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Digital water to give us an idea

#1 Postby hurricanetrack » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:46 pm

Here are two images- I found the original in another post about the storm surge from Katrina- so this is NOT my original image, though I have some coming from Jesse Bass. Anyhow- here is a quick rendering of what the water level might have looked like- without blue sky, of course, with that horrific storm surge. Below is without water- then with water.

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With water:

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#2 Postby skysummit » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:48 pm

Very nice visual example. Thanks for sharing.
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#3 Postby dhweather » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:51 pm

Sweet graphics! Hurrykane won't mind you using her picture, I promise!

Say, what did you use to do that?
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#4 Postby TampaFl » Mon Oct 17, 2005 4:59 pm

:eek: :eek: :eek:
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#5 Postby artist » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:03 pm

that is plain scary - anyone staying in the path of potential surge like that is just absolutely nuts!
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#6 Postby gpickett00 » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:06 pm

add rain wind and clouds and you got it...cool
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#7 Postby beachbum_al » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:07 pm

Now where is that exactly. Is that I-10? I have chills going up my spine right now just looking at the two pictures. But it does give people a wake up call when they say storm surge.
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#8 Postby hurricanetrack » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:08 pm

Here is an animation of it. Helps to understand the power a little bit. Large file so be aware.

http://www.hurricanetrack.com/digitalsurge.avi
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#9 Postby tornadochaser86 » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:17 pm

wow thats a realk good picture
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#10 Postby dhweather » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:23 pm

beachbum_al wrote:Now where is that exactly. Is that I-10? I have chills going up my spine right now just looking at the two pictures. But it does give people a wake up call when they say storm surge.


That is I-10, in Hancock County, Mississippi. That is highway 603 going under I-10.
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#11 Postby dhweather » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:33 pm

The green X marks the spot. I added my observations for flooded
areas.

Well, I messed that up - the intersection to the right of the X - I-10
and Highway 603 is where this image was taken.


<img src="http://www.datasync.com/~magee/603i10.jpg">
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#12 Postby Ixolib » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:12 pm

Just a very meager attempt to add some darker skies and grayer water to Hurricantrack's original post above. That surge, at that point, is simply amazing. Really gives a whole new perspective to the bumper sticker made especially for that highway which goes: "Pray for me, I drive 603"!! An indication that 603 is quite dangerous, even outside of hurricane season...

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#13 Postby dhweather » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:23 pm

Add in flying debris, and I think you have it!
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#14 Postby Ixolib » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:32 pm

dhweather wrote:Add in flying debris, and I think you have it!


...And probably a few floating cars and refridgerators. Oh yeah, and the brown/gray grass along I-10 that has since turned much greener, albeit still heavily littered with the debris flying out of the dump trucks!!
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