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Posted on 08/26/2005 10:25:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse
check out the size and irs still growing
infrared...
http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconusir.html
vis shot here
http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconus.html
WV here
http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconuswv.html
Yep. In the face of a Cat 3 or Cat 4 'cane! Mr. Foxy and I just looked at each other with our jaws dropped.
Oh yeah she's from here, she's a Babineaux, born in Iberia parish. She should know what to do just because she's from the southern part of the state. Stupid is as stupid does though.
ROFL!
Hey they had good timing. My sister and her family (the ones in Atlanta) left for Alaska yesterday. They're doing the whole 9 yards, Anchorage, Fairbanks and Denali.
When models showed this storm headed toward Panhandle and then Atlanta, she was a little concerned because they'd be away when it came through.
But by the time they left this AM, the track had shifted west and she felt better about leaving.
Sort of OT, but I was wondering about homes in NO. I know the buildings in the old part of the city look like they definitely won't hold up to strong hurricane winds, but what about new construction...was wondering about the construction codes in NO.
Since we put an addition on a couple years ago, and I started learning about Miami-Dade code, I often wonder about other communities on the Gulf and wonder if they, too, adopted stronger building codes after seeing the damage that Andrew caused.
Thanks for the link. The contraflow plan looks pretty good. What would make it even better would be for the state to have some emergency gasoline trucks run those routes to refuel the stranded. Hopefully that is already a part of it.
They also reported on Fox that hotels are booked solid as far to the north as Nashville and as far west as Dallas.
Some guy on TWC last night said at least four times that Hurricane Andrew (1992) came ashore 10 years, and 10 days ago.
I'm sure there will be a ton of open shelters in Shreveport and the like. I just hope people are taking this seriously enough. I remember when I first moved to LA people told me all the time how bad a cat 5 hitting NO would be so it kind of gets hammered in. Kind of like earthquakes in CA.
I had to go check it out myself after reading comments here. Here's a good one:
"I remember - this exact scenario was posed to Blanco and Bobby Jindal during a debate in the Governor's election - "What would you do if there is a category 4 or 5 hurricane off of the Louisiana coast, expected to hit Louisiana in 36 hours?" Bobby's response was to contact Washington DC to get an early disaster declaration, release the National Guard, etc. All Blanco said was "Um, I'd conatct the media, and, um, I'd work with the media, and um...."
So far, she's sticking to her plan."
That web cam is hanging up the thread.
The live shots from Fox news show the freeways moving at about 2 mph outbound. At this rate, the folks could get to Baton Rouge about the time the storm gets to Nashville.
bimp
I'll get a mod to take it off. Seemed like a good idea at the time.
Track reminds me of Hurricane Betsy. Hit New Orleans night of Sept 9, 1965. It was the first day of school, too.
It kicks in in one hour. Blanco just said so.
This thing is getting big!
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-ir4-loop.html
After having small storms for a couple years, having a big cane here is going to be something we are not used to probably. Even if it is 30-40 miles east of New Orleans or so, great damage will still be done.
Has anyone mentioned the nutria?
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