Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III

NHC-NOAA ^ | 27 August 2005 | NHC-NOAA

[CajunConservative]

*makes my skin crawl*

I saw several snakes yesterday when I was mowing. I don't live that far north from the coast far as the crow flies, lots of water and marshes in between. I always pay attention to the critters. The gators better stay away. ;)

[meyer]

NHC guy on 870 AM radio said animals are leaving the coast. "Flocks of snakes and turtles".

Soon to be followed by a "herd of birds".

Really, animals seem to have a sense for natural stuff - I'd probably follow the snakes and turtles.

[Thinkin' Gal]

Well, flocks of snakes and turtles heading inland is enough for me!

And the turtles are probably moving faster than the traffic on the highways. :-(

[beyond the sea]

They're smarter than the people in the Oyster Bar, that's for sure.

Yep............... I have a female cat, 14 years old, she stays outside most of the time except in the winter (Pennsylvania). But whenever there is a serious thunderstorm about to come, the storm still being far away, she comes into the house. She's quite accurate.

[beyond the sea]

sheepish LOL.

[Ellesu]

[Diddle E. Squat]

Channel 6: Traffic is backup on I-10 going West. Bumper to Bumper reports are that it takes 1 1/2 hours to travel from Clearview to Laplace. ContraFlow doesn't seem to be working so well..

Perhaps because the contraflow only goes to the I-10/I-55 split. So 3 westbound lanes + 3 reversed lanes get diverted down to 2 northbound and 2 westbound, a 50% reduction in capacity at a junction in the middle of a swamp. Right now some of that traffic can be diverted to low-lying old 51 or through LaPlace and Reserve, but it is kinda curious why they don't continue contraflow all the way to Baton Rouge.

[SE Mom]

Bastardi is on FOX now...making...for onece..a lot of sense. And none of it is good news.

[Godebert]

NHC guy on 870 AM radio said animals are leaving the coast. "Flocks of snakes and turtles".

Those are some smart turtles. Too bad they're so slow. I wonder how many yards they can cover before the 'cane hits on Monday?

[AnAmericanMother]

NHC guy on 870 AM radio said animals are leaving the coast. "Flocks of snakes and turtles".

Soon to be followed by a "herd of birds".

It's a "bed" or "den" of snakes when they're hibernating or breeding, but when they're on the move it is a "slither of snakes". Turtles are always a "bale of turtles".

I knew that odd little book An Exaltation of Larks would come in handy some day.

[janetjanet998]

i have been posting over on this forum for days http://www.easternuswx.com/bb/index.php?showforum=15 and have called everything dead on...they all made fun of me when i said this may hit CAT 5.....i tried to explain why several times.
I first noticed yesterday how big the overall influence was.. plus the best outflow i have ever seen, over SST of 88-90F.....seems all my predictions are coming true...it reminds me of Gilbert..i followed that storm too it grew larger then bombed out...it had the same great huge outflow
---------------- posted this at 7am yesterday when i said it may hit CAT5
1. looks very good now
2, outflow great
3. shear low
4. SST in gulf 87-91 degrees

not sure how much dry air is around though... i can see it exploding..then going through ERC cycle's and each time expanding the winds field(aka growing larger) -----------------------end------------------------------
so i will say it again.. if you are in N.O. now GET OUT NOW...

[steve86]

The one guy's working on his sixth or seventh "Cheer for Katrina"

He'll be passed out or hungover when the dip finally gets around to the evacuation order.

[Fawn]

There are going to be alot of dead and homeless animals up there.....so sad.....

[beyond the sea]

"Say Bert, you feeling a little breeze pickin' up?"

[Termite_Commander]

Max Mayfield saying it could be a Cat 5 really worries me.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Interesting, thanks for the info. The NWS has been consistent with keeping the upper TX coast within the strike percentages, even if not in the cone.

[mhking]

Hi -- I'm back home finally (been busy all day).

WWL-TV is up and streaming at mms://beloint.wm.llnwd.net/beloint_wwltv

Copy and paste the link into your Windows Media Player.
It is an incredibly busy link.

I'm still looking, but it looks like that is the only TV station in N.O. that's streaming right now -- WDSU may start streaming soon, but I don't have anything on them yet.

[LA Woman3]

You found them!! It would be funny if it wasn't so sad...

[beyond the sea]

The hares are gone.

[NautiNurse]

Always something learned around here--thanks!