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Yeah, the Superdome area is one of the highest in NOLA -- plenty others are much lower and reporters were wise to not stay there.
Anything for some Jelly. LOL. You're welcome.
Yeah, the Superdome area is one of the highest in NOLA -- plenty others are much lower and reporters were wise to not stay there.
I stayed off that Lake back in April. There was a good restaurant there. I forgot the name of it. It was up the street from that casino that was on the Lake.
The French Quarter still lives...Shepard Smith just did a live broadcast from Bourbon street and there is very little damage and no standing water on the streets.
Reports are that the French Quarter/Uptown (Tulane University) area came through pretty much untouched, but that the east side of town got rocked.
This is so bizarre. The storm was definetly a Cat 4 at landfall, but the loss of convection just rendered the western side weak as all . 30 miles was the difference here, if not less!
My prayers are with everyone in the affected areas.I wish everyone well and hope for a speedy recovery.
Actually I'd say one mile, given what the French Quarter is dealing with (wet streets, no flooding) compared to the eastern side of NO (14 ft. of water in the streets).30 miles was the difference here, if not less!
You're probably right on that AHF. Pretty amazing.
Here are some numbers Jeff Masters just posted:
Storm surge and rainfall
According to NHC and NWS sources, peak storm surge values were 22 feet in Bay Saint Louis, MS, and 20 feet along many areas of eastern Louisiana. Southwest Lake Pontchartrain received a 10-12 foot storm surge. Mobile Bay received a 9-12 foot storm surge, and Biloxi at least 10 feet. Exact surge heights have been difficult to measure since most of the tide gauges were destroyed by the hurricane. Peak rainfall from Katrina was over the central coast of Mississippi, where radar estimated 8-12 inches fell.
Six weather radars fail
As of 11am EDT, communications with six National Weather Service radar sites failed. No radar information is available from the New Orleans, Lake Charles, and Fort Polk stations in Louisiana, Jackson and Columbus AFB stations in Mississippi, and the Red Bay station in the Florida Panhandle. The NWS offices are still able to send out warnings and forecasts.
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Camille still holds the record on surge at 24 feet, but this was very close to that.
I think when it's all said and done, Katrina will have generated a surge greater than that.Camille still holds the record on surge at 24 feet, but this was very close to that.
I understand their prelim reports, just expect them to change.
Nearly 800,000 Without Power Approximately 770,000 Entergy electric customers are without power -- and officials say it could be a month before power is restored to the New Orleans area. In some neighborhoods, only the rooftops of some homes are visible. In the central business district, cars are overturned, trees and power lines are downed, and cars were crushed by falling bricks.
Office Depot is reported to have already made a million dollar donation to the Red Cross along with other donations in the form of supplies. And they are challenging any other company to match their donation.
http://headlines.accuweather.com/new...dc=0&article=5
Where does Katrina fit into History?
Atlantic Basin HurricanesLowest Pressure
1. Gilbert (1988)888mb2. Labor day (1935)892mb3. Allen (1980)899mb4. Katrina (2005)902mb5. Camille (1969)905mb6. Mitch (1998)905mb7. Ivan (2004)910mb
*Andrew (1992)922mb
Super Typhoon Tip hit 870mb
At its largest, it was 1300 miles wide -or about Arizona to Canada
Ten deaths so far. But all these reports are initial. They haven't even begun to get to the worst hit areas. Keep your pants on.
Yes. 3 People died in New Orleans last night and there may be 100's dead in Mississippi.
how is it that you have access to a message board but not to the news?
yes.
And the emergency crews can't even get out and LOOK yet...you can still expect 100+ deaths from this one...
Sorry if these have already been posted...
The people inside the Superdome.
He's an (expansively)selective idiot.
who says hundreds of thousands of prayers all at once can't cause a little miracle now and then
funny..that looks like the superdome but they don't LOOK like Saints fans...
They have no clue how many died yet, because they haven't had a chance to get out and look for bodies.I told you all there would be very few deaths, if any. Has anyone died yet?
dude,already
it makes me wish you were in New Orleans right now
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