20 years ago today #Katrina changed lives forever. Over the Gulf it was a cat 5 behemoth bulldozing a wall of water onshore. Part of its power came from the Gulf Loop Current, an ever present feed of deep hot Caribbean water. 1/
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20 year anniversary explains why there were suddenly 5 different Katrina documentaries on all the major streaming services.
aug 30, 2025, 5:37 pm • 1 0 • view
comforting to know that that storm could never happen again now that all federal weather and response teams have been gutted/defunded
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It jumped from cat 2 to cat 5 (175 mph) over the hot current. What made Katrina so devastating was the surge, which was made worse by several factors: huge sized storm, intense, slow moving, plowing into a very shallow water, into a geographical coastline which funnels / focuses water in and up. 2/
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An incredibly destructive 28 ft of surge was the max, a record for the US.
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Wow!
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That synthesizer keyboard goes hard
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