Cat 5 Hurricane Katrina

[rixxxgolf]

Good plan cold - make a super slide show.

[Marcus_surfer]

This hurricane is looking extreme. I was just on wunderground and i had to wait because it was 2 busy!

[MAF]

Hard to believe something so beautiful and mezmorizing is so hateful and destructive.

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yes mate, bet the news channels are loving this though.

[AmericanIceman]

On WDSU, they said that 902 is the lowest ever in the Gulf?!

[Guest Nelbertine]

The latest advisory from the NHC - another one due at 4pm CDT (9pm? GMT)

I was in Lafayette when Andrew hit land for the second time in August 1992 and it was terrifying, even though the storm had lost some pull travelling over Florida and hit land a fair way west of there. Two categories higher, I can't imagine what this one will wreak.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATC...ml/281737.shtml

For the linkly-challenged.....

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HURRICANE KATRINA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 23A

NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL

1 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE KATRINA MENACING THE NORTHERN

GULF COAST...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF COAST

FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA

BORDER...INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN.

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED

WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO

PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM

EAST OF THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER TO DESTIN FLORIDA...AND FROM

WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA. A TROPICAL

STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED

WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. A HURRICANE WATCH

MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH

AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM DESTIN FLORIDA

EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS FLORIDA...AND FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY

LOUISIANA WESTWARD TO CAMERON LOUISIANA.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE

INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED

BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED

NEAR LATITUDE 26.5 NORTH... LONGITUDE 88.6 WEST OR ABOUT 180 MILES

SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH...AND A TURN

TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

KATRINA IS A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON

THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY

DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM THE

CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP

TO 205 MILES.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 906 MB...26.75 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE

LEVELS...LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 28 FEET ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS

BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE

CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL OCCUR

ELSEWHERE ALONG THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO COAST.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF

15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF KATRINA ACROSS THE GULF

COAST AND THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES

ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES

REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THIS EVENING OVER

SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...AND ALABAMA...AND

OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE.

REPEATING THE 1 PM CDT POSITION...26.5 N... 88.6 W. MOVEMENT

TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 13 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...

175 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 906 MB.

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT

4 PM CDT.

FORECASTER PASCH

Edited August 28, 2005 by Nelbertine

[Kain]

That satellite loop is simply majestic.

Kain

[rixxxgolf]

I think this is all quite boring lol...

Or as my ex-trawlerman Dad would say... "I've fished in worse than that!"

Class.

[Guest Nelbertine]

I think this is all quite boring lol...

Or as my ex-trawlerman Dad would say... "I've fished in worse than that!"

Class.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Like a friend who went out on bulk carriers in the Baltic said after the 1990 storm had brought down all the trees in his garden

'Aye, was a bit of a blow, but nowt to stop the team bein' made!'

Edited August 28, 2005 by Nelbertine

[rixxxgolf]

 

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Oi OI a Louther!!!! How ya doing - Grimsby here lol.

[Mondy]

Anyway.

For Wibs who enquired about the goings on, this is actually pretty accurate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina

[A Gower Guy]

What time is it expected to make landfall, would night time be best?

[rixxxgolf]

11:0 - 13:00 our time tomorrow boss.

[Guest Nelbertine]

What time is it expected to make landfall, would night time be best?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

as of 6pm GMT it was 180 miles SSE of the Mississippi delta - so Travelling at 13mph, the centre should make landfall in about 14 hours from 6PM - 2pm GMT tomorrow afternoon - though I'm no expert. Is this right, those with more knowledge than me?

[Carl]

Sheppard Smith on Fox News is reporting that people are refusing to leave because the media hype these things up.

For gods sake. Surely they can see this footage and data? What is wrong with them?

Yes, the media hype a lot of stuff up but this is so much more, its blatant.

I hope they take heed but i'm afraid the only people i pity are those who can't afford to get out of town.. the rest don't deserve sympathy.

Why didn't the government put buses and trains on for those who couldn't afford to get out?

Carl

[kold weather]

I suppose it also depends on how quick its foward speed,but I'd say that the hurricane force winds are only 9-12hrs away from New Orleans,and probably even sooner closer to the coast,maybe only 6hrs away I suspect.The eye will come ashore sometime early tommorow,sometime early afternoon our time if it keeps up its current foward speed.

Currently moving to the north-west at 13mph.

Edited August 28, 2005 by kold weather

[rixxxgolf]

6-8am THERE time, not sure what time shift it is to us. I'm watching ALL DAY tomorrow.

[Mondy]

196 mph sustained speed now

Outer rainband with hail now approaching: http://www.duats.com/graphics/reg15loop.html

[A Gower Guy]

Surely its better to be safe than sorry.

Although I'd be a bit worried about leaving my home, because even if the hurricane doesn't destroy your home, it could be looted.

[AmericanIceman]

196 mph sustained speed now

Outer rainband with hail now approaching: http://www.duats.com/graphics/reg15loop.html

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On the SURFACE?!

[pinball wizard]

196 mph sustained speed now

Outer rainband with hail now approaching: http://www.duats.com/graphics/reg15loop.html

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Where do you get the 196mph figure from?

[Carl]

Surely its better to be safe than sorry.

Although I'd be a bit worried about leaving my home, because even if the hurricane doesn't destroy your home, it could be looted.

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And if its under 20ft of water, would you care? If its looted, you'll get insurance. If you die, you get nothing.

Possessions are irrelevant in these circumstances.

Picture it, "we can handle it blah, blah, blah"

12 hours later, being battered by the most intense storm in decades, city flooded, buildings destroyed, etc.

"we're going to die, wish i'd left"

Better to come back to nothing than to be killed for a bit of furniture.

IMHO of course!

Carl

[Arrows]

Is that serious? I know it's 175mph the last time I was watching FOX. Where did you hear this??

[Mondy]

Emmm! :unsure:

I meant 169mph..sorry all!

[Arrows]

This is the weird thing. I hope knowone dies but I would like to see what a cat5 can do. It's just a spectacle to see what nature can throw at us. Anyone else want it to stay a cat 5?

[A Gower Guy]

also people who stay WILL need to be rescued putting pressure and risking emergency workers lives.