DescentBB

I just finished watching a National Geographic fing about New Orleans being a disaster waiting to happen if a Hurricane ever gets to the area. Is it going to be as bad as they say or were they exaggerating seeing as though Ivan is about to hit town.

No more...... SO I Sayath

2 hurricanes an now a 3rd and possibly a 4th arrrgg

btw I work fo the telecommuncations industry in the area....covering the 9 lower states we are swamped

but hey New Orleans needs a CLEANSING!

My friend was telling me that it is below sea level, so flooding would be a nightmare there.

That would be bad. I was watching the weather channel lastnight and they were pointing out all these places at 10 feet elevation or less that are probabaly going to be swamped. I hope everyone at least gets to higher ground.

You want a flood? Grand Forks, ND, flood of 97. THAT was a flood.

If Ivan breachs the dikes, N.O. could be under 20 feet of water. If so the water will be there for awhile as the water will have no place to go. I hope they have some really big pumps down there.

N.O. is supposedly 8ft below sea level. I'm glad I visited it last year!

Yup! I've been googling. N.O if it gets a direct hit, is really up the creek without a paddle. Any descenters from New Orleans??

By the way, i'm 210 meters below sea level....beat that boys!!!!

Whens the last time a hurricane actually hit NO?

If ever? Long long ago. (Xciter forgot the </sarcasm> tag)

Avder wrote:Whens the last time a hurricane actually hit NO?

In the late eighties for sure. I know because I was there. Damn thing hit and then came back five times. I was only like 4 or 5 at the time so all I remember is it raining for a LONG ass time.

finally figured it out, EARTH's butthole has got to be somewhere out there in the atlantic 'cause when it farts it craps hurricanes, yeah thats it.

Cool pic of Ivan.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040915.html

It's amazing that something that beautiful from above can wreak such havoc below...

I just moved from New Orleans to Indiana, but my family is still down there. Yes, it is about 9 feet below sea level and the rest of the state is around 4 feet below sea level. New Orleans is basically a big bowl.

Being as smart as they are, they only made one interstate go through New Orleans, it used to be 2 lanes each direction, but last year they upgraded it to 3 lanes each direction for a stretch of 4 entire miles. They also added a huge pumping station which pumps all the water out of the city into the lake (Lake Ponchantrain) which is just north of the city. Once the water gets into the lake, it will flow back down to the city where it will be pumped back into the lake. ALL this happens while the Mississippi is flodding it's 7ft high leevies (keep in mind these leves are 7ft from the ground which is 9ft below sea level, so the top of the leavies are still 2ft below sea level.)

But their evacuation procedure is the kicker. The 2 lanes each way turn into 4 lanes all going west. But before they get out of the city, the have to go UNDER a set of railroad tracks. Yes, all 4 lanes must go under a set of railroad tracks to get out of the city. If I remember right, the lowest point there is around 20ft below sea level. And just so there is no doubt, they went under the railroad tracks, not over, on the only interstate they have, which is 4 lanes total.

Thankfully, New Orleans was spared.

Top Gun wrote:It's amazing that something that beautiful from above can wreak such havoc below...

beautiful? Do you sit and admire the beauty of a swirling toilet bowl too?

You're telling me that you don't find that image to be amazing? Well, I guess your mind is in the toilet, so to speak .