(08-29-2021 11:55 AM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-29-2021 11:49 AM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  

(08-29-2021 11:44 AM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  Grand Isle, LA. Winds clocked at 148 mph. the gauge broke.

Just saw video of it. Disaster.

I think about 26 people decided to stay there.

Paul Goodloe was just talking to a guy on the island who said they had about 15 people hunkered down in a "bunker". I hope the bunker us 25 feet above sea level. If not they in trouble. They tried to get back in touch with him and they couldn't. He said they wouldn't make it 'a couple more hours". Also the Shell Mars deep water platform has broken free and I'd floating in the Gulf.

Also. Just heard the MS River is now running backwards

(08-29-2021 12:17 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  Live Cam New Orleans :

What idiot thinks its a good idea to leave the table umbrella and flower planters on the upstairs patio?

(08-29-2021 12:22 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(08-29-2021 12:17 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  Live Cam New Orleans :

What idiot thinks its a good idea to leave the table umbrella and flower planters on the upstairs patio?

It's most likely a second home. Nobody there.

Isn't Grand Isle just a huge glorified sandbar or am I thinking somewhere else?

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(08-29-2021 01:09 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Isn't Grand Isle just a huge glorified sandbar or am I thinking somewhere else?

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Basically. Similar to Pensacola Beach. Narrow and long. If the bridge is destroyed they are screwed. It's a city though.

(08-29-2021 01:15 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  

(08-29-2021 01:09 PM)fsquid Wrote:  Isn't Grand Isle just a huge glorified sandbar or am I thinking somewhere else?

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Basically. Similar to Pensacola Beach. Narrow and long. If the bridge is destroyed they are screwed. It's a city though.

Gotcha, thought it was like the coastal islands of the Carolinas

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Live coverage of Hurricane Ida

Media: WWL New Orleans, LA simulcast on WLTX CBS19 Columbia, South Carolina
Sunday, August 29, 2021




Ida, a powerful Category 4 hurricane, has officially made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, according to the latest updates from the National Hurricane Center.

It is a strong Category 4 storm with max sustained winds around 150 mph, with gusts up to 185 mph.

Official landfall occurs when the center of the eye passes over land. This storm made landfall with 150 mph winds. This ties Laura (2020) and Last Island (1856) for the strongest hurricane by wind speed to hit Louisiana. It is also the 2nd strongest hurricane by pressure at 930 mb. Hurricane Katrina was at number one with 920 mb.

There have only been 4 hurricanes on record in the U.S. since 1851 that have made landfall with 155 mph max winds before: Labor Day (1935), Camille (1969), Andrew (1992), and Michael (2019). All of those were Category 5 storms.

Another Live feed of Hurricane Ida coverage:

Media: WAFB CBS9 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Weather Presenter: Xavier Walton
Media: KHOU CBS11 Houstless, TX
Sunday, August 29, 2021




Louisiana officials give updates on Hurricane Ida



“Challenges are going to manifest themselves in ways that we can’t even imagine now,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said.

Yet another Live feed of Hurricane Ida coverage:

Media: WDSU NBC6 New Orleans, Louisiana
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Didn't we have lad on here that was in LA? You around? You ok?

(08-29-2021 07:49 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

It's gonna be a disaster. The levy was breached a couple of hours ago near the naval base.

damn

Yeah, I was wrong about this. It jumped from Cat 2 to Cat 4 like Cat 3 didnt even exist.

(08-29-2021 07:55 PM)fsquid Wrote:  damn

Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chase. My dad was stationed there in early 60s before he went to Cuba.

Hope those hospitals have enough fuel if the power grid just went down like that.

Massive destruction and flooding



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Rain fall , has anyone seen any numbers for today ?

(08-29-2021 09:11 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  Rain fall , has anyone seen any numbers for today ?

WWL shows most of the New Orleans area got 6-8" in the past 24 hours. Areas to the south of the city generally got 3-6". There is a pocket near Destrehan that got close to a foot of rain that appears to be the highest so far.