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Watch Out New Orleans! Hurricane Ida!
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I literally went through Laura on the other side of the state a year ago, which hastened my exit from LA. Things were still rough on the ground when I visited Lake Chuck earlier this summer.
There are buildings that are still being repaired/rebuilt here in Lake Charles, both businesses and residences. I don't wish bad weather on New Orleans, but we don't want it here.
Wow - thanks - "birth of a hurricane" - he shows how it's trying to "wrap around on itself" to form the eyewall of a hurricane - keeps trying, but can't quite yet (in that vid) close the loop. Once it's over Cuba and into the Gulf proper, though, bound to strengthen.
Good Luck, everyone in its path!
You can really see the massive cloud tops rising with this view:
GOES-East - Sector view: Southern Mississippi Valley - GeoColor - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
GOES-East - Sector view: Southern Mississippi Valley - GeoColor - NOAA / NESDIS / STAR
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We've been watching coverage of this non stop for last day...we have youtube tv service, no weather channel, but am streaming 4wwl out of new orleans on my tv with great coverage
Ida is forecast to hit the industrial corridor between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, site of three key ports, petrochemical sites, and a nuclear power plant.
Intensifying Hurricane Ida a significant threat to key infrastructure » Yale Climate Connections
New Orleans' impossible situation
A mandatory evacuation was issued for portions of New Orleans outside of their levee system on Friday, and a voluntary evacuation for inside the levee system. However, no mandatory evacuation was ordered for the city because officials judged there was insufficient time to set up contraflow, having all lanes of traffic converted to lead out of town.
Many have criticized this decision, but New Orleans found itself in an impossible situation: the city needs a full 72 hours to fully evacuate, and making reliable intensity forecasts that far in advance is very difficult. We will have to accept New Orleans' vulnerability to major hurricanes unless tens of billions are spent to upgrade the city's defenses to category 5 capability. As discussed in yesterday's post, there is reason to be optimistic that New Orleans' levee system will withstand Ida's storm surge: The 7-11′ surge predicted for the city is below the maximum surge that Hurricane Isaac of 2012 brought.
Intensifying Hurricane Ida a significant threat to key infrastructure » Yale Climate Connections
New Orleans' impossible situation
A mandatory evacuation was issued for portions of New Orleans outside of their levee system on Friday, and a voluntary evacuation for inside the levee system. However, no mandatory evacuation was ordered for the city because officials judged there was insufficient time to set up contraflow, having all lanes of traffic converted to lead out of town.
Many have criticized this decision, but New Orleans found itself in an impossible situation: the city needs a full 72 hours to fully evacuate, and making reliable intensity forecasts that far in advance is very difficult. We will have to accept New Orleans' vulnerability to major hurricanes unless tens of billions are spent to upgrade the city's defenses to category 5 capability. As discussed in yesterday's post, there is reason to be optimistic that New Orleans' levee system will withstand Ida's storm surge: The 7-11′ surge predicted for the city is below the maximum surge that Hurricane Isaac of 2012 brought.
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