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Hurricane Katrina

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I'm watching a live stream of WWL-4 in New Orleans.

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_wwltv&props=livenoad

Also available is a live stream of WDSU-6, also from New Orleans.

http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38202.asx

At 7AM CT (8AM ET), it had sustained winds of 161MPH (259KPH) with gusts up to 196MPH (315KPH). In addition, they're saying the storm surge could be up to 25 feet (about 8 meters).

EDIT: 11AM EDT update, winds of 175MPH, with gusts up to 215MPH.

The mayor of New Orleans was just on TV and he said that he expects the levee system to be taken out by this storm, particularly since it was designed for a Cat3, and not a Cat5. He also issued an evacuation order.

I, for one, would not be surprised to see New Orleans wiped out. I also get the feeling that Katrina will be a retired name.

- Trip
 
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I'll second evkl's statement regarding the sheer size of Katrina.

This hurricane looks really bad. :\ I saw a satellite picture of Katrina on The Weather Channel an hour or two ago, and the eye is just... wow. I'll reserve my judgement on Katrina's impact on any areas receiving a direct hit, as you can't guarantee that she'll keep her category five status until she makes her landfall.

If I recall, two or so years ago, there was a similar situation. There was a hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast, and a few hours before landfall, it was a strong category four hurricane. However, by the time it made landfall, it had suddenly weakened to a category two (three?) status. This seems to happen with a decent portion of hurricanes (though almost never to the extent that this hurricane did), so I seriously doubt that Katrina will make landfall as a category five hurricane. =\ Either way, category five or not, Katrina will probably do a lot of damage. I'll also second Trip's statement about Katrina's name being retired.

Yeah, I'm a skeptic when it comes to this stuff. Honestly, I didn't know that Katrina even existed until Friday. ^^;;; Really, I'm not concerned at all about Katrina, though that may change by the middle of the week. Since hurricanes produce tornadoes when they reach land, I'm worried that my area (southwestern Ohio) will be threatened by tornadoes if Katrina's remnants come close to us. I'm deathly scared of tornadoes. ._.;;

Those are my two cents on the issue. ^^;; I can't help but be reminded of when Stephen Colbert was at the "Hurricane Tracker Tracker" on The Daily Show, thanks to the never-ending tropical coverage we've been receiving for about three summers now.
 
Hurricanes weaken over land because the energy inputs are cut off... though if said land is warm and moist, it could get worse...
 
When it struck south Florida, it was a category 1 storm. It's a monster now.
 
Hanatori said:
(three?) status. This seems to happen with a decent portion of hurricanes (though almost never to the extent that this hurricane did), so I seriously doubt that Katrina will make landfall as a category five hurricane. =\ Either way, category five or not, Katrina will probably do a lot of damage. I'll also second Trip's statement about Katrina's name being retired.
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Except that the water gets WARMER as you get closer to the shore in this case (I saw a map of it on WWL's feed earlier). There's tons of warm water for it to suck up there. I don't think it's going to have a chance to weaken much, if at all.

As of 2PM EDT, still at 175MPH.

- Trip
 
Although the pressure's dropped to 902 millibars, indicating that it can yet strengthen more. They're saying that it may weaken to a high Category 4 hurricane, but even that is unlikely. This is probably going to be an extremely serious storm.
 
Presently at least 60 or so dead in the region, with the number expected to climb. Thousands will be homeless for months.
 
And 80% of New Orleans is underwater.

I have to say, nothing I've seen has overly surprised me, damage-wise. The water level's the only real surprise. But it still looks pitiful compared to the tsunami last year. I think after seeing the devastation that caused, it'll take something I can see up close to ever really shock me as far as natural disasters (although seeing the aftermath of that rogue oil platform hitting that bridge in Alabama was close).
 
i might see some of it in michigan! back in 1998 there was a hurricane that came up the east coast by new york. we got a wicked storm off it. now we *in the city* refer to it as the 'green morning' because the sky was green. it was bad we were without power for a good 3-4 days. and trees were all over the streets so you couldn't go anywhere. if katrina ends up in the ohio valley and beyond we could have another 'green morning'
 
Man, gas prices have already shot up because of this.

And about retireing the name, it's pretty certain, they always retire the names of the big hurricanes that people remember, so that way there won't be any confusion with another hurricane with the same name six years down the road, and they usually retire about 3 or 4 names a year.
 
Worst thing is, they cannot fix one of the levees - so one of the lakes will have to match the New Orleans flood level for the water to stop going through and the pressure to drop. Their pumps aren't working, and everything looks to be a mess right now..
 
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Apparently, oil rigs have been pulled off their morrings, with one even being pulled into shore and colliding with a bridge.
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That one was in for repair IIRC. 35,000 tons and the hurricane dragged it along.

- Trip
 
Amazing, but nothing compared to what we had just six months gone or so.

Contrary to popular assertions from Lousiana and Alabama these days, this storm has nothing on the Tsunami.

Still an impressive one, tho.
 
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