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[SBCmetroguy]

buckett5425, on Sep 1 2008, 04:32 PM, said:

Idiot......

I hope you ask the same question when the next major earthquake hits California, a Volcano in Washington, or a wild fire in the southwest(People are always living in areas they shouldnt be, but live there because of economics, its where the jobs are, or it is a beautiful area). Comments like yours arnt needed on this forum.

Nice post. I couldn't agree more. I've seen this same topic debated on other forums in the last couple of days. Some people don't understand that you can't replace culture, you can't replace a spot that is deeply rooted not only in the hearts of the people who live there, but in the history of the entire nation. New Orleans is a very major port city, and is in every way a true gem that we do need to save.

How many billions (at least) of dollars will be spent to rebuild the Los Angeles area after "the big one" hits ... which I stress is only a matter of time. And Los Angeles, to be quite honest, isn't nearly the gem that New Orleans is.

[SlidellWX]

Sorry for not posting...worked a string of 12 hour days over the weekend.  Overall...we dodged a bit bullet on this one and should be thankful.  Shear and dry air intrusion are wonderful things when a hurricane is approaching.  The strongest winds recorded were 117 mph at the mouth of the MS river.   Grand Isle recorded 105 mph.  Surge was around 10 to 14 feet across the area which is below the height of the hurricane protection system.  

As for our other friends...

Hanna is headed to the Carolinas.

Ike should turn northwest and affect the East Coast next week.  

Josephine looks like a fish spinner right now.

[richyb83]

WE GOT POWER back on a few hours ago!!!! 4 Nights w/o power is bad enough; I feel worse to many that will be out another week or two?? esp. to the south.

Thanks for the prayers Tom, they sure were/are needed

I figured you were plenty busy SlidellWX....you are such a tremendous asset to the La. forum! Esp. from a weather fanatic like myself!

Katrina dealt Louisiana a major-blow the right(LA/MS); Rita to the left(LA/TX); and Gustav went right between the eyes! The path inland went thru the Atchafaylaya Basin between Lafayette and Baton Rouge! I saw that only my little battery operated TV. Thank God Gustav did not maintain it's CAT#4 Status and was Strong CAT#2 instead.....I hate to imagine how bad this really could been!

BR Metro/Ryan Airport clocked peak wind gust at 91mph I had to say where I live in eastern BR at least 80mph??? We were in the core for 3 0r 4 hours; we never seen winds like that, INTENSE STUFF!!!! Hard to exactly say on the wind-speed; nothing to measure it with?? Some people tend to exaggerate with the 100mph winds in the past. In BR Andrew had winds around 70 in gust and Katrina was about 55-58mph??

Wonder what did the winds ended up being in Alexandria/Monroe/SBC??

Ike could split the Florida Peninsula in 1/2??? I sure hope it stays out of the Gulf!!! The Fla. Panhandle is a strong possibility?? At least Ike the "Buzzsaw" has encountered some strong wind-shear now down to 120mph from 145. I'll take any good news.

Edited by richyb83, 05 September 2008 - 01:53 PM.

[BRPJ]

IKE

[richyb83]

I am encouraged Ike's projected path has continued to the left (west) over the past few days; I realize any deviation to the right from the current Galveston TX track could slam it straight into Louisiana. But I feel better now than I did Saturday.

Ike's current track has been a little further south than most projections; so it did not stay over the landmass of Cuba( or the higher terrian) as long as it was supposed too; it's just now emerging back over the open water again. Was hoping Cuba would rip Ike apart???? Winds were still near 100mph!

Hoping Ike KEEPS MOVING WEST and stays as far south as possible away from the coast! The La. coastal towns look to get some impact later in the week regardless; with high water levels and tropical storm force winds??

Edited by richyb83, 08 September 2008 - 01:02 PM.

[BRPJ]

The jpg right there has changed baout three times since i posted it.  Last time they had a bout 3 tracks that sent it to louisiana.  now they are all pointed to texas.  keep an eye out

[BRPJ]

wow, they moved the tracks further west again, just that fast.  Its becoming less of a threat to texas even.

[SlidellWX]

Did some hand analysis at work.  The ridge is holding in strong right now.  It really looks like Ike will remain well south of Louisiana and most likely impact the central and south TX coast as most of the models are pointing at right now.

[richyb83]

LOOK at IKE's Massive Wind-profile!!! Tropical Storm force wind 275 miles from the center!!!!!

Ike spit out some INTENSE storms along a squall-line just before daybreak; Louie Armstrong Int'l some serious wind gust (68mph??)earlier!!! As this stuff raced NW it prompted Tornado Warnings for Ascension, Livingston.  A blue-glow across the sky from a transformer took power out here in parts of BR East for a few hours ... Southern U. in BR recorded a 57mph wind gust before daybreak!

Thankfully that's been the worst of it. Glad to see we are not getting much rain; we certainly don't need it. Winds have been gusting here in the 30's & 40's



T.S. Gust for our area til 1:00am Sat

Edited by richyb83, 12 September 2008 - 01:57 PM.

[UptownNewOrleans]

I'm glad N.O. didn't get hit by anymore hurricanes because Louisiana and New Orleans in general DO NOT NEED any more tropical storms. You mention "Katrina" anywhere in N.O. or Louisiana and people are shook. Ike is putting a hurting on Houston (where some of my fam & friends reside). Some downtown bldgs. got glass blown off, puddles are forming, it's craziness. I wonder what areas of Houston got flooded the worst.

[NCB]

Glad to see most everyone here at UP made it through Gustav without any problems! I'm just now getting a solid internet connection in New Orleans.

[SlidellWX]

I'm ready for a break.  Worked 24 hours OT the last 2 weeks.  Luckily...nothing is on the horizon for at least the next couple of weeks.

[richyb83]

I bet you were wore-out SlidellWX!

Eventhough Atlantic Hurricane Season "officially" ends November 30th(deep tropics); typically it's over in October for Louisiana. Just when in October can vary from early in the month to late in the month; depending on those strong cold-fronts??. So on average I say the season ends around here (about now) in the middle of October.

The latest date I could find for land falling La. hurricane was Juan on Oct. 28-29th back in 1985.... But on the flip-side in 1995 Opal hit the Fla. Panhandle on Oct. 4th..the door was shut here with cold-dry air.

That's not to say a weaker "tropical storm" might not happen?? Don't know if any hit La. in November??

Now there's that mid-October spike in the tropics. Omar has already strenghtened to a 75mph hurricane in the Carribbean. "Weak" T.S. Nana formed the other day; and with the blink of an eye she is gone! T.D.#16 formed today just off the coast of Honduras; so far all the 15 T.D's in 08' have formed into a T.S! Will the streak continue and #16 become Paloma??

Since the Ike and the "fish-storm" Joesphine...
Kyle dumped flooding rains over Puerto Rico; and prompted a rare hurricane watch for Maine(1st since 91') as it raced toward Nova Scotia(Sept.28th).
Laura(Sept.29th) was a sub-tropical "fish-storm" in the northern Atlantic that eventually went toward Ireland.
Marco (Oct.6th) rapidly intensified in the Bay of Campeche into the "smallest" storm ever recorded with T.S. winds only 10 miles from the center; landing in Mexico.

Edited by richyb83, 14 October 2008 - 09:50 PM.