Mark, Maybe it's for ratings?, but up here in Wyoming you guys are all over the news with a Cat. FIVE hurricane headed just WEST of New Orleans. They say it's as bad as Camille, with sustained winds at 165mph and gusts higher. They're predicting pretty dire consequences for N.O. and the area east- Miss. and Alabama, all the way through the panhandle.
Hope the best for you and for Chuck. He's in the the path of the storm surge. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Delaney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 10:01 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Mark Delaney...Round And Round She Goes..... The storm has shifted a little east and out predictions are for 20 mph windfs and rain. It may not hit New Orleans directly, but looks like it is getting closer to Chuck...at them moment it is just below a cat 4, but these things change so rapidly, it may strengthen again, it seems it is developing a second eye wall...when they do that the second outer wall eventaully collapses with the inner wall and the storm restrengthens...usually, no guarantees...New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama look like the places most in danger. Only effect here in Lake Charles so far are a north east wind (15-20 mph) and a high tide about 1.5 feet higher than usual. Lake Charles has opened up the civic centrer arena for a shelter, and it is filling up with evacuees from New Orleans, Mississippi and Alabama. Hotel rooms are becoming scarce in the area. Lake Charles looks like it'll just get a bit of rain...we've been on the backside of a bunch of hurricanes, and the rain just comes in feeder bands, rains for an hour or so, stops for an hour or so until the next feeder band rotates through. To keep this fishing related at least a little bit, this winter watch out for the Redfish Cup tournament in Lake Charles on ESPN. It was held here this past weekend along with the Stihl Timber Sprots tour. If you are wondering why the Timber Sports tour would come here, it is because traditionally Lake Charles started as a sawmill town, with pine and cypress being logged here and the logs sent doen the Calcasieu River to the town. Mark Delaney On 8/28/05, Ken Staples <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Prayers are with you Mark (& others in the possible strike zones). She > did a number on Broward & Miami-Dade when she was a cat 1. > > God Bless. > > Ken > > On 8/28/05, Desert Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Our Mars Stations just got upgraded to Com Con II, 24/7 frequency monitoring > > with hourly checks and emergency nets. > > Jimi > > Navy- Marine Corps Mars > > > > > > We may get some tropical storm strenbht winds, and some rain (actually > > much needed) but if looks like Lake Charles is oput of any real danger > > unless Katrina stays headed west longer than planned. That being > > said, asll I've been watching this morning has been the Weather > > Channel (didn't make it to church, taught Friday when I was sick and > > so have been trying to recover this weekend, still very achy and not > > moving well). We are keeping a very close eye on the storm. > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.16/83 - Release Date: 8/26/05 > > > > > -- "So much water, so little time!" http://chemprof.tripod.com/fishing.html
