A Picture from Katrina
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mikim
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no it ain't - sorry - it's a phony
GaryM
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Cite? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Not disagreeing, just like a source for your statement.
Not disagreeing, just like a source for your statement.
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Amontilado
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MIke,
One of the guys is from the New Orleans area and he recognized some of the structures, so am tending to lend some credence to it.
S.
One of the guys is from the New Orleans area and he recognized some of the structures, so am tending to lend some credence to it.
S.
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Amontilado
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Dug up the original post. This picture was taken at the Michoud facility at the junction of the Intracoastal Waterway (the route between the barrier islands and the main shoreline) and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet in eastern N.O..
Steve
Steve
mikim
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OK -- I don't know the area - but this pic was floating around our office right after and raised questions with my ops folks - The last I had heard was that it had been discredited.
CT_Tree_Guy
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( no it ain't - sorry - it's a phony )</font>
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The last I had heard was that it had been discredited. )</font>
One of the last things I've heard is some guy telling me that man didn't land on the moon.
I don't know if the picture is authentic or not, but let's not question each others' veracity based on hearsay.
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The last I had heard was that it had been discredited. )</font>
One of the last things I've heard is some guy telling me that man didn't land on the moon.
I don't know if the picture is authentic or not, but let's not question each others' veracity based on hearsay.
TomPenny
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I don't know what or where it is but that is a tital wave not simply a storm surge. A surge typically comes on a little more gradual than that.
I don't recall hearing of a tital wave from Katrina. But I might have missed it...
I don't recall hearing of a tital wave from Katrina. But I might have missed it...
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Amontilado
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Sometimes it does, some times it doesn't, depending upon any focusing mechanisms, levies, dikes, convergent areas, etc. Not sure if there is a dike in the neighborhood. Also depends upon the storm itself (movement, speed, size).
Was tought that as the hurricane approaches, it sucks water in, dropping water levels drastically in surrounding areas, like a tidal wave (The guys in the office still talk about George in '98 almost emptying Mobile Bay). When it comes back, it comes back, sometime almost wave like, sometimes more gradual.
Read in the paper today about the levy system in the N.O. area and some the errors that have compounded over the years. Not very complimentary at all levels of government. Will be interesting to see the final report when it comes out.
Steve
Was tought that as the hurricane approaches, it sucks water in, dropping water levels drastically in surrounding areas, like a tidal wave (The guys in the office still talk about George in '98 almost emptying Mobile Bay). When it comes back, it comes back, sometime almost wave like, sometimes more gradual.
Read in the paper today about the levy system in the N.O. area and some the errors that have compounded over the years. Not very complimentary at all levels of government. Will be interesting to see the final report when it comes out.
Steve
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I am not going one way or the other. If you look it is a PIC of a levy you can see the fence going up one side. In the middle you can see the water cascading down were the top looks to have washed. It is also a lot windy. There are parts of the state in Plaquemines and Jefferson Parrish that are up next to the river and at sea level and the river is above them. The river has a levy the whole way down keeping the water in. There is around 80 river miles to get out to the Gulf from N.O. I still have not seen much of Venice on the news.
I just got back this weekend driving 850 miles picking up stuff from family around Texas and Louisiana taking to my cousin in Baton Rouge. They lost everything when one of the leaves broke 6 blocks from their house in N.O. They moved and are not going back. They are now driving to work in N.O. from Baton Rouge. Their house was under to the roof. They are still waiting on the flood insurance pay of. It has been tough on them with an 8 and a 10 year old.
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I just got back this weekend driving 850 miles picking up stuff from family around Texas and Louisiana taking to my cousin in Baton Rouge. They lost everything when one of the leaves broke 6 blocks from their house in N.O. They moved and are not going back. They are now driving to work in N.O. from Baton Rouge. Their house was under to the roof. They are still waiting on the flood insurance pay of. It has been tough on them with an 8 and a 10 year old.
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