LoisCane
(Veteran Storm Chaser)
Sun Aug 28 2005 03:17 PM
Re: Category 5 Katrina Winds to 175MPH

Thanks for posting that graphic with Camille and Katrina. Even the same time of year give or take so very good to use. August storms.. not September.

Think Katrina will stay further south than projected path.

Note that I saw Rappaport on TV and he keeps stressing that storms sometimes shift slowly from the specific line down the middle. Doesn't take much of a shift for another area to receive damage they thought someone else would get.

Media is all over New Orleans. Why? To hype? No.. because this is the storm New Orleans has feared and they have the most to lose as they are a BIG city not a small bayou town. But... more cities than just one are under Hurricane Warning.

Remember that. IF you don't.. go back and look at what happened in Miami to people who were sure that Ft. Lauderdale and Palm Beach were going to get the storm. Tell that to people in Key West watching 9 inches of rainfall recede.

Note.. Death toll in Miami has risen to I believe 9. Either way..not 6 or 7.

Great job you are doing here. Great job on TV.. watch and learn and if you live in a hurricane prone area remember this is not the last storm of this season. We are just getting near the Peak of the Season.. this is still Pre-Season ..not Prime Time Hurricane Season 2005.

So.. pay attention now and remember what you are hearing because if you town is next.. you will have learned something here.

175.. hope she has peaked and will go down but at this point..and she has sped up just a bit... she will go back down to what? 150?



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