Storm Surge (large photo -- dial up warning)

[merh]

(c) copyright 2006 by Sister Katrina.

This photo was taken by a nun who was at the Our Lady of the Gulf Church in Bay St. Louis, MS, on August 29, 2005.
This is Katrina's storm surge before it slammed the city of Bay St. Louis.



Disclaimer: This photograph is in the process of being copyrighted by the photographer.

[merh]

1. After the storm images here

http://homepage.mac.com/chriswilkinson/HurricaneKatrinaPics/PhotoAlbum38.html

[mogster]

2. This is amazing

I remember the tsunami. This is much larger.

Imagine if people weren't warned about this storm, many more lives would have been lost.

[merh]

3. It is a blessing it came in during the day.

If it has struck at night, more lives would have been lost.

Having been in the waters for a time, I know that if it had occurred at night, the waves mixed with the winds and rains, mixed with the dark would have caused panic that would have been deadly.

[uppityperson]

4. Thanks again.

Let us know when/if she gets it published. Hang in there merh. sigh. U.P.

[uppityperson]

5. snopes has this picture and more information, NewOrleans floodwall

http://www.snopes.com/katrina/photos/surge.asp
Updated 1/11/06

The above-displayed photograph, which documents a storm surge created when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the U.S. in late August 2005, is genuine (although the accompanying descriptions of where it was taken from are sometimes inaccurate).

The image is one of a series captured by Don McClosky, manager of Entergy's Michoud power plant in New Orleans. Mr. McClosky rode out the storm at the power plant, from which he snapped pictures of the storm surge. As WWL-TV noted of the event:
"There were waves up on top of that, that were probably 15 to 18 foot on top of what you saw form the hurricane protection levee that was out there," said.

In a home video made by a worker at the power plant, you can hear Katrina's winds screaming through the power plant. McClosky and his crew watched as the levee reached the limits of its protection and water began pouring in. Eventually Katrina dumped between five and eight feet of water inside the power plant.

On the tape you can hear McClosky talk to his employees about moving higher as the water rose about a foot every ten minutes.

"There were waves up on top of that, that were probably 15 to 18 foot on top of what you saw form the hurricane protection levee that was out there,"
A gallery of Mr. McClosky's storm surge photographs is available for viewing on the WWL-TV web site. Austin, Texas, resident Mike Collins has also put together some analysis and post-Katrina photographs of the area in which the storm surge pictures were taken.


http://www.wwltv.com/cleanup/160.htm
A massive wave crashes over a floodwall near Michoud's Entergy plant near I-510.
This last link is the first of his photos.

[merh]

6. Thank you uppityperson

I appreciate you vetting this for me.
I have been trying to track down the friend that said a nun took it and for some reason, they won't return my call.

Of course, it is a photo of the surge/wave of Katrina, but not the area that it was told to me it was taken.

Thanks - Now to go find my other threads and ask that they be deleted because they are not accurate.

I do appreciate your research abilities uppitperson. :hug:

[uppityperson]

7. Snopes got it up today, am still annoyed at other posters

why do people have to be nasty or snotty. Not meaning the people who responded nicely with questions, but the "smackdown", and insults. Hey merh, you do the best you can, and keep on. Keep trying to get hold of the person who sent it to you, let them get hold of the person who sent it to them, back to the person who added the cross and sent it off as BayStLouisChurch thingy. Now THAT person I have little patience for. And I love Snopes. Oh well.

[egadsbrain]

8. Wherever, and whoever...

took this photo, it is terrifying. You can almost hear the roar and smell the salt spray. I can imagine being just paralyzed with fear... how could one possibly get away from such an assault. Thanks for posting it.

[Up2Late]

9. WOW, that is amazing!

She should send it to "The Weather Channel" <http://www.weather.com/>

I bet Jim Cantore would love it, and know who to send it to to give it wide exposure. You might even try logging on to the "Storm Stories" Message Board. Here are the links: <http://www.weather.com/newscenter/stormstories/aboutstories.html?from=stormstories> <http://messageboards.weather.com/3/OpenTopic?a=frm&s=253291764&f=8542945976&from=stormstories>

Is her name really Katrina?

Also, just a small tip from a Professional Photographer, the Copyright notice should say Copyright 2005