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Hoping that everyone has left the area.:pray: I'm worried about how bad this one could be. :cry2:
 

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@Asscherhalo_lover weather is beautiful but also so destructive! someone on twitter posted a very beautiful image of Ida at daybreak. But there's also the realization of the destruction a storm like this brings.

It will absolutely be retired. there will be loss of life with this. I heard they won't call Cat 5 but they may have to after the fact.


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WTNT64 KNHC 291355
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Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
900 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...900 AM CDT POSITION UPDATE...
...NORTHERN EYEWALL OF IDA APPROACHING THE COAST OF SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA...

An elevated NOAA C-MAN station at Southwest Pass, Louisiana,
recently reported a sustained wind of 102 mph (165 km/h) and a wind
gust of 116 mph (187 km/h). Another elevated NOAA C-MAN station at
Pilot's Station East near Southwest Pass recently reported a
sustained wind of 97 mph (156 km/h) and a gust to 121 mph (194
km/h).

A NOAA National Ocean Service observing site at Pilottown,
Louisiana, recently reported a sustained wind of 52 mph (84 km/h)
and a gust of 77 mph (124 km/h).


SUMMARY OF 900 AM CDT...1400 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...28.7N 89.8W
ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM SSE OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 90 MI...145 KM SSE OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...930 MB...27.46 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Brennan/Brown

Wide spread power outages currently happening (not a surprise)

Unsure whats going on in Michigan though...storm up there?
 

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Storm will come ashore at Grand Isle, LA Just remember very far inland over the next few days will be a bear.


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WTNT64 KNHC 291557
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Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
1100 AM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...1100 AM CDT POSITION UPDATE...
...NORTHERN EYEWALL OF IDA MOVING ONSHORE ALONG THE COAST OF
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

An elevated NOAA C-MAN station at Southwest Pass, Louisiana,
recently reported a sustained wind of 89 mph (143 km/h) and a wind
gust of 104 mph (167 km/h).

Within the past hour, sustained winds of 44 mph (70 km/h) and a
gust to 60 mph (96 km/h) was reported at Lakefront Airport in New
Orleans.

A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge in Shell Beach, Louisiana,
recently reported a water level of 6.0 feet above mean higher high
water, which is an approximation of inundation in that area.

A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge at Bay Waveland Yatcht
Club, Mississippi, recently reported a water level of 5.4 feet
above mean higher high water, which is an approximation of
inundation in that area.

SUMMARY OF 1100 AM CDT...1600 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...28.9N 90.1W
ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM SSW OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 60 MI...95 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...150 MPH...240 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 13 MPH...20 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...933 MB...27.55 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Brown/Brennan
 

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Some Cameras

Louisiana Bourbon St

Pensacola, FL

Biloxi, MS

Grand Isle beach camera has been knocked off line.
 

Arcadian

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HTV10 is live

its a bit scary to watch/listen to some of this.

Over 100K people without power in Louisiana :cry2:
 

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I’m ok.
I did wind up driving the puppies and 3 kittens up to Mass— I went by myself and didn’t contact anyone because I went I-81 and didn’t recall anyone saying they were on the route. I avoided DC, Philly, NYC by going to near Scranton Pa and then across to Mass.

I got back YESTERDAY. (I was gone 2 weeks because I made it a vacation).

nearly all of my family, friends and neighbors— like 98% of them stayed in the Nola areas. Why??!! It’s going to be a cat 5 upon reevaluation. I think they have apathy and PTSD from Katrina and covid and felt safer in their houses. It makes no sense.

At my house, we are currently ok. I went to Nola yesterday from Florida and helped my son clean out the fridge, and get that house ready for the storm. I gave it a sweet pat on the siding and told it good luck and I hope it would do ok. The ring doorbell is out but the garage cam is working and it’s not raining too much and the wind seems manageable.

my son and his dog are staying with my daughter, which seems like that area will remain west of the weather. My other son went up north and I also think he will remain out of the weather.

We will get some weather in the next few hours, but we
have the generator set up, etc.
 

Arcadian

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I'm glad you're in a safe spot @whitewave I don't know why anyone who had means to leave would want to stay in this. As strong as my house is (the neighborhood went through Andrew with very little damage) I would be very hard pressed to stick it out in a storm like that or like Ida.

Regardless of my thoughts of their state of mind, I hope that they're doing well and continue to do so. The next 12 hours is going to be pretty rough.
 

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@whitewave Hi! New Orleanian here. I’m hunkered down at Touro Hospital, rain isn’t bad but the wind is very loud. Lights have flickered a couple times but hopefully the generators do their job.

My mom lost power off the Bonnabel I-10 in Metairie a few minutes ago. im glad you are safe at Touro.
 

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300K + people without power in Louisiana is whats being reported.

@BrownGinger thank you for checking in and praying for your safety and hope that if you're on generator power that it holds.

There's unconfirmed reports about a oil rig platform being loose. Also there were still people in Grand Isle, which is near where landfall was...about 40 people. I was told that its mostly under water. You can't get a live camera there unfortunately.


Here's whats officially going on now.

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WTNT64 KNHC 291855
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Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
200 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE IDA MAKES SECOND
LANDFALL SOUTHWEST OF GALLIANO LOUISIANA...
...HURRICANE CONDITIONS SPREADING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA...

NOAA Doppler radar imagery indicates that the eye of Ida made a
second landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana just
southwest of Galliano around 200 PM CDT (1900 UTC). Maximum
sustained winds are estimated to be 145 mph (235 km/h). The
estimated central pressure is 934 mb (27.58 in).

