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Ringo8n24
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MKCP 1985 said:heh, "wish I was at WDW today." I am also south of I-10, but by just less than a mile. I also hear on good authority the surge won't go across the railroad tracks.One reason we aren't leaving is because we fear we won't be able to get back when the storm is gone and we have two houses to look after - one for sale, under contract, and set to close in a couple of weeks.
That was my concern too was trying to get back home. I thought that was a strange story as well about the interstate being so slow, but I went to MDOT's website and it looks really, really bad. Jim Cantore was saying how disappointed he was with Gulfport because of the bottleneck on the interstate. However, he needs to realize there are alot of evacuees from New Orleans mixed in that traffic and rightfully so. I am glad so many people are leaving New Orleans.
By the way, thanks Corrus for the radar shots. To put it into perspective as to where I am, if you look at your radar shot of the coast of MS where the "10" sign is designating the interstate, I am south of that line(between it and the Gulf of Mexico).
DDuckFan130
Well-Known Member
I am keeping all of you in harm's way in my prayers. We're still cleaning up and we got a Cat. 1 Katrina. I don't even want to fathom what will happen in the next few days
Computer Magic
Well-Known Member
Corrus you are the best at keeping everyone updated. I remember last year you did the same for everyone.Corrus said:
Thanks :wave:
Tim G
Well-Known Member
Hurricane Katrina Update.
Hurricane Katrina Advisory Number 24
Statement as of 4:00 PM CDT on August 28, 2005
This is the real thing... Get the F!$%& out of there!!!
Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Katrina headed for thenorthern Gulf Coast...
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the north central Gulf Coastfrom Morgan City Louisiana eastward to the Alabama/Floridaborder...
This including the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
Preparations to protect life and property should be completed this evening.
A Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch are in effect fromeast of the Alabama/Florida border to Destin Florida...and fromwest of Morgan City to Intracoastal City Louisiana.
A Tropical Storm Warning is also in effect from Destin Floridaeastward to Indian Pass Florida...and from Intracoastal CityLouisiana westward to Cameron Louisiana.
For storm information specific to your area...including possibleinland watches and warnings...please monitor products issuedby your local weather office.
At 4 PM CDT...2100z...the center of Hurricane Katrina was locatednear latitude 26.9 north... longitude 89.0 west or about 150 milessouth of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Katrina is moving toward the northwest near 13 mph...and a gradualturn to the north is expected over the next 24 hours. On thistrack the center of the hurricane will be near the northern GulfCoast early Monday. However...conditions are already beginning todeteriorate along portions of the central and northeastern GulfCoast...and will continue to worsen through the night.
Maximum sustained winds are near 165 mph...with higher gusts. Katrina is a potentially catastrophic category five hurricane onthe Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in strength are likelyuntil landfall. Katrina is expected to make landfall at categoryfour or five intensity. Winds affecting the upper floors ofhigh-rise buildings will be significantly stronger than those nearground level.
Katrina is a large hurricane. Hurricane force winds extend outwardup to 105 miles from the center...and tropical storm force windsextend outward up to 230 miles. Sustained tropical storm forcewinds are occurring over the southeast Louisiana coast. SouthwestPass...near the mouth of the Mississippi River...recently reportedsustained winds of 48 mph with gusts to 53 mph.
A NOAA hurricane hunter plane reported a minimum central pressure of 902 mb...26.64 inches.
Coastal storm surge flooding of 18 to 22 feet above normal tidelevels...locally as high as 28 feet...along with large and dangerousbattering waves...can be expected near and to the east of where thecenter makes landfall. Some levees in the greater New Orleans areacould be overtopped. Significant storm surge flooding will occurelsewhere along the central and northeastern Gulf of Mexico coast.
Rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches...with isolated maximum amounts of15 inches...are possible along the path of Katrina across the GulfCoast and the Tennessee Valley. Rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inchesare possible across the Ohio Valley into the eastern Great Lakesregion Tuesday and Wednesday.
