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Posted on 08/28/2005 8:10:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Hiya PC--how are you doing? We have to stop meeting on these all nighter threads...
Agreed.
1)Where are you going to get the river boats.
2)It may only be 90 miles by road to Baton Rouge, but it is much longer via the river. And getting to Baton Rouge isn't going to do you much good. The storm is going to pound the towns upriver as far as Vickburg.
It's sort of like the earlier suggestion about using C-130s. It would only take 1000 of the planes to get the job done before the airport closed.
And/or load them on trains and get them out that way - trains don't have to worry much about traffic in open country and can transport thousands at a shot.
"storm seems to be decaying on the south west side via radar loop..good news"
No, Not good news. The storm may be entering a cycle to form a new eyewall. During this time, the maximun winds may drop a bit, but the area affected by the maximum winds will increase.
I'M WATCHING THE STREETCAR CAM FROM NOLA which is posted on this thread. There are large white objects blowing into the picture. I can't tell what they are. I put the streetcar cam on my pg. easier way for me to find it.
DIdn't mean to indicate I'm the only one praying....Praying seems to be one of FR stronger facets. One of the things freepers do best.
I have a dear friend NW of Mobile. I talked to her about 5:30. She said they had a tornado west of her about 4. She said they were expecting winds of about 75 MPH when the storm makes landfall.
YIKES...that's a LOT of kisses!
"Radar looks like she's sucking in dry air on her backside."
Sorta, but well...look at this:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/east/latest_eastwv.jpg
That the vapor channel, and you can see that the inflow for the whole northern side is starting to run dry. The dry slots run in spirals just like the feeder bands.
Been watching the vapor imagery most of the day since condensation is such a large part of the energy budget, and unfortunately, I don't see much weakening this beast except landfall.
People will die because New Orleans is fundamentally incapable of absorbing something like this and always has been. I'm not willing to lay what's about to happen at Nagin's feet even if he could have been more proactive. (But then I've had a soft spot for him ever since he endorsed Jindal in '03.)
-Dan
Of course you can, if you wish. We can even waive the hat check charge. Just don't tell the Admin Moderator.
That's a rerun.......it might be updated.
I think the perceived decay in the radar is just based on the fact that the radar is land-based...can't get a good fix on the southern (seaward) side of the storm...
Haven't seen any decay on the satellite images...
Anyone know when the satellites go on the daily communications blackout?
Maybe its time to bring the Religion Moderator to this thread. ;-)
Oh and make her Mayor:')
I can't believe the media is not mentioning they're missing in NO.
If it weren't for FR, we wouldn't even know where they are lost.
Ok, thanks.
The Dome can hold 72,000 seated sports fans and who knows how many in this situation.
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