Posted on 08/26/2012 11:56:51 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
On August 24th, we warned on Forbes that Tropical Storm Isaac could pose a threat to energy markets and even rival Hurricane Katrina in its destructive power (Could Tropical Storm Isaac Turn Into Another Katrina?). While the computer models are still showing a substantial spread in solutions, it appears more likely that Isaac will make landfall somewhere near the Louisiana, Mississippi Gulf Coast. This track will provide the storm more time to intensify over the very warm water of the Gulf of Mexico.
The entire Gulf Coast from Lake Charles, LA to Panama City, FL should be aware of the latest forecast model guidance. The reason for this large spread is because the computer models are split between whether a trough will capture Isaac or not. As of 8AM Sunday morning, it appears Isaac will not be captured and as a result, a more westward track is most likely.
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And to make it so requires tons and tons of... fill.
That project would stimulate the economy because to move that quantity of ... fill in a cost efficient manner would require efficient means of transport. The most efficient modes of transport for mass quantities of ... fill would be barge or rail. Since the Mighty Mississippi is not so mighty right now due to someone shutting off the water, the barge option is impractical leaving entities with names such as CSX, NS, BNSF, UP, KCS, and loads of shortlines to carry the loads of ... fill. Why, even the regional shortline near me (otherwise known as NYSW) could benefit. They already run several trains a week of ... fill.
I'm sure we have an engineering type here on FR who could calculate for us just how much ... fill it would require to raise NO above sea level and make it that shining city on a hill..
As an added plus, some types of ... fill produce a methane byproduct which if tapped could make NO a GREEN energy self sufficient city. I'm sure Osluma would find this an attractive investment avenue for all that stimulus spending..
It’s a multi-year, perhaps a multi-decade project, the current level of the muddy Mississippi is a minor point.
In point of fact, it is very possible the project will never really be “finished” as Tel New Orleans will continue to grow.
True, but I’m sure it will be. :))
Very true. There would come a point at which the project would be self-perpetuating from resident contributions to the project..
Yes and a city up above the skeeters and at a key natural gateway between the heart of the US and the rest of the world would naturally grow as a very desirable place to live.
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That's debatable. The TCHP is not nearly as high as it was for Katrina. It could support a Cat 3...but in order to get to Cat 5 every other atmospheric criteria would have to be perfect.
And that won't happen.
TCHP is on the order of 50-80 kj/cm3 along the path...whereas with Katrina it was 100-110+.
Isaac: long-awaited son of Abraham and Sarah, and husband of Rebecca; nearly sacrificed by his father Abraham
We need to "spread the wealth around."
If New Orleans experiences another catastrophe, I defy the Obumbler to do 1/100th as good a job as G.W. Bush did in managing the relief effort. I worked Katrina relief - - it was a monumental task. The press was hostile to us to the point to being a domestic enemy. Never before in U.S. history has a natural disaster been politicized, by the Democrats and the media managed to do so.
The media is all set to proclaim Obama as the savior of New Orleans.
Of course he left wing press will make zero the hero... They are already setting up the Katrina narrative.. Difference is that the democrats are not in charge of the state house not the unprepared Rats that conveniently blamed Bush for their inaction evacuating their residents...
Hey Negrin, move the busses this time!
And because of this desirability the resident produced ...fill would continue to overcome the rate at which the city is sinking into the bayou, and further enhance the energy production of the ...fill. The future is so bright that there will come a day when the populace of NO will have no further need of any and all government programs that require transfusions of taxpayer funds and even tubs of Heineken will be free..
OMG!! you owe me a new monitor just spit water on it
Katrina “the hurricane” would not be a household name if it didn’t hit a city below sea-level surrounded by inadequate levies. It wasn’t the storm of all storms.
There were many contributing factors that made Katrina so notable. One of the least discussed, but certainly most relevant, is the failure of the welfare state.
That’s the game put in play by equating the two. Last time was to blame the villain, now it is to bless their ZERO hero...
LOL!! Maybe he changed the battery.
Aug 26th- Wise Guys of Weather; Joe Bastardi and Joe D’Aleo
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