NOLA mayor says winds 140

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NOLA mayor says winds 140

#1 Postby coolwater » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:21 pm

he jus tsaid this on Fox. How could he know?
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#2 Postby WaryEye » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:25 pm

It appears that FOX is representing lots of things this evening based on nothing factual whatsoever.
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#3 Postby wolfmmiii » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:29 pm

WaryEye wrote:It appears that FOX is representing lots of things this evening based on nothing factual whatsoever.



Re-read the original post. It wasn't FOX that represented it. It was the Biloxi Mayor. I heard it too.
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#4 Postby AlabamaDave » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:30 pm

It was the mayor of Biloxi who said this. He said it in an unclear manner, and I couldn't figure out whether he meant he had heard that weakening to 140 is expected. :?:
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#5 Postby steveklein » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:34 pm

based on satellite imagery, i'd say the thing has weakened a good bit in the last few hours. i've seen cat 3's with better formed eyewalls than this thing right now.

maybe it is an ERC, maybe not. whether it is an ERC or not, it appears that at this moment, it is NOT a category 5 storm.
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#6 Postby NorthGaWeather » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:40 pm

steveklein wrote:based on satellite imagery, i'd say the thing has weakened a good bit in the last few hours. i've seen cat 3's with better formed eyewalls than this thing right now.

maybe it is an ERC, maybe not. whether it is an ERC or not, it appears that at this moment, it is NOT a category 5 storm.


I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. :roll:
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#7 Postby leonardo » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:40 pm

first of all, it was the Biloxi mayor...

second of all...it is very easy to get 140 knots mixed up with 140 mph...
I'm not saying that this FOR SURE is a 140 knot storm right now, but I would really surprised if it was downgraded to 140 mph

and third of all...steveklein...ARE YOU NUTS?!
please show me a category 3 hurricane with a better eye structure than this! I am really curious as to which hurricane you have in mind...
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#8 Postby ConvergenceZone » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:42 pm

I don't see it weakening to 140 on this next update(in about 20 minutes), perhaps 155 or MAYBE 150, due to the interaction of a couple of waves moving into it(which Lyons pointed out), but I can't see it being weaker then that. Still think it will make landfall at 145 mph which would still be awful!
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#9 Postby JQ Public » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:43 pm

But i think 140 is right on the money b/c by the time it gets to NO it would have gone over at least 50 miles of land. 140 is devastating though and I don't understand how this is really anything weak to begin with.
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#10 Postby WaryEye » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:48 pm

I just heard some of this too, he said 140 in NO and 160+ near the Louisiana/Mississippi line. Also said they are going on the record with 60-70% of N.O. to be flooded this time tomorrow.

Some of the replies in this post made me laugh. :lol:
Thanks for keeping up the sarcasm... it keeps me from being nauseated.
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#11 Postby ConvergenceZone » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:52 pm

Winds still at 160 mph on the latest update just issued. Guess it's holding it's own.
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#12 Postby ConvergenceZone » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:56 pm

One thing to point out there. They kept the winds at 160 mph, but mention the following below. Perhaps they need to get a pressure reading before making any adjustments on the winds. Reports will now be coming in every 2 hours as opposed to 3, so we'll have a more accurate representation on winds on the next update as we should have a recon report by that time.



"An Air Force Reserve unit reconnaissance aircraft will be reaching the
center of Katrina very shortly."
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#13 Postby ConvergenceZone » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:58 pm

This latest discussion just issues also mentions that some weakening may be underway or that it may be weaker than what they are showing due to conflicting reports. I guess we will know soon enough. This is an interesting read though.


http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/at200512.disc.html
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#14 Postby LSU2001 » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:11 pm

JQ Public wrote:But i think 140 is right on the money b/c by the time it gets to NO it would have gone over at least 50 miles of land. 140 is devastating though and I don't understand how this is really anything weak to begin with.


NO fifty miles of marsh, lakes, and bays. very little land and 0 high ground.
It will weaken very, very slowly.
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#15 Postby Brent » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:27 pm

steveklein wrote:based on satellite imagery, i'd say the thing has weakened a good bit in the last few hours. i've seen cat 3's with better formed eyewalls than this thing right now.

maybe it is an ERC, maybe not. whether it is an ERC or not, it appears that at this moment, it is NOT a category 5 storm.


Someone please shoot me...
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#16 Postby Cookiely » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:56 pm

Brent wrote:
steveklein wrote:based on satellite imagery, i'd say the thing has weakened a good bit in the last few hours. i've seen cat 3's with better formed eyewalls than this thing right now.

maybe it is an ERC, maybe not. whether it is an ERC or not, it appears that at this moment, it is NOT a category 5 storm.


Someone please shoot me...

I'll stand behind you Brent so the bullet can pass through us both, and save an extra bullet.
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