boven categorie CAT-3+ hij was net afgezakt van CAT-4. Daar lopende de meningen nog over uiteen. Klopt ook wel omdat er toen ook een eye-replacement bezig was. Maar net boven land nam hij nog even in kracht toe.quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 21:11 schreef HansAEX het volgende:
Katrina was CAT 3 bij 'landfall' als ik me niet vergis
Omdat ramptoeristen hier altijd zitten.quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 21:16 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
En het topic in NWS loopt totaal niet
zou eens tijden wordenquote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 21:22 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
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Omdat ramptoeristen hier altijd zitten.
Het enige positieve van Katrina, ofzo.quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 21:52 schreef popolon het volgende:
Er was op CNN vanmiddag een heel programma over FEMA en andere organisaties op de voorbereiding van de klap. Ze zullen nu wel wat parater zijn.
http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080830/NEWS01/80830033&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSELquote:2:50 P.M. STORM UPDATE: FEMA says Gustav soon to be rated Category 5
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government's disaster relief chief says Hurricane Gustav is growing into a monster Category 5 storm.
The storm that hit Cuba Saturday could reach landfall along the Gulf Coast by early Tuesday.
Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that the storm was strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane.
FEMA officials said Bill Read, the director of the National Hurricane Center, interrupted an afternoon teleconference involving the agency, Gulf Coast states and the National Weather Service to say he is going to issue a special advisory statement raising Gustav to Category 5. That means winds greater than 155 mph and a storm surge greater than 18 feet above normal.
Word about the Category 5 development reached FEMA shortly before Paulison briefed reporters.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, confronted with the prospect of a second monster hurricane striking the still-battered Gulf Coast, checked in with governors and federal officials Saturday to make sure Washington was doing all it can.
The president called state leaders in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas in the early morning from the White House before heading out for a 90-minute bike ride, spokesman Scott Stanzel said. Those states are in the potential path of Hurricane Gustav, which has been cutting a deadly route through the Caribbean and swelled into a fearsome Category 4 hurricane Saturday.
It was expected to cross Cuba's cigar country before moving into the Gulf of Mexico, where it could gather even more strength. Gustav could reach the U.S. by early Tuesday, anywhere from the Florida Panhandle to Texas. But just three years after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans, a calamity from which the city still is not nearly recovered, it appears very likely to get slammed again, by at least tropical-storm-force winds if not worse.
Bush also received regular updates from aides about the storm's path and the government's preparations.
The president asked each governor what was needed from the federal government, Stanzel said. Bush praised them for mobilizing their states so effectively to get ready.
"He told each of the governors that federal officials were monitoring Hurricane Gustav very closely," Stanzel said. "President Bush pledged the full support of the federal government."
The Bush White House was badly burned by its fumbling response after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005. Bush's image as a strong leader has never entirely rebounded, even though he has labored to improve on the Katrina performance since by displaying his concern and effectiveness in times of disaster since.
On Friday, Bush pre-emptively declared states of emergency for Louisiana and Texas. Such a move is rarely taken before a disaster hits. The declaration clears the way for federal aid to supplement state and local efforts and formalizes coordination. The administration did the same thing before Katrina struck.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison were in the region monitoring developments. Equipment was put in position and safe shelters readied, with cots, blankets and hygiene kits en route.
The White House kept a close eye on developments to see whether Bush might need to change his plans to travel to St. Paul, Minn., on Monday to address the Republican National Convention. White House press secretary Dana Perino said such decisions probably would not be made until the last minute.
One of the reasons Bush was so criticized after Katrina was that he stuck to a schedule that took him from his ranch in Texas on a two-day trip to Arizona and California. There, he promoted a Medicare proposal while making just scant references to Katrina even as it slammed the Gulf Coast. Bush even happily strummed a guitar backstage at one event. He did not return to Washington until two days after the storm and did not visit the region until five days after.
This sort of dilemma also could have implications for the GOP convention as a whole. If the storm's landfall is serious, Republican John McCain said he probably would rethink allowing the four-day political gathering to continue.
"It just wouldn't be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster," McCain said in an interview taped Saturday with "Fox News Sunday." "So we're monitoring it from day to day and I'm saying a few prayers too."
de schaal gaat niet verder inderdaad. Net als de schaal van Beaufort ophoudt bij 12.quote:
Iemand die ik ken kent weer iemand, en die heeft geen SOA, maar zit op het moment geloof ik wel op Cuba. Gezellig. De kans is groot dat Amerika er best wel van langs gaat krijgen, maar ik vrees dat Cuba veel, veel meer zal gaan lijden, en veel en veel minder aandacht zal krijgen.quote:
http://www.nola.com/hurri(...)gerous_will_thr.htmlquote:Gustav more dangerous, will threaten West Bank with flooding
by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune
Saturday August 30, 2008, 2:58 PM
Hurricane Gustav will be at Category 4 strength with winds of 145 mph only 12 hours before it hits the central Louisiana coastline Monday afternoon, according to a 2 p.m. National Hurricane Center forecast.
