ABBY & OTHERS IN THE BIG EASY
08-27-2005, 09:34 PM
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T his may be overkill but try to find a parking garage or space in/attached to a hospital. It is more likely to be stronger and resistant to lateral forces.
08-27-2005, 10:39 PM
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Took the 928 to a parking garage and put it along the biggest wall, right in th middle on the 5th floor. And covered it.
If something happens to it there, I have way bigger issues than my Shark!
I'll be pulling outta here at 4am.
Thanks to all of you keeping us in your thoughts!
If something happens to it there, I have way bigger issues than my Shark!
I'll be pulling outta here at 4am.
Thanks to all of you keeping us in your thoughts!
08-27-2005, 10:40 PM
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Good luck.
If you see a Silver Odyssey with a white LSU sticker on the back playing cartoons on the DVD wave 'cause it's the trash talking Fantasy Football playing wife of mine.
If you see a Silver Odyssey with a white LSU sticker on the back playing cartoons on the DVD wave 'cause it's the trash talking Fantasy Football playing wife of mine.
08-27-2005, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by ELLSSUU
Good luck.
If you see a Silver Odyssey with a white LSU sticker on the back playing cartoons on the DVD wave 'cause it's the trash talking Fantasy Football playing wife of mine.
If you see a Silver Odyssey with a white LSU sticker on the back playing cartoons on the DVD wave 'cause it's the trash talking Fantasy Football playing wife of mine.
Will do, and thanks for the generous offers. Let her know if a Black Armada with a Northpark Nissan plate and the DVD playing wave at her, it was us..
08-28-2005, 12:22 PM
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Holy cow, that storm if freakin strong! I awoke this morning to NOAA predicting, at least, 175 mph sustained winds when it hits. I have never seen a hurricane with winds that strong. I think New Orleans will suffer extreme damages, like the US has never seen before, from wind and storm driven surf. This one will make Andrew look anemic in comparison.
Abby and the other people of New Orleans please stay safe and if you are not out of there yet....GET OUT NOW!!!!
I have been through many direct hits from hurricanes in the last decade but nothing like this. When Ivan hit, it looked as if a nuclear bomb was detonated off our coast. This one will look as if multiple bombs were set-off. I can't image any place in New Orleans will be safe. The people that are going to the Superdome for shelter should be bussed out of harms way. I just can't image that place will weather this storm without colapsing like many of our shelters suffered from a catagory three storm. However, this one is so much stronger than Ivan it's disturbing.
I don't think I'll sleep very well tonight because that storm could shift and really hammer us too. Anyway, I think I'll start clearing my lawn furniture and other items that are outside....just in case.
Abby and the other people of New Orleans please stay safe and if you are not out of there yet....GET OUT NOW!!!!
I have been through many direct hits from hurricanes in the last decade but nothing like this. When Ivan hit, it looked as if a nuclear bomb was detonated off our coast. This one will look as if multiple bombs were set-off. I can't image any place in New Orleans will be safe. The people that are going to the Superdome for shelter should be bussed out of harms way. I just can't image that place will weather this storm without colapsing like many of our shelters suffered from a catagory three storm. However, this one is so much stronger than Ivan it's disturbing.
I don't think I'll sleep very well tonight because that storm could shift and really hammer us too. Anyway, I think I'll start clearing my lawn furniture and other items that are outside....just in case.
08-28-2005, 02:26 PM
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I echo what Nowak says. This thing is like NOTHING I have ever seen in my 20 years on the Gulf Coase....it is probably more like EVERYTHING I have seen rolled up into one!
P'cola is about 200 miles from N.O. - IF (BIG IF!) it stays on the current track - they are calling for 14-16 hours of 60-80 MPH winds for us tomorrow! Mobile bay (150 mi from NO) is having RECORD storm surges forecast.
A slight wobble of a couple degrees to the NE will be BAD BAD BAD for us.
Shark is in the garage - poised and ready to act as a Chevron Tanker for the generator (as she did during Ivan and Dennis). The 951 is covered in the driveway jammed in between the Turd and my truck.
