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bv
It does not look good. Take care everyone in the area.
'Time is not on our side.' Gulf Coast braces for Sunday arrival of Hurricane Ida, potentially a Category 4 storm (CNN)
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Saturday warned residents planning to voluntarily evacuate -- which she recommended -- to get out now.
"Time is not on our side. It's just rapidly growing. It's intensifying," the mayor said at a news conference, referring to Ida. "If you're voluntarily evacuating our city, now is the time to leave -- you need to do so immediately. If you're planning to ride it out, again, make sure that you're able to hunker down."
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Ida "will be one of the strongest hurricanes that hit anywhere in Louisiana since at least the 1850s."
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Koen
Hopefully they have learned their lessons and are better prepared than when Katrina hit.
Good luck everyone, stay safe.
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GasLightStreet
I live in SE LA across the lake from New Orleans.
I'm home.
Not leaving.
No reason to leave where I live. 3 weeks... might be different.
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GasLightStreet
I live in SE LA across the lake from New Orleans.
I'm home.
Not leaving.
No reason to leave where I live. 3 weeks... might be different.
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GasLightStreet
I live in SE LA across the lake from New Orleans.
I'm home.
Not leaving.
No reason to leave where I live. 3 weeks... might be different.
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GasLightStreet
Ida hit Grand Isle, LA with a wind gust of 148mph and... the anemometer broke.
Port Fouchon had a sustained wind of 150mph, gusts to 185.
Ida also formed a double eyewall while making landfall, which has been wobbly - last I saw, still mostly over water while wobbling west. The 2nd eyewall will collapse soon and transfer power to the original eyewall, which will sustain the intensity a bit longer than if there wasn't a 2nd.
Getting some rain but the wind, which was blowing kind of decently, has stopped, which is very weird.
And... I still have power.
Cooking up some sausage and drinking some rum drinks to use up the ice. And... the wind picked back up.