Hurricane Katrina

[Ms420]

I don't know if anyone is paying attention or not but the south is sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see what this monsterous hurricane is gonna do. I live about 100 miles from Biloxi, Ms. Bottom line Im scared. We are really gonna get it bad. It is a catagoty 5. Thats the largest hurricane there is. Might not get to talk to you guys for a while. Wish me luck!! :( :(

[turm]

yeah and good luck to anyone in New Orleans seeing as it is going to get hit head on, and a ciy of nearly 500k people (which has been completly evacuated) which is constructed below sea levels with hugh dikes holding back the mississippi i dont think it will turn out good. Its a shame, i went to New Orleans on a road trip for New Years, its a very beautifull city

[naturalmystic]

This is gonna be the big one. Cat. 5, strongest possible. (nothing to do with size). Winds of 175+...there's going to be catastrophic damage down there. Massive flooding, deadly storm surge, catastrophic winds...it's not looking good. Meteorologists have been waiting for this one. From a hurricane-enthusiastic's view point, Katrina is an absolute beauty. But, I hope everyone gets out of her path.

[looseends]

Many prayers out to the folk down south. This looks like it's a big one. Get out and stay safe if possible. Going to toke a prayer bowl for ya. :D

[Euphoric]

eep time to evacuate again :confused: :( :cool:

[Marko123]

To those in its path, stay safe. If you can get out, do so. No time to be heroic. I am in New England and we had two whoppers in 1938 and 1954 and I have seen photos of what they can do. Cars floating down streets houses washed out to sea. Water in downtown Providence RI was six feet high.

Stay safe all!!!!

P.S. Don't forget to pack some herb.

[Towelie]

YEah I live in the panhandle thought i was going to get it bad for awhile

[LzzrdBoy]

I was in Davenport, FLA last year for all 4 of those bad boys so I feel for all you folks down there in the deep south. God bless you all and good luck! Oh yeah...stock up on da' smoke too...I remember not being able to "hook up" for 2 to 3 months after the last one. Not sure why it was so hard to source, just was. Of course, guess it's too late for some of you but I'm sure you planned ahead anyway!

You're all in my prayers...hang on dudes!

L8R!

[flfotographer]

Man, if you're on the Gulf coast, get the fuck out of town!! Katrina hung around the Keys for over a day, was more than 50 miles out, but we got rain like you wouldn't believe and the wind was terrible. Grab your stash and split!!

[pisshead]

i know they keep saying it's going to hit louisiana...new orleans head-on...

but the more i see of the radar on tv (i work at a tv station too), the more it looks like it's heading more towards east texas and west louisiana...i don't know...

the live shots of the louisiana coast though are crazy, on all the big stations...the waves are just crashing in...

[pisshead]

no, i must be stoned...it looks like it's headed towards new orleans...

[pisshead]

i was reading up on hurricanes at how stuff works...and found this...

http://science.howstuffworks.com/hurricane2.htm

that hurricane looks exactly katrina...

[RastaKaze]

i know they keep saying it's going to hit louisiana...new orleans head-on...

but the more i see of the radar on tv (i work at a tv station too), the more it looks like it's heading more towards east texas and west louisiana...i don't know...

the live shots of the louisiana coast though are crazy, on all the big stations...the waves are just crashing in...

they say lousiana might be entirely wiped out. new orleans is a bowl, and when that hurricane hits its gonna fill the fuck up like one too. the city (not sure about louisiana as a whole) will be filled with water for months, and months. by the time it is all over, the government wont even want to rebuild

[Anonymous]

i was in most the hurricanes last year and i have seen many in my day

cat 5 is very strong

you should be fine tho your gona lose power for a while probly and alot of down trees

everyone stay safe and dont go outside

[robert42]

New Orleans good luck :(

[Psycho4Bud]

Good luck to all...STAY SAFE!!!

[Anonymous]

damn hurricanes are fun tho after it dies down enough you can go outside and have shit loads of fun

[naturalmystic]

damn hurricanes are fun tho after it dies down enough you can go outside and have shit loads of fun



This one won't be fun. especially after it moves through.

[LzzrdBoy]

The last guy I knew who went out to play in a cane ended up hanging by his shoelaces from a cypress tree. I'd stay inside if I were you guys.

Me and the family found a cozy corner of the house last year and hunkered down for damn near 5 hours. Even after the bulk of the storm passed, bands were pumpin' out 75 mph winds.

