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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part III
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| 27 August 2005
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Posted on 08/26/2005 10:25:04 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: Amelia
What about these reporters headed to downtown NOLA for to cover the storm?They are planning to be plucked from a high rise rooftop via chopper after the storm.
841
posted on
08/27/2005 1:59:12 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: Interesting Times
842
posted on
08/27/2005 1:59:59 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: LibSnubber
They are so used to covering Florida Hurricanes. They obviously have no clue whatsoever what they are playing with.
843
posted on
08/27/2005 2:00:06 PM PDT
by
Types_with_Fist
(I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
To: beyond the sea
Hurricane Katrina Discussion Number 18
Statement as of 5:00 PM EDT on August 27, 2005
reports from Air Force Reserve and NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft... as well as the Key West WSR-88D...show that Katrina is still in a concentric eyewall cycle with the inner eyewall 9 N mi wide and the outer 45-50 N mi wide. The central pressure has risen as high as 950 mb...with the latest central pressure at 945 mb. The aircraft have found flight-level winds as high as 119 kt at 8000 ft in the outer eyewall...although measurements from the NOAA stepped frequency microwave radiometer suggest the surface winds in this area are still less than 100 kt. The initial intensity remains at 100 kt for this advisory. The initial motion remains 275/6. Katrina is south of a deep-layer ridge over the northern Gulf Coast. This ridge is forecast to weaken as a strong deep-layer trough develops over the central United States...and a new deep-layer ridge forms over the Florida Peninsula and the adjacent Atlantic. This pattern change should cause Katrina to turn northward during the next 72 hr and make landfall over the northern Gulf Coast. Track guidance remains in agreement with this scenario...although the GFS and GFDL have led an overall shift to the west toward southeast Louisiana. This
shift is not unanimous...however...as the UKMET has shifted to the east of its previous track. The new track is nudged just a little to the west of the previous track...along the west edge of the main cluster of guidance for the firs 24-36 hr and down the middle of that cluster thereafter. The track calls for landfall in southeast Louisiana in a little under 48 hr.
Katrina should strengthen as it comes out of the concentric eyewall cycle. The GFDL is now calling for a peak intensity of 131 kt... while the SHIPS model is calling for 130 kt and the FSU superensemble 128 kt. The intensity forecast will call for strengthening to 125 kt at landfall...and there remains a chance that Katrina could become a category five hurricane before landfall. There remains the possibility of another concentric eyewall cycle before landfall...which could throw off the intensity forecast a bit. The new forecast track and wind radii require a Hurricane Watch for and expanded portions of the northern Gulf Coast at this time. Hurricane warnings will likely be required later tonight for parts of the watch area. Forecaster Beven
To: beyond the sea
Yeh, imagine a 130 pound rat (Hillary). How did you manage to only weigh her a$$?
845
posted on
08/27/2005 2:00:35 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Can we swap Cindy Sheehan in Crawford for Cindy Crawford anywhere?)
To: NautiNurse
To say nothing about the fact that many of them w/b losing their lives.
846
posted on
08/27/2005 2:00:43 PM PDT
by
Tarheel
( Murphy's law #21--Internet flame wars are started by two cats who did not like their supper.)
To: Dog Gone
WDSU (New Orleans NBC) had a reporter outside the Saints practice facility telling us what their 3 options were for next weekend's preseason game in Oakland.
Like that matters.
847
posted on
08/27/2005 2:00:46 PM PDT
by
mwp99
To: NautiNurse
Hey there--ltns Hey yourself, NN.
Ominous storm you have here...
To: Interesting Times
I'll tell you about my adventure getting home Thurs night one of these days...
849
posted on
08/27/2005 2:02:45 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: janetjanet998
landfall has been pushed later it looks like
850
posted on
08/27/2005 2:03:21 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: Types_with_Fist
I realized that. I was mainly making that comment for the thread and because I brought it up in the first place.
I am on the edge of despair right now. I think we're going to see the destruction of a major American city in the next couple of days, along with irreplaceable historical sites. It will never be the same.
It's heartbreaking.
To: Types_with_Fist
"They are so used to covering Florida Hurricanes. They obviously have no clue whatsoever what they are playing with."
So true. It's not worth their lives.
852
posted on
08/27/2005 2:05:06 PM PDT
by
LibSnubber
(liberal democrats are domestic terrorists)
To: NautiNurse
Just got an e-mail from my friend- he is the director of the Southeastern VA hospitals- he just flew into NO to start the evac of all the VA hospitals in BR and NO....said it looks like it is going to be B A D...
853
posted on
08/27/2005 2:05:13 PM PDT
by
SE Mom
(God Bless those who serve)
To: Dog Gone
They could play in Tiger Stadium. They may get their new stadium after all.
To: Amelia
As a reporter, I would be willing to almost anywhere, even in a hurricane.
But, not NO. If it got me fired, so be it.
855
posted on
08/27/2005 2:05:49 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
(http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=rwfromkansas)
To: rwfromkansas
that 2pm was over new orleans..it will make make landfall or swampfall a few hours earlier
To: SE Mom
he just flew into NO to start the evac of all the VA hospitals in BR and NOBR too--whoa--that's a really tall order.
857
posted on
08/27/2005 2:06:40 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("I'd rather see someone go to work for a Republican campaign than sit on their butt."--Howard Dean)
To: LibSnubber
Fox News Channel: "The poor are effected hard, who can't afford a hotel room, which by the way are booked solid for 6 miles outside of New Orleans..."
More FNC quality at work. And of course no one has ever survived living out of their car for a couple of days...
To: Dog Gone
They are saying Cat4 and possibly Cat5 at landfall and still New Orleans is the target. The destruction of a major city is exactly what is possible if the city gets a direct hit. Most people just don't realize New Orleans' disposition and vulnerability.
Are you from the area too?
859
posted on
08/27/2005 2:08:18 PM PDT
by
Types_with_Fist
(I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
To: Dog Gone
860
posted on
08/27/2005 2:08:19 PM PDT
by
trillabodilla
(Pray for President Bush!)
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