Code: Rank Hurricane Name Year Category Pressure 1 Florida Keys (Labor Day) 1935 5 892 mb * KATRINA 2005 5 907 mb 2 Camille 1969 5 909 mb 3 Andrew 1992 5 922 mb 4 Texas (Indianola) 1886 4 925 mb 5 Florida Keys 1919 4 927 mb 6 FL (Lake Okeechobee) 1928 4 929 mb 7 Donna 1960 4 930 mb 8t Unnamed (New Orleans LA) 1915 4 931 mb 8t Carla (N & Cent. TX) 1961 4 931 mb 10 Hurricane Hugo 1989 4 934 mb
Looks like this thing is headed for NO....NHC jjust siad its still on a West, Northwest approach and the only curt they expetc is to North Northwest. Here are a few links of interest..... NOLA.com...Times Picayune has several operational video cams including one of the Mississippi. Com this afternoon, you can watch Katrina come ashore here. Map of neighborhoods in Metro NO vulnerable to storm surge and flooding. Good luck NO, this is the doomsday scenario you've been fearing all there year. If there's any silver lining in this, it will cause political officials to look at seriously upgrading the leeves that protect the city.
You forgot one.....the unnamed "Great Storm" that hit Galveston in 1900 is widely believed to be the strongest storm to hit the mainland U.S. ever. I'm not sure if it counts....but then again, I do see other unnamed storms on your chart.
The storm of 1900 supposedly wasn't one of the strongest in terms of intesity, but it was the worst in terms of loss of life. The information I've seen on it put it at a cat. 4 storm, but it was the lack of warning and devastating loss of life that made it the most destructive storm in the history of the US.
Right now, the storm is headed northwest. It only needs about 1 more degree of longitude west to get to the point where NOLA would be directly in the path of the worst part of the storm. The storm will need to continue on a northwesterly path for about 6 hours given its present speed. If it turns north anytime shy of that, NOLA will still get hammered but be spared the worst and someplace like Bilouxi or the LA/Miss border would be right in the center. By 8pm or so, we'll know if NOLA is going to get the worst of it.
If its still going to hit there, those people are going to HAVE to fill up the Superdome to capacity, and use some sort of reinforcement to keep the water out. Unfortunately, if that NOVA program is completely accurate, the water could still be 30-40 feet high if both the Lake and the river flow into the "bowl" of NOLA... but I have a feeling that the Superdome was built "elevated", and has its doors well above the street level.
i talked with my parents today... all of my aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents are on their way to houston to stay with my folks and my uncle in atascosita... two of my cousins work at hospitals in N.O.- Tulane Hospital and Charity Hospital, they are staying and working through the disaster...
Sorry, the link I posted above is what will happen to NO if a Cat 5 hit. I don't think we can comprehend it yet:
If this hurrican hits NO, they should just mark it up to nature and never rebuild the city except for the port. Basically just chalk it up to mother nature.
If this storm does do major damage to NO, where will all the New Orleans university students go this year? (Tulane Loyola, New Orleans U.)
the WC just anounced that the pressure is down to 902mb and the winds are up to 184. Good bye NO. I hope everybody gets out safe
I know NOLA dodged a bullet last year with Ivan. Where people as fearful when that storm approached, or is this one considered more likely to be a direct hit that Ivan was? I know Katrina is a much stronger storm. I just didn't know if there was the same level of fear that NOLA could be destroyed as this time around.
