DougBaker
(Verified CFHC User)
Thu Sep 22 2005 02:25 PM
Re: new plots by NHC


Just another area I am interested in, but this time it overlaps hurricane interest.

Jsc = Johnson Space Center is in Houston
From:
www.nasawatch.com

Its Going to Get Rough at JSC
Editor's note: Word has it that ride out team at JSC is now being evacuated.


What Could Happen to JSC
NASA JSC Visual Impact of a Category 4 Storm on the Galveston Study Area

- The Design Storm: Hurricane Carla September 5-11, 1961
- A large, slow-moving storm that made landfall near Port Lavaca
- Sustained winds of 150 mph (Category 4)
- Peak wind gusts of 175 mph
- Storm surge of 22 feet (Matagorda Bay) 18.5 feet (Port Lavaca), 14.5 feet (Port O’Connor), 14.8 feet (Houston Ship Channel)
- Rainfall of 16.49 inches (Galveston), 6.25 inches (Victoria), 5.15 inches (Corpus Christi)

Here is a link
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=18144