Hurricane Katrina

[teachski]

Katrina and the Waves....What was their hit?

In the United States, they had a hit single called Walking on Sunshine which is still played on most '80s radio stations.

It was more humerous when I first posted about Katrina and the waves, the hurricane was much smaller and not as much as a threat. Now it is enormous and nothing to kid about. I apologize to any my joke may have or may still offended. It was not my intention...I didn't expect the hurricane to blossom as it has. I thought, after it hits FL, it will break up.

 

[ALLSKIING]

Katrina and the Waves....What was their hit?

In the United States, they had a hit single called Walking on Sunshine which is still played on most '80s radio stations.

It was more humerous when I first posted about Katrina and the waves, the hurricane was much smaller and not as much as a threat. Now it is enormous and nothing to kid about. I apologize to any my joke may have or may still offended. It was not my intention...I didn't expect the hurricane to blossom as it has. I thought, after it hits FL, it will break up.

I don't think you offended anybody. Fl is to small to break up any hurricanes and then it get out over the gulf in that warm water and boom you have a cat 5. I just hope they stay away from LI.

 

[thetrailboss]

Wow...this storm is looking like a real bad one...if only it were all snow for us up here later this week.

All this rain is working out well when it comes to making me study...first week of law school! :roll:

 

[loafer89]

Long Island is overdue for a direct hurricane strike,as the last one to hit directly was hurricane Gloria in 1985. Long Island averages a direct hurricane strike every 26 years, so we are on average to recieve one soon.

The 7pm NOAA advisory for Katrina has her top winds at 160 mph, and she is located 130 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi. Perhaps the shallow gulf waters closer to shore may cause Katrina to weaken somewhat. I hope New Orleans and the Gulf Coast make it through this with as little damage as possible, not to mention the possible loss of life.

On a lighter note, there is snow in the forecast for Barrow, AK for the first time that I have seen this summer . Meteorological fall starts on September 1st :beer:

 

[ctenidae]

The mayor of New Orleans says he thinks 80% of the population has obeyed the mandatory evacuation. I'm pretty sure the Corps of Engineers is sweating pretty hard- NO is entirely below sea level, and if any of a number of levees goes out, the whole city could go under. I remember stadning on the UNO campus, watching ships go by on the Mississippi. Above me.

Just read that oil topped $70 early this morning. It's back under $70 (though not by much) and will probably get abck up there through the day. pretty much all Gulf oil production and transport is shut down for the time being, and there is potential for massive damage to refining and transport systems. Major flooding would make a total mess of all the chemical plants and refineries down there. Environmental damage of epic proportions, if things go right. Well, wrong, anyway.

 

[noski]

gas prices

... local fuel dealer says will be more than $3 a gallon for regular by end of week- if it takes that long.

 

[smitty77]

I've been glued to some tv station sites in New Orleans all morning. Reports are coming in that some parishes are under 8-10 ft of water, people are trapped in their attics yelling for help. They also said 4 oil refineries in the parish are most likely under water, which won't help gas prices.

Here's the story They're continually updating stories, so the link may be invalid after a while.

Sad time for New Orleans and Missippi's gulf coast. Very little info coming out of Biloxi, which is a little ominous. One of the tv stations had a message on their webpage saying the building had sustained roof damage and that all news reports would be coming from sister stations.

Smitty

 

[Greg]

Wow.

http://today.reuters.com/business/n...BusinessNews&storyID=nN30260215&imageid=&cap=

 

[ctenidae]

September gas topped 2.60 today- it'll be over $3 by the end of the week, I think.
95% of oil production, 100% of importing, 90% of refining and 88% of LNG production in the gulf is down. Overall, that works out to about 25% of US oil useage. Early reports say 5-10 rigs are missing or damaged (how does somethign as big as an oil rig go "missing"?)Won't be long before we look back wistfuly at $70 oil.
New Orleans is under water, most of southern Mississippi is wiped out, possibly hundreds dead.