Hurricane Katrina Advisory Number 24
Statement as of 4:00 PM CDT on August 28, 2005
This is the real thing... Get the F!$%& out of there!!!
Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Katrina headed for thenorthern Gulf Coast...
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the north central Gulf Coastfrom Morgan City Louisiana eastward to the Alabama/Floridaborder...
This including the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
Preparations to protect life and property should be completed this evening.
A Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch are in effect fromeast of the Alabama/Florida border to Destin Florida...and fromwest of Morgan City to Intracoastal City Louisiana.
A Tropical Storm Warning is also in effect from Destin Floridaeastward to Indian Pass Florida...and from Intracoastal CityLouisiana westward to Cameron Louisiana.
For storm information specific to your area...including possibleinland watches and warnings...please monitor products issuedby your local weather office.
At 4 PM CDT...2100z...the center of Hurricane Katrina was locatednear latitude 26.9 north... longitude 89.0 west or about 150 milessouth of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Katrina is moving toward the northwest near 13 mph...and a gradualturn to the north is expected over the next 24 hours. On thistrack the center of the hurricane will be near the northern GulfCoast early Monday. However...conditions are already beginning todeteriorate along portions of the central and northeastern GulfCoast...and will continue to worsen through the night.
Maximum sustained winds are near 165 mph...with higher gusts. Katrina is a potentially catastrophic category five hurricane onthe Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in strength are likelyuntil landfall. Katrina is expected to make landfall at categoryfour or five intensity. Winds affecting the upper floors ofhigh-rise buildings will be significantly stronger than those nearground level.
Katrina is a large hurricane. Hurricane force winds extend outwardup to 105 miles from the center...and tropical storm force windsextend outward up to 230 miles. Sustained tropical storm forcewinds are occurring over the southeast Louisiana coast. SouthwestPass...near the mouth of the Mississippi River...recently reportedsustained winds of 48 mph with gusts to 53 mph.
A NOAA hurricane hunter plane reported a minimum central pressure of 902 mb...26.64 inches.
Coastal storm surge flooding of 18 to 22 feet above normal tidelevels...locally as high as 28 feet...along with large and dangerousbattering waves...can be expected near and to the east of where thecenter makes landfall. Some levees in the greater New Orleans areacould be overtopped. Significant storm surge flooding will occurelsewhere along the central and northeastern Gulf of Mexico coast.
Rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches...with isolated maximum amounts of15 inches...are possible along the path of Katrina across the GulfCoast and the Tennessee Valley. Rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inchesare possible across the Ohio Valley into the eastern Great Lakesregion Tuesday and Wednesday.
DDuckFan130
Well-Known Member
I am so glad my aunt and her mother left New Orleans a few days ago. In the past year, she lost her husband to lung cancer, and her daughter headed out west to start college. She's been alone for the most part all this time, so it's good that she left.
This is just too scary
This is just too scary
Tim G
Well-Known Member
At 400 PM CDT Hurricane Katrina was centered near 26.9 north 89.0 west...moving northwest at 11 knots.
Katrina is forecast to turn to the north tonight. Landfall is expected along the southeast Louisiana coast Monday morning.
Hurricane Katrina is a major category 5 hurricane with catastrophic possibilities to all mariners and others in the hurricanes path.
Major shipping lanes along the north central Gulf will be greatly affected by Katrina and mariners as well as others are advised to complete all necessary precautions now and leave.
A cold front will pass in the wake of Katrina...allowing high pressure to build in for the middle of next week.
Katrina is forecast to turn to the north tonight. Landfall is expected along the southeast Louisiana coast Monday morning.
Hurricane Katrina is a major category 5 hurricane with catastrophic possibilities to all mariners and others in the hurricanes path.
Major shipping lanes along the north central Gulf will be greatly affected by Katrina and mariners as well as others are advised to complete all necessary precautions now and leave.
