WAVCIS,New Monitoring System to Prepare Low-Lying Louisiana.

[dave502d]

WAVCIS will provide Louisiana with the most sophisticated storm predictor of all Gulf Coast states. The older floating buoys ride up and down with the waves and often can't give accurate pictures of wave heights and storm surge. The new monitoring systems are fixed to offshore oil platforms and have sensors above and underwater measuring wave height, storm surge, wind speed, and direction. Information from each station--a total of 13--will be transmitted via cellular telephone to a satellite where it is relayed at a base station at LSU and then transmitted through the Internet to emergency planners.

The system will give emergency planners and relief agencies more notice than ever before to prepare for the deadly effects of hurricanes on the low-lying areas of Louisiana. Within 30 minutes to an hour after information is collected from the gulf monitoring stations, it will be available for officials to view. Using special computer models, emergency planners will be able to determine possible flood scenarios that could occur should the hurricane make landfall in Louisiana, and relief agencies will be able to mobilize resources targeted at the most affected communities before the hurricane even hits.

http://www.redcross.org/news/archives/2000/3-27-00.html

[LiberalVoice]

1. Article is over 5 years old.

So what happened?

[Corgigal]

3. The night that Katrina was approaching

Either the weather channel or CNN were reporting 65 feet waves. Someone got that information, so I think they were working.
I actually mentioned that night on the DU'ers late night watch.

[dave502d]

2. I know, so why din't this part work.

relief agencies will be able to mobilize resources targeted at the most affected communities before the hurricane even hits