Voluntary & mandatory Evacs have been announced for all south if I-10 thru Miss & ALA. DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY! Nowak is NOT being exagerative in his descriptions of looking like a nuclear bomb aftermath when Ivan came thru!
GOD SPEED to all in the path!
P'cola is about 200 miles from N.O. - IF (BIG IF!) it stays on the current track - they are calling for 14-16 hours of 60-80 MPH winds for us tomorrow! Mobile bay (150 mi from NO) is having RECORD storm surges forecast.
A slight wobble of a couple degrees to the NE will be BAD BAD BAD for us.
Shark is in the garage - poised and ready to act as a Chevron Tanker for the generator (as she did during Ivan and Dennis). The 951 is covered in the driveway jammed in between the Turd and my truck.
Voluntary & mandatory Evacs have been announced for all south if I-10 thru Miss & ALA. DON'T TAKE THIS LIGHTLY! Nowak is NOT being exagerative in his descriptions of looking like a nuclear bomb aftermath when Ivan came thru!
GOD SPEED to all in the path!
08-28-2005, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim Nowak
For those that are familiar with tornados but not hurricanes, the winds from hurricane Katrina are the equivalent to a giant F3 tornado on the Fujitsu scale.
08-28-2005, 02:34 PM
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And death rode a pale horse...
WTUS84 KLIX 281521
HLSLIX
LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-281900-
HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1015 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
...HURRICANE KATRINA NOW A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 175 MPH...
...DIRECT STRIKE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING
HURRICANE EXPECTED...
...RUSH PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO COMPLETION AND LEAVE THE AREA
NOW!...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER....
...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING WEST NORTHWEST IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO...
...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES
ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...ST
BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE...
LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON.
IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON
...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE
ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS
AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 225 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR
SIMPSON SCALE. SOME MINOR FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE LANDFALL AT A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED
160 MPH WINDS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 12 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILYS LIVES. FOLLOW LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS
RECOMMENDATIONS AND LEAVE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NOW BEFORE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WORSEN. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD RUSH PREPARATIONS FOR THE LANDFALL OF A
CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WITH DAMAGING
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH STORM SURGE.
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA PARISHES AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. RESIDENTS SHOULD
FOLLOW EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCAL PARISH OFFICIALS.
...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO COAST AS A CATASTROPHIC LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE. WHILE
EXACT LOCATION LANDFALL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT AND
LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE
NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE LANDFALL AREA. A FEW AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS HIGH AS 25 FEET ALONG WITH LARGE
AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE
CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO STORM SURGE
FLOODING SHOULD LEAVE NOW! HEED EVACUATION RECOMMENDATION FROM LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. SECONDARY ROADS OUTSIDE LEVEE
PROTECTION WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
...WIND IMPACTS...
EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 25 MPH SHOULD CONTINUE OVER
THE REGION TODAY...THEN INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OVERSPREAD THE
COASTAL AREAS THIS EVENING AND THE REMAINDER OF THE INLAND AREAS BY
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BEGIN BY
MIDNIGHT AND MOVE INLAND MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
KATRINA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ASHORE AS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE...
SIMILAR IN STRENGTH TO HURRICANE CAMILLE IN 1969. WINDS ASSOCIATED
CATEGORY 4 AND CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE
HOMES...AND CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ARE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCED ON UPPER FLOORS OF
TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE.
...RAINFALL...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE NORTH AND SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 PM CDT.
WTUS84 KLIX 281521
HLSLIX
LAZ038-040-050-056>070-MSZ080>082-281900-
HURRICANE KATRINA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1015 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
...HURRICANE KATRINA NOW A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 175 MPH...
...DIRECT STRIKE OF POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC AND LIFE THREATENING
HURRICANE EXPECTED...
...RUSH PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO COMPLETION AND LEAVE THE AREA
NOW!...
...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI FROM MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE ALABAMA FLORIDA BORDER....
...DANGEROUS HURRICANE KATRINA MOVING WEST NORTHWEST IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO...
...AREAS AFFECTED...
IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...THE FOLLOWING PARISHES
ASSUMPTION...ST JAMES...ST JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST CHARLES...ST
BERNARD...TERREBONNE...ORLEANS...JEFFERSON...PLAQUEMINE...
LAFOURCHE...ST TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...LIVINGSTON.
IN COASTAL MISSISSIPPI...THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON
...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF MORGAN CITY EAST TO THE
ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE METRO NEW ORLEANS
AREA...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 10 AM CDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 225 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 175 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
HURRICANE KATRINA IS A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR
SIMPSON SCALE. SOME MINOR FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH IS POSSIBLE
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER...KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO
MAKE LANDFALL AT A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE PACKING SUSTAINED
160 MPH WINDS. HURRICANE KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 12 MPH AND A GRADUAL TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED
LATER TODAY.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PROTECT YOU AND YOUR FAMILYS LIVES. FOLLOW LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS
RECOMMENDATIONS AND LEAVE HURRICANE WARNING AREA NOW BEFORE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WORSEN. RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI SHOULD RUSH PREPARATIONS FOR THE LANDFALL OF A
CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...WITH DAMAGING
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS AND HIGH STORM SURGE.
MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDERS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA PARISHES AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES. RESIDENTS SHOULD
FOLLOW EVACUATION RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LOCAL PARISH OFFICIALS.
...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO COAST AS A CATASTROPHIC LIFE THREATENING HURRICANE. WHILE
EXACT LOCATION LANDFALL IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...SIGNIFICANT AND
LIFE THREATENING STORM SURGE 18 TO 22 FEET ABOVE NORMAL IS POSSIBLE
NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE LANDFALL AREA. A FEW AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE STORM SURGE FLOODING AS HIGH AS 25 FEET ALONG WITH LARGE
AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE
CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. RESIDENTS IN AREAS PRONE TO STORM SURGE
FLOODING SHOULD LEAVE NOW! HEED EVACUATION RECOMMENDATION FROM LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS. SECONDARY ROADS OUTSIDE LEVEE
PROTECTION WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
...WIND IMPACTS...
EAST TO NORTHEAST WIND OF 20 TO 25 MPH SHOULD CONTINUE OVER
THE REGION TODAY...THEN INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING
TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO OVERSPREAD THE
COASTAL AREAS THIS EVENING AND THE REMAINDER OF THE INLAND AREAS BY
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO BEGIN BY
MIDNIGHT AND MOVE INLAND MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
KATRINA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ASHORE AS CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE...
SIMILAR IN STRENGTH TO HURRICANE CAMILLE IN 1969. WINDS ASSOCIATED
CATEGORY 4 AND CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE CAN TOTALLY DESTROY MOBILE
HOMES...AND CAUSE MAJOR DAMAGE TO EVEN WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
HIGHER WIND SPEEDS ARE LIKELY TO BE EXPERIENCED ON UPPER FLOORS OF
TALL BUILDINGS CAUSING DAMAGE.
...RAINFALL...
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE NORTH AND SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 130 PM CDT.
08-28-2005, 02:37 PM
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Now THIS is scary - here's a portion of an experts summary from the weather underground (wunderground.com)
"The wave heights within 20 miles of the northeast eyewall will attain 60-70 feet which will ride atop the 25 foot storm surge itself."
Also - I read yesterday, a 2-year old article written by the Red Cross - it stated that if a CAT 4 hit N.O. head on, 100,000 deaths could occur!
"The wave heights within 20 miles of the northeast eyewall will attain 60-70 feet which will ride atop the 25 foot storm surge itself."
Also - I read yesterday, a 2-year old article written by the Red Cross - it stated that if a CAT 4 hit N.O. head on, 100,000 deaths could occur!
08-28-2005, 04:08 PM
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It's getting scarier by the minute!
My good friend and his wife just caught the last flight out of NO - all flights in and out of NO have now been suspended. They'll be here around 4:30 today.
I've stocked up the liquor cabinet - I have a feeling they'll need it!
My good friend and his wife just caught the last flight out of NO - all flights in and out of NO have now been suspended. They'll be here around 4:30 today.
I've stocked up the liquor cabinet - I have a feeling they'll need it!