Within the past hour, a research wind gauge near Golden Meadow,
Louisiana, reported sustained winds of 70 mph (113 km/h) and a gust
to 107 mph (172 km/h) and a Weatherflow site in Dulac reported
sustained winds of 76 mph (122 km/h) and a gust to 104 mph
(167 km/h).

The New Orleans Lakefront airport reported a peak wind gust of
76 mph (122 km/h) within the last hour.

A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge in Shell Beach, Louisiana,
recently reported a water level of 6.8 feet above mean higher high
water, which is an approximation of inundation in that area.

A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge at Bay Waveland Yacht Club,
Mississippi, recently reported a water level of 5.6 feet above mean
higher high water, which is an approximation of inundation in that
area.


SUMMARY OF 200 PM CDT...1900 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...29.3N 90.4W
ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM WNW OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...235 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...934 MB...27.58 INCHES
 

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I found a live crew thats in New Orleans WWLTV

This is another live

Live in Houma, LA they're in the path of the eye.
 
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HTV 10 is apparently is in Houma. They're still live but those images are scary as heck.

Over 400K people without power across LA.
 

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Whats going on in New Orleans area? Looks like its getting rough. Well over 500K without power and that number will rise.


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WTNT64 KNHC 292157
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Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
500 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...IDA PASSING JUST EAST OF HOUMA LOUISIANA...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, EXTREME WINDS, AND FLASH FLOODING
CONTINUES IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

A Florida Coastal Monitoring Program observing station at the South
Lafourche airport recently reported a sustained wind of 93 mph (150
km/h) and a wind gust of 122 mph (196 km/h).

A Weatherflow site near Dulac reported a sustained wind of 91 mph
(146 km/h) and a wind gust of 116 mph (187 km/h) within the last
hour.

Also within the last hour, a Weatherflow site near Jefferson Parish
reported a sustained wind of 48 mph (78 km/h) and a wind gust of 82
mph (131 km/h).

The New Orleans Lakefront Airport reported a sustained wind of 58
mph (93 km/h) with a wind gust of 83 mph (133 km/h).


SUMMARY OF 500 PM CDT...2200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.6N 90.6W
ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM E OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
ABOUT 40 MI...65 KM SW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 330 DEGREES AT 10 MPH...17 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...938 MB...27.70 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Stevenson/D. Zelinsky
 

Arcadian

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Where the storm goes from here. Its starting to make a northeast turn and will be picked up and dragged across.
211519_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png
 

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HI:

If it is possible for a heart to "super cry" that is what, mine is doing, now. Howsoever beautiful and bountiful, nature can be cruel.:((

kind regards--Sharon
 

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FLASH #FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR BRAITHWAITE AREA NWN PLAQUEMINES PAR IN SE #LOUISIANA...* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT * AT 501 PM CDT, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED BACK LEVEE OVER-TOPPING ON THE EASTBANK OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH BETWEEN THE PARISH LINE AND WHITE DITCH


Power outages over 700K people.

The storm is a Cat 3 still.
 

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There's reports that power is out for New Orleans area. there will be million + people without power before its all over. :cry2:


its still a cat 3 storm and it might be because of all the swamp the storm has been going over. basically its sustaining wind speed.

Screenshot 2021-08-29 at 21-19-53 WWL-TV on Twitter.png
 

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Gusts are around 160MPH with sustained 115MPH The eye is passing close to New Orleans.

000
WTNT64 KNHC 300055
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Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021
800 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...IDA'S EYE PASSING JUST WEST OF NEW ORLEANS...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS, AND FLASH
FLOODING CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

A Weatherflow observations on Pontchartrain Causeway recently
reported a sustained wind of 66 mph (106 km/h) and a gust of 89
mph (142 km/h).

An observation at the Gulfport Marina in Mississippi recently
reported a sustained wind of 61 mph (98 km/h).

Another observation in Shell Beach, Louisiana, reported a sustained
wind of 61 mph (98 km/h) with a gust of 75 mph (120 km/h).

SUMMARY OF 800 PM CDT...0100 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...30.0N 90.6W
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM W OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
ABOUT 45 MI...75 KM SE OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...115 MPH...185 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 340 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...947 MB...27.96 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Cangialosi
 

Arcadian

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Boil order in Jefferson Parrish.
Mississippi has near 24K people without power. its not over for them yet.
 
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Thanks for continuing to follow and report @Arcadian

I'm worried about this wind. Really, I'm worried about it all.
 

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This is such a bad situation for anyone thats down there. This is a storm that will affect us all for a very long time.

The good is that winds are starting to come down to 110MPH , which is a cat 2. The eye is moving away from NOLA area (WNW) but its a slog at 9MPH. The power grid will not be up in the NOLA area. thats bad in more ways than one.
 

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It's heartbreaking to see the area get hit again. Thanks for all of the updates. Wishing everyone safety.
 

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That is petrifying to hear.
 

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@Arcadian thank you for the updates! I’m disgusted because we have zero coverage here - and we just went through it ourselves on the east coast. Thank goodness it wasn’t nearly so bad, but still, I’m gobsmacked that not one station here is offering coverage…. Thanks again.
 

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Screenshot 2021-08-29 at 23-03-48 NWS New Orleans on Twitter.png

and apparently there are several flash flood warnings.
 

Arcadian

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whats happening in LaPlace is exceptionally bad. The flooding is absolutely bad. They've had a 12 inches of rain. apparently some people are at the 2nd levels of their homes. no where left to go except to the roof.

Will not let up for at least another few hours.
 
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