Members Gabriel E. Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Looks like Katrina will be a category 4 when she strikes and she's headed to New Orleans. I've blown off (pun intended) other storms but this one's nobody's punk. So my wife, baby daugter, cousin, mother-in-law (who's visiting), 2 dogs, 3 cats, and my cousin's 3 cats are heading to Houston to ride it out. I boarded up the house today. Hope it's still there when I get back!
Members phaeton Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Good luck man... I hope all is well when this one "blows over"
Members roland Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 and 'the Waves' too. Get it? Katrina and the Waves? "Walking on Sunshine"? OK, there has to be a joke in there somewhere. Seriously, best of luck to all of you in her path.
Members AudioMaverick Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Most of my friends thought Katrina & the Waves sucked back in the 80s! Gabriel, when you pass through Beaumont, wave at my family. If you can wave at Silsby, Vidor, and Hemphil, I'd be much ablidged. I hope for the best to you and your family... and everyone else.
Members Tedster Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Katrina and the Waves had one hit...the very catchy (whether you liked it or not) "Walking on Sunshine"...which found its way into about 20 movies. I'd like to write a sucky catchy hit like that. Gabriel...really glad to hear you're taking the "inconvenient but smart" path. Stay safe, bro...
Members Anderton Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Gabriel, you're very smart to evacuate (and board up the house). I went through two high cat 3 hurricanes in Florida last summer (130+ MPH winds) and for the second one, sent my wife and daughter away. (I would have left too, but there was an aviary that needed to be dealt with.) Your house will probably be there when you get back, but what sucks isn't so much the hurricane as the aftermath -- just trying to get water, food, and gas for a generator becomes a huge deal. Good luck, I feel for you. Let us know if your house is okay when this whole thing blows over. I'm very glad you're taking this seriously, if the hurricane hits New Orleans square on, things will be messy indeed.
Gus Lozada Posted August 28, 2005 Posted August 28, 2005 Thanks God you are prepared.Hopefully it will NOT be that bad... Good luck, amigo. Gus
Members Anderton Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Damn. It just racheted up to cat 4, sustained winds of 140MPH. Let's just hope it doesn't make a direct hit on New Orleans, and that somehow, it starts to weaken. This has the potential to get really ugly.
Members LiveMusic Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Originally posted by Anderton Damn. It just racheted up to cat 4, sustained winds of 140MPH. Now at 160mph, gusts to 195mph. Cat 5 bad girl.
Members Tedster Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Clonk here for a satellite pic...
Members LiveMusic Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Wow! 175mph with gusts to 215mph! That has to be one of the strongest ever at this point.
Members franknputer Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Time to start praying...God Bless y'all that are still there!
Members phaeton Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 If you've already left it's good that you left early instead of now. I bet that the entire state is complete madness at this point. Not anyone's fault, just they way it is... Best of luck to everyone, except the termites.
Moderators MrKnobs Posted August 28, 2005 Moderators Posted August 28, 2005 Maybe they'll try the "nuclear option" for the first time. The plans are on the books for "killing" a hurricane with a nuclear weapon. I hope they try it somewhere else first. Terry D.
Members Mr. Botch Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 The bad thing about a hurricane hitting 'Nawlins is that the entire city is, what, 14' below sea level? If a hurricane breaches the levees it'll take months to drain the city, and even with an orderly evacuation (on I-10, which parallels the coast) an expert on the news yesterday predicted 60-70K deaths!
Members franknputer Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Originally posted by Mr. Botch The bad thing about a hurricane hitting 'Nawlins is that the entire city is, what, 14' below sea level? Actually, it goes from 5 feet below to about 17 feet above sea level. But...the hurricane has an expected storm surge of 25'! And, like you said - it'll take a long time to drain the city. I'm praying hard for you folks still there, & for all my friends there that hopefully had enough sense to split. This is going to be bad. Very bad.
Members LiveMusic Posted August 28, 2005 Members Posted August 28, 2005 Amazing pic attached. Sun setting to the west casts shadows on huge eyewall. Note size of hurricane. Spans entire Gulf of Mexico.
Members franknputer Posted August 29, 2005 Members Posted August 29, 2005 Gabriel - check your PMs... Hope you've battened down your hatches as well, LiveMusic!
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted August 29, 2005 Members Posted August 29, 2005 Here's hoping the best for any N'awlins folk. If you haven't headed for high land yet, it's not too late to get going. - Jeff
Members realtrance Posted August 29, 2005 Members Posted August 29, 2005 Good luck to all of you out and around there. The NOAA latest bulletin indicates there's a chance the storm may hit at CAT 4, down to 140mph or so from the 160-175mph gusts that were measured earlier, but it's unpredictable. There's also a chance -- let us hope -- that the storm could miss Nawlins. If it doesn't... and the levees are breached... yes, it's going to be a very large tragedy. Hope for the best.
Members dahkter Posted August 29, 2005 Members Posted August 29, 2005 I am in total shock reading this, went over to CNN and the scope of this is just unbelievable.I wish peace, safety, blessings and good luck to all affected by this event...
Members Anderton Posted August 29, 2005 Members Posted August 29, 2005 The NOAA latest bulletin indicates there's a chance the storm may hit at CAT 4, down to 140mph or so from the 160-175mph gusts that were measured earlier, but it's unpredictable. There's also a chance -- let us hope -- that the storm could miss Nawlins. Let's hope. There's a big difference between 140 and 160 MPH...could mean the difference between a standard issue disaster and a once-in-a-lifetime cataclysm. Pumping out the water would be pretty hard if the electricity's out. I hope they have some honkin' gas generators, and the ability to get gas to them. After what I went through last summer, which was not as bad as this, I really feel for those in Katrina's path. It's going to be way tough even if Katrina settles down to a cat 4.
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 29, 2005 Posted August 29, 2005 Still a Cat 5, and packing 160 MPH winds... they're talking about up to 12 HOURS of hurricane force winds in some places - depending on where the eye comes ashore. Anyone in the area should be GONE, or headed to a shelter right NOW. This is definitely not a storm to be messed with. Be safe people.
Members Anderton Posted August 29, 2005 Members Posted August 29, 2005 The very latest indicates that there's some slight weakening, and that the eye may go a bit east of New Orleans...and the eye wall is deteriorating. Keep your fingers crossed!! Only problem with the eye wall deal is that with Jeanne last year, the eye wall deteriorated but then replaced itself and came back stronger. Still, while conditions are still pretty bad, it sounds like things are a tiny bit more hopeful.
Members realtrance Posted August 29, 2005 Members Posted August 29, 2005 Yep NOAA is now predicting Katrina will be hitting the coast as "strong CAT4" rather than CAT5, at around 140mph. Still nothing to sneeze at but it WILL lessen the amount of damage. New Orleans be well.
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