Experts: Katrina-type storm unlikely this year
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f5 wrote:mississippi felt the leftovers of that 175/902 mb in the form of big surge
You got that right! (not only that, but inland areas felt the leftovers from the wind as well...thankfully she didn't come in at 175 mph...we'd still be cutting trees off the roads and living without electricity LOL)
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f5 wrote:mississippi felt the leftovers of that 175/902 mb in the form of big surge
So did Alabama.
Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Pass Christian MISSISSIPPI did not feel any leftovers. They were right in the path.
Even if we did not have that surge here, the winds sure scare the heck out of you. I consider myself a veteran hurricane survivor, but I was dumbfounded and in total shock by Katrina and Rita. Rita's winds were horrific from what I have been told.
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Lindaloo wrote:f5 wrote:mississippi felt the leftovers of that 175/902 mb in the form of big surge
So did Alabama.
Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Pass Christian MISSISSIPPI did not feel any leftovers. They were right in the path.
Even if we did not have that surge here, the winds sure scare the heck out of you. I consider myself a veteran hurricane survivor, but I was dumbfounded and in total shock by Katrina and Rita. Rita's winds were horrific from what I have been told.
what i mean by leftovers is that they got the surge not the Category 5 winds to go along with it
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>>The 175/902 in N.O. is nearly impossible though. If it comes from the south or southwest, you have like 75 miles of land to go through; if it comes from the east/southeast, land interaction before true landfall is likely to weaken it.
You'd be surprised. No map of Louisiana is current. We've all but lost the entire boot of the state. It won't be long until there are a few islands but the rest of the coast more-or-less rounds off just like Texas's, Mississippi's and Alabamas. If you ever fly over it, you'll be shocked. It's almost all water south of the city. Where I live, you have maybe a 1-2 miles of land wide between levees. Everything else is water. It's crazy. The barrier islands are gone. The marshes are gone. There's just some buffer land which used to be dry land, highways and traintracks. It's unbeilevable and someone should be in jail. Honestly, the state of Louisiana looks nothing like it always did, and therefore, the entire country looks different.
Not sure when this shot is from, but it looks fairly current:
http://www.tapcor.com/i/maps/Port_LA_Sa ... oto-sm.jpg
You'd be surprised. No map of Louisiana is current. We've all but lost the entire boot of the state. It won't be long until there are a few islands but the rest of the coast more-or-less rounds off just like Texas's, Mississippi's and Alabamas. If you ever fly over it, you'll be shocked. It's almost all water south of the city. Where I live, you have maybe a 1-2 miles of land wide between levees. Everything else is water. It's crazy. The barrier islands are gone. The marshes are gone. There's just some buffer land which used to be dry land, highways and traintracks. It's unbeilevable and someone should be in jail. Honestly, the state of Louisiana looks nothing like it always did, and therefore, the entire country looks different.
Not sure when this shot is from, but it looks fairly current:
http://www.tapcor.com/i/maps/Port_LA_Sa ... oto-sm.jpg
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