A cold front will pass in the wake of Katrina...allowing high pressure to build in for the middle of next week.
DisneyLSU2000
New Member
A light rain has begun here in south Louisiana, and it's eerily quiet outside. Everything that can be done is done, and we're hunkered down. Good luck to everyone in Katrina's path. Stay safe!
On a lighter note...Here's some fun quotes from the round-the-clock coverage on local news:
- Profound thoughts from a local meteorologist: "This hurricane's headed straight for us, and that's a bad thing."
- A metro airport official on cancelling flights into and out of BTR: "We're looking at a severe 'wind event.'"
- "You know it's bad when there's not a slice of bread to be found in the city, but the alcohol on Bourbon is still flowing." ~ a New Orleans native prior to the mandatory evacuation
And finally, if I were a drinking girl, I could've been very far gone by now if I'd played a drinking game with the catch-phrase of every news anchor or local official over the past 48ish hours: "This storm is going to be catastrophic."
Take care all.
On a lighter note...Here's some fun quotes from the round-the-clock coverage on local news:
- Profound thoughts from a local meteorologist: "This hurricane's headed straight for us, and that's a bad thing."
- A metro airport official on cancelling flights into and out of BTR: "We're looking at a severe 'wind event.'"
- "You know it's bad when there's not a slice of bread to be found in the city, but the alcohol on Bourbon is still flowing." ~ a New Orleans native prior to the mandatory evacuation
And finally, if I were a drinking girl, I could've been very far gone by now if I'd played a drinking game with the catch-phrase of every news anchor or local official over the past 48ish hours: "This storm is going to be catastrophic."
Take care all.
Woody13
New Member
Hurricane Local Statement
National Weather Service Mobile Al
629 Pm Cdt Sun Aug 28 2005
...hurricane Katrina Is The Strongest Hurricane Ever Recorded In
The Gulf Of Mexico Based On Pressure...measuring 902 Mb...
...katrina Remains An Extremely Dangerous Category 5 Hurricane
With 165 Mph Winds And Higher Gusts...
...record Storm Surge Possible Along Alabama Coast...possibly
Worse Than Hurricane Frederic Of 1979...
National Weather Service Mobile Al
629 Pm Cdt Sun Aug 28 2005
...hurricane Katrina Is The Strongest Hurricane Ever Recorded In
The Gulf Of Mexico Based On Pressure...measuring 902 Mb...
...katrina Remains An Extremely Dangerous Category 5 Hurricane
With 165 Mph Winds And Higher Gusts...
...record Storm Surge Possible Along Alabama Coast...possibly
Worse Than Hurricane Frederic Of 1979...
MissM
Well-Known Member
When I saw it this afternoon, I couldn't believe it. Even here in Tampa, we've been getting gusts throughout the day - and that's just from the very outer edges of the bands. It's a horrible storm. It makes you realize how small we are in the face of Mother Nature, that's for sure.
My thoughts with everyone in it's path.
-m
My thoughts with everyone in it's path.
-m
wdwfanaustria
Member
Oh, my GOD....
On TV they just reported that NO could be destroyed completely and the USA is going to lose one of their cities.
I wish you all the best over there. I hope everybody is safe right now.
I visited NO in 2001 and loved this beautiful city and the friendly people there. I planned to come back next year.
Don't want to get political but I hope catastrophes like this will change your president's opinion about global warming.
On TV they just reported that NO could be destroyed completely and the USA is going to lose one of their cities.
I wish you all the best over there. I hope everybody is safe right now.
I visited NO in 2001 and loved this beautiful city and the friendly people there. I planned to come back next year.
Don't want to get political but I hope catastrophes like this will change your president's opinion about global warming.
uncalled for.wdwfanaustria said:
my smart a$$ daughter wants to know if you are making this up. :lol:pinkrose said:
Superdome roof is leaking... strange noises coming from it, fear that it may have been compromised.
