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FOX news: I can hear a lone horn playing Amazing Grace.
I bet it is weird to hear that.
edit: I stand corrected Misti. I am willing to bet money they will be LEAVING immediately. (they are currently in Alabama- she corrected me elsewhere)
The issues right now are with people who cannot afford/are too stupid to evacuate. i.e. not professional athletes with ~60 million invested in personel.
FOX news: I can hear a lone horn playing Amazing Grace.
I bet it is weird to hear that.
Tucsaloosa is pretty far inland. Weather.com is predicting heavy rain, so I'm sure their will be some flooding. Wind speeds were around 40 mph.
How much do you think it will weaken once it starts moving over land?
I imagine they'll be spending the rest of the weekend in Atlanta if the forecast is serious enough.
That's great.
I hope people can make it out of there. I can't imagine the fear that must be going through their heads.
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Hurricane hunters:
central pressure of 902 mb (barometric pressure of 26.59 inches)
Sustained winds of 184 mph.
Getting stronger.
this could be 911 and the Tsunami all wrapped in one, after this storm finally dies.
When it gets to ground in the middle of the country, they are talking of continued heavy rain, and and multiple tornados.
there is no reason for this.. they have had plenty of warning...
My God...
The latest from weather.com
Hurricane Katrina is an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Maximum sustained winds are at 175 mph. Katrina continues not only grow stronger, but it continues to grow larger. Hurricane-force winds extend 90 miles from the center on the eastern side of Katrina, 75 miles to the northwest and 50 miles to the southwest. Sustained tropical storm force winds are not far from the Gulf Coast and should move in later this afternoon. Katrina has turned and is moving northwest at 13 mph with a turn to the north expected tonight.
Everyone along the northern Gulf of Mexico should be completing preparations for a major hurricane and take heed of evacutation orders. Hurricane warnings are up from Morgan City, La., to the Florida-Alabama border. This includes the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch have been issued from the Alabama-Florida border eastward to Destin, Florida and from west of Morgan City to Intracoastal City, Louisiana.
A storm surge of 20 to 25 feet or more is possible along and to the east of Katrina's landfall point Monday. On top of the water rise, pounding waves of 20 to 40 feet will produce catastrophic damage at coastal locations.
Effects from Katrina will not be confined to coastal areas. Once Hurricane Katrina makes landfall, it will progress inland Monday into Tuesday with a trail of flooding rains and damaging winds across Mississippi and Alabama and then into Tennessee. Torrential, flooding rainfall is possible with the remnants of Katrina well inland, possibly into the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and the Northeast later this week.
Elsewhere, there are two areas of low pressure in the central Atlantic. The first area of low pressure is located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles. This system continues to show signs of organization and could become the next tropical depression later today or Monday. It could approach the Lesser Antilles in the next 2 to 3 days.
The other area of interest is a low pressure system that has just come off the African coast. This system also has the potential to develop into a tropical depression later today or Monday.
Tropical Depression Irwin continues to weaken in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Top winds are down to 30 mph and it may dissipate in the next 24 hours.
In the northwest Pacific Talim has become a typhoon and is forecast to grow to a 120 mph typhoon before moving across Taiwan and into mainland China in the next 3 to 4 days.
Damn, if the winds keep getting stronger, the Superdome may well turn into a death trap.
Yeah I just saw that on the Weather Channel. The 184 mph was recorded in the fly through though, it's like 175mph at the surface...not that it makes much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. Katrina is ing strong, Camille was at 909 mb and Andrew was 922 mb at landfall.
JB, you're right about the incrased infrastructure. There are way more people there.
One thing you guys need to remember is that it is virtually impossible for some of those people to leave. I feel bad for tourists who are stranded. That must be very ed.
They have the highways going 2 directions, but that ends at 4. I guess at that point they figure you're better off staying than getting stuck on the highway during the storm.
Jesus.
I saw on MSNBC a bit ago that the mayor declared hotel employees as "essential".
184 is the surface wind. 191kts was recorded at the flight level. I wonder if this was in the NE or NW quadrant. If it was in the NW, then the flythrough of the NE quadrant on the way out will probably show stronger winds.
Manny, not sure where you're getting two ways for the highways (?). Reporters on the ground in NO say I-10 is running one way - west - for all lanes.
Same for other roads leading north.
Ha, If I'm a bellhop I'm not essential. What I am is in a car on I10 on the way to my friends house in SA.
AHF, I said they will stop the contraflow at 4pm. Thats still 2 hours away bud.
3 thousand died in 9/11.there is no reason for this.. they have had plenty of warning
theres are hundreds of thousands that cant get out.
Not just NO, Biloxi, Tuscaloosa, all these waterfront towns.
We are kind focused on NO this most, but ALA and MS will get mauled as well.
This will go down as the worst natural, and unnatural disaster in the history of the world.
err, I realized my mistake. They start them back up going 2 directions at 4pm. Sorry.
Well, worst in the history of the US. This kind of storm only comes along a couple of times during a lifetime.
They're reading that NWS notice on FoxNews right now.
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!
There are freaking people PLAYING ON THE BEACH. How stupid can you be???
Tuscaloosa is in the northern part of the state. It's an hour southish of Birmingham.
Last edited by Shelly; 08-28-2005 at 02:09 PM. Reason: directions
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