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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse
That's inches per hour... Not total inches.
>> What is NO?
Um...New Orleans? Been in the news a bit lately.
I think that's correct. The pumps can handle 2 inches per hour is what I heard earlier. Unfortunately most of the water is pumped into Lake Pontchartrain, so they don't help if the lake is overflowing.
Graphic on FNC: Pumps in New Orleans can only handle 2 inches of rain. Inches. Not feet.
Why has Fox gone to an alert because Harrigan is outside? I am tired of watching him. Why doesn't he interview some people in the hotel?
That is clear, because you were somewhat wrong in your assessment. The wind damage would have been worse if this had hit straight on or to the west, but the real danger is the catastrophic overtopping of the levees by wind driven lake storm surge from the north and west filling the bowl to 15-25' deep with floodwaters. So far we don't know if that has/will take place, but the worst case for that, according to the LSU engineer who modelled and predicted this, is the eye passing just to the east of the city. Right now it may or may not be far enough east to avoid that, we just don't know.
LOL. Harrigan for some more drama.
Wow. Whoa. LOL
FOX NEWS - IDIOTS - they look so stupid with him standing out in that.
"Big chunk of roof just flew by. . . ." --Steve Harrigan
I am only able to follow on-line so I can't tell where the roof failed. I was specualting that if it failed on the leeward side as the storm approached, it would be on the winward side after it passed - taking wind directly into the building. Or vice versa. The 180 degree change in wind direction could add more stress.
Just saw pictures on TV of the Superdome. Massive structure. As I was wondering how they would repair that it just occurred to me: How did they put a roof on that thing in the first place? It's awfully far off the ground. Anyone know?
CNN forecasts stormsurge at 28 feet, for what that's worth.
he said eralier he was locked out of the hotel.
So, are they ever going to let Harrigan back inside or should he be contemplating his fate? Why does it seem as if we may see him being swept away? And you know his cameraman is cursing him.
...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA MAKING LANDFALL IN EASTERN NEW ORLEANS AND
MISSISSIPPI COAST AREA THIS MORNING. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE...SIGNIFICANT AND LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS OCCURRING. LEVEES HAVE BEEN OVERTOPPED IN ORLEANS AND ST BERNARD PARISHES. IN ADDITION DANGEROUS BATTERING
WAVES ARE OCCURRING ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE NEAR THE COAST.
SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS. IN ADDITION...
SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING IS PROBABLY OCCURRING IN SOUTHEAST ST TAMMANY PARISH AND IN HANCOCK...HARRISON AND JACKSON COUNTIES IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.
IN ADDITION...A STORM SURGE OF 10 TO 12 FEET WILL BE OCCURRING IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AFFECTING THE EAST BANKS OF JEFFERSON...ST CHARLES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST AND LIVINGSTON PARISHES.
http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/la/hurricane.html
Hurricane Katrina may cost U.S. insurers more than $30 billion, which would make the storm the most expensive to hit the United States, a storm modeler said.
A $30 billion payout would make Katrina more expensive than Hurricane Andrew, which resulted in more than $20 billion of claims when it plowed through southern Florida in 1992.
Harrigan is STILL outside!
Local WBRZ news anchor: 'This is Hurricane Besty all over again.'
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