Katrina Comes Ashore

Details From the Storm

1. It's Much Worse in Gulfport
2. Came Ashore with 145-mph winds and blinding rain that flooded some homes to the ceilings and peeled away part of the roof of the Superdome, where thousands of people had taken shelter.
3. Storm Surge only 15 Feet in New Orleans
4. Monitors near Dauphin Island reported 50 foot waves
5. At New Orleans' Superdome, home to 9,000 storm refugees, wind peeled pieces of metal from the roof, leaving two holes that let water drip in. People inside were moved out of the way. Others stayed and watched as sheets of metal flapped and rumbled loudly 19 stories above the floor.
6. A building collapsed Downtown in the Financial District
7. Uptown is Flooded, but Poydras, Financial Area are Okay.
8. A Levee Broke in the 9th Ward (Where Else)
9. At 11 a.m. EDT, Katrina was centered 35 miles northeast of New Orleans, moving to the north at 16 mph. The storm's winds dropped to 125 mph _ a Category 3 storm _ as it pushed inland, threatening the Gulf Coast and the Tennessee Valley with as much as 15 inches of rain over the next couple of days and up to 8 inches in the drought-stricken Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes.
10. On historic Jackson Square, two massive oak trees outside the 278-year-old St. Louis Cathedral came out by the roots, ripping out a 30-foot section of ornamental iron fence and straddling a marble statue of Jesus Christ, snapping off only the thumb and forefinger of his outstretched hand.
11. Three Feet of Water in the Downtown Hyatt (Strange Considering Reports That Financial Area Had Been Spared)
12. Katrina is Now North of the Lake---Blowing Water From North to South....Look out Metairie and Kenner....


Hurricane Katrina