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Posted on 08/28/2005 9:35:34 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Wan't it General Bulford prior to the 1st day at Gettesburg who said. I can see this battle as if it has already happen.
Sorry, came in a bit late in your discussion. Are you talking about how long it took for the Mayor to issue the evacuation order for New Orleans?
I understand 480,000 people are trying to get out of there right now. They better have both sides of the free open in the "get out of there" direction.
I just looked at the National Hurricane Center's Satelite loop. To me it looks like it's starting to drift more to the west. From your view will it still hit NO head on?
mega bytes millibars i dont know
I heard it's like Camille(1969) but much bigger. Camille was so strong the instrumentation to measure wind velocity disintergrated.(well over 200 mph)
The pumps I'm used to have to be underwater to work, because the switch turning them on floats. Otherwise you have to lift it up by hand.
Pumping can be dangerous, though. If the ground is saturated, all that water will be pushing on the basement walls. Water in the basement will equalize the pressure, but if you remove it, they can collapse. Our fire department won't pump basements anymore.
My FQ webcam shows The Quearter deserted.
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It's criminal stupidity the likes of which I don't think I've seen before.
We will see 180-190 surface at the 4PM CT advisory. I cannot express how deep my sadness for the people of LA and Mississippi is at this moment. THey are about to see Camille wiped from the record books.
I hesitated to use the term "panic," but that's what it was
Weeping for memories of standing at the Aquarium one hot summer afternoon when the air felt like an anvil, and walking down the moonwalk looking back at Jackson square, memories of the time struck by the Cathedral clock as I cut school and wandered through the French Quarter, the smell of the old Jackson Brewery blowing down Toulouse street, the taste of ice cream and cappichino at Brocato's and the memories when I taught one of the Brocato granddaughters, the smell of beignets and cafe aulait at Morning call, the fun of catching my first redfish under the Bridge at the mouth of the Industrial canal, the fun of chasing mullets in the green waters of Lake Ponchartrain...the smells and light and heat and wonders and frustrations and marvels that are that city....home of my childhood, how I have missed you...and now will I ever get to see you again?
The storm is a beast... I've never seen anything like it so close to land. It's annular now as well, so it probably won't go through another ERC before landfall. If you look at IR... you can see it trying to back the trough coming towards it. This is why people sometimes say theses things can create their own weather.
yes. 892 is the next bogey.
TWC says pressure has dropped to 902 mb.
the 184 MPH winds are not surface winds but flight level winds..if anything they may bring the winds down from 175 to 170..based on that..b
That's the wind speed at the level of the hurricane hunters, I believe.
Minimum preasure down to 902mb per wwl tv.
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