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Post by **Foo** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:21 pm

Well for the morbidly curious among you... that's all of you... how about spending some time tracking hurricane Katrina as it hits New Orleans?

Tools available:
earth.google.com

Webcams: http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=new+orleans+webcam

Educational and time consuming...

Am trying to find a live stream from one of the i10 webcams, is proving difficult. Also trying to locate where the i10 intersects a couple of the other highways because apparently it's jammed up.

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:54 pm

it's happening to americans. i don't care

Post by **Foo** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:04 pm

Isn't it said that the true test of a person is compassion towards others, no matter what wrongs they have committed?

Post by **Canis** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:14 pm

once they pop out a mac version...

Post by **KingManULTRA** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:21 pm

seremtan wrote:it's happening to americans. i don't care

Nazi.

Post by **Dave** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:47 pm

Foo wrote:Isn't it said that the true test of a person is compassion towards others, no matter what wrongs they have committed?

Especially when I haven't committed any wrongs

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:12 pm

Foo wrote:Isn't it said that the true test of a person is compassion towards others, no matter what wrongs they have committed?

said by whom? you're making this up

Post by **Foo** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:19 pm

My dad. Do you know him?

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:21 pm

KingManULTRA wrote:
seremtan wrote:it's happening to americans. i don't care
Nazi.

but on a more serious note, the south east of the US seems to get fubared by storms every year, and it always makes headline news in the UK in the way that, say, devastating floods in india just don't. and quite frankly, while it must suck bigtime to have your house sucked up into the stratosphere, i'm tired of having my level of compassion dictated by the size of news headlines or the national identity of the victims

Post by **Dave** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:30 pm

Well, i tend to ignore hurricane news, but everyone in the US knows about the situation New Orleans is in being below sea level, which actually makes this a potential disaster of the highest order. The world is so interconnected now-a-days that what affects us will affect Europe too in some way, especially if NO is burried under 15 feet of water.

Post by **seremtan** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:34 pm

by the way, i was actually joking anyway. i haven't bothered with the news recently so i don't even know what's going on.

ok, i just checked mid-post and they seem to be evacuating the entire city. i don't really know what level 5 storm looks like but it sounds like bye-bye kansas, hello oz

now probably wouldn't be a good time to mention global warming, kyoto, etc

Post by **Dave** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:38 pm

Nevermind the source:

If one of those levees breaks... *SPLAT*

Post by **Foo** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:41 pm

Post by **SOAPboy** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:28 pm

How far on land are they thinking its really going to get to?

Post by **Foo** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:48 pm

Doubtful. I took the pic about 2 hours before the post. What's more, the storm was gathering pace as initially it was moving 8kph and last I checked it was up to 15kph.

I think it may be quite soon.

Post by **seremtan** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:27 am

Dave wrote:Nevermind the source:

If one of those levees breaks... *SPLAT*

holy shit

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:31 am

That image has been foxed up of course. How dramatic is it to have those puny looking little gray bars be the only thing holding water out of NO... and look how high the water is being depicted when in fact NO is just 2 meters below sea level?

Post by **ScooterG** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:34 am

FoxNews has completely lost all credibility. I've said this before, buy they should really change their name to "Missing White Girls News"

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:52 am

Foo wrote:Tools available:
earth.google.com

how will google earth help? Is it live satellite images????

Post by **dzjepp** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:58 am

Yeah, you get to move the satellite via your mouse.

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:03 am

[xeno]Julios wrote:
Foo wrote:Tools available:
earth.google.com
how will google earth help? Is it live satellite images????

There are live network plugins available to drag weather data from various sources. I've currently got some charts overlayed showing the predicted path of the hurricane.

On top of that, you can cross reference locations from webcasts, locate inner city webcams, and check out the flow of traffic out of the city via the highways and webcams.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:46 am

ah cool thx - looking forward to checking out google earth once i move beyond win98

Post by **Foo** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:50 am

Dual Boot will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside.

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