Hi-Res satellite pics of Katrina damage now available

[Justin Turcotte]

Thought this was worth passing along especially since it covers most areas that have seen minimal media attention thus far. You will be able to pick out individual buildings quite easily. Also useful if you are wondering about the condition of a home of yours, a reletive, or friend.

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/katrina/KATRINA0000.HTM

 

[Kevin Bowman]

i hate to make a joke out of this but ya know how you are pissed when the power goes out and the people across the street have power.

this photo is pretty much the same thing
http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24425053.jpg

 

[Jeff Snyder]

Kevin,

Your post brings up a good point though. Because of the layout of the city, and the location of the canals/levees/seawalls/etc, it's remarkable how one neighborhood is under 10' of water, while an adjacent neighborhood is completely dry. Beit luck or skill in choosing one's house, it's a great sight if your house lies in the dry neighborhoods, and a horrific image if your house lies under feet of water.

 

[Kevin Bowman]

Kevin,

Your post brings up a good point though. Because of the layout of the city, and the location of the canals/levees/seawalls/etc, it's remarkable how one neighborhood is under 10' of water, while an adjacent neighborhood is completely dry. Beit luck or skill in choosing one's house, it's a great sight if your house lies in the dry neighborhoods, and a horrific image if your house lies under feet of water.

i think this is the levee break we keep hearing about

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24425580.jpg

 

[Aaron Kennedy]

Man... they need a new camera on that sucker. It looks like they are using a off the shelf kodak camera. The moire, and color speckling is horrible!

Aaron

 

[Gary Stofer]

http://ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24615114.jpg

Zooming into the left side of this image shows what looks to be massive tree damage.

 

[Dave Lewison]

I've saved all the images from the satellite damage website locally, and have begun stitching them together for areas of interest. Here's one for the Gulfport area. I drew in an estimated storm surge line, using debris damming as a line of maximum surge (which may or may not be a correct assumption). In most spots the surge looks like it went in about 1200-2000 feet from the shore. Pretty impressive...and very scary.

A higher-resolution image can be found here:
http://www.facethewind.com/chase2005/katri...t_surge_med.jpg

If you want the full resolution of the original images, I have that too. You can PM me for that, since it's over 24MB.