they talk about a direct hit but that isnt quite true. for new orleans to have this dooms day scenario, the storm would have to hit directly east of new orleans, so that the storm surge would enter the lake and the winds would push the water south onto the city. ive often wondered, what do you do when a whole city is destroyed? is it worth it to try and recover the city when it could jsut happen again, and the city is sinking anyway. interesting questions to pose...
Here are some Hurricane Ivan storm surge projections the guys at the LSU Hurricane Center are working on. Experimental Storm Surge Modeling It doesn't look good for Point a la Hache.
Wrong ... Wrong ... Wrong ... not east ... east is good The killer scenario comes when the eyewall passes just west of N.O. ... a hurricane spins counterclockwise in the Northern hemisphere ... east on the edge of the eye is where the most horrific winds are ... and the most damage occurs
Man, what people will write to get attention is stupid. A: If NOLA were to get hit directly, 50,000 people would not be in the city B: These media people think NOLA is coming to be hit by surprise. Everybody will be fine if they follow through with an evacuation and for the people who have to stay, I'm sur they know how to deal with the situation. Another, I haven't once heard any mention of Hurricane Andrew hitting Louisiana. That was a hard hit.
yes, but if it hit west of new orleans, the wind pushes the water north to the north shore.. if it hits east of new olreans, the wind is blowing south and pushes the wind into the city.
the weather channel reported 45 ft waves just 60miles out of NO. The way the gulf shelf is shaped around NO,(less than 250ft deep) the storm surge will ride up on the shallow shelf. Around Pensacola and Mobile the gulf shelf is deep close to land so they're going to get less of a storm surge.
Yes, I agree with what you say about the situation pertaining to New Orleans, but actually.... The worst side of a hurricane in the northern hemisphere depends on the direction in which the storm is moving... (i.e. the "right" side of the storm in relation to the direction it moves....)... It works like this... If the storm moves north, then the eastern side is the worst. If the storm moves west, then the northern side is the worst. If the storm is moving east, then the south side is the worst. If the storm is moving south then the west side is the worst... From NOAA... Here's a link... http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/D6.html So, it depends on which direction a hurricane would hit New Orleans from. If one were to come from east-southeast to west-northwest and hit just below the city like around the mouth of the Mississippi (Which I admit isn't likely), it would be as bad as one comming up from the south and hitting just west of New Orleans...