On that track, a Louisiana State University coastal scientist says, storm surge could reach the top or overtop levees on the West Bank, could raise water to 8 feet -- plus waves -- along levees on the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, and combined with a water-swollen Tchefuncte River, could push surge into Madisonville on the Northshore.
Water also could rise as high as 8 feet in the Industrial Canal, he said.
"With the new intensity and based on earlier model data I received from sources outside the state, we could expect to see surges in the Houma area that are going to be as high as some of the levees there, up to 10 to 11 feet," said Ivor van Heerden, a coastal geologist who serves as deputy director of the Louisiana Hurricane Center at LSU.
"The bottom line is that what Katrina and Rita didn't destroy in 2005, this storm has the potential to do," he said.
Van Heerden warned that several levee reaches around Houma face open water, and the diagonal direction of the storm will make them perpendicular to the waves, "and we could see a very erosive wave field set up."
National Hurricane Center Senior Hurricane Specialst Richard Knabb said Gustav's unexpected rapid intensification to Category 4 strength today as it approached Cuba's western tip foretells a second explosive rise in intensity when it reaches the central Gulf of Mexico.
The official forecast has Gustav reaching Category 5 strength with winds of 161 mph by 8 a.m. tomorrow and then very slowly losing intensity. It will still be at 145 mph at 8 a.m. Monday, when it is about 100 miles south of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
http://www.nola.com/hurri(...)h_where_are_the.htmlquote:Jefferson Parish: Where are the troops?
by Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune
Saturday August 30, 2008, 1:34 PM
With about 2,000 Louisiana National Guardsmen stationed in New Orleans, neighboring Jefferson Parish has seen few troops sent to help police so far despite repeated requests to the state, the parish's emergency planner said.
"I'm very frustrated that we've got twice the population to protect than New Orleans," said Deano Bonano, the emergency planner.
Geen. Probleem.quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 22:44 schreef Caesu het volgende:
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http://www.nola.com/hurri(...)h_where_are_the.html
http://attackerman.firedo(...)slip-into-the-water/quote:Security for Hurricane Gustav
Blackwater is compiling a list of qualified security personnel for possible deployment into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav.
Applicants must meet all items listed under the respective Officer posting and be US citizens. Contract length is TBD.
Aardige link....<insert> bookmarks.quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 22:36 schreef Darklight het volgende:
http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmPlayer.pl?title=beloint_wwltv&props=livenoad
quote:DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 150 MPH...240 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. GUSTAV IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY FOUR
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS
WITH AN OVERALL SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND GUSTAV COULD REACH CATEGORY FIVE INTENSITY DURING THIS
PERIOD. GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE THROUGH
LANDFALL ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST.
Ik denk morgen..... het moet eerst over Cuba/Land heen = drop.. Wat er gaat gebeuren in de GOM is ff koffiedik kijken.... Hanna zou ik zeker niet afschrijven..... als die de kans krijgt binnen de GOM kan dat ook een heel gemene worden. Maar Gustav is redelijk uniek die heeft zijn visitekaartje al afgegeven.... (over welke gebieden hij zal raken). Maar Ik geloof dat in 2005 de temperatuur van het water in de GOM iets gunstiger was...quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 23:03 schreef HansAEX het volgende:
Toch nog steeds geen officiele CAT 5 bevestiging.
Ik geef ze geen ongelijk eerlijk gezegd. Je weet niet waar dat ding aan land komt, maar op het moment dat het wel zeker is, staat alles muurvastquote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 23:13 schreef popolon het volgende:
Een miljoen mensen in de VS hebben de auto al gepakt en zijn op de vlucht geslagen.
maar ook voor New Orleans zelf wat hoeveelheid regenwater betreft.quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 23:23 schreef HansAEX het volgende:
Laatste prognose is 'landfall' ten westen van New Orleans, dat is het meest ongunstigst wat de olieplatforms betreft
quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 23:28 schreef Caesu het volgende:
die olieplatforms doorstaan het vrij goed als zoveel mogelijk leeg zijn gehaald.
daar waren ze al begin van de week mee bezig.
Mwah, je wordt toch niet zo'n ScienceJapan..... Denk het niet overigens... Qua postgedrag ben je wel pro-actief. En blikopdebeurs ken ik wel... doet Willem Middelkoop mee ?quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 23:16 schreef HansAEX het volgende:
Ik had dinsdag al een gevoel dat dit 'groot nieuws' zou worden http://www.blikopdebeurs.com/weblog1/pivot/entry.php?id=87
Kreeg die dag 2 mailtjes dat dit soort onbelangrijke zaken wel achterwege konden blijven
Yeah sure.... na Katrina waren er een aantal platforms die 150 km off-drift waren.quote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 23:28 schreef Caesu het volgende:
die olieplatforms doorstaan het vrij goed als zoveel mogelijk leeg zijn gehaald.
daar waren ze al begin van de week mee bezig.
en daar ligt de bottleneck sowieso al, raffinagequote:Op zaterdag 30 augustus 2008 23:30 schreef HansAEX het volgende:
Eens, het grootste potentiele gevaar is de raffinagecapaciteit landinwaarts
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