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Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?
Mon Dec 12 2005 02:17 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 02:17 PM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	NOLA_Resident	Thu Mar 02 2006 05:43 PM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	Margie	Sat Feb 04 2006 08:29 PM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	tx-longhorn	Tue Feb 21 2006 07:32 PM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	HurricaneJosh	Tue Jan 03 2006 10:11 AM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	Rigolets	Tue Jan 03 2006 03:07 PM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	HurricaneJosh	Tue Jan 03 2006 07:02 PM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	Rigolets	Tue Jan 03 2006 09:47 PM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	Hurricane Fredrick 1979	Thu Dec 15 2005 12:27 AM
Re: did New Orleans get hit by only Cat 1 force winds?	Clark	Mon Dec 12 2005 02:17 PM

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