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Hurricane Katrina (pg. 2)
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| Ian^ |
| how far is it expected to go until it finishes ? |
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| Trance Effect |
There u go!! |
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| _Nut_ |
Here is a better close up of Kat:
32 mile wide eye. Thats flippin huge! |
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| Ian^ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance Effect
There u go!! |
heh.. perfect thanks :)
As for the Eye, it doesn't look that big, then when you actually 'hear' the size of it, in miles, and I think, that's the distance between me & a what, 30 min drive @ 60mph and it kinda becomes more clear |
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| Palladium |
don't forget winds...175 mph :eyes:
gusts...213 mph...that wind could blow you away :eyespop: |
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| _Nut_ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian^
how far is it expected to go until it finishes ? |
As soon as the storm hits land it will lose its biggest driving force: warm sea surface temperatures. A hurricane is different from your average storm due to the fact it is a warm core system. The storm wont end where that map shows. That is only a three day probabilistic map showing the general direction it will go. It will quickly downgrade to a tropical storm as it moves inland, then to a tropical depression and it will most likely continue through the ohio valley and out of the US as a cluster of storms and rain showers. |
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| Mebot |
| Hurrican Katrina is going to kill everyone in Louisiana. |
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| Ian^ |
| quote: | Originally posted by _Nut_
As soon as the storm hits land it will lose its biggest driving force: warm sea surface temperatures. A hurricane is different from your average storm due to the fact it is a warm core system. The storm wont end where that map shows. That is only a three day probabilistic map showing the general direction it will go. It will quickly downgrade to a tropical storm as it moves inland, then to a tropical depression and it will most likely continue through the ohio valley and out of the US as a cluster of storms and rain showers. |
So that leaves those states closer to the central US Less likely to feel the full force & explains why florida takes a lot being submersed in water around a lot of it :)
I'd love to go into this kinda stuff, but you need a lot of money behind you, plus we don't get much interesting here, the odd twister but that's it |
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| {b.s.e.} |
maaan, you guys are ed :wtf:
good luck. |
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| _Nut_ |
Check this out:
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...
.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED
STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD
FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE
BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME
WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.
HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A
FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE
KILLED.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE
OUTSIDE!
This is issued from the national weather service which normally maintains a respect of conservative.... the forecast discussion now ends with "GOOD LUCK AND GODSPEED TO ALL IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM."
For more eye candy:
Current radar:
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| _Nut_ |
And the latest doppler estimated rainfall (not always accurate)
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| Mebot |
| wow this is one big ass storm. like it was formed by the Walmart corporation or something....:wtf: |
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