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Posted on 08/29/2005 2:47:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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Do you all remember Harrigan's reports from Afghanistan with the Northern Alliance at the start of the Iraq war?
He apparently has no fear.
http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050611/note15.asp
This article, posted by Blam on June 11th, 2005, was about a 27.7 (90.9 feet) meter high wave that was measured in the Gulf during Hurricane Ivan. It is the LARGEST wave ever recorded. The article mentioned that computer modeling suggested there may have been 40 meter (131 feet) high waves as well.
All day yesterday, all I heard here was people whining about how NO Mayor Nagin was a moron for not evacuating sooner. Now I'm seeing folks whining about how this was crying wolf and that evacuation was unnecessary?
Which way do you want it?
The caller stated that you can have two systems develop at opposites sides of the stadium. When they meet a lighting bolt can occur if charge is opposite. He swore he saw one. I don't have cable and from midnight to 3 am there was not much else to listen too or view besides this thread. Usually too busy.
Amazing link
Steve is a fine reporter - too good to be hurricane stories
I didn't.
Yes. They did.
Only an idiot would have stayed.
Re: "I once lived in a storage space in New York City that had a high skylight, just off the Hudson River. One cold Winter, I had placed a pot of water on the heater just to bring up the humidity in my "apartment", so I had warm moist air going up into a skylight that was being chilled by the extremely cold wind blowing off the river. The result: a small snowstorm in my kitchen.
"I moved out before the summer thunderstorms started up."
Ain't life wonderful?
yes, I guess you are right.
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=LIX®ion=d4&lat=29.95751953&lon=-90.07685852&label=New%20Orleans%2c%20LA
Looks like it to me too.
Is that Helen Thomas?
I wonder if the space enclosed in the stadium is large enough for coriolis forces to have an effect on the air inside. If they gather everyone in the center and their body heat rises fast enough, they could actually get a little hurricane going inside.
Well, I wouldn't.
I live in Tampa Bay, and if there is potential for the kind of hurricane that was headed toward NO, I'd hope that people would evacuate every time.
If it doesn't hit head on, praise the Lord.
If it does, I've at least followed the guidance of those in charge, and believe they were looking out for my safety.
That being said, evacuations for minimal storms is another thing. Sometimes I believe they overreact to smaller storms and force evacuations when evacuations aren't necessary, on the other hand, look at Miami, they had a pretty tough go with just a Cat 1, so it's a hard call.
No whining here.
Perhaps..but I think they should have evacuated..there were no guarantees this storm was going to shift east..The way NO is situated makes it too dangerous to ignore a storm of this magnitude.
This is indeed a fortunate shift for them but one could not count on it.
Roof just flew off in the French Quarter they reported..
Praying the storm surge is less than feared also.
That's what I was thinking...and remembering!
Not to hear some of the whiners here tell it -- who most likely would have been part of the whiners yesterday berating the mayor for not ordering the evacuation sooner.
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