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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Wed Oct 02 2002 - 08:25:47 EDT

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Complete Coverage:
http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/2002/storm.php3?storm=13

I sent out last week, during Isidore, the following Reuters report:

"If at some point you have a major hurricane -- and there's one sitting
offshore as we speak -- arrive directly into New Orleans...then
virtually all of central New Orleans would be underwater."

The following website has a great infographic about what would happen to
New Orleans during a hurricane. Since the city itself is under sea
level, it would be under water if a major hurricane pushed storm surges
over the levee:

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf?/washingaway/goingunder.html

According to them, 14.5 ft. is the height of the levee protecting New
Orleans and as you can see below, NHC is already predicting an 8-12 foot
storm surge in New Orleans, with the storm hitting as far away as the
central LA coast. So this is a very dangerous situation.

Other News:

ISLE OF YOUTH DRENCHED...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20021001/ts_nm/weather_lili_dc_22

LOUISIANA PREPARES...
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=716&e=2&u=/ap/20021002/ap_on_re_us/hurricane_lili

BUOY 42003 ALREADY REPORTING 35 KNOT WINDS AND 19 FOOT WAVES!
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.phtml?station=42003

SATELLITES... TRACK MAPS... GENERAL NEWS SOURCES IN THE REGION... NEWS
PHOTOS... ALL BUOYS LINKS... BUOY/SHIP OBS MAP... | FROM THE NHC: "...
LILI HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST... A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN
EFFECT FROM EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FREEPORT TO HIGH
ISLAND TEXAS... AND FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE
ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER... INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN... A STORM SURGE OF 8 TO 12 FEET ABOVE NORMAL* TIDE LEVELS
IS LIKELY NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST.
THIS SURGE COULD SPREAD WELL INLAND ACROSS THE LOW-LYING AREAS OF THE
HURRICANE WARNING AREA..."

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