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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
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| 28 August 2005
| NOAA - NHC
Posted on 08/28/2005 2:38:16 PM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: seams2me
Thank you! I was looking for "back up".
sw
2,061
posted on
08/28/2005 6:29:30 PM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife (God Save New Orleans)
To: Rainmist
The idiot mayor of NO is a DemocRat, isn't he ? No comment Yes, but he supported Bush for president last year.
To: oceanview
The National Hurricane Center's predictions always err on the side of caution. If a hurricane is coming close to Miami, the path will initially put it on that course to scare more people into fleeing.
The National Weather Service, on the other hand, errs on the side of caution as well, but will not track a hurricane into a population center unless the track actually goes in that direction.
In either case, following the weather blogs that are out there and looking at the raw model data generally gives the true answer. NHC and NWS predictions will generally match when there is less than 18 hours to landfall.
I would not be anywhere within 125 miles of N.O. this evening for any amount of money, and being within 250 miles would take one heck of a big payoff. This is a monster, this monster is coming on shore, and the only question at this point is what percentage of the population will live and how many months it will take before the majority of people will be able to return.
I'm hopeful that this won't be the case, but nothing I've seen so far has made me confident that the levees will stand, that a large portion of southeast Louisiana will be under water, and that this will be the most expensive natural disaster in history.
2,063
posted on
08/28/2005 6:29:51 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Draft Fmr Senator Fred Thompson for '08.)
To: WestCoastGal
Insurance? Sure.
Along with the standard deductible per occurrence, (The eyes of two major hurricance passed over within 3 weeks - This was the first) there was the 5% hurricane deductible, per occurrence.
Without going into detail, it, along with the loss of business, wiped us out.
I didn't stay for the second one. (Hurricane Jeanne)
I flew out in my last aircraft, and I'm ready to this year again.
2,064
posted on
08/28/2005 6:29:51 PM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: sheikdetailfeather
To: Fudd Fan
Geraldo starting on FNC... let's all switch channels together!LOL!!! OMG, I can't stop laughing!
You forgot to say, "1,2,3"
Geraldo is on for TWO HOURS tonight!
To: homemom
FEMA guy Marty at the Superdome was asked about food: Oh yes, he says, the National Guard brought in 15 thousand MREs and 5 truckloads of water, enough to sustain these people for several days. (Um, they're estimating 30,000 people there already. 15,000 MREs means everybody gets half a meal, once. Hopefully the National Guard has delivered just the first of many truckloads of MREs, 'cause things are going to get really ugly if the people have to stay for several days without food.)
2,067
posted on
08/28/2005 6:29:56 PM PDT
by
shezza
(God Bless Our Troops)
To: tet68
What kinda party is that? New Orleans sucks :-p
To: Gabz
Darn it, I wanted to see him in NO! I love it when the reporters are outside all wet and in the wind . . . Don't get me wrong, I DO want them all to be safe . . .
2,069
posted on
08/28/2005 6:30:12 PM PDT
by
homemom
("You can't abandon the "excellent" in your quest for the "perfect." Zell Miller on H&C 8/10/05)
To: tet68
To: WestCoastGal
Did you put your house up for sale?
2,071
posted on
08/28/2005 6:30:36 PM PDT
by
bonfire
(dwindler)
To: Admin Moderator
2,072
posted on
08/28/2005 6:30:38 PM PDT
by
mware
(Trollhunter of Note)
To: Blogger
Okay, I know I will get flamed for this one. I actually LIKE Geraldo! NO flame from me. Geraldo can be annoying at times - but I've got a soft spot for him from back when he was just a street reporter in NYC back in the early 70s.
2,073
posted on
08/28/2005 6:30:43 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(USSG Warning: portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)
To: proud American in Canada
To: Blogger
One thing I do like about Geraldo is when he is with the troops in Iraq or Afghanistan. He always praises them and lets them say hi to their families etc.
2,075
posted on
08/28/2005 6:30:48 PM PDT
by
WestCoastGal
(Thank you JR for pulling this limping team across the finish in 9th place)
Anybody have an update on the people in the bars? Shep interviewed people at some packed bars this afternoon. Did they wise up and leave or not?
2,076
posted on
08/28/2005 6:30:52 PM PDT
by
Danette
("If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.")
To: Tuxedo
< No, the Cuyahoga fire happened about ten years or so before Kucinich. >
Ok...but what was the why and how?
2,077
posted on
08/28/2005 6:31:02 PM PDT
by
GOP_Proud
(Those who preach tolerance most, have the least for my views.)
To: Rebelbase
It's a Galveston 1900 storm all over again.I've been thinking the same thing.
To: CFC__VRWC
the tradeoff is wind/surge versus flooding from the lake. not sure which one is "better". most of the weather saavy people on this thread believe its "better" for the eye to go west of NO, even if its just slightly west of it, rather then east.
its funny that none of the weather forecasters - Lyons. Mayfield, Bastardi - talk about this.
To: YaYa123; Ramius
I'd pat these people down too! And when the bad guys get hungry, when they can't sleep, or go to the bathroom, when they start cussing, and fighting among themselves, you'd be glad they weren't armed.It'd be faster, and safer, if they just handed everyone a baseball bat.
2,080
posted on
08/28/2005 6:31:13 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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