Hurricane Preps

[Bridget Beddow]

Zach Bailey wrote:

was there in May and a strong thunderstorm moved through in the evening and dumped about 1.5" in an hour or so. Once it stopped raining I looked outside and there was about a good 8 inches of water in the street in front of my girlfriend's apartment. That's why people park their cars up on the curbs in new orleans (it's not because the streets are narrow)

So, if 1.5" of rain can do that...imagine what a moderate storm surge of maybe 4-8 feet could do. New Orleans wouldn't stand a chance...

That's a scary thought. I remember watching something on the Disc Channel about the flood gates they have down there. I just couldn't imagine being flooded out like that. Dennis scared me enough as it was and that was practically nothing from barely a tropical storm.

 

[Greg Campbell]

It looks like Port Charlotte and Island Bay are getting bullseyed.

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast...0R&zoommode=pan

-Greg