"Catastrophic" hurricane headed toward New Orleans

tombantdesfoetus · August 29th, 2005, 02:13 AM

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
0611 PM 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 BEKILLED.

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!

mic of Orion · August 29th, 2005, 02:17 AM

terrible, hope ppl are prepared..

Roland · August 29th, 2005, 03:22 AM

CNN just informed viewers that it will be a category 5 hurricane, but it will also be much larger than previous storms of this strenght. This is really really bad! Hopefully everyone is out of town or in one of the shelters in time. This might become catastrophical (strong winds and floodings), but let us all hope for the best!

Just discovered that 70% of New Orleans is below sealevel. Being Dutch, I feel a deep understanding for the possible consequences of that. Hopefully they have some kind of hightech defense against the sea as we do (Deltaworks).

Nic · August 29th, 2005, 03:31 AM

I believe a category 5 hurricane has only struck the U.S. 4 other times. And with New Orleans sitting below sea level it is the worst possible place for ANY hurricane to make landfall.

scando · August 29th, 2005, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roland

CNN just informed viewers that it will be a category 5 hurricane, but it will also be much larger than previous storms of this strenght. This is really really bad! Hopefully everyone is out of town or in one of the shelters in time. This might become catastrophical (strong winds and floodings), but let us all hope for the best! Just discovered that 70% of New Orleans is below sealevel. Being Dutch, I feel a deep understanding for the possible consequences of that. Hopefully they have some kind of hightech defense against the sea as we do (Deltaworks).

It could be really bad. Not only is most of the city below sea level, but in a storm like this rain flooding is a minor consideration since there will be a storm surge of sea water 20 - 30 feet high that will be comparable to a tsunami. New Orleans has levees, drains and pumps that can block most floods and remove a lot of rain water, but if the sea rises 25 feet, the levees may be breached. No pump can make much difference against that and there would be nowhere to pump the water. Add 150 MPH winds and this could be a doomsday storm for that area. There isn't much humans can do against this except get out of the way.

chicagogeorge · August 29th, 2005, 05:10 AM

I think that in next 24 hours we will hear nothing but horrible news coming out of New Orleans. This one will definetely be remembered for decades.

wheelingman · August 29th, 2005, 05:46 AM

Hopefully it goes just east of the city because the west side of the storm is a little weaker.

JB_Gold Coast · August 29th, 2005, 06:26 AM

^ I have a bachelor party for my buddy planned in New Orleans this weekend. I think it is safe to say that it isn't happening anymore and we'll have to divert to another location. Based on the NWS statement, the damage will be catastrophic. I only hope there is a New Orleans to go back to another time.

August 29th, 2005, 02:13 AM	#1
tombantdesfoetus BANNED Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 198 Likes (Received): 0	"Catastrophic" hurricane headed toward New Orleans URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 0611 PM 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 BEKILLED. 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!

August 29th, 2005, 02:17 AM	#2
mic of Orion I come in peace \V/ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 11,116 Likes (Received): 0	terrible, hope ppl are prepared.. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" Benjamin Franklin "All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke "Religion leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to bigotry, bigotry leads to suffering!!!" Mic of Orion

August 29th, 2005, 03:22 AM	#3
Roland Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rotterdam / Utrecht Posts: 408 Likes (Received): 0	CNN just informed viewers that it will be a category 5 hurricane, but it will also be much larger than previous storms of this strenght. This is really really bad! Hopefully everyone is out of town or in one of the shelters in time. This might become catastrophical (strong winds and floodings), but let us all hope for the best! Just discovered that 70% of New Orleans is below sealevel. Being Dutch, I feel a deep understanding for the possible consequences of that. Hopefully they have some kind of hightech defense against the sea as we do (Deltaworks). Last edited by Roland; August 29th, 2005 at 03:31 AM.

August 29th, 2005, 05:10 AM	#6
chicagogeorge Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: South suburban Chicago Posts: 5,312 Likes (Received): 106	I think that in next 24 hours we will hear nothing but horrible news coming out of New Orleans. This one will definetely be remembered for decades. __________________ for the Pelasgians, too, were a Greek nation originally from the Peloponnesus The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius of Halicarnassus http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...assus/1B.html Macedonia, of course, is a part of Greece". Strabo, VII, Frg. 9 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/...ragments.html But north of the gulf, the first inhabitants are Greeks called Epirotes.... Procopius http://books.google.com/books?id=9m6...page&q&f=false

August 29th, 2005, 05:46 AM	#7
wheelingman Pittsburgh rocks!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Wheeling, West Virginia Posts: 937 Likes (Received): 0	Hopefully it goes just east of the city because the west side of the storm is a little weaker. __________________ Chicago rules! I love Pittsburgh Toronto is great!! Montreal is unique!!

August 29th, 2005, 03:31 AM	#4
Nic Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,077 Likes (Received): 5	I believe a category 5 hurricane has only struck the U.S. 4 other times. And with New Orleans sitting below sea level it is the worst possible place for ANY hurricane to make landfall.

August 29th, 2005, 06:26 AM	#8
JB_Gold Coast Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 480 Likes (Received): 0	^ I have a bachelor party for my buddy planned in New Orleans this weekend. I think it is safe to say that it isn't happening anymore and we'll have to divert to another location. Based on the NWS statement, the damage will be catastrophic. I only hope there is a New Orleans to go back to another time.

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