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| Baldo | Aug 28 2012, 11:24 PM Post #61 |
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Joe Bastardi @BigJoeBastardi Lake Bourne reportedly 2.2 feet short of Betsy already Joe Bastardi @BigJoeBastardi I believe evidence will show this does cat 2-3 wind damage in the parishes south of New Orleans.Wind comes down to sfc in tightening storms |
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| LTC8K6 | Aug 29 2012, 08:33 AM Post #62 |
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Emergency management officials in low-lying Plaquemines Parish reported the overtopping of an 8-foot (2.4-meter) high levee between the Braithwaite and White Ditch districts southeast of New Orleans. "On the east bank right now, we have reports of people on their roofs and attics and 12 to 14 foot of water (in their homes)," Nungesser told CNN. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-storm-isaac-idUSBRE87L0PH20120829 |
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| Rusty Dog | Aug 29 2012, 10:06 AM Post #63 |
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Water is waist deep in the road along the Mississippi coast. (Sorry, I forgot the location. Gulf Shores, maybe?) |
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| Rusty Dog | Aug 29 2012, 10:07 AM Post #64 |
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It looks like tons of rain for all of Mississippi and Louisianna. |
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| Kerri P. | Aug 29 2012, 10:33 AM Post #65 |
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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/hurricane-isaac-plaquemines-parish-124906826.html Hurricane Isaac storm surge tops levee in Plaquemines Parish |
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| chatham | Aug 29 2012, 11:24 AM Post #66 |
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live cam from Houma, LA.... noting is happening http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hurricane-isaac-cam |
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| chatham | Aug 29 2012, 11:29 AM Post #67 |
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whole bunch more sites. you can experiment with which one you want to look at. http://www.ufo-blogger.com/2012/08/watch-live-hurricane-isaac-online-video.html |
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| Baldo | Aug 29 2012, 01:02 PM Post #68 |
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![]() This was taken from a three story Braithewaite,LA home. (via twitter) ![]() Near the overtopped levee south of New Orleans in Plaquemines Parish. Pictures are just pouring in showing some major deep flooding just South of New Orleans. Joe Bastardi has been fairly critical of NOAA and why didn't they call this a Hurricane much sooner. He believes it was a CAT 2. |
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| ~J~ is in Wonderland | Aug 29 2012, 01:12 PM Post #69 |
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National Guard getting people off the roofs now. This is so sad and on the 7 year anniversary day of Katrina. Edited by ~J~ is in Wonderland, Aug 29 2012, 01:13 PM.
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| abb | Aug 29 2012, 01:15 PM Post #70 |
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See here a terrain map of the area. http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&q=braithwaite,+la&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x889e1ebd8ee4ec37:0x180ed757841e7803,Braithwaite,+LA&gl=us&sa=X&ei=B1s-UI--Bcbg2QW--4CwDQ&ved=0CHEQtgM It is at near sea level elevation and from the marsh side of the Mississippi River levee system, is near-unprotected. The area ALWAYS floods during tropical events in South Louisiana. If you build in such an area, YOU are responsible. |
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| Kerri P. | Aug 29 2012, 01:23 PM Post #71 |
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http://www.wral.com/news/story/11480914/ Levee in flooded La. parish may be intentionally breached NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Isaac began a slow, drenching slog inland from the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, pushing water over a rural Louisiana levee and stranding some people in homes and cars as the storm spun into a newly fortified New Orleans exactly seven years after Katrina. Although Isaac was much weaker than the 2005 hurricane that crippled the city, the threat of dangerous storm surges and flooding from heavy rain was expected to last all day and into the night as the immense comma-shaped storm crawled across Louisiana. Army Corps spokeswoman Rachel Rodi said the city's bigger, stronger levees were withstanding the assault. "The system is performing as intended, as we expected," she said. "We don't see any issues with the hurricane system at this point." There were initial problems with pumps not working at the 17th Street Canal, the site of a breach on the day Katrina struck, but those pumps had been fixed, Rodi said. Rescuers in boats and trucks plucked a handful of people who became stranded by floodwaters in thinly populated areas of southeast Louisiana. Authorities feared many more could need help after a night of slashing rain and fierce winds that knocked out power to more than 600,000 households and businesses. snip.... |
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| abb | Aug 29 2012, 01:35 PM Post #72 |
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As a point of historical significance, Braithwaite is adjacent to Caernarvon, LA. This is where the Mississippi River levee was dynamited to help save New Orleans, which is several miles upstream. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caernarvon,_Louisiana |
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| ~J~ is in Wonderland | Aug 29 2012, 01:36 PM Post #73 |
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abb, are you in the hurricane area? |
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| abb | Aug 29 2012, 01:39 PM Post #74 |
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Depending on the route of the remnants of the storm, we may get a bit of rain and some bluster. Right now, it is cloudy and breezy. Ruston is midway between Shreveport and Monroe, along I-20. |
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| Baldo | Aug 29 2012, 01:39 PM Post #75 |
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One day a CAT 5 will smack New Orleans directly. Katrina was a CAT 3 It is only a matter of time whether it will be 1, 5, 10, 20, or 100 years. It will be leveled. It has happened to New Orleans more than once. All the King's Men, all the King's Horses, all all the King Levees can't prevent that from happening. Why do we live in these areas? Go figure. Tornado Alley, San Andreas Fault, the Northwest Seduction Plate off shore Seattle, and a Yellowstone's massive caldera volcanic explosion all present various calamities & risks to catastrophic possibilities. But still you wonder why one would live in an area that floods every so often? Because somebody else pays the bill to reconstruct. |
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