Weather Alerts

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Folks refused to evacuate.

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TV news saying Baton Rouge may get a direct hit from Ida.

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Local news staff forced to evacuate the newsroom as Hurricane Ida blows the roof off of the building
Sarah K. Burris
Local news staff forced to evacuate the newsroom as Hurricane Ida blows the roof off of the building
WGNO-TV was forced to evacuate their control room when the ceiling peeled away, tweeted Susan Roesgen.

@WGNOtv producers and directors forced to leave control room during our live coverage- the ceiling has peeled away—… https://t.co/cwzYDwMAMh
— Susan Roesgen (@Susan Roesgen) 1630283422.0

A video showed water flooding into the newsroom from the ceiling. A large trash can was set up to catch it but it didn't appear to be helping much.

Ceiling tiles are beginning to fall in our WGNO Newsroom. Multiple leaks and holes in our roof. https://t.co/uKnoULFajl
— Chris Welty (@Chris Welty) 1630288096.0

Portions of the WGNO roof is coming off. https://t.co/TlN71XiVto
— Chris Welty (@Chris Welty) 1630283338.0

We are experiencing multiple leaks in our newsroom! We are safe and powering through for now! https://t.co/FkNrQUyXYO
— Sefenech Henok (@Sefenech Henok) 1630287855.0

"Even with the damage, WGNO continues to provide wall-to-wall coverage of Hurricane Ida and its aftermath," wrote WGNO.

The video shows water flowing in through the roof on Sunday evening after extreme winds hit the state taking down trees and powerlines. Luckily there were no reported injuries at the station. The directors, producers and anchors moved to a different location

https://www.rawstory.com/newsroom-roof- ... icane-ida/


The ABC affiliate is still on the air!

Stream: https://wgno.com/tracking-ida/non-stop- ... icane-ida/


Mayor Tim Kerner Jr. of Jean Lafitte said 350-600 people are trapped in Lafitte and he needs help as soon as there's light.

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The Cajun Navy guy was on CNN via phone. They ain't going nowhere right now. Oh, the guy says they're short on high octane fuel too.

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This is one destructive storm!

I fear that there may be many deaths before this is over.

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LaPlace is to the west of New Orleans sandwiched between I 10 and the Mississippi River.

Many reports of severe flooding there.

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Very bad. Many people trapped in attics.

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Great updates Vol, thank you.

11pm EDT NOAA Update:

Hurricane Ida Forecast Discussion
000 WTNT44 KNHC 300244 TCDAT4

Hurricane Ida Discussion Number 16
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
1000 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

Although Ida has been inland over southeastern Louisiana for several
hours, it is still a very well organized hurricane. Doppler radar
images indicate that the hurricane continues to have a well-defined
eye, though the eyewall has become a bit ragged on the southwest
side. Beyond the inner core, rain bands remain well established,
especially on the system's east side. Earlier this evening, there
were reports of extreme wind gusts over 120 kt along the coast of
southeastern Louisiana. Based on Doppler radar velocity data over
the past hour or two, the initial intensity is estimated to be 90
kt.

As Ida continues inland, rapid weakening is expected due to a
combination of land interaction and an increase in wind shear.
However, damaging winds, especially in gusts, are expected to spread
further inland over southeastern Louisiana and southwestern
Mississippi through Monday morning. To account for this, the gust
factor in the Forecast/Advisory has been adjusted accordingly. Ida
is likely to weaken to a tropical storm by Monday morning and a
tropical depression by Monday night. Some slight restrengthening as
an extratropical storm is possible when Ida moves over the western
Atlantic in 4 days or so. In addition, heavy rains will spread
northward and then northeastward along the forecast track.

Ida is expected to turn northward by early Monday as it moves in the
flow on the western side of a subtropical ridge. A faster motion to
the northeast is expected by Tuesday as a mid- to upper-level trough
approaches the system, with that motion continuing through much of
the remainder of the week. The NHC track forecast is a little to
the south or right of the previous one to come into better agreement
with the latest models.

Key Messages:

1. Life-threatening storm surge inundation will continue through
tonight along portions of the coast between Burns Point, Louisiana,
to Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Overtopping of local levees outside
of the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System is possible
where local inundation values may be higher.

2. Wind damage will occur near the core of Ida as it continues
inland over southeastern Louisiana during the next few hours.
Damaging winds, especially in gusts, will spread inland near the
track of Ida's center into southwestern Mississippi through early
Monday. These winds will likely lead to widespread tree damage and
power outages.

3. Ida will continue to produce heavy rainfall tonight through
Monday across southeast Louisiana, coastal Mississippi, and
southwestern Alabama, resulting in considerable to life-threatening
flash and urban flooding and significant riverine flooding impacts.
As Ida moves farther inland, considerable flooding impacts are
possible across portions of the Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee
Valley, Upper Ohio Valley, Central Appalachians, and Mid-Atlantic
through Wednesday.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics ... d_wind.png







Steve Caparotta, Ph.D. @SteveWAFB · 40m
WOW. Ship at Port Fourchon reported sustained wind of 149 mph and a gust to 172 mph. #Ida #LAwx

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On ABC, the Lafitte mayor said it was 350-600 people trapped. Folks are using Twitter to ask for help but it's just not safe to go out yet. Tragic. It's also not clear if these are real, people are nuts.

Lil Sporty D @LilSportyD 1h
We are stuck on top of my grandma Rooftop. My phone on 7% I’m asking anyone please Let someone know where we are in Jean Lafitte this water is constantly rising I am scared for my life my kids the the rest of my family Father God please help! #HurricaneIDA #IDA #Louisiana

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The ABC WGNO reporters are really not very good, the guy just said "be a good neighbor" and the weather lady was upset her "wardrobe" was covered with plaster dust from the ceiling tiles falling. Understand the pressure they're under but less is more. Landfall was 11 HOURS ago.


As mentioned up thread, this totally acted like a Cat5.





Jim Cantore got trolled. How did he have time to deal with this jerk?

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That's next to Lake Pontchartrain.

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At last, Ida is down to Category 1. That was an unbelievable amount of time since landfall to drop, we'll be reading reports about that.

NWS, unusually, is retweeting damage report tweets. https://twitter.com/NWSNewOrleans








Idiot Trumper wasting NWS' time then blocking them.

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