Remember, it ain't over 'til the shit is way the fuck out there!

[NowhereMan]

i cant imagine being there and having to pack up and leave or risk horrible shit
i mean winds like that can easily send the simplest things flying like airborn guillatines,whacking of heads that manage to stay above the storm surge

yea folks i'd leave,but i think of all the people who cant just hop in a car and go,no money for gas even if they had a car and so many dont.

i hope they get them all out the way,wonder where they all go ?
what a nightmare to be 'housed in some school gym or shelter somewhere wiating on a storm to fuck up the home you miss.

ok to make you really think about it,
you could not have a home to go back too,and you cant whip out a bong and have a blast in a room with 50 people you dont know.

good luck to them folks is all i can say

if it survives gonna be a hell of a marti gra next time dont ya think ?
i wanted to go to next one.
peace

[HighTillIDie]

my grandmother (god bless her OLD crazy ass) was hit by katrina. she said she took her meds and slept thru it all.... seriously yall... WTF i couldn't believe it, she is serious... wtf is granny on

[NowhereMan]

my grandmother (god bless her OLD crazy ass) was hit by katrina. she said she took her meds and slept thru it all.... seriously yall... WTF i couldn't believe it, she is serious... wtf is granny on
maybe you should visit and ask sometime
hope she is ok
the news out of the gulf states is bad,
if u aint got a boat,your screwed.

[NightProwler]

whens the hurricane hitting?

[naturalmystic]

Wow, there is a lot of devastation. This thing wasn't even as powerful as expected at landfall. Imagine had it been a cat. 5 at landfall? It would've been catastrophic. I truly feel sorry for the millions of people strongly effected by this monsterous storm. Usually such strong storms are tight and compacted, like Andrew (cat. 4 at landfall), but Katrina was a monster of a hurricane, absolutely huge, and to top it off, a cat. 4 at landfall. Someone made a comment about mardi gras, "One hell of a mardi gras next year", i'm not so sure there's gonna be a mardi gras this year.

[Az.]

does anyone know know of any pics anywhere online because i really have no idea about storm categories so dont really know how big this thing was....

also is it over yet or is it still moving?

I hope everyone that was effected in any way by the storm is ok :)

[oldhippie56]

Ms420, hope you are ok, it was bigger and badder than Camille in 1969, good luck. Everybody need to donate to Red Cross, they need the money!! New Orleans is in bad shape.

[naturalmystic]

Ms420, hope you are ok, it was bigger and badder than Camille in 1969, good luck.


Camille was a cat. 5 at landfall. Katrina was probably bigger, but it wasn't badder. Camille was one of only two category 5 hurricanes to strike the US. The other was the 1935 labor day hurricane which killed hundreds of WW1 vets building a memorial bridge. It's a pretty awful story. If anyone of you are interested in hurricanes, I suggest 3 books that i've read. "Isaac's storm" about the 1900 hurricane that struck Galveston which was virtually without warning. "the perfect storm"...you all know that story....and "Storm of the century: The labor day hurricane of 1935." They said Andrew was a cat. 5 at landfall, but i'm about 90% sure it wsn't.

as some of you can tell, hurricanes are my main interest in life. That and cannabis

[naturalmystic]

does anyone know know of any pics anywhere online because i really have no idea about storm categories so dont really know how big this thing was....

also is it over yet or is it still moving?

I hope everyone that was effected in any way by the storm is ok :)


Storm categories actually have nothing to do with their size. Meteorologists use what is called the saffir-simpson scale. similar to the fujita scale for tornadoes. However, a hurricane's category lies in it's wind speed.

Cat. 1 - 74-95 mph winds
Cat. 2 - 96-110 mph winds
Cat. 3 - 111-130 mph winds
cat. 4 - 131-155 mph winds
cat. 5 - 155+ mph winds

Storms aren't classified as hurricanes until they reach or exceed 74 mph sustained winds. Hurricane Katrina was absolutely massive. With winds gusts exceeding 200 mhp, look out!

[Euphoric]

well in case any one cared, Katrina missed me. It gently destroyed the lives of hundreds of people further west thank god for their suffering..it coulda been me!
Ivan (from a few months ago) went directly over muh house though! I was like &*#E!& YUM MIX WEED WITH 20x SALVIA! :p