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good ing lord.
Louis Armstrong NO Intl. Airport
good ing lord.
US Army Corps of Engineers Data
Expected Flooding from Fast Moving Hurricanes in Southeast Louisiana
http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/press/...stMovingSg.pdf
I'm supposed to be asleep by now, but I just can't sleep knowing that so many people are frightened on what Is going to happen with this Hurricane.
The ed up thing is a bunch of people went to Baton Rouge, and they're forecasting that this thing will still be a cat 4 after it leaves La.
A lot of people are going to die well north of NO.
Turn on MSNBC. They've got a storm chaser heading into NO on right now.
damn, I hope that airport doesn't have much glass in it.
The WC was reporting to go west and east but not north, but they prob. couldn't handle the traffic.
I keep waiting for the next vortex signal from the recon flight. I hope we get that soon.
Johnny Blaze, the SLOSH study was based on a cat 3 hurricane. this will be worse.
Driving from houston out to College Station I was listening to the AM radio, one of the stations in La. was broadcasting loud in clear out of Baton Rouge - people were calling in with info. as to what roads were the clearest so they could help those stuck in traffic jams.
Pretty wild.
Was it something near 850AM? A few nights ago, I picked up the Saints-Ravens game out of Shreveport?
fun stuff from cnn.com
Floodwaters from the east will carry toxic waste from the "Industrial Canal" area, nicknamed after the chemical plants there. From the west, floodwaters would flow through the Norco Destrehan Industrial Complex, which includes refineries and chemical plants, said van Heerden, who has studied computer models about the impact of a strong hurricane for four years.
"These chemical plants are going to start flying apart, just as the other buildings do," he predicted. "So, we have the potential for release of benzene, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and so on."
That could result in severe air and water pollution, he said.
In New Orleans, which lies below sea level, gas and diesel tanks are all located above ground for the same reason that bodies are buried above ground. In the event of a flood, "those tanks will start to float, shear their couplings, and we'll have the release of these rather volatile compounds," van Heerden added.
Because gasoline floats on water, "we could end up with some pretty severe and large -- area-wise -- fires."
"So, we're looking at a bowl full of highly contaminated water with contaminated air flowing around and, literally, very few places for anybody to go where they'll be safe."
He went further.
"So, imagine you're the poor person who decides not to evacuate: Your house will disintegrate around you. The best you'll be able to do is hang on to a light pole, and while you're hanging on, the fire ants from all the mounds -- of which there is two per yard on average -- will clamber up that same pole. And, eventually, the fire ants will win."
that place is also known as cancer alley btw
http://www.khou.com/perl/common/vide...props=livenoad
Looks like the downtime thinned out the WWL feed.
Speaking of traffic:
I'd hate to be on a LA highway when that thing comes in. That has to be insanity.
Yeah, and I wonder what the longterm impact of those pollutants being carried into the Gulf by the Mississippi will be? Can't be good.
"that place is also known as cancer alley btw"
Years ago I saw map of lower Mississippi R. from Baton Rouge south, showing the concentration of liver, brain, blood, kidney, etc, cancers. A horror show. Part of it from the chemical industry, part of it is from all the crap coming down the Missississippi from way up north, agricultural/animal-raising runoff (fertlizer, insecticides, animal , etc.)
Then the Mississippi runs into the Gulf to create a huge dead zone where nothing lives. The Mississippi is America's septic/sewer system.
yeah, we here in texas may think that we out of harms way but i dont know, we're ed if the gulf gets contaminated
Over at FARK.com, there is a Farker who is in NO and didn't leave.
He's posting as long as his power stays on.
Search the thread for djrezin8.
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comm...IDLink=1641841
Yeah, I believe it was 870 AM. Shreveport? I thought they said BR, but it's entirely possible it was Shreveport. I couldn't believe how clear their signal was coming in, must have one of an antenna.Was it something near 850AM? A few nights ago, I picked up the Saints-Ravens game out of Shreveport?
I don't get how you can have a pileup with traffic moving so slow. Sheesh.
I'm thinking the gulf is too damn big to get contaminated.
Like spilling a cap of bleach in a floor tub.
no way, the whole thing wouldnt have to get contaminated for the the results to be devestating
All I know is the French, Germans, Brits, Russkies, etc. better be stepping up to help with disaster relief.
We've been picking countries up and dusting them off from natural disasters for decades now, let's see some love in return.
We are talking a whole ecosystem, it would be like pouring a cap of bleach on a bacteria culture.
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