Oh no, TD13!
Superdome: Can It Withstand The Winds?
Ugh. The media is now asking the question we speculated about earlier: can the Superdome withstand the winds of hurricane Katrina? The answer we noted was “not sure” every time we saw it asked. And the message was consistent from every official asked - you know it’s grim when officials agree. Oh Good God, a’Mighty. They’re estimating more than the initial 30,000 people will be in the Superdome, too. Joe Bastardi is saying that if the central pressure stays so low (902 millibars), it’s even more devastating. However, the problem is that Andrew was a hurricane with a central pressure at landfall of 921 millibars - not much better. Curfew is 6pm in New Orleans, BTW, not 9pm as was originally reported to us.
We noted NOAA’s forecast discussion has not yet been posted; this is not a good sign.