Hurricane Katrina Battered So Flo aimed at Louisiana

[ViciouS]

*Update This thing was NASTY at Category 1 I can't even imagine it at Category 5. My advice is find a shelter this is going to be a really, really bumpy ride. We had gusts of 90 mph now it has sustained winds of 175 mph? OMG, I'm praying for you guys.



Greaaat and i have a leaky roof.

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Atleast i got a day off from school.


*UPDATE 7 dead, 5 rescued at sea; power knocked out to 1.2 million as Katrina whacks S. Florida


This was the appartment complex 2 doors down from my house.

Sun-Sentinal.com

A roof collapsed at an apartment building in the 5600 block of Southwest 36th Court in Davie at about 10 p.m., displacing about 20 residents. No one was injured. Also in Davie, four mobile home roofs blew off in Park City East.

 

[TRUMPHENT]

It's not a hurricane yet. It is still a Tropical Storm.

 

[ViciouS]

It's expected to be a hurricane, but you are correct.

 

[ViciouS]

Just got my power back after 24 hours. Its nasty alot of downed trees roofs ripped off.

 

[TRUMPHENT]

I live in Homestead and the power was off for less than 12 hours.

 

[ViciouS]

Good for you! do you still have your entire roof?

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Glad you made it through and, as someone from Orlando, thanks for taking one for the team this year.

 

[ViciouS]

Hopefully its only going to be taking ONE for the team.

 

[ViciouS]

The eye came REALLY close to my house in Ft. Lauderdale.

 

[TRUMPHENT]

Now, we all know why that "cone of uncertainty is so large. This Katrina seems to have had a bigger cone than other hurricanes. There are a bunch of crybabies complaining about their flooded houses built on swampland. They're wailing that no one told them they needed flood insurance.

Oh well, Katrina will be a Cat 4 or 5 before it makes landfall again.

 

[ViciouS]

You dont "NEED" flood insurance unless you live on a lake, but isn't flooding durring a hurricane part of the hurricane portion of your home owners insurance?

I live on a like so i know im covered.

 

[dmcowen674]

Bearing down on New Orleans now.

That track they are showing has the center coming right overhead.

I'm on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Bearing down on New Orleans now.

That track they are showing has the center coming right overhead.

I'm on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

Batten down those hatches, Dave. Looks like it pass damn near directly over you. Then it'll hit up this way almost right over my apt. (but it'll be a bit weaker than when it hits down there. )

 

[Proletariat]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Bearing down on New Orleans now.

That track they are showing has the center coming right overhead.

I'm on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

You better keep an eye out bro.

I've heard a lot of engineers talk about how a major hurricane could be devastating to New Orleans.

 

[Taggart]

Yeah, won't a properly aimed hurricane basically sink New Orleans? The city will basically be a total loss?

 

[TRUMPHENT]

You need flood insurance whether it's required or not if you live too close to Biscayne Bay in South Miami-Dade County. 15 inches of rain on a perfectly flat table that is also downhill from the the ridge that supports US1. It just piles up. Residents in some neighborhoods are paddling up and down the streets in canoes.

There is an enclave of homeowners west of Krome Avenue in the Everglades that keeps raising a stink, expecting the county to rescue them. They somehow saw fit to build their houses on the "wet" side of a dike. I imagine they are breaking out the sailboats to get to the grocery store today.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Bearing down on New Orleans now.

That track they are showing has the center coming right overhead.

I'm on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

Ouch. Might wanna flee. Good luck man.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: Taggart
Yeah, won't a properly aimed hurricane basically sink New Orleans? The city will basically be a total loss?

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Bearing down on New Orleans now.

That track they are showing has the center coming right overhead.

I'm on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

You better keep an eye out bro.

I've heard a lot of engineers talk about how a major hurricane could be devastating to New Orleans.

Here's the deal.

The City of New Orleans on the South shore of Lake Ponchartrain is wedged in between the Mississippi River and the Lake.

The land that the city is built on is 17 feet below the the sea level of the Lake which is connected to the Gulf Of Mexico.

It has NO business being called a "Lake".

How many lakes do you know that has salt water and tides???

We have Manatees coming in and out of here from the Gulf.

There is a 19 foot Levee on each side of the river protecting the city as well as a levee along the shore of the Lake.

IF the lake comes up 4 feet it will come over the top of the levee flooding all of the City of New Orleans with 17 feet deep of water.

So basically there is 2 feet of leeway of whether New Orleans survives or not.

I am on the North shore of Lake Ponchartrain. My house is about 6 inches above sea level. So if the lake comes up 4 feet, I will have 3 1/2 feet of water in the house.

Water doesn't bother me (even have an unsinkable boat to jump into), it is the 3 giant Pines trees 5 feet from the front door that scares me.

 

[TRUMPHENT]

It sounds like Armageddon is coming your way. Cat4 or 5 hurrincane, below sealevel, torrential rains, storm surge,catastrophic winds. Oh, yeah, the news crews that will become flying projectiles, killing everything in their path.

 

[johnnobts]

no offense, but i'd prefer it hit you n'awlins folks instead of us bama people. we suffered through ivan last year (my roof still insn't fixed!) and dennis this year! we could use a break.

