I am in complete despair. I can hardly believe that the worst case scenario for hurricanes and the Gulf coast is about to unfold. We are about to lose an entire precious US city.
The doomsday scenario was fun to play with on the computer models. There's nothing fun about this. Hell is about to be unleashed.
BURL1
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=burl1
0200 GMT on 08/29/2005
Wind Direction (WDIR): ENE ( 60 deg true )
Wind Speed (WSPD): 60 kts
Wind Gust (GST): 78 kts
Atmospheric Pressure (PRES): 29.21 in
Pressure Tendency (PTDY): -0.17 in ( Falling Rapidly )
Air Temperature (ATMP): 80.8 °F