Hurricane Ida

charry said:
She’s not that far away, and she’s very worried, as she also has stroke survivor husband Kaila
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She'll be fine with this one, @charry , if she's in Jacksonville, Florida. Hurricane Ida is well to the west of her--landfall 500+ miles away--and will track north of her inland. Everyone in hurricane territory gets antsy this time of year on through October, and having a loved one with health issues heightens the anxiety.

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AnnieA said:
Live cams of storm chaser idiots driving through the area. One just got his windshield cracked.

You have to click on the youtube link under "video unavailable" to bring it up. There are four mini screens and they blip in and out.

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I knew about the tornado chasers, hurricane chasers ( ?)
I remember college students in Mississippi had a Hurricane Watch Party (was in Carla?) in the 70's all were killed.

I guess SF members in Hurrician Area will experience power faliures; we will have no first-hand reports/

Stay Safe Annie A!

(Goggle says it was Hurricane Camille in 69, and it is fake news.)
 
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FEMA seems like its trying to redeem itself from past failures. So far it's provided these resources to aid in the Hurricane Ida rescue effort:
  • 200 ambulances
  • 139k tarps (includes tarps sent to Mississippi)
  • 3.5 million meals (includes meals sent to Mississippi)
  • 2.5 million liters of water
  • 22 federal agencies are supporting the effort.
  • Millions more meals and liters of water are on their way.
 
AnnieA said:
It was Camille in '69 but there are conflicting reports about a party in Richelieu Apartments. One survivor says there was, one says there wasn't. Guess they could both be telling the truth ...just not everyone in the complex was at a party.
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Anne is right, for a long time I believed it. A great story. But now I think its just a myth. I spent a summer in Ocean Springs, on the Mississippi coast just a few years after Camille, still lots of visible damage. At that time most everyone believed the story, it was often retold.

The Richelieu Apartments were real, and they were completely destroyed. I would not be surprised if some people stayed and died, there were lots of deaths from Camille. But likely no party and we know of at least one survivor in addition to the woman who told the party story. He says there was no party. His version sounds more credible.
 
Houma is in the eye and that is bad for offshore oil production as Houma is heavily populated with such businesses. New Orleans dogged a bullitt. One man on the local news just said in the evacuation toward Texas it took him 14 hours on Interstate I10 to drive 100 miles. Why people think it would not be bumper to bumper amazes me.
 
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AnnieA said:
It was Camille in '69 but there are conflicting reports about a party in Richelieu Apartments. One survivor says there was, one says there wasn't. Guess they could both be telling the truth ...just not everyone in the complex was at a party.

https://www.nola.com/news/weather/article_acee3db1-ec9d-5fa6-bdc2-1ad983263903.html
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The story about a hurricane party is true but not this version . I lived in Pascagoula, MS. for a year and a half. I went to Biloxi often and there was a foundation with stairs leading up to it. No building, just the foundation. I asked around why the foundation is there and what happened. I was told it used to be an office. I don't recall how many stories but the people in it decided to have a hurricane party and were all killed when the storm hit. I don't recall which hurricane but it was left there as a reminder to leave when hurricanes come.
 
fmdog44 said:
Houma is in the eye and that is bad for offshore oil production as Houma is heavily populated with such businesses. New Orleans dogged a bullitt.
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What happens in Houma will depend on water levels and storm surge as much as anything. I don't know of a gauging station to follow in or close to Houma, the closest I can find are Dulac and Port Fourchon, those did not get real high and are now going down. Hopefully that's the case in Houma. The wind station I am watching only shows a peak gust of ~85 mph, with sustained winds all below 60 mph. I hope that is true also. If so Houma will have dodged a bullet as well. However its too soon to be sure.

I have relatives in Houma, but I believe all evacuated to Baton Rouge, so its just property to worry about.
 