 

[Deudalus]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
Yeah, won't a properly aimed hurricane basically sink New Orleans? The city will basically be a total loss?

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Bearing down on New Orleans now.

That track they are showing has the center coming right overhead.

I'm on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

You better keep an eye out bro.

I've heard a lot of engineers talk about how a major hurricane could be devastating to New Orleans.

Here's the deal.

The City of New Orleans on the South shore of Lake Ponchartrain is wedged in between the Mississippi River and the Lake.

The land that the city is built on is 17 feet below the the sea level of the Lake which is connected to the Gulf Of Mexico.

It has NO business being called a "Lake".

How many lakes do you know that has salt water and tides???

We have Manatees coming in and out of here from the Gulf.

There is a 19 foot Levee on each side of the river protecting the city as well as a levee along the shore of the Lake.

IF the lake comes up 4 feet it will come over the top of the levee flooding all of the City of New Orleans with 17 feet deep of water.

So basically there is 2 feet of leeway of whether New Orleans survives or not.

I am on the North shore of Lake Ponchartrain. My house is about 6 inches above sea level. So if the lake comes up 4 feet, I will have 3 1/2 feet of water in the house.

Water doesn't bother me (even have an unsinkable boat to jump into), it is the 3 giant Pines trees 5 feet from the front door that scares me.

I'm living at the American Can Company here in New Orleans. It's basically just what it sounds like, an old can making warehouse/factory that was builty back when they really built things.

The bright side of living here is it's virtually impossible ot damage the building I'm in. It was built in 1930 to house very very heavy machinery.

My floors are 2 feet thick of solid concrete. My walls are 2 or 3 feet thick of solid concrete as well. I'd be worried if I was looking at F-5 tornado winds (went through that in high school at Oklahoma and it wasn't fun), but 180 mile per hour category 5 hurricane winds don't scare me at all.

The only thing I'm worried about is my car sitting downstairs in the parking lot.

 

[chrisms]

They should stop helping these people with my tax dollars. Just plant a giant sign outside of south Florida and Louisiana reading "HURRICANE DANGER: ENTER AT OWN RISK." It's not like these things don't happen multiple times every year.

 

[imported_Condor]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
Yeah, won't a properly aimed hurricane basically sink New Orleans? The city will basically be a total loss?

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Bearing down on New Orleans now.

That track they are showing has the center coming right overhead.

I'm on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

You better keep an eye out bro.

I've heard a lot of engineers talk about how a major hurricane could be devastating to New Orleans.

Here's the deal.

The City of New Orleans on the South shore of Lake Ponchartrain is wedged in between the Mississippi River and the Lake.

The land that the city is built on is 17 feet below the the sea level of the Lake which is connected to the Gulf Of Mexico.

It has NO business being called a "Lake".

How many lakes do you know that has salt water and tides???

We have Manatees coming in and out of here from the Gulf.

There is a 19 foot Levee on each side of the river protecting the city as well as a levee along the shore of the Lake.

IF the lake comes up 4 feet it will come over the top of the levee flooding all of the City of New Orleans with 17 feet deep of water.

So basically there is 2 feet of leeway of whether New Orleans survives or not.

I am on the North shore of Lake Ponchartrain. My house is about 6 inches above sea level. So if the lake comes up 4 feet, I will have 3 1/2 feet of water in the house.

Water doesn't bother me (even have an unsinkable boat to jump into), it is the 3 giant Pines trees 5 feet from the front door that scares me.

Relax Dave, you are just new there. Listen to your cajun neighbors. They will keep you safe. They mostly vote Republican so keep very quite while they are saving you!

 

[imported_Condor]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: Taggart
Yeah, won't a properly aimed hurricane basically sink New Orleans? The city will basically be a total loss?

Originally posted by: Proletariat

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Bearing down on New Orleans now.

That track they are showing has the center coming right overhead.

I'm on the north shore of Lake Ponchartrain.

You better keep an eye out bro.

I've heard a lot of engineers talk about how a major hurricane could be devastating to New Orleans.

Here's the deal.

The City of New Orleans on the South shore of Lake Ponchartrain is wedged in between the Mississippi River and the Lake.

The land that the city is built on is 17 feet below the the sea level of the Lake which is connected to the Gulf Of Mexico.

It has NO business being called a "Lake".

How many lakes do you know that has salt water and tides???

We have Manatees coming in and out of here from the Gulf.

There is a 19 foot Levee on each side of the river protecting the city as well as a levee along the shore of the Lake.

IF the lake comes up 4 feet it will come over the top of the levee flooding all of the City of New Orleans with 17 feet deep of water.

So basically there is 2 feet of leeway of whether New Orleans survives or not.

I am on the North shore of Lake Ponchartrain. My house is about 6 inches above sea level. So if the lake comes up 4 feet, I will have 3 1/2 feet of water in the house.

Water doesn't bother me (even have an unsinkable boat to jump into), it is the 3 giant Pines trees 5 feet from the front door that scares me.

Oh, and Dave, as you evacuate, remember that it is just another couple of miles to Ottawa! Good luck and happy travels. Write to us in January so we know if you like it.

 

[conjur]

Enjoying the trolling, Condor?



Anyway...Katrina is now a Category 5 hurricane

YIKES!

Winds gusting to 195mph...pressure at 908mb!