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Posted on 08/28/2005 8:10:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Thanks. The end of the week figures could be quite interesting.
That we do...but I fear that we won't get one. The eye is only 100 miles away from NO now and roaring toward it.
Not many big city mayors are first-rate men. Look at the fool in NYC.
I'll bet that Jeb got on the phone and asked him to do something
That Gov of Louisiana screwed up BIG TIME
LOL! Did he mention the nutria?
regarding that Superdome, earlier there was discussion of the variance of the winds destructiveness with windspeed. I noted that the power was cubed with speed. I may have been confused, but I rechecked a wind power seb source and found this:
"An important equation used to find the wind power density, how much power is available per square meter is the equation
P = .5 pu³
, where P is the wind power density in W/m2, p is the density of the air, and u³ is the cube of the wind velocity.
An equation for the power available is :
(kinetic energy flux) = .5 p V(3) A---(that is V cubed).
, where p is the kinetic energy density J/m³, V is the velocity of the wind, A is the cross sectional area of the wind on the turbine."
It seems to me, the energy of the wind is related to the cube of the velocity. I would naturally assume that the destructiveness will be related directly to that kinetic energy.
Pray harder.
I think my husband and I saw that once. We were driving home one night and there was green light that kind of expanded out and up, and then it was gone. We thought an explosion or a plane crash but nothing happened.
When tens or hundreds of thousands of lives are at stake, SLACK should *not* be granted. Sorry. I saw the press conference. He was fumbling and bumbling. If loss of life is serious, blood will be on his hands.
I'll try to see if I can find a replay of the "mandatory evacuation" press conference. I had the t.v. turned up as loud as possible today while we worked on our porch roof, but I don't think I heard it, or didn't hear it all.
Three, maybe four areas of strong localized shear offshore in this image (green and red close together, potential tornadoes):
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=klix&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=RadialVelocity&prodnav=none
When someone brings Pres Bush's speaking ability and compares it to the Mayor, it is apples and oranges IMHO and smacks of what the RATs always bring up -- thus my comments.
Prayers go out to all of the people in the way of this hurricane but I am not changing my mind on the Democrat Governor or the Mayor who didn't take action rapidly enough IMHO.
I am not holding him responsible for stupid people. But I simply cannot excuse the numbers of people who would have left if they could have had some transportation provided, but are instead sitting in the Superdome.
Perhaps we'll see more development of the rail system as an aftermath of this - rail is *still* the most efficient ground transport system for evacuation and linear transport.
You know, there were a lot of people headed east when they stopped the counterflow pattern.....wonder where they were going.
I hate to say it, but I would expect crude prices to be over $80 if the damage is "light" and _easily_ around $85-$90 if the damage is extensive. If it is cataclysmic as is expected, prices will be above $100 by week's end.
To report price gouging in Louisiana, you can phone 1-800-488-2770. A lawyer with the state's AG office is waiting to take your call *right now*.
What sort of public transportation could New Orleans mustered to move 100,000 people in 18 hours? Others have suggested totally unrealistic ideas such as steam boats and C-130s.
The guys may not have made the best decision, but these decisions aren't as easy as many are making them out to be. We go through this all the time everytime something happens in this country and the democrats start yelling "Bush had not plan" or "Rumsfeld should have anticipated this".
Night..... See you before dawn.
I agree.
Goodness knows I don't want to pin anything on anybody, but people who choose to accept positions of leadership have to be able to make important decisions and make them at the right time.
Sometimes we have to just do the right thing and worry about the consequences later.
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