Now, over 750K people are without power, and that number will likely rise substantially. Once the storm passes, it will take days, and some cases, weeks to fully restore the utilities. Can you imagine getting stuck in this heat and humidity for weeks? Even those with generators, whose house survived, will be hard pressed to find gas for their generators. What a Mess!
 
I haven't read through all the posts so don't know how many of our members are or will be affected by Ida. Now they are talking about possible tornadoes, so this possible scenario keeps getting worse. I hope none of our members have heavy property damage or loss. Most importantly
EVERYBODY IN THE STORM ZONES PLEASE REMAIN SAFE!
 
The worst seems to have moved inland and the storm is slowly weakening. I do however see that the surge is about 7 feet in Waveland, Mississippi and still rising rising. Hopefully that will soon reverse, it should. For comparison the Katrina surge was 24 feet at Waveland. All other locations the water seems to have stabilized and is dropping at most.

Still awaiting a lot of damage reports but so far it does seem there is real damage, but maybe not so bad as it could have been. I hope that turns out to be the case. I am sure a lot of people will be without power for at least a while.
Don M. said:
Once the storm passes, it will take days, and some cases, weeks to fully restore the utilities. Can you imagine getting stuck in this heat and humidity for weeks?
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Yes, I know what it is like, I grew up on the Gulf coast without air conditioning, went for 20+ years without. In 2005 we were without power for 2 months after Hurricane Dennis. As I get older it gets harder to sleep in that heat and humidity, and most younger people have never had to live without AC. It will be hard on many. However there are a lot of electrical repair crews and equipment on the way already, hopefully most power will be restored in a few days.

You are right about keeping generators fueled, can be a problem. After Hurricane Wilma my father was without power and relied on a generator for about 6 weeks. At first we had to bring him cans of gas from North Florida, driving several hundred miles, none was available in South Florida.
 
The storm is no longer a hurricane, its a tropical storm moving into Mississippi, lots of rain and some wind yet to come as it moves north. I was surprised to see water at New Orleans began a second rise last night, and its still up. But at 5 1/2 feet still below Katrina's 8 feet. No word of levee failures so things should be ok on that front. Everywhere else I have been tracking water is well down from yesterday, NO should start to drop soon. Lots of people without power this morning, and some building damages but so far it appears nothing on the scale of a Katrina. The storm did follow the worst case track, passing just to the west of New Orleans, but still a bullet seems to have been dodged, more or less anyway.

It appears that Houma, where some of my relatives live, got the worst of it, will be interesting to hear from them when they are able to get back in. The highest point in Terrebonne Parish (county in Louisiana) home to Houma is about 15 feet, most people live at much lower levels. If the forecast peak storm surge of 16 feet had happened every building in the Parish would have flooded, fortunately the water was a lot lower.

Its interesting to see the popular press. Not surprising I guess, they emphasize the negative impacts, number of folks without power mostly. Not to downplay those impacts, it has and will be bad for some and it may take a while to get power back. However to me the good news outweighs the bad. I guess a headline saying "Hurricane not as bad as expected" doesn't sell well.
 

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Luckily, there has been only 1 death reported...so far. The power outages and extensive damage to homes, and buildings will probably be the biggest impacts. Refrigerators and freezers will probably be full of spoiled food, and there will likely be a big need for cooling centers to open so people can withstand weeks more of hot and humid weather.
 
AnnieA said:
She'll be fine with this one, @charry , if she's in Jacksonville, Florida. Hurricane Ida is well to the west of her--landfall 500+ miles away--and will track north of her inland. Everyone in hurricane territory gets antsy this time of year on through October, and having a loved one with health issues heightens the anxiety.

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Thankyou Annie , i hope so, I’ve not heard from her yet today x
 
Just got a very short text from a Cousin still in Houma, he said it was "Worse than expected" but not much else. Will try to talk later today and find out more. Houma was the town that probably took the worst of it, maybe Golden Meadow or Grand Isle were worse, but those are smaller places.

As Don says reports so far are of damage but not much life loss, hope that stays true.
 
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