Gone Surfin'...

[Seismic Anamoly]

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While not the worst case scenario for New Orleans, Katrina rocked the city Monday morning. A levee in New Orleans has been breached sending 3 to 8 feet of water into the 9th Ward area of the city. Wind gusts to 86 mph were reported at the Lake Front Airport before they stopped sending observations. Significant structural damage has been reported in New Orleans due to Katrina. The eyewall of the hurricane, where the strongest winds, largest surge and wave are, remained just east of the city. Areas east of New Orleans in Louisana and along the Mississippi coast are being hit hardest. The Weather Channel's storm tracker Jim Cantore is reporting a storm surge of at least 27 feet in Gulfport, Mississippi.



Hurricane warnings are up from Morgan City, La., to the Florida-Alabama border. This includes the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. A tropical storm warning has been posted from the Alabama-Florida border eastward to Indian Pass, Florida and from west of Morgan City to Cameron, Louisiana.



Tropical Storm force winds and pounding surf are occurring all the way to the Florida Panhandle, well east of Katrina's center. A buoy 70 miles south of the Alabama coast reported waves to 48 feet earlier Monday morning. Waves at the beaches could run 25 to 35 feet through the afternoon in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

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Edited by: Seismic Anamoly  at: 8/29/05 17:18