Aristotle - slow your roll.
There's plenty of other threads for nonsense. This one isn't it.
One thing that was mentoined was the structural integrity of the high rise buildings in downtown NO.
If it floods, there will be waves of at least 10 feet (probably much higher) hitting the buildings constantly. That will produce force on the structures close to that of an earthquake. Combine that with the winds, and you might see some of those structures collapse.
Thats pretty damn horrible.
I don't know, i would assume it would take a category 10 to do serious damage to the Superdome.
why am i still awake?
anyone watching on msnbc? there is this one lady in houma which is supposedly further south than NOLA, and the law enforcement folks dont seem 'overly' worried about the storm, overly being there wont be total destruction.
and why is there a news person in that joint? are they truly not aware of the magnitude of this storm?
Yeah, I saw that a bunch of tourists in high rise hotels were moved up to the 5th floor. I think I would have just go the out. Even if I had to just start running as of yesterday.One thing that was mentoined was the structural integrity of the high rise buildings in downtown NO.
The Superdome is old and in ty shape. And I believe they only tested the Superdome against CAT 3 winds. Nothing higher.
it would make for an interesting picture of it all happening, not one wanted, but a pretty interesting picture.
hopefully the superdome does hold up, that itself collapsing may be the most destructive thing ever....what i dont get is why are people on the turf, isnt that supposed to be underwater if nothing else happens to that place?
Well they are saying the bottom level will likely be flooded. All that water plus the winds and the condition of the dome isn't a good scenario. Hopefully it holds up.
Still, do you expect it to fall apart?
the thing is that nobody knows.
The Superdome was given a 60% chance to survie against 165mpg winds Tek.
The lastest RECON flight shows the storm even weaker. there is shear in the atomsphere that is increasing thanks to the front coming across the country, and that is helping weaken the storm.
This is pretty damn good news. Also, they suspect preassure is up to 915mb.
Atleast the news media is covering something worthy. I'm tired of the nonstop missing white girl or the mad mom in Crawford.
Anyone see Greta cover this storm?
no doubt...still unless this thing gets down to cat 3 strength things may be finished for NOLA as we know them...just gives those in the city a greater chance of survival which is a good thing obviously.
More importantly, will Greta's plastic surgery hold up?
The latest sat images of the storm show it looking VERY ragged on the western sides. I'm not so sure a drop to a catagory 3 is out of the question.
They're saying that by noon tomorrow, it will look like an atomic bomb went off in New Orleans.
This is very disheartening.
She needs to fix her mouth. Man... And that one woman on MSNBC who sounds like a 60 year old woman who has been smoking for 55 years, pretty much she sounds like a guy.
I just heard that it went back up to almost 165 mph.
I guess we just have to wait.
Don't all hurricanes "weaken" and get a bit disorganized at night, though?The latest sat images of the storm show it looking VERY ragged on the western sides. I'm not so sure a drop to a catagory 3 is out of the question.
165? Damn.
Where'd they report this?
Looks like it is going straight north now and will track just East of the city of NO.
That might as well be a direct hit, at least the eye of the storm would give a slight reprieve.
On something that LJ was listening to on his computer.
It seems like it's been fluctuating between 155-170 all day.
It's going to suck no matter what.
ya kori where? from what i see its looking a of a lot uglier.
No, all hurricanes become more compact at night, but not ragged. They go through diurnal (day and night) cycles, but this looks more like shear or dry air intrustion because the convection didn't become compact, it is flat out disapearing.
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