Day and Night

[jax]

As I hear the countless stories of friends in their homes
watching the surge rise all morning, swimming to the next home,
getting in their boats and picking up people on their way to higher
ground... It frightens me to think how many deaths there would
have been had Katrina come ashore durring the night!

Think about it. Pitch black... not being able to see your hand in
front of your face... let alone the surge rising. The howling wind
not allowing you to yell to your wife or children... there would have
been thousands of more deaths. What a blessing that was to have
her come ashore in broad daylight...

[Ivanhater]

As I hear the countless stories of friends in their homes
watching the surge rise all morning, swimming to the next home,
getting in their boats and picking up people on their way to higher
ground... It frightens me to think how many deaths there would
have been had Katrina come ashore durring the night!

Think about it. Pitch black... not being able to see your hand in
front of your face... let alone the surge rising. The howling wind
not allowing you to yell to your wife or children... there would have
been thousands of more deaths. What a blessing that was to have
her come ashore in broad daylight...

thats what happened in the pensacola area during ivan, i listened to some 911 calls from that night, people having to climb in their attics and swim at night with the surge rising, i had no clue that night those things were happening around me

[jax]

yeah... Camille came ashore at night... I've heard nightmare
stories from some survivors

[Ixolib]

thats what happened in the pensacola area during ivan, i listened to some 911 calls from that night, people having to climb in their attics and swim at night with the surge rising, i had no clue that night those things were happening around me

Yeah, that's one of the surreal things I've thought about here too. While I was going through my own little ordeal here in my home, less than a block away folks were going through pure hell. And only two blocks away, people's lives were coming to a horrendous end.

Jax is right, if Katrina would have been a night-time storm, the result may have been significantly different - both in terms of absolute terror and perhaps in loss of life. Interestingly enough, Katrina is the first "day-time" storm I've ever experienced, and I've been through all of 'em here since Betsy in '65, although Georges did persist somewhat into the daylight hours.

[arkess7]

Thank God it didnt hit at night!!!!!!!!!!!

[markymark8]

Have u ever noticed though almost all the major canes come ashore at night. Lets see Hugo, Floyd, and Andrew not to mention alot of others in the record books. Makes u wonder????

[wxmann_91]

It was a blessing for Mississippi that it came at daylight, if it didn't, not only would've many more citizens died, but many reporters and storm chasers would've also. Mike Theiss, Jim Reed, Jim Edds (storm chasers), and Jim Cantore (reporter for TWC) nearly were all killed, I cannot imagine what would've happened at night.

Yet, on the other hand, if it happened during night, the levees in New Orleans would've broke during broad daylight instead on Monday night, giving many people ample warning time instead of people drowing in their beds.

Pick your poison.

[beachbum_al]

Not saying day storms are not scary but I find that night storms making landfall are much scarier for me because you can't see what is going on around you.