[hurricane season 2005] Katrina op ramkoers met New Orleans

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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.