storm comin'!!!

[Bright Moments]

here comes katrina!

Edited August 25, 2005 by Bright Moments

[Chuck Nessa]

I've been in my basement for years.

[catesta]

here comes katrina!

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Yep.

No doubt she tells me to get my ass off the computer and take out the trash.

[Adam]

As I recall, Katrina was always followed by the Waves.

[Dan Gould]

As I recall, Katrina was always followed by the Waves.

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But it'll be a few days before we're Walkin on Sunshine.

[BERIGAN]

As I recall, Katrina was always followed by the Waves.

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Dammit! I was sure no one else had thought of this terrible pun, and was ready to post....dammit!

[Adam]

I prefer to think of it as a delightful and obscure pop culture reference, rather than a terrible pun.

But seriously, good luck to all of you in Florida.

[montg]

I miss the 80s.

[Dan Gould]

Back to the purpose of the thread:

Its still just a strong tropical storm, but now I am hearing that landfall is predicted for the Broward County/Palm Beach County line, which puts me and Marty very much in the area that will get the "worst" of this storm, whatever that may be.

Glad we bought a generator back in June, I just hope we've got enough gas.

[Dan Gould]

Further update:

Landfall actually occured further south than anticipated, between Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood. Still we've had some very strong winds and heavy rain, yet the power and satelite TV has held on.

Don't know how long that will last though as the up-to-the-minute radar shows another strong line of storms just starting to come on shore near Boca/Delray. If I post again tonite, then we made it through that one, too.

Edit: Just realized that Evan is keeping the images at the start of the thread up to date, and you can see exactly where the eye made landfall.

Edited August 25, 2005 by Dan Gould

[BERIGAN]

I'm guessing the Florida folks are without power now. Anyone see the footage of Jim Cantore(SP?) on the weather channel? This little ol' category 1 Hurricane packed a hell of a punch where he was (Ft Lauderdale I think) storm came ashore at around 6 PM, but at 7:40, they showed him getting batted around worse than I have seen folks during Hurricanes with winds well over 100 MPH. With winds being so strong for so long explains why 1.4 Million are without power.

And the storm is expected to become a bigger hurricane in the Gulf, and head for the Panhandle Oh, and right over Atlanta like every former hurricane.

[Dan Gould]

Lucky us, I woke up to having power and a benign, sunny sky.

But if we don't hear from Marty or Evan, we may presume that they're without.

[JohnT]

Glad your okay on the east coast. We thought it might be comin' up here close to the Tampa Bay area but looks like it stayed well south of us. Feel bad for our fellow Floridians in the Panhandle -- looks like it might head for them -- they keep gettin' hit!!

Whenever these things come close, I always have to think about which Mosaic set I'd have to grab if I was making a run for it -- probably my Andrew Hill set!!

[Mark J]

Not too bad a storm here in Boca - we lost power for 9 hours (pretty standard here for even minor storms) when the eyewall came through yesterday, but power is back, no damage, not even a lot of rain. Pretty hot and dark last night however!!!!! Poor folks in Miami were hit with this bad and they didn't even expect it. It was supposed to go through Broward westward, not that odd south turn. Very strange storm.

[.:.impossible]

Glad to see the brunt of the storm so far has been water... we'll see what happens upon second landfall.

I've been in my basement for years. 

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Edited August 26, 2005 by .:.impossible

[sidewinder]

[Bright Moments]

well it hit us right in the kisser! no power for close to 30 hours. lots of damage from falling trees. flooding in many areas.

we were pretty lucky just a bunch of downed branches.

whew!

[.:.impossible]

Its not looking good for New Orleans. Can you imagine the disaster that could occur in a city like that? Not good.

[BERIGAN]

Its not looking good for New Orleans. Can you imagine the disaster that could occur in a city like that? Not good.

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Yeah, for real! Some cities have been lucky for years, and no city has been luckier for longer.

[ghost of miles]

They may offer the Superdome as shelter to folks who can't get out of the city to higher ground.

[BERIGAN]

Well, this storm just went from 115MPH, to 145 in a 3 hour period! Let's hope it overdoes it, gets real strong, then peters out somehow before landfall...a lot of people in New Orleans do not seem to be taking this seriously at all. Could be a horrible situation wherever it lands, but if it hits N.O. I can't even imagine how bad this storm would be.

[Dan Gould]

Make that 160 mph winds, Category 5, as of 6 am.

Hurricane Center "Strike Probability" chart shows New Orleans as the number one most likely point of landfall, together with some other LA town, Buras. This could be incredibly ugly. My wife just told me that FEMA's model for a Category 4 or 5 Hurricane hitting New Orleans predicts 60,000 deaths, potentially.

[.:.impossible]

The city is just not designed to sustain any weather system of this nature. The way the dams are set up around the city, the influx of water from a hurricane has nowhere to go but up. Considering the city is already below sea level, the possible outcome of this storm becomes even more difficult to fathom.

[Dan Gould]

Mandatory Evacuation Ordered for New Orleans

[Dan Gould]

Winds of 175 as of 11 am.

This is an incredible and truly frightening storm.