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Katrina = Cat.5 = Goodbye New Orleans

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New Orleans is as good as gone. If you were planning to do Mardi Gras, you can now put it off for half a decade.

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Hurricane Katrina hits Category 5

Sunday, August 28, 2005; Posted: 7:49 a.m. EDT (11:49 GMT)

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Hurricane Katrina intensified Sunday to a Category 5 storm as it churned towards the U.S. Gulf Coast with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph.

Category 5 is the most intense category on the Saffir-Simpson scale of hurricane intensity -- capable of causing catastrophic damage.

The storm is expected to make landfall on Monday.

source - CNN

Katrina has just been upgraded to cat.5, with winds topping 160mph. I submit that they knew it was going to be a 5 yesterday. That's why a state of emergency was issued for Louisiana long before Katrina even came close to the state.

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With more than 24 hours to go until the eye passes through New Orleans, and with Katrina feeding off the warmest waters in the Gulf during the remainder of her approach, we could see a top scale 5.

New Orleans is sinking. Bet big money on it... then run.

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With 25% of US gasoline coming from rigs in the Gulf and with roughly 80% of the rigs in the path of this monster, we'll be lucky if the price of gas at the pumps goes up only 25%. Slightly exaggerating, but you get the point. Not to mention the impact on a whole bunch of other imports like coffee and sugar.
 
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Oil is going to go completely nuts tomorrow when the NYMEX opens, but that is almost meaningless in comparison to the potential loss of life and property in New Orleans. If Katrina hits at this intensity, the Big Easy could be completely destroyed.
 
It was only a matter of time.


Who wants to bet Pat Robertson is gonna say Katrina is Gods way of punishing New Orleans for all those wild Mardi Gra Parties? 8(
 
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Overall Production Impact Estimate as of 08/28/2005 04:34

Oil (BBLS)
Total: 12890759.
Short : 9819057. ( 76.2% )
Medium: 5268061. ( 40.9% )
Long: 2679459. ( 20.8% )

Nat Gas (cuft)
Total: 120999392.
Short : 69877824. ( 57.8% )
Medium: 23977440. ( 19.8% )
Long: 6226550. ( 5.1% )

Definitions:
Short: less than 10 days disruption.
Medium: 10 to 30 days disruption.
Long: over 30 days disruption.
Categories are cumulative - short includes medium and long



The pressure is down to 910 mb. Only 1 mb higher than Camille (1969). If Katrina hits NO as a 5, it will still be a cat.1 hurricane when it reaches the Mississippi Tennessee border. That's quite scary.
 
rowland2110 said:
Who wants to be Pat Robertson is gonna say Katrina is Gods way of punishing New Orleans for all those wild Mardi Gra Parties? 8(
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and the opposing side will undoubtedly claim that Katrina is God's way of punishing America for electing Bush to second term. Yes, I can see a flood of religiously fuelled stupidity approaching.
 
A major hurricane hitting New Orleans has long been described as the worst case scenario for natural disasters in the United States. The governor of Louisiana is on TV, she looks truly scared. I'm not one for prayer, but it might not be a bad time to pray for others.
 
Sustained winds of 175 MPH, gusts to 213. Simply unbelievable.
 
m885 said:
A major hurricane hitting New Orleans has long been described as the worst case scenario for natural disasters in the United States.
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Many have little idea of the importance of New Orleans to the rest of the country as a major supply route. The impact to the US economy could be quite substantial.
 
:( this one is really scary.

I am terrified of what else is coming this hurricane season, we have so many homes in this area (central florida, close to the coast) that still don't have roofs fixed. ours is only half done, our house would be totalled if even a cat one hits.
 
SillyAlien said:
Many have little idea of the importance of New Orleans to the rest of the country as a major supply route. The impact to the US economy could be quite substantial.
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I agree, especially with respect to oil/gasoline. Not only are oil platforms in the gulf surely going to be destroyed, but many intake facilities and refineries in Louisiana will be exposed to extreme conditions. Crude futures are going to be unbelievable tomorrow. That is secondary, though, to the potential for significant loss of life.
 
m885 said:
A major hurricane hitting New Orleans has long been described as the worst case scenario for natural disasters in the United States.
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Yep. I saw a show on discovery channel about this some time ago. Louisana is below see level. Uh... that water has no were to go.
 
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That is secondary, though, to the potential for significant loss of life.
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What really pisses me off to no end is the likelyhood that for every stubborn idiot who elects to "ride it out", there is a person who is genuinely unable to leave because of either no transportation or physical limitations/disabilities, bad health, taking care of someone, etc. Someone tried calling the NO Red Cross to get help moving out and got a forwarded number along with a message saying that they had "temporarily relocated". Even The Red Cross got the heck out.

If every one of those stubborn "die hard" idiots were to go grab an "unable to leave" person and proceed to the nearest exit, that "poptential loss of life" could and would be drastically diminished. Idiots! Grrrr :X
 
Speaking of pussies, a great many (pets) get left behind. Speaking of animals, saw somwhere yesterday morning that it was observed that (I think turtles and) snakes were moving in significant numbers for higher ground. Can't find the link now.
 
SillyAlien said:
Speaking of pussies, a great many (pets) get left behind. Speaking of animals, saw somwhere yesterday morning that it was observed that (I think turtles and) snakes were moving in significant numbers for higher ground. Can't find the link now.
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Anyone remember (and know if it is true) about hearing the way no animals were found dead during the tsunami? How they all left for higher land?? I find it so *neat* how animals can sense these thngs.
 
I am not sure if i just heard this correctly, but I believe they just said that Katrina is as strong as teh worst cane in history, but more than twice as big. :( and that one killed 250 people.
 
In strength, Katrina supercedes Camille and becomes the second strongest hurricane in history. In size, it takes first place. In damage and potential loss of life, it will blow them all away.

There is one thing working in everyone's favour here. Katrina has just gone through its "up" cycle in its regeneration process. This means that over the next 12-18 hours it will be cycling down and going through its "down" cycle, then trying to regroup. The hope is that it comes ashore during this down cycle.

Another thing that needs to be stressed again is that once this storm comes ashore, there will be HUGE devastation along its projected track for at least 12-24 hours, well inland. It could still be a cat.1 hurricane as it crosses the Mississippi Tennessee border.
 
DarthMom said:
Anyone remember (and know if it is true) about hearing the way no animals were found dead during the tsunami? How they all left for higher land?? I find it so *neat* how animals can sense these thngs.
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I saw plenty of dead animals in tsunami aftermath photos.

Anyways, thoughts and prayers definitely going to those in the path of this storm. What a fucking monster.
 
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