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The Hurricane Rita Thread
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NEW ORLEANS ? Hurricane Rita's steady rains sent water pouring through breaches in a patched levee Friday, cascading into one of the city's lowest-lying neighborhoods in a devastating repeat of New Orleans' flooding nightmare.
"Our worst fears came true," said Maj. Barry Guidry of the Georgia National Guard (search).
"We have three significant breaches in the levee and the water is rising rapidly," he said. "At daybreak I found substantial breaks and they've grown larger."
Dozens of blocks in the Ninth Ward (search) were under water as a waterfall at least 30 feet wide poured over and through a dike that had been used to patch breaks in the Industrial Canal (search) levee.
On the street that runs parallel to the canal, the water ran waist-deep and was rising fast. Guidry said water was rising about three inches a minute.
The impoverished neighborhood was one of the areas of the city hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters and finally had been pumped dry before Hurricane Rita struck.
New Orleans Levee Breached
"Our worst fears came true," said Maj. Barry Guidry of the Georgia National Guard (search).
"We have three significant breaches in the levee and the water is rising rapidly," he said. "At daybreak I found substantial breaks and they've grown larger."
Dozens of blocks in the Ninth Ward (search) were under water as a waterfall at least 30 feet wide poured over and through a dike that had been used to patch breaks in the Industrial Canal (search) levee.
On the street that runs parallel to the canal, the water ran waist-deep and was rising fast. Guidry said water was rising about three inches a minute.
The impoverished neighborhood was one of the areas of the city hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters and finally had been pumped dry before Hurricane Rita struck.
New Orleans Levee Breached
Saint Nick
Lifer
how are you on the internet?!??!
handoverfist
Golden Member
Left Houston yesterday at 6 am. Reached Dallas at 9 pm. Freakin 15 hr drive :Q Normally a 3-4 hr drive.
I need a :beer: or 6
I need a :beer: or 6
SaltBoy
Diamond Member
My wife and I are now in Killeen. We eventually ended up leaving Spring at 5:00 PM and got here at 5:00 AM, when it should have taken about only 3 1/2 hours.
I think we really got lucky with the traffic, too.
I'm kind pissed, though. Now I wanna go back and ride out the storm, but my wife says no. Call me crazy, but this is a (hopefully) once-in-a-lifetime experience! My house is well on the safe side. 🙂
I think we really got lucky with the traffic, too.
I'm kind pissed, though. Now I wanna go back and ride out the storm, but my wife says no. Call me crazy, but this is a (hopefully) once-in-a-lifetime experience! My house is well on the safe side. 🙂
dmcowen674
No Lifer
I am in a fortress 7 stories above street level.
Remember that building seen in the Helicopter evacuations you saw on TV? That building.
Automatic fill is not working on generator so have to manually go outside every 1 1/2 to fill the tank.
Storm surge is already at least 6 feet here, New Orleans is re-flooding.
I have some pics and Video and will try uploading in a bit.
serialkiller
Golden Member
sweet!
dmcowen674
No Lifer
Depends on whether the Causeway Bridge holds up or not.
AbsolutZero
Senior member
Extrapolating current speed and direction puts it at the TX/LA border at 1am CDT, a little sooner than expected. Google satellite maps show very few structures and roads along this part of the coast other than Beaumont/Port Arthur.
Edit: Speeding up. More like 1230am CDT now. NHC 4pm CDT advisory still says the eye will make landfall around sunrise (6am). Text
Edit: Speeding up. More like 1230am CDT now. NHC 4pm CDT advisory still says the eye will make landfall around sunrise (6am). Text
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