Ed Rappaport
Ed Rappaport
Edward N. "Ed" Rappaportwas the acting director of the National Hurricane Center. He replaced former director Bill Proenza on July 9, 2007. Rappaport was replaced by Bill Read...
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Right now, Gordon's not posing much of a threat in terms of wind or storm surge. There's still a lot of rain over South Carolina and moving into North Carolina. There is the potential for flooding during the day.
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ask for clarification, or perhaps alternate scenarios or interpretations. We speak the some of the same language but want to make sure everybody's on the same page.
central conditions gulf
Conditions in the central Gulf are much like they were for Katrina.
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We need to build a little bit of a buffer knowing that the storm probably won't be exactly where we forecast it to be -- it might be a little bit on one side or another.
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If it stayed at this intensity, it would be one of the two or three strongest to ever hit this country, ... And on top of that of course we have a special concern for the area -- New Orleans is below sea level.
hours likely spends
If it spends 24 hours or more over (the Yucatan), it's likely to weaken,
issue
The real important issue here is that when it got to the metropolitan area, it was weaker.
intensity maximum reached
I think it has probably reached its maximum intensity now.
intensity
There aren't too many hurricanes that make landfall with this intensity in the Pacific,
category expect hurricane perhaps
We expect to have a Category 2 -- perhaps a Category 3 -- hurricane at landfall,
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Fortunately, there's been a lot of time to prepare. The bad news is that because it's moving so slowly, it prolongs the impact, both because of the winds and the rainfall.
time
Fortunately, there's been a lot of time to prepare,
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If it came ashore with the intensity it has now and went to the New Orleans area, it would be the strongest we've had in recorded history there,
entire risk south
The entire south part of the peninsula is at risk for flooding.