Katrina
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I hope all of the members from that live in the Gulf Coast area stay safe and hopefully Katrina, fizzles out or misses you all.
I got lucky that it wobbled south and missed me. I hope you all can say the same thing.
Take care!!!
I got lucky that it wobbled south and missed me. I hope you all can say the same thing.
Take care!!!
After all these years,
My C/T still sucks!
My C/T still sucks!
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From: Orlando(DP!) Florida
Gawd. New Orleans.
NOT good news.
Looks really bad.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/28/hurr...rina/index.html
NOT good news.
Looks really bad.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/08/28/hurr...rina/index.html
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From: Glenn Mills, Pennsylvania
She's sure as heck not fizzling out, winds @ 160mph, the national weather service aircraft flying above to get reading 7000ft altitude was reading gusts up to 190mph. If anyone is there, get out while you can.
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Originally posted by kevinv-6@August 28, 2005, 10:51 AM
i just heard that my brother in law and his family is stuck there.. they live outside of NewOrleans ....UGH!!!
i lived there as a kid
i just heard that my brother in law and his family is stuck there.. they live outside of NewOrleans ....UGH!!!
i lived there as a kid
How far outside N.O and in what direction? If the winds stay at 175mph when it makes landfall, it will destroy almost every structure in it's path. This will be the most costly hurricane in history.
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they live in the destrhan/laplace(st.charles parish if i remember correctly) area which is west of new orleans....
anyone heard from Acadian(Ian) I know he lives in La. but I dont know where. i hope he is out of harms way
anyone heard from Acadian(Ian) I know he lives in La. but I dont know where. i hope he is out of harms way
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It's looking really bad
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATC...ml/241445.shtml
Even NOAA is getting shaky. Katrina has turned into a monster, I've never seen something like this. Please get out.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATC...ml/241445.shtml
Even NOAA is getting shaky. Katrina has turned into a monster, I've never seen something like this. Please get out.
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I've never seen an NOAA warning like this one.
Some quotes:
HURRICANE KATRINA
A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.
HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE
OUTSIDE!
Katrina just passed through over the past few days and was just a particularly wicked rainstorm (was barely a sev 1). Now this thing looks nasty.
Some quotes:
HURRICANE KATRINA
A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.
HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE KILLED.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE
OUTSIDE!
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Originally posted by Donna@August 28, 2005, 12:21 PM
Isn't HorsC (Celeste) from Louisiana too and I think southernstanggirlie is from down that way too.
You guys stay safe!!
Isn't HorsC (Celeste) from Louisiana too and I think southernstanggirlie is from down that way too.
You guys stay safe!!
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From: Mobile, AL
Acadian lives on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. I hope he and everyone else in the area is ok.
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These are the ones that are working:
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Rivercam
Beadcam
Quartercam
Bridgecam
and Oystercam
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take care of yourself!!! where are you in La.?
