east of predictions since last year. That's a pretty good reason to expect the shift.
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