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Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?
      Mon Dec 12 2005 07:17 PM

Most surface-based observing systems in New Orleans failed, whether due to the instruments themselves blowing away or power going out, before the strongest winds were felt in the city. It is reasonable to assume that they felt at least category 1 from the last observation from the Lakefront observing platform -- http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/obhistory/KNEW.html -- since at 7a CT they were at 69mph. The HRD analysis suggests only category 1 winds, available from http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/Storm_pages/katrina2005/wind.html, but note that the data is merely preliminary.

In other winds...it remains to be seen. Whether or not they were felt any stronger than that doesn't matter a lot; the wave damage with the storm was immense and the two-three weaknesses in the levee system were exploited as a result.

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* did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? vineyardsaker Mon Dec 12 2005 07:17 PM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? NOLA_Resident   Thu Mar 02 2006 10:43 PM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? Margie   Sun Feb 05 2006 01:29 AM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? tx-longhorn   Wed Feb 22 2006 12:32 AM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? HurricaneJosh   Tue Jan 03 2006 03:11 PM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? Rigolets   Tue Jan 03 2006 08:07 PM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? HurricaneJosh   Wed Jan 04 2006 12:02 AM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? Rigolets   Wed Jan 04 2006 02:47 AM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? Hurricane Fredrick 1979   Thu Dec 15 2005 05:27 AM
. * * Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds? Clark   Mon Dec 12 2005 07:17 PM

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