MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical...0512_5day.html

cat 4-5 is coming your old way.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

irony is i have to fly back into NO to evacuate. fuck.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

grimm,
take care of yourself.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

This is a tricky one :(

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not looking too good for the gulf coast

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

BRING IT ON!!! :biglaugh:

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

if you need me this weekend, evidently ill be on 1-10 heading out in traffic. todays forcast for ohio, partly cloudy with an 80% chance of irony.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Isn't that kinda like waking up to take a sleeping pill?

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

wife + pets=planes, trains and automobiles. its out of my hands. when i think of hell, this might end up being pretty close;)

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Yeah I cannoe beleive this is heading to NO. People are freaking out. Sucks.

Hopefully it will turn before hand and hit gulf goast of Miss.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Is there no one there who can take care of it for you? I would if I were closer!!

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

If I had access to a data center in a place where a hurricane was coming ashore, that's where i'd be. Quick stop by the house to grab a portable TV and DVD player, stop by Fry's or Best Buy to grab some DVD's, and a liquor store run to fill up a cooler....

Hmmmm....Domino's will probably puss out and close though. So have to also throw in a bag of tater chips for sustinence.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

much appreciated peaches:) but the cats are like her kids. lol

i own a datcenter in NO, but they dont have litterboxes. and if i dont rescue the cats, i may never have kids, or even the opportunity:)


so im flying back on the 8 pm to NO, packing up the yukon and heading north.

from what ive heard the contraflow opens at 4 and 1-10 is already busy.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

In times like this, it makes http://zipa.com a wonderful investment/asset!!

Of coure I am Florida, but key parts of the DirectNIC staff will be staying the weekend safe and sound!

I just hope it comes to shore east of NO!!

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Oh sure! Tens of thousands of dollars on routers, bandwidth, security, backup drives, backup power ... but not one damned litter box! Shame on ya! http://oprano.com/msgboard/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

...and suddenly 100 servers went down because a kitty cat jumped on a keyboard in the NOC.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

heh we have the netops for one, but four cats.... thats a lot of manhours:)

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

I know of several BBS's that crashed back in the day for that very reason!

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

This one MIGHT actually hit us.. I'm staying put.

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LOL

thats what i like about Panama no hurricanes.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Yeah that's why I like the Uinted States, its not some third world shithole!

:okthumb:

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

it's a first world shit hole, you are correct

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

No arguements from me. Just amazing how the rest of the world sucks more then us!!

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

You haven't been to the rest of the world. Few places you were outside US, you check the car sizes instead of how actually people LIVE, how they enjoy themselves, the community, quality of life, etc, etc.

and.....Panama inability to kick our butt like Vietnam did, doesn't make it a shit hole
:)

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Serge, if this was the case you would not be living in Miami. You can live anywhere in the world.

Plus I bet they have starbucks and mcdonalds in panama city! :p

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

yes, I could, but I don't, as
"Grass is always greener..."
I don't wanna move far away from you and Katie.
;)


as for Starbucks...I still can't forgive you spoiling the breakfast in Barcelona and chosing Starbucks over an octopus!
:)

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

at 2 am..
max winds 145 MPH,
gusts 175 MPH

holy shit!!!!!!!!

Mike,
now I worry abour Granny, Sandy and Tom.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Good luck, Grimm. Be careful out there, bro.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

An average hurricane release 200 times the world-wide electrical generating capacity - If only we could harvest the energy from such a natural phenomena...

Stay safe!

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an analysis from wunderground.com 's storm expert


Katrina is in the midst of a truly historic rapid deepening phase--the pressure has dropped 34 mb in the 11 hours ending at 7am EDT, and now stands at 908 mb. Katrina is now the sixth strongest hurricane ever measured in the Atlantic. At the rate Katrina is deepening, she could easily be the third or fourth most intense hurricane ever, later today. The list of strongest hurricanes of all time includes:

Hurricane Gilbert (888 mb, 1988)

The Great Labor Day Hurricane (892 mb, 1935)

Hurricane Allen (899 mb, 1980)

Hurricane Camille (905 mb, 1969)

Hurricane Mitch (905 mb, 1998)

Hurricane Ivan (910 mb, 2004)

Katrina's winds and storm surge
Maximum sustained winds at flight level during the 7am Hurricane Hunter mission into Katrina were 153 knots, which translates to 160 mph at the surface, making Katrina a minimal Category 5 hurricane. The winds are likely to increase to "catch up" to the rapidly falling pressure, and could approach the all-time record of 190 mph set in Camille and Allen. Winds of this level will create maximum storm surge heights over 25 feet, and this storm surge will affect an area at least double the area wiped clean by Camille, which was roughly half the size of Katrina. Katrina has continued to expand in size, and is now a huge hurricane like Ivan. Damage will be very widespread and extreme if Katrina can maintain Category 5 strength at landfall.

Landfall projections
The computer models are very tightly clustered and have been so for almost a day. The data used to initialize the models is excellent, since all available hurricane hunter aircraft have been in the air continuously making measurements for several days. Katrina has already made her turn northward, which makes the task of landfall prediction for the models much easier. The offical NHC forecast of a landfall in SE Louisiana, on the western edge of New Orleans, is thus a high-confidence forecast. The spread in the landfall location is just 90 miles, meaning the eye of Katrina is very likely to hit somewhere between New Orleans and a point just east of the Mississippi-Louisiana border.

Intensity forecast
Katrina's intensity at landfall is likely to be Category 4, but could easily be Category 3 or 5. She will undergo another eyewall replacement cycle before landfall, and this will weaken her maximum winds by 20 - 30 mph for a 12-hour period. Additionally, some increase in shear is possible in the 12 hours prior to landfall, which could weaken Katrina's winds another 10 - 20 mph. If we are extrememly lucky, both factors will conspire to knock Katrina down to a Category 3 and she will hit at low tide. Given that the storm is so large and is already pushing up a huge storm surge wave in front of it, even a weakened Category 3 Katrina hitting at low tide will cause an incredible amount of damage. A stretch of coast 170 miles long will experience hurricane force winds, given the current radius of hurricane force winds around the storm. A direct hit on New Orleans in this best-case scenario may still be enough to flood the city, resulting in heavy loss of life and $30 billion or more in damage.

Dr. Jeff Masters


i am now not flying into NO to evacuate as they shut down MSY as of 5 'oclock last night.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Can't say that doesn't make me happy, because it does. You're more important to me than 4 kitties. :okthumb:

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Mayor Nagin and Governor blanco just instituted a mandatory evacuation for the greater new orleans area.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

My family is all out and safe. But this storm is historic. NO will never be the same.

I am going to have a little jazz funeral for my car collection. :(

If people want to see loal news WWL is broadcasting on the net

http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/vid...props=livenoad

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

music to my ears, please give them our love.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Good to hear it, Michael. Billy seems to have gotten wife and the baby out but is staying there :( Talk some sense into him please!

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

My fishing camp is probably history as well.....

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OK I am here so I will try to take some pics to let yall see what is left of NO after the storm.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Take care Billy. Make sure you get somewhere safe during storm - like with Sig!!

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Damn!!!

I hadn't been following it closely. This looks like a biggie.

Stay safe.

Re: MikeAI, don't go to NO
 

Watching the local news that mike posted..