sorry if already posted:
http://www.ultimatechase.com/Hurricane_Video.htm
click "begin video stream" on the one entitled "Ultimate Chase documented Hurricane Katrina's 30 foot storm surge from a Holiday Inn on Gulfport Beach, Mississippi. "
Amazing Katrina storm surge video ...
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f5 wrote:Katrina tested how valid the saffir simpson scale really is .Cat 3 on saffir simpson scales means extensive damage does concrete slabs for miles around include extensive damage?if yes than whats catastrophiic damage if slabs means extensive damage?
The Saffir/simpson scale was designed for wind damage, not for surge.
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HurryKane
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Weatherfreak000 wrote:HurryKane wrote:Weatherfreak000 wrote:hah I laugh, this was DEFINITELY marginal Cat 3 storm surge.
30 foot surge is marginal Cat 3? Whatever.
I was being sarcastic. As to show my stance on Katrina not possibly being a 3.
Ooops.
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Weatherfreak000 wrote:HurryKane wrote:Weatherfreak000 wrote:hah I laugh, this was DEFINITELY marginal Cat 3 storm surge.
30 foot surge is marginal Cat 3? Whatever.
I was being sarcastic. As to show my stance on Katrina not possibly being a 3.
Well...the surge was 30 feet because the Cat 5 winds over the Gulf of Mexico rose it up and then the surge smashed in. Just because it had a Cat 5 surge does not mean winds were not able to be of Cat 3.
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Weatherfreak000 wrote:hah I laugh, this was DEFINITELY marginal Cat 3 storm surge.
Despite that, it's an excellent video.
You know who really cares if it is a Cat 3 or Cat 4 at landfall. The thing that matters is a lot of people along the coast lost their lives, their homes, and everything they have. In three different states people lost everything.
And showing the video, which I thank the person who posted the link, it makes everyone aware what the storm surge can do. No one in Alabama imagine that the storm surge would be as bad in Mobile and along the Eastern Shore (Point Clear, Fairhope, Daphne, and Spanish Fort) and a lot of people lost a lot including their houses and businesses. Fortunately there were no reported deaths that I know of in my area. Unfortunately that is not so to the West of me though and that is what matters. Not whether or not you think it was a marginal Cat3.
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