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re: The Hurricane Katrina "Certain Death; Catastrophic Damage" warning.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:11 pm to dewster
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:11 pm to dewster
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I think it was a strong category 2 storm when it made landfall....but the storm surge was more in line with a Cat 5 storm.
Yes. I know. I remember like it was yesterday.
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Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:12 pm to tgrbaitn08
My adjuster said I didn't have a shingle missing.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:13 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Now they do the same for Tornado emergency bulletins
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:15 pm to mt1
I had a few missing but not enough for a new roof. I had to replace everything under the roof though.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:16 pm to tgrbaitn08
quote:
As far as New Orleans goes, remove the failure of the levees and the only serious damage would have been some wind damage but the area wouldn't have been inhabitable for weeks, not nearly one half of homes were wind damaged or destroyed, matter of fact hardly none of what was in that warning happened.
Actually, that NWS office also covers the Mississippi Gulf Coast as well, where the impacts of the wind and, subsequently, the storm surge were felt.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:17 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Audrey, Betsy, Camille, Katrina, and Rita were all evidence that Hell goes on tour from time to time. Unlike a tornado, you can usually have a chance of getting the hell out of the way. Still, loss of life and property is devastating.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:18 pm to tgrbaitn08
quote:
matter of fact hardly none of what was in that warning happened.
The MS Coast was destroyed
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:18 pm to dewster
Also, Katrina made landfall as a Cat 3. Sustained winds when it made landfall in MS were at 120 mph
This post was edited on 8/28/16 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:19 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I realize that but the warning you posted was for New Orleans. It was issued by the NWS office in Slidell.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:19 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Yep. Every bit of that happened on the MS coast.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:20 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Was the Hurricane Rita bulletin the same?
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:21 pm to weadjust
quote:
The MS Coast was destroyed
I swear some of you people have problems reading and comprehending.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:21 pm to tgrbaitn08
quote:That's where the NWS radar for nola is located
It was issued by the NWS office in Slidell.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:22 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I remember getting a call from a friend that she was a CAT 5 that morning. Threw the wife and kids in her car and sent her to North LA to stay with family. Had to guide her on the back roads by phone and map to avoid traffic. Once she got north of Alexandria, she was fine.
I stayed.
I stayed.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:22 pm to SomethingLikeA
I originally posted-
"Scary.
Kind of missed describing the whole flooding/tidal surge aspect.
Perhaps his area of expertise is wind?"
You responded with this-
How the frick did you think I was trying to make a joke by what I posted?
You owe me an apology.
"Scary.
Kind of missed describing the whole flooding/tidal surge aspect.
Perhaps his area of expertise is wind?"
You responded with this-
quote:PS: I had a bad Katrina as well, so GFY for falsely jumping my shite.
You're not even a douche bag. Something worse.
Had family that died in Katrina and you're making jokes,bitch.
How the frick did you think I was trying to make a joke by what I posted?
You owe me an apology.
This post was edited on 8/28/16 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:23 pm to tgrbaitn08
quote:
I realize that but the warning you posted was for New Orleans. It was issued by the NWS office in Slidell.
No, the warning covered their entire county warning area, New Orleans is not mentioned specifically. The NWS New Orleans office is located in Slidell, that is why it says New Orleans at the very top.
This post was edited on 8/28/16 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:23 pm to soccerfüt
quote:
Scary.
Kind of missed describing the whole flooding/tidal surge aspect.
Perhaps his area of expertise is wind?
Right. For the record, I rode out the storm in New Orleans - the lower Ninth Ward, to be specific and my doing so was not precisely voluntary.
The warning was overblown (pardon the pun) with regards to wind damage, but that was largely a fluke - a surge of cool, dry wind out of Canada nudged it's way into the system literally a few hours prior to landfall - if it hadn't and the storm had come in full strength (Cat 5, as opposed to the reality that it made landfall as a strong Cat 3), I give myself at least a 10% chance of not living through it.
But, the nature of the storm, the levee failures and the location of landfall made it a pretty devastating storm, regardless.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:24 pm to SuperSaint
My point is that very little bit of that warning happened in New Orleans.
I realize the ms gulf coast was leveled
I realize the NWS office in Slidell is for the region
Fck it, forget it.
I realize the ms gulf coast was leveled
I realize the NWS office in Slidell is for the region
Fck it, forget it.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:25 pm to biggsc
quote:
Was the Hurricane Rita bulletin the same?
Don't remember. But remember the then Governor asking people who were in Rita's path and staying to take a permanent magic marker and write their name and social security number somewhere on their bodies so that next of kin could be notified if the worst happened.
Posted on 8/28/16 at 5:29 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
I just ran across this:
LINK
LINK
quote:
Update: In response to this article, several meteorologists have noted that the Katrina bulletin was not accurate because it overstated the wind threat and didn't mention the overwhelming storm surge that caused the vast majority of the storm's 1,800 deaths. However, I agree that it was "right for the wrong reasons" as it effectively got the message across the Katrina was going to be both the most severe and the deadliest storm to hit the area in more than 35 years.
This post was edited on 8/28/16 at 5:31 pm
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