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3rd Anniversary of Katrina - Gustav on the way!
Aug 29, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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Labor Day weekend is here and the hurricane season is heating up...BIGTIME.

Friday was the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall over New Orleans back in 2005.  The damage was some of the worst from any natural disaster in US history. Some blame Global Warming...some blame the government...others blame bad luck.  We can debate them all.  The bottom line:  Hopefully the city has recovered enough to withstand another one because soon-to-be Hurricane Gustav is heading that way.

One note.  One element of Katrina that was never reported was the reason for its rapid intensification.  The catalyst was something called The LOOP CURRENT.  A cyclical current of super-warm water known for centuries between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba which was active as Katrina passed over.  Global Warming was not the cause.  Katrina blew up into a Category 5 in less than a day and then made landfall at a Category 3 into a city that had (hopefully not now) an inadaquete levee system. 

Anyway, here are some very cool 3D satellite pictures of Katrina along with a picture taken from a Hurricane Hunter plane as it flew inside the eyewall.

The last one is a SPAGHETTI MODEL of the possible tracks of  Gustav from Thursday mornings weather segment.

Enjoy!

 

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sofakingdabest read my blog view my photos
Aug 29, 2008 | 1:18 PM

From Wikipedia,

The word hurricane, used in the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific, is derived from the name of a native Caribbean Amerindian storm god, Huracan, via Spanish huracán. (Huracan is also the source of the word Orcan, another word for the European windstorm. These events should not be confused.) Huracan became the Spanish term for hurricanes.
tem123 read my blog
Sep 1, 2008 | 3:21 PM

Well, since Gustav did make landfall as a Category 2 southwest of New Orleans, the damage won't be as much as it would be if it was a Category 4 like they were predidcting.
Wernerd630 read my blog view my photos
Sep 7, 2008 | 2:31 AM

Excellent pics!
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Growing up in Hudson, if you ask anyone who has known me since childhood, they'll tell you that was always interested in weather and baseball. I played collegiate baseball and hit over 0.400 over those four years. In fact, I still play for a semi-pro team here in Cleveland when time permits. Recently, I've taken up drumming which I played back in junior high school. Suffice it to say, I need ALOT of work. For the last 10 years, I have served as a meteorologist at two stations in West Virginia , here at FOX 8 since 2003 and most recently the morning show.

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