Weather Channel just said 184 MPH winds and 902 mb

[nytemare]

Holy shit. Bless anyone in the path.

:hug:

[Dudley_DUright]

1. I think it may be time to add a category six to the Saffir-Simpson scale

:scared:

[NYC]

2. Still entirely over water?

I don't have cable, so don't have the Weather Channel. Hurricanes usually slow down over land. I hope that 184 mph is over water. Either way, it's dreadful.

[miss_kitty]

9. they said 1t was 184 up in the air where the plane is

it's 175 over the water. a small distiction in mph, I'm sure.

[nytemare]

10. They are saying at landfall it will most likely be at least a cat 4

Mind you, half of the storm has already hit at landfall, which means the eye hits.

[mike_c]

3. camille was 909 mb at landfall with sustained 190 mph wind...

...and a 25 ft storm surge, but also the highest recorded inland tide in American history, with homes 2 miles inland completely covered by water.

Katrina looks like she's in the Camille league-- the most powerful hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland on record-- but headed closer to NOLA than the (then) much less populous Mississippi coast. This is looking very bad.

[NYC]

4. I read last night about a hurricane that was 800+ mb.

I thought it was Camille. It was a high 800 such as 894 or something, but not the 909 you said. If I find it, I'll report back. Bad, either way.

[Green Mountain Dem]

6. Camille was 909....

you are possibly thinking of Gilbert at 887 or the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane at 897.

[NYC]

7. Could be. Thanks.

I won't bother looking for it now.

[mike_c]

8. that was measured in 1935 at Key West IIRC-- 895 mb....

eom

[Eloriel]

5. Whoa. Shivers down my arms on that one

Boggles the mind, doesn't it?

[nytemare]

12. Yes it does.

Nature is amazing, and brutal.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

11. It showed that press conference from the Mayor. He said 'The

first option is to leave'. Whoa!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

13. Camille was 909 Mb in 1969. Katrina is 902 right now.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

14. Some of the bands are moving in with tropical storm winds.

Not weaker than a four.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

15. This is going to be bad.

[Allenberg]

16. From the NWS:

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...

.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.

THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL. PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND ROOF FAILURE.

HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.

AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.

POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.

THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BEKILLED.

AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE!

:scared: