Early Reports: Mississippi Coast Gone in Record 37ft surge

[Mempho]

Looks real bad. A truly catastrophic hit.

[jokerthief]

Damn, that sounds like a tsunami.

[Mempho]

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Damn, that sounds like a tsunami.

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Read the report from Jim Cantore's Weather Channel crew here:

"We Thought We Were Safe

Also, reports continue to flood chaser sites:

Early Reports

[tek]

Where are the casino boats--just floating aimlessly in the Gulf?

[Mempho]

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Where are the casino boats--just floating aimlessly in the Gulf?

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No one knows...check the NOAA link out from a buoy just off Biloxi...I don't think they could have survived this.

Incoming Tidal Wave Report

[JihadOnTheRiver]

As per my "loc:", I truly hope MS is gone...

[Clarkmeister]

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/

[BobK]

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Grand Casino Biloxi washed across U.S. 90. Treasure Bay's pirate ship was beached. Beau Rivage still stood, while Hard Rock Casino -- scheduled to open in early September - was half destroyed. Hard Rock's signature guitar, touted as the world's largest, survived the lashing.

In Gulfport, the Copa Casino barge sat on land next to the Grand Casino parking garage. The western Grand Casino barge, containing Kid's Quest, was swept around the west side of the hotel and now blocks U.S. 90.

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Clipped from this link Mississippi blog
Things are pretty rough down there I guess.
The humidity has to be a real killer this time of year without water and power.

[Quicksilvre]

Thirty-seven feet? Is that even possible? I thought that storm surges topped out at about 25 feet (though I understand that geography can push surges higher).

[fsuplayer]

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/

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some of those pics in that link are astounding.

very sad.