Hurricanes interest me a lot. I can’t get enough of them, although I feel for those who suffer from them. This is going to be one of those “Where were you when” moments in our lifetime. Here’s wishing our former C-USA foes at Tulane (and the rest of the area for that matter) get through this safely.
Thoughts and prayers go out tonight to those in Lousiana and Alabama.
I’m providing some links and visuals for you. Obviously, these will go down as the power grids fail.
NWS radars, usually current within 15 minutes… NWS 286-mile radar from Mobile, AL NWS 143-mile radar from Mobile, AL NWS 286-mile radar from New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA NWS 143-mile radar from New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
An intersting one to watch, estimated rainfall during the storm, usually current within 15 minutes. Mobile, AL radar storm total estimate… New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA radar storm total estimate…
That’s an interesting link, Florida49er. I keep seeing the people going into the Superdome. It’s rated for 200mph but I can only imagine the panic if the waters begin seeping in on the floor. Those souls may be stuck inside for several days and then have no where to go.
[i]Originally posted by Over40NINER[/i]@Aug 28 2005, 10:26 PM
[b] Maybe I'm wrong about this, but isn't part or all of New Orleans slighlyt below sea level? If so, I'm sure that's not gonna help any. [/b]
New Orleans averages eight feet below sea level. They just said on Tucker Carlson's show on MSNBC that the city could potentially be under water for SIX MONTHS.
Nola is below sea level on both sides, the Mississippi on the east and Lake Ponchatrain on the west. There is a levee system around the city that was begun in 1965 after flooding from hurricane Betsy. Guess what? It’s still not completed and there is some fear that a few levees could fail.
The pump system in the city works now, even when it is dry. As UNCCTF mentioned the possible flooding, those huge pumps can only remove about one inch of water per hour. But nothing like what is expected.
[i]Originally posted by Over40NINER[/i]@Aug 29 2005, 12:26 AM
[b] Maybe I'm wrong about this, but isn't part or all of New Orleans slighlyt below sea level? If so, I'm sure that's not gonna help any. [/b]
Yes. Google Earth is pretty cool to use to check out the NO geography.
this is horrible, pray we have a New Orleans left after this; the people of course and the infrastructure which effects us all. This has been inevitable for some time.
if anyone has been in the truck/suv market lately and gas prices aren’t scaring you off already I’d suggest this week on a purchase as people panic…gas prices are about to really soar thanks to Katrina and what she is hitting. supposedly prices are going to stabalize after labor day anyway.
It seems to many we’ve been hit hard of late but actually we haven’t…out of the top 60 storms to hit the US since 1854, only 19 occurred AFTER 1960 And out of the top 10 storms, only two occurred in the last 30 years, and the top storm occured 70 years ago, and half occurred before 1930…of course in terms of life, modern technology and warnings have saved many lives which they didn’t have back then…hope we don’t see many more of these anytime soon, especially not as a direct hit to a major city.
Apparently one of those pumps has failed in the 9th ward and that area is under several feet of water. If this is indeed the case, I can’t imagine how long it’s going to take to remove that water. I hope this isn’t a scenario that repeats itself citywide in NO.
I wouldn’t put the words lucky and New Orleans in the same sentence for a while. Kinda like being in a car wreck and “only” coming out completely paralyzed.
yeah things are appearing worse as day went on…the storm wasn’t near as strong as predicted though which is scary…the people that were predicting the effects of such a storm appear to have been dead on.
Thanks sadly are rapidly going downhill in New Orleans.
Efforts for the time being at least to sandbag the levee have ended and the pumps are expected to imminently fail. The entire East Side of NO is expected to be under 9 feet of water. Basically, the water won’t stop until the pressure is equal… meaning Lake Pontchatrain’s depth = water level in New Orleans unless the ACOE can get some heavy equipment in there.
Also it looks like some prisoners have taken hostages of a deputy and his family (children included).
