Anonymous
Hi
the coastline itself (i.e, getting shallower and shallower) and shape of the coastline (i.e , bays etc ) accentrated the storm surge, similar to what happened in Thailand with the Tsunami...
and so I dont think its a good way to compare or measure the strength of Katrina...i.e on a different coastline the storm surge would not have been as great...or in the open sea it would not have been as high...
Katrina was in the worst track for creating the highest storm surge, becuase of the wind angles and shape of the coast line, etc...
thats my 2 cent worth and what I have come away with, but I am no expert either!
I see the that is now a news item here:
http://wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=3782622...22&nav=6DJHduXE
that it was the storms postion and orientation and the shape of the coastline etc that caused such a high storm surge...