[hurricane season 2005] Katrina op ramkoers met New Orleans

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Op zondag 28 augustus 2005 23:05 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:
Ik vraag me sws af waarom die 'dome' veiliger zou zijn dan elders. Eén keer de wind eronder en dat dak vliegt er letterlijk vanaf. Of zit daar een mooie kelder onder ofzo?

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Op zondag 28 augustus 2005 23:05 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:
Ik vraag me sws af waarom die 'dome' veiliger zou zijn dan elders. Eén keer de wind eronder en dat dak vliegt er letterlijk vanaf. Of zit daar een mooie kelder onder ofzo?

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Op zondag 28 augustus 2005 23:26 schreef Steijn het volgende:

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Het ziet er wel massief uit.
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The Superdome is a massive structure located on 52 acres (210,000 m²) of land; the dome has an interior space of 125,000,000 ft³ (3,500,000 m²), a height of 253 feet (82.3 meters), a dome diameter of 680 feet (210 meters), and a total floor area of 269,000 ft² (25,000 m²), making it the largest domed structure in the world.

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Op zondag 28 augustus 2005 23:27 schreef Murray het volgende:

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Ehm, iedereen zal wel in het gebouw zelf ondergebracht worden, en niet op het veld of de tribunes..

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Op zondag 28 augustus 2005 23:31 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:

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Nee, psies. Maar dan nog: waarom is dat gebouw steviger dan al die andere gebouwen in de stad? En ligt die Dome veel hoger dan andere gebouwen?

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Op zondag 28 augustus 2005 23:31 schreef Murray het volgende:

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Is geen klein ding nee, zat ik ook al net naar te kijken..
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Geil!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superdome

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.951253,-90.081110&spn=0.006058,0.010131&t=k&hl=en

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"There will be extensive to potentially catastrophic damage to many structures ... and inland," he said. "We'll have a lot of trees that are going to come down, perhaps millions of trees. But the first threat is going to be the storm surge. You must get away from the coast now."

National Hurricane Center director Max Mayfield said: "There's certainly a chance it can weaken a bit before it gets to the coast, but unfortunately this is so large and so powerful that it's a little bit like the difference between being run over by an 18-wheeler or a freight train. Neither prospect is good."

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Op maandag 29 augustus 2005 00:08 schreef popolon het volgende:
Ja, we krijgen in Michigan toch nog iets mee.

Lekker briesje waarschijnlijk.

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Op maandag 29 augustus 2005 00:17 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:

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Geniet er maar van .

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Op maandag 29 augustus 2005 00:55 schreef popolon het volgende:
Hurricane Mitch of 1998 was a Category Five hurricane at peak intensity over the western Caribbean. Hurricane Gilbert of 1988 was a Category Five hurricane at peak intensity and is one of the strongest Atlantic tropical cyclones of record.

7 jaar geleden was de laatste cat.5 orkaan dus.

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Bron : Weather.com

Hurricane Katrina remains a powerful Category 5 hurricane -- top winds are 160 mph. Katrina is a large hurricane with hurricane-force winds extending 105 miles from the center and tropical storm-force winds extending up to 230 miles from the center. Katrina continues to move towards the north-northwest at 10 mph with a turn to the north expected tonight. As of 1:00 a.m. CDT, winds have gusted as high as 101 mph in Southwest Pass, La. which located in the extreme southeastern tip of state. In New Orleans, the lake front observation has reported wind gusts over 60 mph.

The pressure dropped as low as 902 mb this afternoon but has risen to 908 mb as of 12 p.m. CDT. The 902 mb pressure reading was the 4th lowest on record in the Atlantic Basin. Stu Ostro explains the significance of pressure from his blog posted earlier today..."We look at pressures as a good barometer (pun intended) for intensity. The difference in pressure from one location to another, known as the pressure gradient, is associated with wind speed. There are other factors involved, but basically, the greater the pressure gradient in hurricanes, typically the higher the wind speed."

Everyone along the northern Gulf of Mexico should listen to local emergency management officials for instructions. Hurricane warnings are up from Morgan City, La., to the Florida-Alabama border. This includes the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. A tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch have been issued from the Alabama-Florida border eastward to Destin, Florida and from west of Morgan City to Intracoastal City, Louisiana.

Although conditions are already deteriorating tonight, places such as New Orleans, La. and Biloxi, Miss. can expect to see the maximum impacts from Katrina on Monday morning and afternoon. Areas further inland such as Meridian, Miss. and Jackson, Miss. should see their maximum impacts by mid-afternoon and through the evening on Monday.

A storm surge of 20 to 25 feet or more is possible along and to the east of Katrina's landfall point Monday. On top of the water rise, pounding waves of 20 to 40 feet will produce catastrophic damage at coastal locations.

Effects from Katrina will not be confined to coastal areas. Once Hurricane Katrina makes landfall, it will progress inland Monday into Tuesday with a trail of flooding rains and damaging winds across Mississippi and Alabama and then into Tennessee. Torrential, flooding rainfall is possible with the remnants of Katrina well inland, possibly into the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and the Northeast later this week.

Elsewhere, there are two areas of low pressure in the central Atlantic. The first area of low pressure became Tropical Depression Thirteen at 5 p.m. EDT on Sunday. Currently, it is located about 875 miles east of the Lesser Antilles and is expected to pass well north of the islands.

The other area of interest is a low pressure system that has just come off the African coast. This system also has the potential to develop into a tropical depression over the next couple of days.

In the northwest Pacific Talim has become a typhoon and is forecast to grow to a 120 mph typhoon before moving across Taiwan and into mainland China in the next 3 to 4 days.

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Op maandag 29 augustus 2005 07:40 schreef Drugshond het volgende:
dit jaar waren er al 2 CAT 5 tornado's.
Tapai nog niet eens zo heel lang geleden
En nu deze rakker.

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Op maandag 29 augustus 2005 08:16 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
nog geen modje die de topictitel wijzigd>?

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Op maandag 29 augustus 2005 08:56 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
volgens de radio hier, komt de storm om 17.00 uur aan land....Nederlandse tijd dus

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Bron : CNN Weather

Floodwaters from the east will carry toxic waste from the "Industrial Canal" area, nicknamed after the chemical plants there. From the west, floodwaters would flow through the Norco Destrehan Industrial Complex, which includes refineries and chemical plants, said van Heerden, who has studied computer models about the impact of a strong hurricane for four years.

"These chemical plants are going to start flying apart, just as the other buildings do," he predicted. "So, we have the potential for release of benzene, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and so on."

That could result in severe air and water pollution, he said.

In New Orleans, which lies below sea level, gas and diesel tanks are all located above ground for the same reason that bodies are buried above ground. In the event of a flood, "those tanks will start to float, shear their couplings, and we'll have the release of these rather volatile compounds," van Heerden added.

Because gasoline floats on water, "we could end up with some pretty severe and large -- area-wise -- fires."

"So, we're looking at a bowl full of highly contaminated water with contaminated air flowing around and, literally, very few places for anybody to go where they'll be safe."

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Op maandag 29 augustus 2005 09:29 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
vijf meter water in de stad
hoe zit dat met die superdome dan? staat die hoog en droog?

En wanneer veranderen de modjes de topic titel in : [hurricane season 2005] Killer Katrina op ramkoers met New Orleans

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Op maandag 29 augustus 2005 09:35 schreef Roel_Jewel het volgende:
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Hoogte van de golven .