| satellite steve |
| (Weather Hobbyist) |
| Thu Sep 22 2005 02:47 AM |
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Re: Category 5 Hurricane Rtia Moves Westward in the Gulf
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Remember that wind speed is not the only signif facor in determining surge - more water and waves are pushed up by long fetches over open water and how fast it piles up against a coastline depends critically on the slope of the beach underwater and the shape of the shoreline
Katrina was particularly bad because lots of water was pushed w by the winds n of the storm into a nice v shaped area above the MIss river delta and s of the Ala'Miss/La gulf coast