Hurricane Ida

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It's so strong its making the Mississippi river flow the opposite direction.
 
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ColoCowboy said:
I have to admit, I enjoy visiting for the food and culture, but wouldn't want to live there.
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I did and wouldn't live there again because of the weather. Those people being without power in August is awful. July and August are terrible anyway, it rains up.

We lived there in the mid 70's and I had grown up around good food in Arkansas but nothing like that. That was my first experience with actually craving certain dishes. My wife was an excellent cook, especially Cajun and Italian, and I would have put her Barbecue Shrimp, misnomer, up against Pascal's Manale, the originator of the dish. That juice for sopping up with French bread might just be the best flavor I ever tasted. I try to duplicate it and can't come close. But the misses ain't too shabby.
 
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terra said:
Luckily this was not as bad as Katrina.
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As a hurricane, it was just as bad if not a little worse. What made Katrina such a problem was the levee and the antiquated pump system for the city. If Katrina hadn't happened, Ida would have caused the same problems. You can bet all of those weather people were keeping a close eye on the drains downtown.
 
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I know that New Orleans (Nawleans) invested billions into their levee system. Sounds like it mostly paid off for them as it held up, was performing as expected, and they were not anticipating any major breaches. Such an amazingly unique city, but man, it sure does feel like it's always in harm's way.
 
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triplets_93 said:
https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-ida-louisiana-new-orleans-c43c2c68946ceb6100c2239534c6c290

More than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi — including all of New Orleans — were left without power as Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the U.S. mainland, pushed through on Sunday and early Monday before weakening into a tropical storm. Officials warned it could be weeks before the power grid is repaired.
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That's gonna be rough, but at least it's not Winter.
 
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Runwildboys said:
Who is this guy? What are his credentials? I don't know if he's any better or worse than the nationally televised meteorologists, and that's exactly why I wouldn't trust his word. Last I saw, Ida was supposed to lose strength, then gain strength again, once it made landfall. Maybe that forecast has changed, and I certainly hope so, but if I was near the path of that storm, I'd be watching the Weather Channel.
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Yeah, dude was wrong about plenty in just the first 60 seconds that I watched, lol.

Don’t listen to this guy for sure.
 
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terra said:
Luckily this was not as bad as Katrina.
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No, it absolutely was not as bad. At least for me.

I live outside of New Orleans ( basically north and east of N.O.) and rode out both Katrina 15 years ago and Ida last night. Speaking for my own personal experience, there was no comparison between the two. Last night we just had a lot of wind and rain. There are very few trees down around here… and some limbs, etc….But it is nothing like what Katrina did here. Nothing. Katrina put 7 trees on my house, made all roads impassable for days afterwards, and killed a couple of people in my neighborhood. With Ida, we didn’t even lose power (although some people in this area did).

However, we are on the East side of New Orleans And Katrina went East of N.O. Ida went West of N.O. and the core simply didn’t come as close to me as Katrina’s, so the impact should have been lessened here.

My wife’s sister lives Northwest of New Orleans (Hammond) and she said that last night she had never been so scared in her life. She said that it was much worse than what she went through with Katrina, so it is just a matter of where you were, I suppose.

Katrina, for all that New Orleans made the news after her, really didn’t get the worst of Katrina. It was Mississippi that bore the brunt of the attack. Louisiana was primarily a flood event, with all the levees breaking. They really didn’t get that much wind. Mississippi got the front-right quadrant of Katrina. The wind and especially the storm surge was much worse for MS. The storm surge was the worst part for the MS coast. It was truly catastrophic.

With Ida though, south LA got the front-right quadrant and my sister-in-law was able to experience wind like we did for Katrina.

The thing that Katrina had that Ida did not was size. Katrina was such a massive, massive storm that it brought unprecedented storm surge with it. The hurricane basically lifts up the water and brings it onshore with it with its low pressure. It isn’t just a “wind blowing the water onshore” thing. The huge size Katrina had brought so much water with it that some parts of the coast like Long Beach and Pass Christian got around 25 feet of storm surge. That is incredible.

Hurricane Camille hit in exactly the same spot as Katrina, and as bad as the winds were in that (200 mph gusts), it didn’t bring nearly as much water with it.

Anyway. I’m rambling… but Ida wasn’t Katrina despite being a cat-4.
 
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triplets_93 said:
Sad Story

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That story is very suspicious and has a "Lake Placid" vibe to it. According to the report I read, she saw him being attacked and ran and pulled him out of the water and went to get the first aid kit. Realizing his injuries were more serious, she got into their pirogue but didn't pull him into it and took off for higher land a mile away. When she returns, he's gone.

Why not put him in the canoe to take him to help? He's wounded and bleeding and she leaves him with the gator around? When did she call to report the attack? Why not call for help, they could get there faster than she could get back form her trip. Was there really a gator?

If I'd just been attacked by a gator and my wife took off in the canoe leaving me bleeding and gator bait, I'd be gone when she got back too. With or without the gator.

I tell ya, something smells fishy about this and it's not the gator's breath.
 
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