Isaac... part deux. Or is it part trois? Guess who found his way back to the GOMEX

[Rubycon]

I'm convinced that everytime Jim Cantore is covering a hurricane, someone is off camera throwing shit at him to try and boost the entertainment value.

Funny how only the person reporting is having difficulty here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kohxJwcUAFA

:biggrin:

You want to see wind and waves that will knock you down no matter how strong you are? I've seen and felt it!

 

[BergeLSU]

And it was the flooding that got NOLA. NOLA basically sits below sea level. It won't take a level 5 hurricane to cause similar havoc as Katrina.

As a NOLA resident, it is clear how little anyone outside of the city understands about Katrina and the city.



Storm surge for this thing is expected to be less than half of what Katrina brought. It doesn't matter what category Issac is. We can handle rain more than any other city in the country.

Few people are really freaking out about this one locally. There will be damage, but considering the USACE built protection for a 100-year storm, it will be minimal (relatively). Expect to see little flooding in the NOLA area.

Now, the outlying parishes are in for a heap of trouble, I'm afraid.

 

[Farang]

Hello, I'm not a hurricane expert, but I play one on the internet.

 

[Balt]

As a NOLA resident, it is clear how little anyone outside of the city understands about Katrina and the city.



Storm surge for this thing is expected to be less than half of what Katrina brought. It doesn't matter what category Issac is. We can handle rain more than any other city in the country.

Few people are really freaking out about this one locally. There will be damage, but considering the USACE built protection for a 100-year storm, it will be minimal (relatively). Expect to see little flooding in the NOLA area.

Now, the outlying parishes are in for a heap of trouble, I'm afraid.

Not sure I entirely agree... some areas/streets routinely flood even during a prolonged heavy thunderstorm. The pumps and drainage don't really keep up very well.

I don't expect the levees are under any real threat of failing from Isaac, though. If they do, there was an awful lot of federal money wasted.

 

[Fingolfin269]

This picture cracked me up. And I really hope this is how it really turns out.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/562886_374754832597264_1218027959_n.jpg

 

[dmcowen674]

This picture cracked me up. And I really hope this is how it really turns out.

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/562886_374754832597264_1218027959_n.jpg

What makes you think there is no significant amount of rain to be had with the storm?

Florida got drowned from one big feeder band that got de-coupled.

 

[dmcowen674]

Wow 7am update and still called a storm only.

It has an eye now though.

 

[allisolm]

Still not a hurricane and landfall expectations downgraded from cat 2 to cat 1. That's all good. Still expected to cause lots and lots of rain since it has slowed down. Our rain prediction yesterday was up to 10" - now it's down to 1", which is good for already rain-soaked ground here.

edit: Oops! Must type faster. Dave already got there.

 

[dmcowen674]

Still not a hurricane and landfall expectations downgraded from cat 2 to cat 1. That's all good. Still expected to cause lots and lots of rain since it has slowed down. Our rain prediction yesterday was up to 10" - now it's down to 1", which is good for already rain-soaked ground here.

edit: Oops! Must type faster. Dave already got there.

The ground could use the rain in the heartland.

Too late for the corn crop but still need to get the moisture back in the ground.

 

[dmcowen674]

They Officially named it a Hurricane.

 

[Balt]

We've only had brief spurts of rain and wind so far. Looking at the radar it appears that both may become more sustained in the next few hours. I don't expect to have power too much longer, considering how many heavy tree limbs sit right above power lines in this neighborhood.

 

[13Gigatons]

cat 1

slow moving

heavy rain ( 18 inches...WOW )

could be very bad for many people;

 

[dmcowen674]

Center has reached Pilot town

It is not impressive wind wise for the entire lifespan of this storm but the outer perimeter of rain banding has been what is impressive about this one.

Currently rain bands can be attributed this storm from Brownsville Texas, Yucatan, west half of Cuba, and east coast all the way up to Virginia, the entire state of Georgia, Alabama and lower half of Mississippi and Louisiana.

 

[OutHouse]

I'm convinced that everytime Jim Cantore is covering a hurricane, someone is off camera throwing shit at him to try and boost the entertainment value.

I have no respect for Cantore. he did a telephone interview with the city manager for denver about a blizzard that crippled the city, thing it it was not suppose to be a blizzard. Cantore was pissed because he got stranded in the mountains and was berating the city manager of DENVER on why the roads in the mountains were not plowed and why the city was not prepared.... guy was is an ass.

 

[Franz316]

The storm seems to be getting its act together just before landfall. It is moving so slowly, they are going to get tons of rain.

 

[OutHouse]

Currently rain bands can be attributed this storm from Brownsville Texas, Yucatan, west half of Cuba, and east coast all the way up to Virginia, the entire state of Georgia, Alabama and lower half of Mississippi and Louisiana.

??? what??? dave that would be a superstorm the size that have never been seen before and take up the entire gulf of mexico, and half of the US.

 

[Balt]

The storm seems to be getting its act together just before landfall. It is moving so slowly, they are going to get tons of rain.

So far (in nola at least), the rain has been coming in short spurts as a band hits and then a gap between the bands follows it. The drainage and pumps can handle this. 12 to 20 inches of rain is quite a lot, but what really matters to this city (and most cities I guess) is how quickly it comes. It looks like the more consistent heavy rain is own its way. We'll see.

 

[dmcowen674]

Bootheville 71 mph

 

[Balt]

Things are fairly nasty at the moment, we're definitely getting the strongest band we've seen so far today.

 

[BUTCH1]

What makes you think there is no significant amount of rain to be had with the storm?

Florida got drowned from one big feeder band that got de-coupled.

Yep, came right through here (Daytona) luckily it only lasted 1.5 hrs, it was nasty. Lets hope those pumps hold out, it's gonna be a long night in LA, the only good news is it didn't have more time over the warm gulf water so the winds shouldn't be above 80MPH..

 

[DrPizza]

Isaac was slowly moving along at 8mph. I just saw a report that said it stopped. Many of the models predicted it stalling; but this is a pretty damn bad place to stall.

Let's see if $14 billion was enough for the levees in NO.
Kudos to the Army Corp of Engineers if it is.


edit: President of the Parish to the SW of NO is basically saying, "we're fucked."

 

[Balt]

Well, I'm one of the lucky people who still has power (lights have certainly flickered a few times). http://viewoutage.entergy.com/nola.aspx will show you how many are without it in the nola region. Still, being without power is not really the worst thing in the world, considering how much worse hurricanes can really be (especially in New Orleans). The rain and wind is definitely more steady now, and some are claiming the movement of the storm has slowed down quite a bit in the last hour of so. We could be in for quite a bit more rain.

 

[DCal430]

A little disappointed it is only a Cat 1 and not a 3 or 4, as long as no one innocent dies.

Hope the loss of innocent lives isn't high.

 

[DrPizza]

I see the Pres of whatever parish that was, was worried about nothing.


What comes after Kirk? The L may very well be the next hurricane of the season.

 

[DrPizza]

http://viewoutage.entergy.com/nola.aspx
Wow, a lot of power outages in NO, and the storm is going to be there for quite a while longer.

If you watch the storm, it's almost like it's sentient. It doesn't want to go inland; it wants to stay in the water. It's been zigging and zagging, nearly matching the shoreline. The center is still south of NO, and it's not going anywhere.