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That's an impressive hurricane, paw paw!!!
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yup - one of the reasons we always took off is we had people in Birmingham and then my parents lived in Chattanooga - after Katrina (my oldest born in '08) it was always a good excuse for grandparent visit
We are in Wilma, Gilbert, Labor Day, Camille, Katrina and Rita territory as far as lowest pressures ever recorded. All those storms are considered historic and are some of the most disastrous hurricanes ever. Scary stuff.4pm: 180mph, 905mb
I've had some bad luck lately. For Ida I had just adopted a puppy, and he was too young to be housebroken or have all his vaccinations, so he couldn't go anywhere.
This year the other puppy is in protocol for heartworm treatment - they're supposed to avoid exercise/exertion, so once again we couldn't go anywhere since the stress of the drive and new place/people/etc
Only reason I left for Katrina was I was not in a position to tell my mom I was staying. Ah to be young and "invincible" again
Recon is describing "flocks of birds in the eye". I don't think I've ever heard that before.
. The night before the last thing I heard was Bob Breck saying it was going to Florida.
They said birds in the eye are not uncommon.
That's the same wind speed and pressure Camille was when it slammed into Pass Christian Ms. It alsoWe are in Wilma, Gilbert, Labor Day, Camille, Katrina and Rita territory as far as lowest pressures ever recorded. All those storms are considered historic and are some of the most disastrous hurricanes ever. Scary stuff.
That's the same wind speed and pressure Camille was when it slammed into Pass Christian Ms. It also
bought a 24 Ft storm surge.
It was on the 10 p.m. newscasts that same night when the turn towards New Orleans was first broadcast. Living in Baton Rouge and not watching the news that night ... I didn't hear about it until the following morning. My wife and two-year-old daughter were visiting family in Gretna and she didn't have a car to drive back (I forget ... I think my in-laws picked them up earlier in the week or something). Anyway ... I remember high-tailing it to Gretna Saturday morning and high-tailing it back to B.R. to beat all the evacuees.We were at the last preseason game in Dome that Friday night- Bobs video came on the Jumbotron at half time and his patented high voice and pointing toward Mobile/Pensacola
never forget it...
yes, shallow water increases surge. On the Ms. coast you can literally walk miles offshore and only be in knee deepso earlier this morning I was thinking about this- so i looked up Floridas western Continental Shelf....it extends out 200km from coast.
For Northern GOM ( LA/MS ) that distance is much less. ( its like 40 off mouth of river and like 80 toward Lake Charles )
In my peabrain- im wondering if that happens to play a part in storm surge. In that if the lower depths area is shorter ( from end of shelf to coast line ) , the deeper rising water "rushes" up the slope into shallower waters, lifting it higher than if it were to do same but over a much larger area of "continental shelf" and for an extended period of time
More evidence birds arent real.I work at Keesler and met a few hurricane hunters. They said birds in the eye are not uncommon.
I always assumed that the birds are flying along with the storm in the calm of the eye which is how we got sea gulls flying around which we never see when Katrina's eye was over us.I work at Keesler and met a few hurricane hunters. They said birds in the eye are not uncommon.
When I said about a week ago that something stupid could happen? That is the visual representation of stupid.