Best wishes for New Orleans

**Dajistano** · August 28th, 2005, 10:14 PM

Incredible to think that we (here) are around 2500 ft. above sea level and most of New Orleans is below it.

-megalithanod · August 28th, 2005, 10:42 PM

Yep - NO is 20 ft below sea level with levees holding it all back - the storm surge is a good 10 or more feet above it. Maybe it will get rid of most of the termites they have at the least. If anything is still there at the end of it all.

They tracked it, and here in Nashville, we are supposed to be seeing winds in the Tropical Storm range Monday night/Tuesday Morning. Predicting fooding here, and I'm without my Montero [img]frown.gif[/img] GOing to be fun trying to find a way home Tuesday afternoon.

**Dajistano** · August 28th, 2005, 10:53 PM

And it certainly doesn't help that there's greater gravity at New Orleans's level than there is here.

**Quikman** · August 28th, 2005, 10:57 PM

hope everybody will be safe and that teh storm passes quikely.

-megalithanod · August 28th, 2005, 11:12 PM

Originally posted by Dajistano the Undead:
And it certainly doesn't help that there's greater gravity at New Orleans's level than there is here.

You fail Physics?

**Dajistano** · August 28th, 2005, 11:17 PM

Originally posted by -megalithanod:
<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Dajistano the Undead:
And it certainly doesn't help that there's greater gravity at New Orleans's level than there is here.

You fail Physics?<hr /></blockquote>Nope, that's just part of a simple, yet fascinating tidbit I learned in 8th grade earth science.

The nearer you get to the Earth's core, the greater the gravitational pull, and vice versa the farther away you get. For example, you weigh less on a plane than you do at your home. That has got to have some effect on the storm surges and things, with the city being below SL.

**Moviemaniac4** · August 28th, 2005, 11:21 PM

Once saw this special on Discovery of what will happen in New Orleans if Hurricane hit hard there. Is like they have to flood intentionally some part of the territory to avoid the swamps to take over. But that was only a plan, never tested...

**sculpey** · August 28th, 2005, 11:26 PM

I just saw that 20-30% of the countries oil is refined near New Orleans. If damage is as bad as they think it'll be, expect to see gas go up close to thirty cents a gallon next week.

-megalithanod · August 28th, 2005, 11:28 PM

Granted it is changes, but you are talking out to the 6th or more significant digit from the standard formula of: a (g) = G M / r^2

Unless the average human starts weighing in the tons, then it really isn't a significant amount to matter. So ergo- it is constant