Posted on 08/25/2005 11:51:53 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Saw a special on disasters on some cable channel. They said NO is the worst case scenario of all US cities for any storm above a cat 2.
Tomorrow the models will pick a new target city :) heh She continues to move southwest tonight. Appears more SW than anything else.
I'm sure Katrina has some suprises left for us. The next two days will be very fascinating.
Oh my--do you think they want it on the record that Blanco declared a state of emergency Friday? I stopped counting after seeing it three times. The article still says they are at the lowest alert level.
I hope people do not wait too long to try to get out, even with the new routes etc., traffic will be at a crawl. Mayor of NO usually opens the superdome for people who can't leave to stay, but this may not help them this time. So many are without transportation, even phones, and have no way to get out.
That's anybody's guess.
Thanks for the info. You are so good at this!
According to our local paper the death toll was up to 6 in Florida.
http://www.sptimes.com/
They just might. The NGM still shows it headed to TX at 84 hours. Maybe she'll just keep going west. ;-)
In fact, if you stay in Baton Rouge, you might be able to make a little profit. Do you have a spare bedroom or two? An extra sofa? Become an "instant" B&B.
I believe the death toll is now seven in Florida.
Seems like all the projected tracks are zeroing in on NO, yet the storm hasn't even turned north.
So far the models have had to adjust west, then further west.
Reminds me of Ivan last year when it was near Cuba and the Caymans. It kept tracking west even though they thought it would turn.
Looks like a sitting duck for Katrina.
I think the worstof this storm is going to happen to N.O.
this time. Law of averages.
St. Pete Times, wrong again, LOL.
Sheesh--they sure wanted the storms to plow up into Tampa Bay last year...was on the road when they announced the TB Ivan track. People already burned out from Charley & Frances started running off the road, and into other cars. Saw 5 distinct auto accidents in 10 minutes that morning.
Yeah, I was just reading that article about evacuating NO, and there was also a link about evacuating Tampa/St. Pete.
But we did a pretty good job evacuating the county when Charley was headed toward us. Of course, Jeb Bush and the county EOC gave the order the minute the Hurricane Warnings were posted for the area.
I think they gave the evac order on a Thursday at noon, and by Thursday evening, my MIL's entire retirement condo had been evacuated in Greyhound buses to a sister facility in Sarasota.
Of course, the irony of it was that the Sarasota facility got more of a taste of Charley, than their waterfront retirement center on Tampa Bay.
Hopefully Blanko won't be caught up with the birth of a grandchild this time and open all lanes of interstate for evacuation. I'm keeping my eye on this thing. I'm in the Lake Charles area and until it turns north I don't trust it all.
The Queen Bee is a disaster. Like someone earlier posted, a state of emergency was declared for this state when she was elected.
More great images tonight
http://www5.wright-weather.com/bb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48399&perpage=25&pagenumber=4
Check out that last satellite photo!!!! Truly amazing.
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