This doesn't look good...

[YourNameHere]

http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/data/satellite/latest_GULF_vis.jpg

 

[wrxpilot]

I'm afraid we are about to witness a historic event - the worst natural disaster in US history. I hope I'm wrong...

 

[Dubya]

Beads?

Will all these beads around my neck help me float?

W



QUOTE=wrxpilot]I'm afraid we are about to witness a historic event - the worst natural disaster in US history. I hope I'm wrong...[/QUOTE]

 

[User546]

Updated Satellite Photo showing full hurricane:
http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/data/satellite/latest_GULF_vis.jpg

Current Intensity Radar - Look how perferct the eye has formed:
http://wwwa.accuweather.com/maps-sa...de=&type=ei&large=1&fday=1&anim=STILL&site=SC

CONUS Radar (Can click on a section to zoom in):
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/goeseastconusir.html

 

[ifleyelearz]

I'm scuurrrd.

 

[cforst513]

what's interesting is that it was a pretty tame storm in florida. it just dumped some rain. somehow 4 people died, though....

it looks impressive (to say the very least) on radar. let's hope my friends in louisiana and mississippi have insurancce!

 

[BlueBusDriver]

CAT-5 so quickly !! Holy Mackrel !!

These next 24 hours will probably seem the longest 24 hours in the Big Easy's history. Our thoughts are with our brothers down in the bayou. Hopefully Katrina will show mercy.
Katrina turning into a Cat-5 so quickly just doesn't look promising though.
Man.....this is going to SUCK.
'Nawlins is going to need a lot of time to get back on it's feet after this one.
We'll keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

BBD

 

[Rattler71]

what's interesting is that it was a pretty tame storm in florida. it just dumped some rain. somehow 4 people died, though....

it looks impressive (to say the very least) on radar. let's hope my friends in louisiana and mississippi have insurancce!

It caused an incredible amount of damage in Florida. It lifted 5 15000ton beams off of a bridge(under construction) and dumped them on a highway below. Thousands of people are without power until the middle of next week. Trees are down everywhere you look. So it didn't just "dump some rain"


Rattler71

 

[banned username 2]

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Hold on!!!!!!!!

 

[User546]

what's interesting is that it was a pretty tame storm in florida. it just dumped some rain. somehow 4 people died, though....

They reported on MSNBC yesterday that all the deaths that were caused by Katrina in Florida was due to trees falling on occupied cars.

 

[wrxpilot]

I'm scuurrrd.

Nice sarcasm. You ever go through a strong hurricane before? You'd be terrified if you were in New Orleans in about 16 hrs. Currently sustained winds at 175 MPH and gusts to 200 MPH. The crazy part is, IT IS GETTING STRONGER!

 

[NuGuy]

Nice sarcasm. You ever go through a strong hurricane before? You'd be terrified if you were in New Orleans in about 16 hrs. Currently sustained winds at 175 MPH and gusts to 200 MPH. The crazy part is, IT IS GETTING STRONGER!

WRX,

You are right on the mark here. By all indications, Kat will be by far the worst natural catastrophe this nation has seen in decades, if ever.

We just got our power back in SoFL after 3 days, and we're still picking up crap. When it fit FL, Kat was a fart in a bathtub. Barely 80 MPH winds...and remember, kinetic energy goes up with the SQUARE of the velocity.

180 MPH winds and a storm surge of 28 feet on a city perched between a big river and a big lake and the whole place is 9 feet below sea level. The pumps that run the levee system are electric, and take 4 DAYS to covert to diesel operation (although they are equipped for snorkel operations).

To put it mildly, that place is frakked. I lived there for 5 years...there simply is no time or ability to get everyone out. Lots of poor folks have NO means to evac. Lots of places are $hitboxes that would fall down if you pissed against the side of them (believe me, I know...). KNEW will be gone for years, if not forever...its on the OTHER side of the levee doors.

I urge everyone to donate blood, supplies and and $$ to the Red Cross. This is going to be bad, REAL bad.

Nu

 

[wrxpilot]

Fox News was showing people drinking, partying, etc. down on Bourbon Street like it was Mardi Gras. Last year I thought many south Floridians were unprepared, but this is just baffling.

 

[siucavflight]

How about this article, written a few years ago about this exact situation.

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wetlands/hurricane_print.html

 

[NuGuy]

Fox News was showing people drinking, partying, etc. down on Bourbon Street like it was Mardi Gras. Last year I thought many south Floridians were unprepared, but this is just baffling.

If these people stay, they will be VERY sorry in 48 hours, and it's going to be your tax money fishing them out of the water. Darwin at work.

Just talked to a buddy of mine from there. They say that this IS the worst case scenario that they all have feared. Even FEMA says they are fcuked. It could be up to 50,000 dead.

I'm not a religious person at all, but I think we all should say a prayer.

Nu