Hurricane Ida

[BillyCarpenter]

When I first moved to the coast, I knew nothing about a hurricane. After about 20-years, unfortunately, I've become too much of an expert.

Streets are already flooded. There's no food left in the stores and soon gas will be impossible to find.

I'm gonna ride this one out. I'll update for as long as I can.


Hoping for the best.

[blackcat4866]

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Stay dry. =^..^=

[KenB]

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Hang in there, my friend.

[copier tech]

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In The UK we very really get any extreme weather. Our last major storm that caused major despuption was in 1987.

I'm having a read up on storm Ida.

Hurricane Ida: New Orleans braces for possible direct hit - BBC News

[blackcat4866]

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@Billy: were you there for Katrina?

[BillyCarpenter]

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@Billy: were you there for Katrina?

The day before Katrina hit it was projected to miss us so I went to a New Orleans Saints game. (New Orleans is 70 miles from Long Beach, Ms.) It was a night game and I got home about 11 p.m. I was awoken by a weather alert on TV saying that Katrina had shifted paths and was headed directly for us. I threw some clothes in the car and got out. The eye of the storm passed directly over us. It was several weeks before we were allowed back in. As I drove back in it looked like a nuclear bomb had gone off. It was total devastation.


All people heard about was New Orleans because the levee broke but south Mississippi got most of the damage.

[roho]

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Here is a link to a live cam on Bourbon St. I sometimes check it out for time kill, but I'll be watching the weather there, especially tomorrow.

EarthCam - New Orleans Cam

[20 year tech]

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The day before Katrina hit it was projected to miss us so I went to a New Orleans Saints game. (New Orleans is 70 miles from Long Beach, Ms.) It was a night game and I got home about 11 p.m. I was awoken by a weather alert on TV saying that Katrina had shifted paths and was headed directly for us. I threw some clothes in the car and got out. The eye of the storm passed directly over us. It was several weeks before we were allowed back in. As I drove back in it looked like a nuclear bomb had gone off. It was total devastation.


All people heard about was New Orleans because the levee broke but south Mississippi got most of the damage.

So you left for Katrina that was a cat 3 when it made landfall. Idas forecast as a cat 4 and your staying??

I wish you luck and pray your home was built with the metal strapping and joist supports as well as other hurricane damage prevention. No such thing as hurricane proof construction. I rode out Irene and Sandy here in CT. My house at the time was about 100 yards from long island sound and built with hurricane building codes. Those were cat 1 and tropical storm rated. I had 6 feet of water surrounding my home. Given the choice I would never put myself thru that again. Again those were rated as tropical storms or weak cat 1.

First responders cannot and will not risk there lives to come and save your ass if you get in trouble, I would gtfo if I were you but my prayers are with you if you stay.

[BillyCarpenter]

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So you left for Katrina that was a cat 3 when it made landfall. Idas forecast as a cat 4 and your staying??

I wish you luck and pray your home was built with the metal strapping and joist supports as well as other hurricane damage prevention. No such thing as hurricane proof construction. I rode out Irene and Sandy here in CT. My house at the time was about 100 yards from long island sound and built with hurricane building codes. Those were cat 1 and tropical storm rated. I had 6 feet of water surrounding my home. Given the choice I would never put myself thru that again. Again those were rated as tropical storms or weak cat 1.

First responders cannot and will not risk there lives to come and save your ass if you get in trouble, I would gtfo if I were you but my prayers are with you if you stay.

Current projections have Long Beach, Ms. on the outside of major winds. If things change, I'll be evacuating. I'm keeping a close eye on it.

[slimslob]

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So you left for Katrina that was a cat 3 when it made landfall. Idas forecast as a cat 4 and your staying??

I wish you luck and pray your home was built with the metal strapping and joist supports as well as other hurricane damage prevention. No such thing as hurricane proof construction. I rode out Irene and Sandy here in CT. My house at the time was about 100 yards from long island sound and built with hurricane building codes. Those were cat 1 and tropical storm rated. I had 6 feet of water surrounding my home. Given the choice I would never put myself thru that again. Again those were rated as tropical storms or weak cat 1.

First responders cannot and will not risk there lives to come and save your ass if you get in trouble, I would gtfo if I were you but my prayers are with you if you stay.

If you look at where Billy is located and at the NOAA projected tracking maps, he is east of the eastern most projected track and is only in the tropical storm warning area not the hurricane warning.

The rating of a hurricane/tropical storm is based on maximum sustained wind speed, not overall size or strength. Though only a cat 3, Katrina was a slow moving beast that went straight into NOLA and stayed at cat 3 after landfall. Ida is a much smaller cat 4 and is expected to loose strength quickly and move inland.

As for first responders, how many do you know? I know quite a few and they do risk their lives to get stranded citizens out of harms way. It is happening daily with the fires here in California and the Pacific Northwest.

[copier tech]

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Here is a link to a live cam on Bourbon St. I sometimes check it out for time kill, but I'll be watching the weather there, especially tomorrow.

EarthCam - New Orleans Cam

Thanks for sharing! watching with the sound up.

[BillyCarpenter]

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Ida stayed pretty much on the projected path...which is good for South Mississippi. It's now a cat 4 storm with sustained winds of 145mph and gusts of 165mph. This is a bad storm but it is no Katrina. Katrina was a cat 5 the day before it hit and then weakened and grew in size. Also, Nola was on the west side of Katrina and that caused the storm surge to pound the city until the levee broke. Katrina was MUCH bigger and hung around much loner than Ida will.

With all of that being said, while I don't expect a repeat of Katrina for Nola, much will depend on exactly where the storm hits. 30 miles to the east or west can make a huge difference.



PS - Feeder bands are already coming in here and landfall will be around noon today.

[20 year tech]

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Stay safe dude,

and Slim Yes I do know several first responders my Brother in law is one. I should have been more specific and stated that they will not come out while the storm is active. Afterwords there are no better people on the planet. I fully expect to hear of the Cajun Navy and others to be out once this Storm passes. Dont know Billy but I would bet that he will be helping his neighbors if he can. Its what happens in these disasters it brings out the good in people.

Was just trying to share my experiences and concern, again stay safe Billy

[tsbservice]

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Stay dry. =^..^=

+1
Stay dry and stay safe Billy.

[BillyCarpenter]

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The eye of the storm is now over land...close to Grand Isle, La. It's pretty bad over there but it's eerily calm here. I expect that to change at some point.