Man, that was an ugly one. And NOAA says we're not anywhere near done yet.

 

[cbcbd]

This is all very sad. I drove the whole coast along the bayou and Houma, to New Orleans, along the Mississippi coast below Biloxi, and into the FL panhandle over Sarasota and Destin...

I love NO and that whole area that I saw.. and now it's in ruins, people are dead, and many have lost everything (and have no insurance). It's really sad.

 

[Greg]

This is unreal. They want to evacuate all of New Orleans:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050831/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_katrina

 

[ctenidae]

80% underwater, no power or water, and they can't plug the levees. Gonna be months before it's at all habitable. Has any major city in an industrialized country ever been abandoned?

 

[smitty77]

I still can't believe my eyes as I watch the evening news. The water just keeps rising, and there's nowhere to go. I was in the Port Charlotte, FL area after last years hurricanes and I thought that was awful. I can't fathom the destruction down there. The views of the now dismantled I-10 causeway are amazing. It looks like someone played dominoes with the whole thing. The biggest problem I have with the whole scenario is they've been warning of a catastrophic levee failure for years now, and it had to take a disaster of these proportions to get something done. If it were me, I don't think I'd go back. Just chock it all up as a loss and start over fresh working in a McDonalds halfway across the country.

As for missing oil rigs, I heard reports of one being 17 miles from where it was last left! The gas prices are already starting to rise. I went out last night and topped off the car and my 5 gal jug in the shed. The Cumberland Farms down the street usually has the best prices, but when I got there the price was 2.84, up from 2.64 that moring. I went to the Shell station 2 miles down the road (usually the highest), but they were selling at 2.67. It was still that price at 4 am this morning, but I expect it will be much higher when I get home.

 

[ctenidae]

They're pretty worried that the rigs may have dragged their moorings across underwater pipelines. Any damage there is going to hurt getting the deep sea port up and running agin. Not that there are any refineries to handle the oil, but still...

 

[loafer89]

My company (we are a family owned business) is supposed to be attending a trade show in New Orleans in early November and according to the management for the show (located in Illinois) the show will go on, unreal :roll: :roll:

They say that the convention center is undamaged and the national guard is set up inside the building. So if the city can pump out the 20' + of flood waters and restore electricity, rebuild I-10 and route 90 by November we should be in good shape.

The attitude of the show management comes as no suprise as I was attending a trade show in Boston from September 9th-12th, 2001, and the management refused to shut down the show, even with a state of emergency declared in MA. :angry:

I truly feel very sad for the people affected by Katrina, the devestation is unreal. I have been reading in weather circles that Katrina's name will be retired, and that the storm may be upgraded to having made landfall as a category 5 hurricane as alot of structures that survived Camile, failed this time around.

 

[Greg]

I have been reading in weather circles that Katrina's name will be retired, and that the storm may be upgraded to having made landfall as a category 5 hurricane as alot of structures that survived Camile, failed this time around.

Interesting. I wonder if Camille weakened some of these structures allowing Katrina to take them out.

Anyone notice that with all the hype usually before a big weather event (that is normally overplayed) that this one seemed to be worse than predicted?

 

[ctenidae]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050831/lf_afp/usweatherfood_050831004814

Further proof that New Orleans is, indeed, the coolest city on Earth. Even under water.

 

[Zand]

Gas prices are up to $3.15 here. Unreal. They're saying over 1,000 dead in New Orleans alone. Then add that with probably 2,000 in coastal LA and MS plus 500+ in AL which could put it up over 4,000. Andrew is gonna be the forgotten one now.

 

[ctenidae]

Jeebus. $3.15 is awful. That's going to be a $45 fill up for me. Glad I filled up Saturday. Of course, my wife is driving halfway to the Cape and back tomorrow.

 

[loafer89]

People are definatly gouging the price of gasoline, as the local gas station down the street from my office is charging $3.29 for regular, while just a mile further on, the Hess station is charging $2.81. :roll: :angry: