Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

NOAA - NHC ^ | 29 August 2005 | NOAA - NHC

[myprecious]

Only the center of the storm has made landfall. The back half of the storm is still coming. Hurricane force winds for another 3-4 hours. It ain't over.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: "Said that the dome generates its own weather systems. Now that air conditioning is off, they could get rain and lighting inside the astro dome."

Back in the early 1970s, they had a power outage in the Houston Astrodome and yes... It did rain inside... I saw it with my own eyes... And felt it on my pointed little head...

No lightning though....

[Northern Yankee]

The dear boy dropped his Bloody Mary...

That would be my beverage of choice right about now. LOL...

Good Morning.

[Chuck54]

it's WHAT the wind is blowin'

.......and there stands Orlando Salinis (sp) in Orange Beach, wiping crap out of his eyes, where they have never, ever heard of SAFETY GLASSES?

[SunnySide]

It's a good thing LA evacuated many of its citizens because Florida only experienced (the same)Katrina as a category 1 hurricane and nine people died.

[maquiladora]

Talk about localised weather...

[gopwinsin04]

ABC news reporting that. I think they meant AC.

[trillabodilla]

Thank you. We are all safely tucked inside. Hubby and son are still asleep and the cats are reluctant residents of the garage/shop.

The wind has really picked up, too.

[spectre]

In defense of our Weather people, IF I saw a storm that large heading for my home, they wouldn't have to tell ME to evacuate. Jeez.

sw

[MEG33]

Exactly

[Northern Yankee]

Exactly right.

The evacuation was needed.

No telling how many lives it will have saved.

[NonValueAdded]

The Florida deaths were darwinian ones - all were people out in the storm hit by falling trees.

[I_dmc]

Or see the movie, Cry Wolf, on Sept 16th.

[SlowBoat407]

I do not believe it is "alarmist" to cry wolf when there is a wolf at the edge of the woods with a keen eye on your little cottage in the clearing. If the wolf wanders off, it is good news, not an occasion to berate someone with a legitimate concern and a forecast that was good to the limits of the current technology and experience.

I would love for us to have enough confidence to say one day that a storm that is barreling in on us will turn away or weaken at the last minute.

Maybe one day we can truly predict at birth who is going to be a serial killer, too.

[proud American in Canada]

We had a stiff little wind out of the west blowing here in east TX yesterday evening and to reassure my mom staying in Baton Rouge, told her we were sending help in the form of dry wind that would shear off the top of the hurricane.

LOL! And that's exactly what it looks like on the radar screen--there's a lot of blue suddenly on Katrina's west side. :)

I have to say, deep inside I'm chalking part of (?) this up to all of the prayers said yesterday.

[benjaminjjones]

I am expecting to see someone strolling in front of streetcarcam

It's out now, but in about 60 minutes, with 145mph winds, I was expecting to see a streetcam go flying by.

[spectre]

SIX more hours, my friend.

sw

[bored at work]

river cam is out too.

http://www.nola.com/rivercam/index.ssf?video

[newzjunkey]

WWL is saying there will be no widespread flooding in NO and folks will be back in the city in a couple days for damage assessment.

[Northern Yankee]

Prayers sent your way.

Clear skies, as the sun is starting to meet the horizon here. 57 degrees.

A completely different world in Louisianna right now.

God Speed.