Isaac could rival hurricane katrina

[gilliam]

**5PM ET: ISAAC EXPECTED TO BE AT OR NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH WHEN IT REACHES FL KEYS…
STORM SET TO POUND… ADVISORY… COMPUTER MODELS… TRACK MAP… SATELLITE LOOP…
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[JimR-OCDS]

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epublicans cancel Monday convention events

washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/08/25/republicans-cancel-monday-convention-events/?wpisrc=al_comboNP

Refraining from posting the multiple of jokes which come to mind in lieu of this news.

Jim

 

[ringil]

Whoa boy! Watch out RNC!!

But seriously, I hope that everyone is safe.

 

[gilliam]

Some photos here

nnvl.noaa.gov/

 

[gilliam]

Storm is moving west. New Orleans is now in the path
nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT09/AL0912W5.gif

 

[gilliam]

ISAAC 'COULD RIVAL HURRICANE KATRINA’

 

[pete_29]

for no casualties, minimal damage, and that we can get some rain from this storm in the mid-west.

 

[7_Sorrows]

i pray that it won’t rival katrina.

 

[DaveBj]

ISAAC 'COULD RIVAL HURRICANE KATRINA’

Not likely. Katrina was a Cat 5; Isaac is currently (Monday morning, 0621 CST) only a tropical storm and not expected to be any stronger than a Cat 2 when it makes landfall again. By the time it reaches us, it probably won’t be anything than a tropical depression.

 

[DCNBILL]

We have been going through wave after wave of rain bands for almost two days.

Assisted at Mass this morning but they closed school and church office.

Flooded streets and a lot of wind, hope the power holds out.

Prayers for those that are going to get this storm.

 

[seekerz]

Not likely. Katrina was a Cat 5; Isaac is currently (Monday morning, 0621 CST) only a tropical storm and not expected to be any stronger than a Cat 2 when it makes landfall again. By the time it reaches us, it probably won’t be anything than a tropical depression.

Katrina came ashore as a Cat 3, but it wasn’t by the wind speeds she made history. Praying the levees hold and the sea surge/flooding is minimal.

 

[gilliam]

Isaac Becomes a Category 1 Hurricane [12:25 p.m. ET]

 

[7_Sorrows]

what time is hurrican isaac expected to hit?

 

[Dale_M]

It is expected to make landfall in SE Louisiana sometime this evening.
news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/28/isaac-nearing-hurricane-strength/comment-page-12/

An intense band of rain has sheared off from the hurricane and is causing flooding in some parts of South Carolina (hundreds of miles away)

Top sustained winds of Isaac are now at 80 mph

(That CNN blog is being regularly updated with new developments)

 

[pete_29]

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Refraining from posting the multiple of jokes which come to mind in lieu of this news.

Jim

Maybe the only people killed by this storm will be Republicans :nope:

What kind of jerk even thinks of making jokes during a natural disaster.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

Maybe the only people killed by this storm will be Republicans :nope:

What kind of jerk even thinks of making jokes during a natural disaster.

You’re calling me a jerk?

Thanks
Jim

 

[Dale_M]

At 5 pm ET, Hurricane Isaac was 30 miles SSW of the mouth of the Mississippi River. This put it 105 miles from New Orleans. The storm was moving to the NW at 8 mph.
nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT4+shtml/282045.shtml

The storm is getting better organized as it nears the coast.

 

[gilliam]

**6:55 p.m.:**The landfall of hurricane Isaac looks like it’s about to occur (or is occurring) at the mouth of the Mississippi river. Radar imagery (to the right) shows the eye over the southernmost tip of the Louisiana delta. Having said that, the storm may well remain primarily over Gulf waters for several hours before truly coming inland. So the storm could maintain strength or even intensify a bit in that window.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/im...andfall-isaac.jpg?uuid=_zt4TPFiEeGtxoffqO_0MA
washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/hurricane-isaac-battering-southeast-louisiana-northern-gulf-coast-live-blog/2012/08/28/7eb3c284-f157-11e1-adc6-87dfa8eff430_blog.html

 

[pete_29]

You’re calling me a jerk?

Thanks
Jim

People may die because of this hurricane, don’t you think you could put your political animosity aside on a thread like this.

 

[pete_29]

Whoa boy! Watch out RNC!!
Isn’t this a bit inappropriate.
But seriously, I hope that everyone is safe.

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