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Hurricane Katrina a Category 5 Hurricane!

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Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Originally posted by: werk
Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
[This feed is fvcking messed up! 😕
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I have to say I'm impressed it's held up as well as it has...moving an entire station to another city and maintaining a web feed with very little downtime in such a disaster is quite impressive.
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Yeah, I wasn't bashing them, just the random damage footage then the soap opera thing, it's getting a bit crazy 😀

I just realised that's why WWL's coverage was totally different to yesterday's. They must have relocated too.
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Yep, WWL is broadcasting from LSU, probably why their connection has deteriorated since they're getting more of the storm now.
 
Press Conference

I'm guessing the MS governor?

"Storm surge is much bigger than anything before."

"People trapped...we are unable to do anything to rescue them until the winds die down."
 
"I could have stayed at home and watched my roof blow off," said one of the refugees, Harald Johnson, 43. "Instead, I came down here and watched the Superdome roof blow off. It's no big deal; getting wet is not like dying."
 


http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/?from=wxcenter_news

An amazing phone call just aired on The Weather Channel a few minutes ago from Jim Cantore's producer, Simon Temperton. The two of them are at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Miss. (current conditions), where they have sought refuge from rapidly rising floodwaters on the second floor along with 300-400 residents of the home.

Here's some of what Simon reported in his phone call:

"We're going through some unbelievable conditions. Water is seeping into the building. I'd say we've had at least a 20-feet storm surge. It has washed away all our rental cars, and everything else ...

"Now water is seeping into the home and they are evacuating everyone to the second floor. I'm standing in 5 or 6 inches of water . The power is out. There are a few emergency lights. It's a very daunting prospect right now....

"It's a very dangerous situation. I've been doing this for 15 years, and been Mr. Cantore's producer for many hurricanes, and I've never seen anything like this. This is probably the scariest situation we've ever been in -- just the sudden rise of water and how fast. They said we were good here for 27, 30 feet -- they've never seen anything like it. They thought we were completely safe.

"We're not even shooting anymore. We're basically in self-preservation right now. We're helping people put up boards and sandbags to keep the water from coming in. We've become part of the crew.

"In the time we've been talking, the water has risen, I'd say, another 3 inches. It's up to the top of my boots. The water keeps rising."

-- Posted by Laurel, Product Manager, The Weather Channel Interactive
 
Originally posted by: Ilmater
OK, I assume that "parrish" means something similar to "city" right? I'm sorry, but I'm from the Midwest and "parrish" here is a church.
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A Parrish is equivalent to a county.
 
Originally posted by: Ilmater
Awesome:

"If you're in the business of theft, this may not be the best time to ply your trade."

LMAO! Tell 'em!
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I like that one.


Check out these forecasts:

Biloxi:
Today...Widespread rain and isolated thunderstorms in the morning...Then widespread rain in the afternoon. Hurricane force winds. Rain will be heavy at Times. Highs in the lower 80s. East winds 40 to 55 mph with gusts to around 90 mph becoming south and increasing to 50 to 95 mph with gusts to around 125 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 100 percent.
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New Orleans:
Today...Widespread heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms in the morning...Then widespread rain in the afternoon. Strong winds. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 55 to 70 mph with gusts to around 90 mph becoming west and Decreasing to 25 to 65 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 100 percent.
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Originally posted by: conjur


http://www.weather.com/blog/weather/?from=wxcenter_news

An amazing phone call just aired on The Weather Channel a few minutes ago from Jim Cantore's producer, Simon Temperton. The two of them are at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Miss. (current conditions), where they have sought refuge from rapidly rising floodwaters on the second floor along with 300-400 residents of the home.

Here's some of what Simon reported in his phone call:

"We're going through some unbelievable conditions. Water is seeping into the building. I'd say we've had at least a 20-feet storm surge. It has washed away all our rental cars, and everything else ...

"Now water is seeping into the home and they are evacuating everyone to the second floor. I'm standing in 5 or 6 inches of water . The power is out. There are a few emergency lights. It's a very daunting prospect right now....

"It's a very dangerous situation. I've been doing this for 15 years, and been Mr. Cantore's producer for many hurricanes, and I've never seen anything like this. This is probably the scariest situation we've ever been in -- just the sudden rise of water and how fast. They said we were good here for 27, 30 feet -- they've never seen anything like it. They thought we were completely safe.

"We're not even shooting anymore. We're basically in self-preservation right now. We're helping people put up boards and sandbags to keep the water from coming in. We've become part of the crew.

"In the time we've been talking, the water has risen, I'd say, another 3 inches. It's up to the top of my boots. The water keeps rising."

-- Posted by Laurel, Product Manager, The Weather Channel Interactive
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i just watched the video linked there...it looks pretty bad
 
Originally posted by: quakefiend420
Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
Just got a reply from the TV station saying thanks for the feedback 🙂 Amazed I got a reply, especially today!
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and it wasn't an auto-reply?

wow
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Nope, addressed the comments I made and then I was included on the forward of my comments to other people at the station.
 
Originally posted by: cirrhosis
Originally posted by: quakefiend420
has anyone heard back from aaronb?

i remember someone was supposed to text him...
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For his sake, I hope he hasn't entered his escape pod...

🙁
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yeah i know...not to diss on him, but that was a really fvcking dumb idea 🙁

hopefully he listened to us about that
 
Originally posted by: quakefiend420
has anyone heard back from aaronb?

i remember someone was supposed to text him...
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No word back from Aaron in response to my text message, but my sister just called me from Baton Rouge. She said her cell just started working again 5 minutes ago, hasn't worked all day.
 
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