GFS shows "the nightmare" in Nola

[hurricanetrack]

Well, that might be a bit extreme, but look at this!!!!

http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod ... p_132l.gif

[TSmith274]

What comes after nightmare? That's what that picture is. Like I said in another thread. It may actually be a good thing that some models are suggesting this, because that far out, they're usually wrong.

[skysummit]

Hopefully they're wrong this time too. Landfall here or within 20 miles west is the worst case scenario that we have been talking about for years. This would put 20 feet of water inside New Orleans and it would take 6 -8 months to pump it out according to a study.

[hurricanetrack]

Yes, this is a long way out weather-wise. It takes an extraordinary set of circumstances to get a hurricane in to just the right place for a New Orleans disaster. The thing is, you never know when that time is....maybe it's Dennis, maybe not. But at a little over 5 days out, the bottom line is that someone along the north-central Gulf Coast is going to get whallopped!

Is that how one spells "whallopped"?

[Hurricaneman]

That would be the worst case senario

[skysummit]

Regardless of who gets it, it's going to be bad. The only thing we can hope for is Dennis to strengthen rapidly right now while he's out to see and hopefully peak out before landfall. Hopefully his peaking is not near any of the islands though.