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Volkonski wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 4:52 pm
Yes, however if you live in hurricane country on a barrier island where the highest elevation is 7 feet you really need to plan some way to evacuate.

You know there's only 1 bridge to Grand Isle, and maybe 1000 residents. I think they're in Jeff Parish too, and weren't told to evacuate.

The slowing down and "expansive wind field will bring a high impact wind and rain event to the New Orleans area all night long. #tropics"






Here's what's happening on Canal Street.

How many times I have driven over that bridge on business trips or going to and from Long Island I couldn't tell you. Many.

I know exactly what the folks who own those home will be doing for the next year.

Local station WWLTV just reported that 22 barges have broken away from their moorings. One has already hit and damaged a bridge.

Volkonski wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:03 pm

Why do they do this?!?!

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Total darkness and a flood warning! Did a levee breach?

That explains the total darkness.

KPRC 2 Click2Houston
This video will switch between live news coverage, news briefings and live images of Hurricane Ida as they become available.




Here's the NBC affiliate live: https://www.wdsu.com/nowcast


Zeta was a 3 hour storm, Ida is a 24 hour storm. The eye still hasn't disintegrated.

Fox8 Live: https://www.fox8live.com/2021/08/28/watch-fox-8-live/


Water main breaks, 250K gallons an hour, boil water alerts, backflooding, transmission towers down. Heavy rain still in New Orleans, while the center is slowly moving there are still a lot of bands.

10pm EDT: Still Category 2 (110mph), N-NW 9mph. Concern for southern Mississippi.

Power:
Customers Tracked: 2,225,300
State Outages: 941,121
Last Updated: 8/30/2021 2:15:39 AM GMT

Nola.com

22 barges have broken loose at Chalmette. There whereabouts are not currently known.

Sewer and Water Board has lost its utility supplied electric power. Continues to operate pumps using its own generators.

One of Thibodaux hospital's generators failed requiring relocation of ICU patients to another floor in the building.

Roofs of New Orleans municipal and traffic court buildings have been destroyed.

Our e-edition is available to everyone for Hurricane Ida coverage ➜ Access it here https://advocate-la.newsmemory.com/?edi ... ew+Orleans

16 WAPT News @16WAPTNews 11m
Confirmed: the main transmission tower that feeds New Orleans has collapsed into the Mississippi River

Tomer Burg @burgwx 18m
Despite making landfall many hours ago, Hurricane Ida remains dangerous - its slow down means places in its path are experiencing dangerous heavy rain and flash flooding for a prolonged duration.
In the last 3 hours alone, over 8 inches of rain fell just west of New Orleans.

Ryan Phillips - NBC6 @RyanNBC6 1m
Social media will provide play-by-play updates...
But the true extent of damage - which will likely be devastating between infrastructure, residential & commercial - won't be accurately assessed until the winds subside and daylight reveals Monday.
Sunrise in NOLA: 6:37a CDT

Jeff Masters @DrJeffMasters 43m
Port of South Louisiana-largest bulk cargo port in the world-was in strong right front eyewall of category 3 Hurricane Ida at 8-9 pm, when peak winds were estimated at 115-120 mph. Damage will likely shut down barge traffic for weeks with potential serious U.S. economic impact.




John & David are buddies. Posted David with Bryan during Katrina. David is not an alarmist. His feed: https://twitter.com/DavidBernardTV

John Morales @JohnMoralesNBC6 57m
I’m not much more of a veteran hurricane forecaster than David. He has worked decades in NOLA and Miami. This says a lot, coming from him. Be strong, friend!

Quote Tweet David Bernard @DavidBernardTV1h
This is the hardest day of my 30 year career. And tomorrow isn’t looking much better. We are being devastated.


Bryan Norcross @bnorcross 1h
It is a horribly helpless feeling to know what's happening across the region and not be able to do anything about it. All you can do is hope that people are aware of what's coming next. Make every minute the best it can be. Eventually the minutes add up and the disaster is past.

Quote Tweet David Bernard @DavidBernardTV· 1h
This is the hardest day of my 30 year career. And tomorrow isn’t looking much better. We are being devastated.