Bright Moments Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) here comes katrina! Edited August 25, 2005 by Bright Moments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 I've been in my basement for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 here comes katrina! ← Yep. No doubt she tells me to get my ass off the computer and take out the trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 As I recall, Katrina was always followed by the Waves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 As I recall, Katrina was always followed by the Waves. ← But it'll be a few days before we're Walkin on Sunshine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 As I recall, Katrina was always followed by the Waves. ← Dammit! I was sure no one else had thought of this terrible pun, and was ready to post....dammit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 I prefer to think of it as a delightful and obscure pop culture reference, rather than a terrible pun. But seriously, good luck to all of you in Florida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 I miss the 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 Back to the purpose of the thread: Its still just a strong tropical storm, but now I am hearing that landfall is predicted for the Broward County/Palm Beach County line, which puts me and Marty very much in the area that will get the "worst" of this storm, whatever that may be. Glad we bought a generator back in June, I just hope we've got enough gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) Further update: Landfall actually occured further south than anticipated, between Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood. Still we've had some very strong winds and heavy rain, yet the power and satelite TV has held on. Don't know how long that will last though as the up-to-the-minute radar shows another strong line of storms just starting to come on shore near Boca/Delray. If I post again tonite, then we made it through that one, too. Edit: Just realized that Evan is keeping the images at the start of the thread up to date, and you can see exactly where the eye made landfall. Edited August 25, 2005 by Dan Gould Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 I'm guessing the Florida folks are without power now. Anyone see the footage of Jim Cantore(SP?) on the weather channel? This little ol' category 1 Hurricane packed a hell of a punch where he was (Ft Lauderdale I think) storm came ashore at around 6 PM, but at 7:40, they showed him getting batted around worse than I have seen folks during Hurricanes with winds well over 100 MPH. With winds being so strong for so long explains why 1.4 Million are without power. And the storm is expected to become a bigger hurricane in the Gulf, and head for the Panhandle Oh, and right over Atlanta like every former hurricane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Lucky us, I woke up to having power and a benign, sunny sky. But if we don't hear from Marty or Evan, we may presume that they're without. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Glad your okay on the east coast. We thought it might be comin' up here close to the Tampa Bay area but looks like it stayed well south of us. Feel bad for our fellow Floridians in the Panhandle -- looks like it might head for them -- they keep gettin' hit!! Whenever these things come close, I always have to think about which Mosaic set I'd have to grab if I was making a run for it -- probably my Andrew Hill set!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark J Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Not too bad a storm here in Boca - we lost power for 9 hours (pretty standard here for even minor storms) when the eyewall came through yesterday, but power is back, no damage, not even a lot of rain. Pretty hot and dark last night however!!!!! Poor folks in Miami were hit with this bad and they didn't even expect it. It was supposed to go through Broward westward, not that odd south turn. Very strange storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 (edited) Glad to see the brunt of the storm so far has been water... we'll see what happens upon second landfall. I've been in my basement for years. ← Edited August 26, 2005 by .:.impossible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 26, 2005 Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted August 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2005 well it hit us right in the kisser! no power for close to 30 hours. lots of damage from falling trees. flooding in many areas. we were pretty lucky just a bunch of downed branches. whew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted August 27, 2005 Report Share Posted August 27, 2005 Its not looking good for New Orleans. Can you imagine the disaster that could occur in a city like that? Not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted August 27, 2005 Report Share Posted August 27, 2005 Its not looking good for New Orleans. Can you imagine the disaster that could occur in a city like that? Not good. ← Yeah, for real! Some cities have been lucky for years, and no city has been luckier for longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted August 27, 2005 Report Share Posted August 27, 2005 They may offer the Superdome as shelter to folks who can't get out of the city to higher ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 Well, this storm just went from 115MPH, to 145 in a 3 hour period! Let's hope it overdoes it, gets real strong, then peters out somehow before landfall...a lot of people in New Orleans do not seem to be taking this seriously at all. Could be a horrible situation wherever it lands, but if it hits N.O. I can't even imagine how bad this storm would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 Make that 160 mph winds, Category 5, as of 6 am. Hurricane Center "Strike Probability" chart shows New Orleans as the number one most likely point of landfall, together with some other LA town, Buras. This could be incredibly ugly. My wife just told me that FEMA's model for a Category 4 or 5 Hurricane hitting New Orleans predicts 60,000 deaths, potentially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.:.impossible Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 The city is just not designed to sustain any weather system of this nature. The way the dams are set up around the city, the influx of water from a hurricane has nowhere to go but up. Considering the city is already below sea level, the possible outcome of this storm becomes even more difficult to fathom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 Mandatory Evacuation Ordered for New Orleans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted August 28, 2005 Report Share Posted August 28, 2005 Winds of 175 as of 11 am. This is an incredible and truly frightening storm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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