Katrina pics
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how did you get that freakin close, thats effing scary lookin, espesially th one with all the tornadoes.
so beautiful, but can cause so much destruction.
heh
kinda like a woman.
"O crap, i said that to loud"
heh
kinda like a woman.
"O crap, i said that to loud"
I have no idea how the photographer got that close... I imagine photographers are just plain crazy enough to take the risk.
wait... see... that doesnt look that big... i dunno... i expected it to be a LOT bigger than that
Actually, from what I understand, most of those are tornadoes spawned by the hurricane, not the actual hurricane itself.
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Those have been floating around at work for a few weeks too.
Dang storms sure caused tons of grief for being so amazing looking.
I've done my 2 weeks of CAT duty this year, and they are asking for us to go back for a 3 week stint. I'm going to pass I think.
Just a interesting note. While I was down working the CAT, a guy from Crawford, the largest independant adjusting company out there, was telling me his guys are being promised 100,000.00 if they work 6 months straight. (After expenses and everything.)
Another thing that bugs me is that some areas of the country are throwing in another 5 days of time off included with the 3 weeks of CAT work. (That is real money BTW, time off is PAID time off.) So basicly, you work 3 weeks, get your CAT pay and food perdiem, and then score another week's pay on top. (And they will not give that to us, so F'em, I'm not going back into that hell hole again to get paid less than the guys working right next to me.)
If I can find some pics of the carnage, actual shots of houses, boats, cars and other stuff that was wiped out, I'll see about posting them.
One shot was from a guy who's sailboat I adjusted. He had a nice "before" shot of the boat at it's slip, and in the background you can see this huge Bally's Casino barge/paddle wheeler. (More like a floating 4 story building with some cosmetic paddle wheels and neon lights to attract everyone like bugs to the zap light.)
Anyway, during the stormsurge/wind, the casino broke loose, and was pushed around by the wind/waves. It took out every boat in the marina, and was left at an angle up on the concrete slip where the sail boat used to be moored. We can't find the sailboat, but have a pretty good idea it's part of the reason the huge barge is listing to one side. It's stuck up on the remains of countless smaller boats now under it's hull. (And crushed to pretty much fiberglass scrap and tinder.)
Another one has the boats on the other side of a row of 36' tall buildings. These buildings were where the landing craft from WWII were all built, and they held up to the storm pretty much. The only way the boats could get to where they are is OVER the tops of these buildings. The storm surge was in excess of 30' above high tide according to the local reports. In this case, I'd say it was over 36' and then some. (Sail boats often have skegs that stick down into the water as much as 9', so you do the math.)
It would take some pretty big waves, and wind action to move them all over the buildings, and into the streets/buildings a block from the marina.
And then it left them piled up like discarded childrens toys. (Tied up in powerlines no less. Anyone turn on the power yet? Opps, we have a fire ladies and gentlemen.)
Speaking of fire, he's an interesting story from a claim I worked.
These folks live higher than any storm has ever reached. They were sure there would be no flooding. Only wind and rain.
They were supprised to find the water had actaully washed up against parts of their house. (They live over 5 miles inland, and almost 30' above high tide elevation wise.) Houses all around them were not required to have flood insurance because it was a flood free zone. All of those houses were flooded by this storm surge.
So, we insured a Harley Davidson, and it was parked in the garage. It was not damaged in the storm. The garage doors held against the waves, and the bike was not knocked over or anything. (Minor water around the wheels/rims, but the water line was barely over the rims, so we really did not have much to worry about repair wise.)
The problem was that the electrical service was underground... it was flooded, and salt water is very conductive, and corrosive. When the power was restored, the house caught on fire, and burned to the ground. (No fire crews in the area.) Ironic don't you think? The bike was just 22,000.00 of that loss. (They had parked all the family vehicles there, and many friends vehicles inside or close to the house because it was expected never to flood, and the house was built so well.)
Dang storms sure caused tons of grief for being so amazing looking.
I've done my 2 weeks of CAT duty this year, and they are asking for us to go back for a 3 week stint. I'm going to pass I think.
Just a interesting note. While I was down working the CAT, a guy from Crawford, the largest independant adjusting company out there, was telling me his guys are being promised 100,000.00 if they work 6 months straight. (After expenses and everything.)
Another thing that bugs me is that some areas of the country are throwing in another 5 days of time off included with the 3 weeks of CAT work. (That is real money BTW, time off is PAID time off.) So basicly, you work 3 weeks, get your CAT pay and food perdiem, and then score another week's pay on top. (And they will not give that to us, so F'em, I'm not going back into that hell hole again to get paid less than the guys working right next to me.)
If I can find some pics of the carnage, actual shots of houses, boats, cars and other stuff that was wiped out, I'll see about posting them.
One shot was from a guy who's sailboat I adjusted. He had a nice "before" shot of the boat at it's slip, and in the background you can see this huge Bally's Casino barge/paddle wheeler. (More like a floating 4 story building with some cosmetic paddle wheels and neon lights to attract everyone like bugs to the zap light.)
Anyway, during the stormsurge/wind, the casino broke loose, and was pushed around by the wind/waves. It took out every boat in the marina, and was left at an angle up on the concrete slip where the sail boat used to be moored. We can't find the sailboat, but have a pretty good idea it's part of the reason the huge barge is listing to one side. It's stuck up on the remains of countless smaller boats now under it's hull. (And crushed to pretty much fiberglass scrap and tinder.)
Another one has the boats on the other side of a row of 36' tall buildings. These buildings were where the landing craft from WWII were all built, and they held up to the storm pretty much. The only way the boats could get to where they are is OVER the tops of these buildings. The storm surge was in excess of 30' above high tide according to the local reports. In this case, I'd say it was over 36' and then some. (Sail boats often have skegs that stick down into the water as much as 9', so you do the math.)
It would take some pretty big waves, and wind action to move them all over the buildings, and into the streets/buildings a block from the marina.
And then it left them piled up like discarded childrens toys. (Tied up in powerlines no less. Anyone turn on the power yet? Opps, we have a fire ladies and gentlemen.)Speaking of fire, he's an interesting story from a claim I worked.
These folks live higher than any storm has ever reached. They were sure there would be no flooding. Only wind and rain.
They were supprised to find the water had actaully washed up against parts of their house. (They live over 5 miles inland, and almost 30' above high tide elevation wise.) Houses all around them were not required to have flood insurance because it was a flood free zone. All of those houses were flooded by this storm surge.
So, we insured a Harley Davidson, and it was parked in the garage. It was not damaged in the storm. The garage doors held against the waves, and the bike was not knocked over or anything. (Minor water around the wheels/rims, but the water line was barely over the rims, so we really did not have much to worry about repair wise.)
The problem was that the electrical service was underground... it was flooded, and salt water is very conductive, and corrosive. When the power was restored, the house caught on fire, and burned to the ground. (No fire crews in the area.) Ironic don't you think? The bike was just 22,000.00 of that loss. (They had parked all the family vehicles there, and many friends vehicles inside or close to the house because it was expected never to flood, and the house was built so well.)
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