huricane katrina

[jhale]

anyone with friends or family on the gulf coast start praying for them now,
they are about to get Slammed...





Hurricane Katrina is an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Maximum sustained winds are at 175 mph. Katrina continues not only grow stronger, but it continues to grow larger. Hurricane-force winds extend 90 miles from the center on the eastern side of Katrina, 75 miles to the northwest and 50 miles to the southwest. Sustained tropical storm force winds are not far from the Gulf Coast and should move in later this afternoon. Katrina has turned and is moving northwest at 13 mph with a turn to the north expected tonight.
Everyone along the northern Gulf of Mexico should be completing preparations for a major hurricane and take heed of evacutation orders. Hurricane warnings are up from Morgan City, La., to the Florida-Alabama border. This includes the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch have been issued from the Alabama-Florida border eastward to Destin, Florida and from west of Morgan City to Intracoastal City, Louisiana.

A storm surge of 20 to 25 feet or more is possible along and to the east of Katrina's landfall point Monday. On top of the water rise, pounding waves of 20 to 40 feet will produce catastrophic damage at coastal locations.

Effects from Katrina will not be confined to coastal areas. Once Hurricane Katrina makes landfall, it will progress inland Monday into Tuesday with a trail of flooding rains and damaging winds across Mississippi and Alabama and then into Tennessee. Torrential, flooding rainfall is possible with the remnants of Katrina well inland, possibly into the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and the Northeast later this week.

Elsewhere, there are two areas of low pressure in the central Atlantic. The first area of low pressure is located several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles. This system continues to show signs of organization and could become the next tropical depression later today or Monday. It could approach the Lesser Antilles in the next 2 to 3 days.

The other area of interest is a low pressure system that has just come off the African coast. This system also has the potential to develop into a tropical depression later today or Monday.

Tropical Depression Irwin continues to weaken in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Top winds are down to 30 mph and it may dissipate in the next 24 hours.

In the northwest Pacific Talim has become a typhoon and is forecast to grow to a 120 mph typhoon before moving across Taiwan and into mainland China in the next 3 to 4 days.

 

[ShaunW]

My father just told me that Ft. Lauderdale got smashed by her! and they were only on the outskirts. He said the damage to his area was much greater than any of the 3 hurricanes from last year.

 

[marrone]

Shaun

My company insures in Florida and I can tell you hurricane katrina did no where near the damage that the hurricane did last year, which there 4 Major ones. Florida got lucky, as did my company, as up until about noon on Friday the hurricane was headed for the pan handle but late afternoon the it was projected to move over and hit La instead.


Here is a site that use to track hurricane and projection where they're going.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200512_model.html

Michael

 

[jhale]

I see a yellow tracking line pointing towards NY.

 

[ShaunW]

Shaun

My company insures in Florida and I can tell you hurricane katrina did no where near the damage that the hurricane did last year, which there 4 Major ones. Florida got lucky, as did my company, as up until about noon on Friday the hurricane was headed for the pan handle but late afternoon the it was projected to move over and hit La instead.


Here is a site that use to track hurricane and projection where they're going.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200512_model.html

Michael

Like all Aussies, my father has a tendency to exaggerate and BS. So, I'm assuming his idea of a hurricane is a small gust of wind whipping about some leaves in the front yard, .

 

[marrone]

Like all Aussies, my father has a tendency to exaggerate and BS. So, I'm assuming his idea of a hurricane is a small gust of wind whipping about some leaves in the front yard, .

Boy I wish it was just that as it got really bad once it turned into the Gulf, until then it was more rain then anything as the wind was just boarding on hurricane speed. Now it looks like the whole area from La to the FL pan handle with get some type of damage with La and Miss getting wack really bad. And just think there are 3 more month of hurricane season to go.

 

[jenniebutterfly]

katrina did do a lot of damage in south florida, so far estimates are at $600 million to $2 billion and thats from it being a cat. 1. i lived down in jacksonville for 17 years and was lucky to never get hit head on by a hurricane, but i can only imagine how bad i will be in LA. I hope for the best for anyone that thinks they can ride it out, and we know there will be quite a few of those crazy people

 

[marrone]

Those are est and it will probably come in alot less than the $2m # that is being throw around right now as most of the damage is from water and not wind.

The 4 hurricane last year had loss in Florida of over $20m and Dennis, which was a small hurricane this year, is est to be about $1m-$2m. So the damage from Katrina in Southern Florida isn't as major as the other hurricane, now the damage that will be in La and Miss areas will probably be alot.

 

[DEEPWATER]

my grand pop and dad live in Fl,,grand pop has no lights ,and where my dad lives wasnt that bad ,,

 

[alrha]

They are saying that there is a possiblity that this may cause ~ $30 Billion in damages, surpasing the prior record held by Andrew in '92.

 

[NYPDFrogman]

my soon to be daughter in law lives in sildell,la which as we speak is getting pounding. she and her family are in Texas with relatives. there's a good chance when the storm passes that my wife and I will be on a plane heading south.

 

[House of Laughter]

NYPDF, let us know if there is anything we can do to help. Clothes, food, donations etc. I am certainly up for something, Damn, Mother Nature is relentless lately.

House