Hurricane Katrina - Page 2

GameDayDog · 08-30-2005, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Trick D

If you look at that map. You see Charleston West Virginia in the middle of it. I am 45 minutes west of there. I grew up in Charleston (give and take 10 miles)

Hey GDD, what part of Jacksonville do you have a home in? I was born in Jacksonville in 83. But lived in the Mandarin (spelling) area. I think it was called Boclaire bay? Also in Neptune Beach I think. I moved up to West Virginia when I was 8 months old. I love Jacksonville though!

Hahaha.. you would thynk that's an easy question... My ex-gyrlfriend grew up in Mandarin... I believe she went to Mandarin High until her junior or senior year... I'm not near the beaches... Neptune or Atlantic... that's way down the road a bit... I'm minutes away from the Regency Square Mall & the community college ... I believe it's Duval or Arlington??? Anywayz..... I have a place just off Arlington Expressway, between the Expressway & Atlantic Blvd... Great location for a little apartment...

I'll probably move back to DC when I get back to the states tho.. *D

Peace..~G

**powerman2000** · 08-31-2005, 01:26 AM

Boy, the neighborhoods around New Orleans will never be the same again.

**Pioneer** · 08-31-2005, 01:37 AM

haha a photoshoppe pic already? wow

pammiejoe6 · 08-31-2005, 07:48 PM

i was actually wondering about gators in the area though...by the looks of things today the whole damn city is underwater! yikes!

~~2Ripped4U~~ · 08-31-2005, 09:21 PM

They said N.O won't have power for at least 3 months

**powerman2000** · 08-31-2005, 09:45 PM

In terms of economic damage and lives lost, Katrina may turn out to be one of the worst hurricanes in U.S. history.

But the storm actually turned out to be much less powerful than predicted. Meteorologists say a puff of dry air coming out of the Midwest weakened Katrina just before it reached land, transforming a Category 5 monster into a less-threatening Category 3 storm.

The last-minute gust also pushed Katrina slightly to the east of its Big Easy-bound trajectory, sparing New Orleans a direct hit _ though not horrendous harm.

"It was kind of an amazing sequence of events," said Peter Black, a meteorologist at the Hurricane Research Division of the federal government's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory.

On Sunday, meteorologists watched in awe as one of the most powerful hurricanes they had ever seen churned northward over the Gulf of Mexico on a direct bearing for New Orleans. Fed by unusually warm waters in the central gulf, Katrina easily pumped itself up to a Category 5 monster, with top winds approaching 175 mph. That afternoon a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft flying through the storm pegged its minimum barometric pressure at 902 millibars, making Katrina the fourth most powerful hurricane ever observed.

But by the time it reached land Monday, Katrina was no stronger than any of a dozen or more hurricanes that have hit the United States in the past century. Hurricane Camille had a substantially lower central pressure when it slammed into Mississippi in 1969. Hurricane Charley blasted the Sunshine State with higher winds when it came ashore near Tampa last year.

So if it wasn't so powerful, how did Hurricane Katrina inflict so much destruction?

The storm's sheer size was one factor. As powerful as Hurricane Charley was, that storm's swath of destruction was only about 10 miles wide. Katrina battered everything from just west of New Orleans to Pensacola, Fla., a span of more than 200 miles. At noon Monday, hurricane force winds extended to 125 miles from Katrina's center.

"This storm was quite a bit larger, so the extent of the damaging wind field would have covered a much larger geographic area," said Marc Levitan, a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University.

Geography also played a role in the hurricane's destructiveness. The Gulf of Mexico's northern fringe is an extremely shallow shelf extending up to 120 miles offshore. That makes the region's coastline extremely vulnerable to the storm surges that hurricanes create as their winds and low pressure pile up water and push it ashore.

And Katrina was moving fairly slowly, about 12 to 15 mph. That gave the storm surge more time to build up as the hurricane approached the coast and then moved inland.

Those circumstances made Katrina "nearly a worst-case scenario," said Hurricane Research Division meteorologist Stanley Goldberg. Some witnesses reported storm surges of more than 25 feet along the Mississippi coast, among the highest ever recorded. The waters around New Orleans rose as much as 22 feet.

But the catastrophic sequence of events that appeared highly likely on Sunday afternoon _ a Category 5 hurricane washing over the Big Easy's ramparts and filling it like a bowl _ did not come to pass.

Instead, a different scenario unfolded. Several levees failed on Tuesday, unleashing floods that placed the city of 480,000 in peril long after Hurricane Katrina had dissipated.

Apootheosis · 08-31-2005, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pioneer

haha a photoshoppe pic already? wow

that shit is older than rice pudding

Master Of Puppets · 09-01-2005, 01:37 AM

I heard the hurricane is moving up to Tennessee (sp.?) It has turned into a tropical storm, but I also heard it was headed for the Great Lakes. Is it possible for it to pick up into a hurricane once again? (I know nothing about hurricanes. :p)

MOP

**powerman2000** · 09-01-2005, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Master Of Puppets

I heard the hurricane is moving up to Tennessee (sp.?) It has turned into a tropical storm, but I also heard it was headed for the Great Lakes. Is it possible for it to pick up into a hurricane once again? (I know nothing about hurricanes. :p)

MOP

If you move to Florida you'll become an expert.

