[AntiGuv]

So you think we are going to see 180 to 190 miles per hour winds?

I think so yes. There is nothing but ninety degree water between Katrina and the shore. The storm should keep strengthening.

[Dog]

Lord help them down there..

[Tarpon]

Camille hit 190 mph sustained, gusts were mostly unmeasurable, but thought to be 225+ mph. The water between Katrina and landfall are favorable for strengthening, 90-92 degrees, so who knows. There appears to be little upper atmosphere shear on the sat photos. All bad signs. They haven't had much luck predicting Katrina since it was off Miami.

In Andrew they postulated the gusts may have clocked 300mph as Andrew had lots of tornadoes and down drafts that before no one knew about. That's why one house was flat, and next door a similar house was still standing.

This storm is a RUNNER, get out.

[SamAdams76]

I can't even imagine 90 degree water. Up here in New England, the water temp is 60-63 degrees off Hampton Beach, NH. I've been swimming there the past four weeks and I never remember water so warm up in these parts. Ninety degrees would be like swimming in my bathtub!