Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VIII

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[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: "I was there five years ago. A lot of those aricraft are in an enclosed hagar-like building. great looking aircraft. The Drum has been move ashore since then. It's near that building. I hope everything made it through the storm."

I hope so, too...

[Trident/Delta]

Time for a new thread???

Semper Curious

[r9etb]

SPECIAL THANKS ARE EXTENDED TO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER CREWS STATIONED AT KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE IN BILOXI MISSISSIPPI...WHO HAVE BEEN FLYING CONTINUOUS MISSIONS THROUGH KATRINA EVEN AS THEIR FAMILIES AND HOMES ARE BEING SERIOUSLY IMPACTED BY THIS HURRICANE.

Good Lord, please protect these people and their families.

[Marysecretary]

You can pray.

[WoodstockCat]

they haven't gotten the worst yet..my in-laws are there in Lamar Co.
I was watching stream wjtv.com out of Jackson and they said hurricane force+ winds should be in the Hattiesburg area in about 1/2 hour..current weather.com shows 50+ winds..gusts to 70..

[Calpernia]

Wish granted! :)

[Diddle E. Squat]

WWL: The flooding in Arabi wasn't a levee breach, but overtopping from the Miss. River. 10-12' deep.

[cyborg]

My PRESIDENT DUBYA!!!!!!!

[RoseofTexas]

I love our president...GOD TRULY BLESS HIM!!
Darn it! He started talking about immigration when the station cut him off! Curious to what he said concern the border crisis!

[Chesterbelloc]

Am I right in assuming that the worst of the storm hasn't gotten there?

The Oct. 2004 National Geographic had a very good article, "The Big Uneasy", about what could happen to New Orleans if a Catagory Five hit it. Worth a read if you, like me, have stacks of old National Geographics lying around.

One of the big threats was as the eye passed it first pushed water into Lake Pontchartrin and then as the eye moved north the wind over the lake shifted to the south pushing the water over the levees flooding the city.

Hopefully it has weakened enough that at flooding over those levees won't be as bad as was feared. Seems just a little too early to tell.

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: 'The armor and hull is made of some of the thickest, most homogenous steel ever produced by man. A hurricane isn't going to do anything to it if the hatches are closed. In fact, even a tsunami probably wouldn't do much to the hull.

'On top of that and unlike a building, it *floats*. "What storm surge?"'

Yes, but an unpowered 45,000 ton battleship floating in Mobile Bay at the mercy of the winds would not be a good thing...

[Smogger]

11:52 a.m.: Evacuees Huddle In Hallways At Chalmette H.S. People who took shelter in Chalmette High School are now huddled in the hallways because the windows have blown out. The building has sustained significant damage. There are reports that the water is 10-feet deep near the high school and is rapidly rising. -- WDSU.com Web Staff

[STARWISE]

Gov.Barber giving a good recap of what will happen when winds and water allow search and rescue efforts.

"Looters will be treated relentlessly!" ..... YAY for that! Mentions .... "rules of engagement." ...

[Trust but Verify]

Whoa,did you just hear Haley Barbour tell looters he has instructed LE to deal with them 'ruthlessly'? The guy behind and to the right of him smirked. Funny.

[cgk]

What We Know: Parish By Parish

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What We Know: Parish By Parish

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Hurricane Katrina

• You're watching live continuing coverage of Hurricane Katrina

  12 P.M. Advisory

• The center of Hurricane Katrina was located near latitude 30.8 north, longitude 89.6 west, or about 40 miles south-southwest of Hattiesburg, Miss.
• Katrina is moving toward the north near 17 mph, and this motion is expected to continue over the next 24 hours.
• Maximum sustained winds are near 105 mph

  Phone Numbers

• Orleans Special Needs Residents: 658-2500
• Orleans Parish Special Needs Shelter in Alexandria: (800) 841-5778
• Orleans Parish Special Needs Shelter in Monroe: (866) 280-7287

  Bridges Closed

• Crescent City Connection Bridges Closed

  Health

  
  
• Residents advised to conserve water
• Contact with floodwaters should be avoided

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  16  parishes are now under advisories, watches, or severe weather warnings.

  Hancock County Harrison County Lower Jefferson Parish Upper Jefferson Parish Lower Lafourche Parish Upper Lafourche Parish Livingston Parish Orleans Parish Pearl River County Lower Plaquemines Parish Upper Plaquemines Parish

  Lower St. Bernard Parish Upper St. Bernard Parish St. Charles Parish St. James Parish St. John The Baptist Parish St. Tammany Parish Tangipahoa Parish Lower Terrebonne Parish Upper Terrebonne Parish Washington Parish

[BurbankKarl]

I guess if you are going to loot, do it in La. I heard the Winn Dixie was emptied out on CNN.