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Posted on 08/28/2005 8:10:23 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Some people on the last thread were asking about Shep and the other Fox guys. The fiber optic communication system in the Superdome is down, so they may not be able to broadcast at all.
I don't know about anyone else, but I am dying to know what is going on in there.
You have been quite a trooper in keeping up with these threads. Especially as fast as they have been going. Thank You.
lol!
In all my excitement over the butter and sugar, I forgot to add corn! (Cut from fresh corn cobs.)
Oh, yeah... then she cooks it for awhile.
:-)
Why do you think? ( I missed it)
Oh no, TD13!
It may go as well as 145 mph, but I would really expect it not to weaken below 150.
It reacts VERY, VERY slowly to an ERC....and even starts strengthening before getting out of those cycles based on the last one.
St Bernard & Orleans Parishes have a TORNADO WARNING.
Then I done good at this stage of the game.
Semper Bewildered
Oops, I just said something about Ted Kennedy, can I take it back?????
Not everybody fleeing NO is so somber. Neither should we be. Donate blood tomorrow.
Methinks that website isn't telling the truth about the image being "live," as there's a big happy crowd on Bourbon St.
Things have gotton a wee bit out of control, so, I'm her for awhile.
Live Feed, Thanks...
Shep might be taking a nap, since Fox is going 24/7 with this...maybe he will be on closer to the time Katrina is supposed to hit NO.
Here is the explanation from NOAA:
"Concentric eyewall cycles" (or "eyewall replacement cycle" ) naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones , i.e. major hurricanes (winds > 50 m/s, 100 kt, 115 mph) or Catories 3, 4, and 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale. As tropical cyclones reach this threshold of intensity, they usually - but not always - have an eyewall and radius of maximum winds that contract to a very small size, around 10 to 25 km [5 to 15 mi]. At this point, some of the outer rainbands may organize into an outer ring of thunderstorms that slowly moves inward and robs the inner eyewall of its needed moisture and momentum. During this phase, the tropical cyclone is weakening (i.e. the maximum winds die off a bit and the central pressure goes up). Eventually the outer eyewall replaces the inner one completely and the storm can be the same intensity as it was previously or, in some cases, even stronger. A concentric eyewall cycle occurred in Hurricane Andrew (1992) before landfall near Miami: a strong intensity was reached, an outer eyewall formed, this contracted in concert with a pronounced weakening of the storm, and as the outer eyewall completely replaced the original one the hurricane reintensified. Another example is Hurricane Allen (1980) which went through repeated eyewall replacement cycles -- going from Categrory 5 to Category 3 status several times. To learn more about concentric eyewall cycles, read Willoughby et al. (1982) and Willoughby (1990a).
It was the discovery of concentric eyewall cycles that was partially responsible for the end of the U.S. Governements's hurricane modification experiment Project STORMFURY, since what the scientists had hoped to produce through seeding was happening frequently as a natural part of hurricane dynamics.
I couldn't agree more. It is called "comfort food" for a reason.
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