Master Of Puppets · 09-01-2005, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by powerman2000

If you move to Florida you'll become an expert.

lol

**Pioneer** · 09-01-2005, 02:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Dodgy 8

that shit is older than rice pudding

OHH SORRY MR. PINK

**powerman2000** · 09-01-2005, 03:17 AM

DarkFalcon · 09-01-2005, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Master Of Puppets

I heard the hurricane is moving up to Tennessee (sp.?) It has turned into a tropical storm, but I also heard it was headed for the Great Lakes. Is it possible for it to pick up into a hurricane once again? (I know nothing about hurricanes. :p)

MOP

Nope, it needs warm ocean air to build power.

DarkFalcon · 09-01-2005, 06:35 AM

Amazing pic of the storm..

**NNTB** · 09-01-2005, 06:47 AM

wow... she was a big one... :scared1:

Pj-Macx · 09-01-2005, 06:50 AM

Yep it was a big one... caused alot of damage... New Orleans.. will be cleaning up for a very long time..

Diab0lic · 09-01-2005, 10:39 AM

Damn man, its pretty bad. All the best to anyone affected ;[

08-31-2005, 01:26 AM	#32
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08-31-2005, 01:37 AM	#33
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08-31-2005, 09:45 PM	#36
powerman2000 The Old Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 4,244 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 203	In terms of economic damage and lives lost, Katrina may turn out to be one of the worst hurricanes in U.S. history. But the storm actually turned out to be much less powerful than predicted. Meteorologists say a puff of dry air coming out of the Midwest weakened Katrina just before it reached land, transforming a Category 5 monster into a less-threatening Category 3 storm. The last-minute gust also pushed Katrina slightly to the east of its Big Easy-bound trajectory, sparing New Orleans a direct hit _ though not horrendous harm. "It was kind of an amazing sequence of events," said Peter Black, a meteorologist at the Hurricane Research Division of the federal government's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory. On Sunday, meteorologists watched in awe as one of the most powerful hurricanes they had ever seen churned northward over the Gulf of Mexico on a direct bearing for New Orleans. Fed by unusually warm waters in the central gulf, Katrina easily pumped itself up to a Category 5 monster, with top winds approaching 175 mph. That afternoon a National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft flying through the storm pegged its minimum barometric pressure at 902 millibars, making Katrina the fourth most powerful hurricane ever observed. But by the time it reached land Monday, Katrina was no stronger than any of a dozen or more hurricanes that have hit the United States in the past century. Hurricane Camille had a substantially lower central pressure when it slammed into Mississippi in 1969. Hurricane Charley blasted the Sunshine State with higher winds when it came ashore near Tampa last year. So if it wasn't so powerful, how did Hurricane Katrina inflict so much destruction? The storm's sheer size was one factor. As powerful as Hurricane Charley was, that storm's swath of destruction was only about 10 miles wide. Katrina battered everything from just west of New Orleans to Pensacola, Fla., a span of more than 200 miles. At noon Monday, hurricane force winds extended to 125 miles from Katrina's center. "This storm was quite a bit larger, so the extent of the damaging wind field would have covered a much larger geographic area," said Marc Levitan, a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University. Geography also played a role in the hurricane's destructiveness. The Gulf of Mexico's northern fringe is an extremely shallow shelf extending up to 120 miles offshore. That makes the region's coastline extremely vulnerable to the storm surges that hurricanes create as their winds and low pressure pile up water and push it ashore. And Katrina was moving fairly slowly, about 12 to 15 mph. That gave the storm surge more time to build up as the hurricane approached the coast and then moved inland. Those circumstances made Katrina "nearly a worst-case scenario," said Hurricane Research Division meteorologist Stanley Goldberg. Some witnesses reported storm surges of more than 25 feet along the Mississippi coast, among the highest ever recorded. The waters around New Orleans rose as much as 22 feet. But the catastrophic sequence of events that appeared highly likely on Sunday afternoon _ a Category 5 hurricane washing over the Big Easy's ramparts and filling it like a bowl _ did not come to pass. Instead, a different scenario unfolded. Several levees failed on Tuesday, unleashing floods that placed the city of 480,000 in peril long after Hurricane Katrina had dissipated. __________________ Don't forget to periodize Best BP 507 lbs competitive Best Squat 705 lbs competitive Best DL 650 lbs competitive Guns don't kill people, men who come home early do. My workout log http://www.ironmass.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6247

09-01-2005, 01:37 AM	#38
Master Of Puppets Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,043 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 47	I heard the hurricane is moving up to Tennessee (sp.?) It has turned into a tropical storm, but I also heard it was headed for the Great Lakes. Is it possible for it to pick up into a hurricane once again? (I know nothing about hurricanes. :p) MOP __________________ Trautman: How will you live, John? Rambo: Day by day. -Rambo: First Blood Part II

09-01-2005, 03:17 AM	#42
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08-31-2005, 07:48 PM	#34
pammiejoe6 Pink Members Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: south texas Posts: 4,175 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 85	i was actually wondering about gators in the area though...by the looks of things today the whole damn city is underwater! yikes!

08-31-2005, 09:21 PM	#35
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09-01-2005, 06:35 AM	#44
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09-01-2005, 06:47 AM	#45
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09-01-2005, 06:50 AM	#46
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09-01-2005, 10:39 AM	#47
Diab0lic Pro Stature Join Date: May 2005 Location: NZ Posts: 125 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 7	Damn man, its pretty bad. All the best to anyone affected ;[ __________________