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#1 Postby aerojad » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:22 am

Weather Channel 7:20am eastern:
160mph



I guess this is what they call the worst case senario, right?
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#2 Postby Thunder44 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:26 am

It's really the worst case scenerio for everybody. :(
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#3 Postby drudd1 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:26 am

I didn't feel right about this storm from the moment it entered the gulf with it's core intact. Let's just hope something will occur to knock Katrina down a few notches.
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#4 Postby aerojad » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:27 am

Here's my next question.





At what point do skyscrapers (you know, in NO) fail?

160mph surface winds means the tops of those buildings will be getting buffered by 175 - 180mph winds, right?
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#5 Postby dolebot_Broward_NW » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:31 am

I agree with drudd. I experienced this beast first hand in south FL. It didn't seem like your ordinary CAT1 that we get every couple of years. Frances and Jeanne had nothing on this cane. The sheer amount of rain and wind I saw were telling enough, and I got the weak north side. I feel for everyone in her path. There is no way I would find myself in the way of this thing.
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#6 Postby storms in NC » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:33 am

If I remember right they don't last very long it 150 - 155 winds maybe 24 hours tops I think? Would some let me know if I am right or not.
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#7 Postby aerojad » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:35 am

24 hours for a skyscraper? I thought it would be more like 12 hours @ 115mph would do it, or less.
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#8 Postby Amanzi » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:37 am

Storms in NC, all I can say is I pray you are right! I hope she cant sustain herself anymore and has peaked!
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#9 Postby aerojad » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:42 am

160mph / 910mb


wow.
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#10 Postby dolebot_Broward_NW » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:43 am

The real problem for NO is going to be flooding. Your looking at potentially 15 feet of storm surge or more. It's likely to back up into lake pontchartrain (spelling?) then spill into the city. Thats likely to soak what they call ground in that area and weaken the very foundation of the buildings. Then the wind hits...then the wind goes the other way.... BAD situation.
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#11 Postby aerojad » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:44 am

Today's trivia:

What's the strongest hurricane/typhoon/anything to ever make a direct hit on a major metro area?

I got... 1900 Galveston.
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#12 Postby aerojad » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:56 am

160mph / 908mb
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#13 Postby aerojad » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:01 am

"The laws of physics are being tested in the Gulf of Mexico this morning..."

Good one by Jim Cantore. That's as apt of a description as any.
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