[birdky] Re: FYI: Hurricane Katrina potential and plans
- From: Mark Monroe <markmonroe1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:17:50 -0700 (PDT)
The latest update as of 11 am EST was sustained winds
of 175 mph. With this storm being such a monster I
would think that there is serious potential to spread
a LOT of birds over a large area, including well away
from the eye, particularly east of the eye. If the
low pressure center does cross central Kentucky
somewhere as predicted, I'd recommend folks that are
unable to get out for the whole day or go very far
still check smaller local bodies of water on Wednesday
if they have a chance such as Lake Pewee, Lake Reba,
Owsley Fork, Cave Run, Dix Dam, etc.
Mark
--- "Palmer-Ball, Brainard (EPPC OOS KNPC)"
<Brainard.Palmer-Ball@xxxxxx> wrote:
> A few people have emailed asking about hurricane
> birding plans this week. At
> this point, Katrina is a bit of a mystery in terms
> of planning. Although it
> looks like this storm will cross Kentucky on
> Wednesday, there will be a few
> different aspects about it as compared to Dennis
> last month ...
>
> 1) it looks like it will get here a bit more quickly
> than Dennis, which is
> good for birding.
>
> 2) however, it is predicted to get caught up in a
> trough moving across the
> eastern U.S. and be around for a MUCH SHORTER period
> of time ... this also
> may bode for a more intense, albeit shorter bout of
> precipitation with
> considerably more WIND, all of which may make
> birding more difficult.
>
> 3) it will be moving along in a northeasterly
> direction, which will
> potentially eliminate the Kentucky Lake/Lake Barkley
> region from most of the
> action.
>
> All of this, of course, is contingent upon how the
> path pans out.
>
> Right now, it looks as though more easterly
> reservoirs like Barren River
> Lake, Green River Lake and Lake Cumberland could
> have as much or even much
> better potential for storm birds.
>
> Also, if the storm does not reach KY until
> Wednesday, there won't be much
> potential for birds until that time. If weather
> Tuesday deteriorates much
> during the afternoon, it might be possible for a few
> things to show up late
> in the day. And if the remnants clear to the
> northeast quickly, Wednesday
> may be the only day with lots of potential (except
> for high flying wanderers
> like frigatebirds).
>
> With 160 mph winds as of Sunday morning, this storm
> may hold potential to
> bring more coastal birds inland than Dennis. So
> there may be greater
> potential for things like Black Skimmer, coastal
> terns, and frigatebirds.
>
> David may want to weigh in on this topic, but we'll
> certainly know a lot
> more about what might be the direction to go and
> when by this time tomorrow;
> however, it might be Tuesday morning before the
> areas with best potential
> (right along the path of the weakening low pressure
> center and points east)
> are obvoius. One thing is for sure, with Cat 5
> winds, anything is possible
> if they survive!
>
> bpb, Louisville
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