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New Orleans Hurricane Impact Study - Interesting Images of The New Orleans "Bowl"
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Posted on 09/14/2004 4:12:31 PM PDT by joinedafterattack
New Orleans Hurricane Impact Study Area
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New Orleans Hurricane Impact Study Area with detailed road map overlay
The New Orleans Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) in its entirey is a densely-populated area comprised of eight parishes with over 1.3 million residents (US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2000).
As a consequence of Hurricane Betsy in 1965 (the last major hurricane to strike close to New Orleans) and subsequent flooding in later years, the levees encircling the city and other parish areas have been raised to heights ranging between 14 to 23 feet. While the drainage and pumping systems within New Orleans are being continuously improved, flooding can still cause major problems within the city and outlying areas.
Although occuring almost a decade ago, the 1995 floods in New Orleans still rank as the second largest FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) payout in history at $600 million, second only to Tropical Storm Allison in Houston, 2001 (at $1.1 billion) (FEMA WaterMark 2004, Number 1 - NFIP).
The New Orleans Hurricane Impact Study Area is outlined in pink in the figure above.
The CSPHIH is focusing research on greater New Orleans and outlying suburbs, an area of approximately 1.1 million residents. Upwards of ten percent of these residents, or 110,000 are estimated to have 'special needs.' These may include the elderly, those with physical or mental disabilities, or persons dependant on technolgical intervention or specialized medical care to sustain life.
Areas of the City Below Sea Level
Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans/US Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District
Study Area
Many New Orleans residents are surprised at just how much of the city is at or below sea level. Some of the lowest areas of the city include areas both east and west of the Industrial Canal, and the Central Business District.
New Orleans Flood Risk
SLOSH and experimental ADCIRC model runs (see Experimental Storm Surge Models ) show that a slow-moving Category 3 hurricane or stronger could flood the bowl of New Orleans north of the Mississippi River, locally known as the East Bank. Experimental ADCIRC model runs generated during Tropical Storm Isidore (New Orleans, September 2002) have also revealed that the West Bank (south of the Mississippi River) could flood under conditions caused by a slow moving Category 2 storm.
The city of New Orleans, which is at or below sea-level in many areas, is sandwiched between levees from Lake Pontchartrain to the north and the Mississippi River to its south creating the “bowl” effect so often described.
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To: joinedafterattack
The is an excellent resource! Great find!
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posted on
09/14/2004 4:15:41 PM PDT
by
A. Morgan
(John Kerry...your time is almost up..our President is going to kick your a$$ and make you like it!)
To: joinedafterattack
To: joinedafterattack
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posted on
09/14/2004 4:24:54 PM PDT
by
nerdgirl
To: Jim Robinson
To: battlegearboat
Dear Lord,
Please watch over and protect Askel5 and all those who may be in the path of these hurricanes.
Amen
To: joinedafterattack
Was in a hotel in the French Quarter during Hurricane Camille.
The eeriest thing was the blue flashing lights of the police cars in the streets.
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posted on
09/14/2004 4:34:12 PM PDT
by
OldFriend
(It's the soldier, not the reporter who has given US freedom of the press)
To: joinedafterattack
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posted on
09/14/2004 4:38:55 PM PDT
by
txhurl
To: battlegearboat
Say a prayer for Askel5. Hey, you can count on it!
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Hiya RBA, long time no see. Glad this one is going to miss you . I saw a few pics of the aftermath of the last hurricane at Orlando Executive. Not pretty. I'm betting that my old home base at SFB didn't fare any better.
Make sure your tie downs are secure and hang in there another couple months!
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posted on
09/14/2004 4:58:53 PM PDT
by
Denver Ditdat
(Ronald Reagan belongs to the ages now, but we preferred it when he belonged to us.)
To: Denver Ditdat
Hey how are things out your way? Still with them on the 'Bus?
Not much doing here in that area, although SW looks good if I ever got back into that field.
Good to see you.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Things are pretty darn good! The Boeings are almost gone. We have 8 or 9 left now, all 737-300s. By this time next year they'll be history. We have a mixed bag of 42 (I think) 319s and 318s, and the 'Bus fleet just got approved for CAT II ops a couple weeks ago.
Yup, SW looks good as always. JBLU, too.
I'll be in MCO tomorrow to give 318 differences training for the LiveTV crew. If it wasn't going to be such a hurried trip I'd look you up. I make it down to Florida a few times a year - one of these days we'll have to get together for lunch or something.
Take care!
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posted on
09/14/2004 5:19:53 PM PDT
by
Denver Ditdat
(Ronald Reagan belongs to the ages now, but we preferred it when he belonged to us.)
To: joinedafterattack
"A Hurricane Night" is rather grim! [Folks: Don't let this happen to you!]
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posted on
09/14/2004 5:20:04 PM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Right makes right!)
To: joinedafterattack
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posted on
09/14/2004 5:29:30 PM PDT
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Denver Ditdat
Who will you be in MCO for? Your employer or someone else? Yep, right now the Orlando commute is pretty ugly from my neck of the woods. Maybe we can go for
wings sometime, they are right off I95/I4 in Daytona.
To: B-Chan
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I'll be there for the company. We've contracted LiveTV to install & maintain the seatback satellite television on our Bus fleet, and quite a few of their techs haven't been trained on the differences between the 318 and the rest of the 320 family. It's going to be a hit-n-run session. Into MCO late, up early, train all day, and right back to DEN.
Mmmmmmm... wings! I'm up for that. I've been to the Wing House in Sanford and Altamonte Springs, but not the one in Daytona. As the ads always used to say, "Collect 'em all!" :-)
I'll give you a heads-up the next time I'm going to be in the area.
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posted on
09/14/2004 6:11:25 PM PDT
by
Denver Ditdat
(Ronald Reagan belongs to the ages now, but we preferred it when he belonged to us.)
To: joinedafterattack
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posted on
09/14/2004 6:18:07 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: joinedafterattack
Lord help these people in New Orleans. Direct hit or not this could be real bad.
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posted on
09/14/2004 8:15:51 PM PDT
by
dc-zoo
To: joinedafterattack
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posted on
09/15/2004 6:00:04 AM PDT
by
mattdono
(Chris Matthew is Zell Miller's b*tch! (and the MSM is FR's b*tch!))
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