Hurricane Katrina: Before and After

(Updated) Susan Kitchens has compiled and sent along an animated image (680-KB animated GIF) that shows the New Orleans area before and after Hurricane Katrina passed through; per her suggestion, I’m hosting it on my server.

See previous entries: Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath.

Update, 10:30 PM: Boing Boing reports that Google Maps/Earth should have updated imagery within a few days, and links to images of locales both before and after the hurricane hit.

Update, 11:10 PM: I’ve updated the image above to a newer version submitted by Susan; see her comments below.

Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at 5:30 PM
Categories: Hurricanes 2005, New Orleans, Satellite & Aerial, Weather & Climate

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Thanks for posting and hosting!!!
I just saw a new satellite image taken a day later with no clouds obstructing N.O. So I’m going to update my image/gif with the new one. I’ll let you know when it’s ready. It may be up to 699k, I looked at the one I told you about, and when I tried to reduce pixel count, it threw away oen or two pixel colors which contain what I think is good, solid information.

Susan

Susan Kitchens | 08/31/2005 at 10:42 PM | #

That was easier than I thought it’d be… to swap out the 8/31 image with the 8/30 image. The file name is neworleansbeforeafter2.gif (size 680k) and the location is in the same directory where I had the other one (see my email address for reference). This one gives a better view of New Orleans and the Mississippi Coast.

Susan Kitchens | 08/31/2005 at 11:00 PM | #

It would be easy to make an rough overlay if we knew — do we know — is the level of floodwaters in NOLA at sea level everywhere in the city? Are any locks or levees keeping the water elevation at some areas different from that at others?

Josh Strike | 09/01/2005 at 5:59 AM | #

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