KD in CA Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Anyone see Oil Storm on FX a couple months ago? Very similar situation with a huge hurricane heading towards LA oil refineries. 420857[/snapback] Yup. The system is pretty fragile as we've already learned. A major catastrophe on the oil industry in the Gulf and people might be wishing for the good old days of $2.50 gas. A recent reading showed 175 mph sustained winds w/ gusts of 213 mph. Time to geaux to higher ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of BiB Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Yup. The system is pretty fragile as we've already learned. A major catastrophe on the oil industry in the Gulf and people might be wishing for the good old days of $2.50 gas. A recent reading showed 175 mph sustained winds w/ gusts of 213 mph. Time to geaux to higher ground. 420872[/snapback] Barring a miracle, this one is going to be pretty ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Yup. The system is pretty fragile as we've already learned. A major catastrophe on the oil industry in the Gulf and people might be wishing for the good old days of $2.50 gas. A recent reading showed 175 mph sustained winds w/ gusts of 213 mph. Time to geaux to higher ground. 420872[/snapback] Jesus N.O is going to get hammered to shizzit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Jesus N.O is going to get hammered to shizzit. 420874[/snapback] Even scarier, it sounds like a lot of people are going to try to ride it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Even scarier, it sounds like a lot of people are going to try to ride it out. 420875[/snapback] Future darwin award winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Future darwin award winners. 420877[/snapback] Posthumous winners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grabowr30045 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 My fiancees family lives on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and many of them lived through Camille. They have been through a lot of storms but said never again (Cat 5). It's going to be as bad as Andrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Posthumous winners. 420879[/snapback] All Darwin winners are posthumous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 The 11am advisory from NHC quotes 166kt flight-level winds and a central pressure of 907 mb, with no gross structural signs of it weakening (though they say it should weaken, because "it can't stay this strong for very long". Wishful thinking is a bad forecasting tool.) For comparison, Hurricane Camille had a central pressure of 908. Andrew, 922. Hurricane Gilbert, which had the highest wind speeds ever recorded in an Atlantic of Gulf hurricane, was 888. Actually, only Gilbert and two unnamed hurricanes have had lower recorded pressures than Katrina. Nasty B word-mother of a storm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailog80 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 All Darwin winners are posthumous. 420887[/snapback] I didn't know that..... So amputees of stupid accidents are not eligable or do they have their own awards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 I didn't know that..... So amputees of stupid accidents are not eligable or do they have their own awards? 420890[/snapback] The qualification is they have to take themselves out of the breeding pool. So if their genitalia are what's amputated...then, yes, they're eligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Wheels Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 My thoughts and prayers are with all those folks in the gulf states. I'm old enough to remember how bad Camille was. This web site has some scary before and after pictures: Camille Images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 My thoughts and prayers are with all those folks in the gulf states. I'm old enough to remember how bad Camille was. This web site has some scary before and after pictures: Camille Images 420897[/snapback] That before-and-after of Merry Mansion is unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Not a good position to be in when your downtown is 10 feet Below Sea Level and they're talking a 20 ft ASL storm surge. The levees are good for about 10ft ASL. I think the Superdome is about at sea level so I don't think going there to be trapped for days with unknown goobers would do much good. I've got relatives in the area, or rather did. They've booked inland. This one is a real deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Not a good position to be in when your downtown is 10 feet Below Sea Level and they're talking a 20 ft ASL storm surge. The levees are good for about 10ft ASL. I think the Superdome is about at sea level so I don't think going there to be trapped for days with unknown goobers would do much good. I've got relatives in the area, or rather did. They've booked inland. This one is a real deal. 420903[/snapback] NHC's forecasting as high as 28 feet...or 38 above ground level in NO. What's that, a four story building? I don't recall any of historic NO having anything higher than three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 NHC's forecasting as high as 28 feet...or 38 above ground level in NO. What's that, a four story building? I don't recall any of historic NO having anything higher than three. 420910[/snapback] That's about right. It's going to be very ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 That's about right. It's going to be very ugly. 420913[/snapback] Imagine the water and sewer utilities, and the graveyards. That'd be a public health disaster; if it hits head-on, even aside from the rebuilding NO wouldn't be habitable for weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzer32 Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 And people think western New Yorker's are nuts for dealing with a little snow and cold temps. I'll take that over hurricane's, tornado's, earthquakes, etc... any day. If that is the worst we have to deal with, not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 and the graveyards. 420915[/snapback] Yep. Everyone's buried aboveground in NO because the water table is too high for inground burials. Gonna be a lot of floating bones and caskets in addition to the raw sewage and poisonous snakes, etc. Ugly ugly ugly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jukester Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Here's an excerpt from an article at weather.com The levees that protect the city from flooding are also a flood threat themselves. "The biggest threat that the city has is that of a slow moving Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane, which would create a surge of water that could be up to 30 feet high. Now if this (high) water comes into the city, it will top the levees. It will go over the top of the levees and actually fill up the city," said Hijuelos. He added, "Every drop of water that comes into this city has to be pumped out. We're below sea level... but when you get a situation of a surge, the pumps would be under water. The pumps would be useless in that situation." Oh Boy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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