HOLY COW....Louisiana's Geography after Katrina

#1 Postby **skysummit** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:05 pm

This satellite image was taken 4 days after Katrina hit. You can see New Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes still underwater....plus what little is left of Plaquemines Parish. Also, a lot of southern Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes have been reclaimed by the Gulf.

CHRISTY · #2 Postby **CHRISTY** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:10 pm

my godness! :crazyeyes:

HurricaneHunter914 · #3 Postby **HurricaneHunter914** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:38 pm

I can't see it all it shows is an x.

Weatherfreak14 · #4 Postby **Weatherfreak14** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:40 pm

Holy Crap

StormScanWx · #5 Postby **StormScanWx** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:51 pm

skysummit,

Excellent picture!!

-SSW

CajunMama · #6 Postby **CajunMama** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:18 pm

You wouldn't know where to find more recent pictures that show the coast now that all the water receded? I'd be curious to see what the coastline looks like now.

#7 Postby **senorpepr** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 10:47 pm

CajunMama wrote:You wouldn't know where to find more recent pictures that show the coast now that all the water receded? I'd be curious to see what the coastline looks like now.

I would suggest looking at a MODIS image. The most recent, nearly cloud-free image of southeastern Lousiana and southern Mississippi would be from the 27th at 1900Z.

Here's a link at the best resolution: 250 meters

#8 Postby **skysummit** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:10 pm

Wow....a lot of Plaquemines Parish is gone for good. I also noticed that Lake Salvador is almost connected directly to the Gulf now. That's definately not good for the Westbank.

#9 Postby **gatorcane** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:11 pm

sure isn't

Website · #10 Postby **Brent** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:11 am

WOW....

Rod Hagen · #11 Postby **Rod Hagen** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:27 am

What did it look like before?

Cheers

Rod

Tampa Bay Hurricane · #12 Postby **Tampa Bay Hurricane** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:42 am

That image is very depressing. Really painful to see that Katrina such a monster storm wiped out so much land. :cry:

CajunMama · #13 Postby **CajunMama** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:54 am

Ditto tampa bay. All i see is hwy 1 and nothing else

#14 Postby **skysummit** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:01 am

Rod Hagen wrote:What did it look like before?

Cheers

Rod

That "pinkish" area is pretty much the land under water. That curved area just to the east of Lake Ponchartrain and St. Bernard Parish (just south of the MGC) was the Chandelier Islands. I heard on the radio that they are not recoverable. That was our barrier islands that protected us from the east.

Hurricaneman · #15 Postby **Hurricaneman** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:42 am

That is just beyond words, parts of the gulf coast have been perminantly altered

Jim Cantore · #16 Postby **Jim Cantore** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:04 am

Hurricaneman wrote:That is just beyond words, parts of the gulf coast have been perminantly altered

or obliterated

#17 Postby **Hybridstorm_November2001** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:13 am

Agreed very frightening :eek:

Weatherfreak000 · #18 Postby **Weatherfreak000** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:23 am

Wow...that's amazing.

Nice stuff.

#19 Postby **terstorm1012** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 9:39 am

there's a lot of mud in the bays...are the rivers running high down there? Or am i reading it wrong? (shoulda payed more attn. in remote sensing!)

amazing shot though.

LaBreeze · #20 Postby **LaBreeze** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 10:12 am

The same is true in some parts of Southwestern Louisiana as well thanks to Rita. There are some new lakes that have formed because of her. All one has to do is to take a drive in southern Vermilion and Cameron Parishes to see that the landscape has changed dramatically. Amazing how mother nature works.

HOLY COW....Louisiana's Geography after Katrina

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