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Urgent Katrina Update: New NHC Forecast Direct Hit on New Orleans as a CAT 4
MHC | August 26, 2005

Posted on 08/26/2005 8:03:22 PM PDT by janetjanet998

Therefore...the official forecast brings Katrina to 115 knots...or a category four on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. The GFDL is more aggressive and calls for 124 knots and 922 mb. The FSU superensemble is even more aggressive bringing Katrina to 131 knots.

track info HERE


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: disaster; hurricanekatrina; lakepontchartrain; neworleans; pontchartrain; weather
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To: Conservative Firster

how high are the levees?


21 posted on 08/26/2005 9:04:29 PM PDT by oceanview
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To: janetjanet998

Panama City, FL by 0600 29 Aug 05 (80 Kts sustained), by 2000 29 Aug 05 (30 Kts sustained) Atlanta, GA.


22 posted on 08/26/2005 9:07:30 PM PDT by raygun
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To: oceanview

Just high enough.


23 posted on 08/26/2005 9:07:39 PM PDT by jayef
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To: janetjanet998

Galveston. This one may sneak in to Galveston.


24 posted on 08/26/2005 9:08:36 PM PDT by TaxRelief (You have two choices: Convert to Islam or suppress Islam. There is no other option, Mrs. Sheehan.)
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To: oceanview
17.5 FT ASL


25 posted on 08/26/2005 9:15:02 PM PDT by Conservative Firster
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To: janetjanet998
Oh, great. Not only it might clobber Louisiana, but it will definitely shut in Natural Gas and Oil on the Gulf Coast. We may see $70 per barrel oil.

Hurricane Betsy caused a levee to break in New Orleans in the 1960s, and people who lived through that have stories to tell.

In one case, a family had to get on the roof of the house because any lower point was in water.

The people had to fight critters and creatures for the roof -- snakes and other things wanted the high ground. It was very unpleasant from what I remember of these stories.

26 posted on 08/26/2005 9:17:05 PM PDT by topher (God bless and protect our troops and service personnel around the world)
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To: janetjanet998
Oh, great. Not only it might clobber Louisiana, but it will definitely shut in Natural Gas and Oil on the Gulf Coast. We may see $70 per barrel oil.

Hurricane Betsy caused a levee to break in New Orleans in the 1960s, and people who lived through that have stories to tell.

In one case, a family had to get on the roof of the house because any lower point was in water.

The people had to fight critters and creatures for the roof -- snakes and other things wanted the high ground. It was very unpleasant from what I remember of these stories.

27 posted on 08/26/2005 9:17:14 PM PDT by topher (God bless and protect our troops and service personnel around the world)
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To: janetjanet998
better fill your gas tank up...lots of oil rigs in the path...oil above $70/bar on monday?

not only that, but lots of refinery capacity in Southern LA and MS. This could really spike energy prices.

28 posted on 08/26/2005 9:18:06 PM PDT by liberty2004
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To: All; NautiNurse; Dog Gone
New 00z guidance --MM5 GFS ETA RGEM, DISASTER for nat gas!!
Meteorologist: Dave Tolleris
29 posted on 08/26/2005 9:21:38 PM PDT by nwctwx (Everything I need to know, I learned on the Threat Matrix)
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To: liberty2004

Doesn't anyone have some GOOD news?


30 posted on 08/26/2005 9:21:57 PM PDT by Palladin (America! America! God shed His grace on Thee.)
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To: Palladin
Doesn't anyone have some GOOD news?

I just save a bunch of money.... nah.... too corny.

31 posted on 08/26/2005 9:23:15 PM PDT by liberty2004
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To: operation clinton cleanup

Do I sense a bit of anticipatory excitement at that prospect?
PLEASE remember that, tho it may be a fascinating news event for you, for REAL PEOPLE here in New Orleans it's their LIVES you're talking about being wiped out.
Have a little compassion- and maybe prayers that it WON'T happen. Thank you.


32 posted on 08/26/2005 9:23:22 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (Whenever someone says it's not about Islam-it's about Islam. Jesus loves you, Allah wants you dead!)
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To: janetjanet998; All

NE1 know if this is going to hit the rigs...

if it hits the rigs (oil/gas) there will be 70$ oil and 11+ natural gas...

yikes


33 posted on 08/26/2005 9:30:18 PM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius
NE1 know if this is going to hit the rigs...

there's also refineries up along the river. and in Pascagoula. It could be bad

34 posted on 08/26/2005 9:38:42 PM PDT by liberty2004
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To: oceanview

High enough to keep water IN as well as out. Should be close to a new moon so there well be some high tide to add to the storm surge but not as bad as a full moon. It might be enough to push it over the edge. (literally) Not smart to build BELOW sea level.


35 posted on 08/26/2005 9:39:06 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Warthogtjm

Bananas Foster....yummm.


36 posted on 08/26/2005 9:41:10 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: Palladin

Yes. Check out the thread- U.S. Destroys Alleged Terror Lair.


37 posted on 08/26/2005 9:41:21 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN

Does he go to FIT, my niece graduated from there last year?


38 posted on 08/26/2005 9:42:23 PM PDT by dawn53
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To: ClearBlueSky
If the levees around New Orleans fail (and they came perilously close several times in the past century), then the death toll shall reach at least the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS. No, that's not hyperbole. New Orleans sits in an incredibly vulnerable environment, a giant pit ten feet below sea level home to more than one million people. Not all will leave; many cannot flee for various reasons (medically unfit, no transportation at least 30-50 miles to safety, terrible traffic congestion) and many more simply won't.
39 posted on 08/26/2005 9:45:18 PM PDT by dufekin (US Senate: the only place where the majority [D] comprises fewer than the minority [R])
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To: ClearBlueSky

People there need to go on vacation ASAP and have a big New Orleans style party somewhere.


40 posted on 08/26/2005 9:47:11 PM PDT by spycatcher
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