Isaac
 

I'm back home and on Hurricane alert. I hope all of our Dwellars near the Gulf Coast are prepped. I know Buster B & John are in the danger zone. Mississippi Joint Force Headquarters is assessing this as a serious threat and if you live near the coast, you need to be prepared.

Just an FYI

From what I saw on noaa today, Isaac is heading toward the gulf, so the usual path up the east coast is ok......unless it hits the keys and decides to turn. That would completely ruin the weekend coming up!

Everyone in the gulf - stay safe!!

La has declared State of Emergency. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency has moved to Level III. I might be moving to a forward staging area tomorrow

Ugh! I need to recharge all my rechargeables and buy more AA batteries.

Hey guys, this is no joke. Here's the latest assessment
As it stands now landfall of the eye is forecasted to be approximately 0500
HRS Wednesday, August the 29th (exactly 7 years to the date of Hurricane
Katrina made its devastating landfall). While Katrina official made landfall
as a Cat 3, Cat 4 and 5 conditions were impacting the Mississippi Gulf Coast
well prior to landfall; and this is similar to conditions that Isaac appears
to be displaying.

Good luck folks, bug out or hunker down!

Who would've thunk it, that himicaines got the 7 year itch?

Many good wishes to all in its path.
Luck and love.

Going too close to my friend.

Hang on!!!!!! :heartpump

BusterB & John - you need to start moving north. Here's our latest assessment:

With the current shift to the west Mississippi is on the dreaded Northeast
quadrant. This means Mississippi will get large amounts of wind up to 80 mph
sustained, rain over 15” in some areas, and surge 8-13 ft along the Coast.
The path of the storm is still not completely certain, nor is the intensity
of the storm, and weather conditions could change and shift the storms track
as well as hinder strength, but as it stands now Mississippi will be on the
receiving on of some of the worst of the storm fury. The latest update has
slight shift to the left, the best thing for Mississippi now is for the
storm to either speed up and move on through, or shift further to the west.
It is still a tropical storm; however with its current speed, as it churns
over the warm Gulf Water, it will develop into a hurricane, and if it does
not speed up could grow to a high Cat II.

I'm getting worried. :(

*snorted out loud* ;)

With my direction dyslexia, I always remember left vs east because on a compass it spells "LE"

"I'm getting worried"
 

Don't be, Plum.

:)

LOL. I didn't catch that either. I'll have to bring it up at the brief tonight.

Print it out!

Will this affect Fred & Lola Bunny?

Go left, young man!

I saw on CBS news that NOLA is supposed to be waaaaay more ready this time.


We. Shall. See.

This is now officially a media hurricane. The winds will hit at 85 MPH and not 150 MPH. The storm surge will be 15 feet and not 30 feet. Its purpose is to continue to disrupt the convention, even though it won't, because that story is about three times as interesting as the convention.

New Orleans is a toilet…it needs (another) good cleansing!

It won't get one this go-around...as Toad pointed out, this storm is media-driven...in fact, I doubt it can be classified as a weather event at all. Heat is not the energy source, but marketing.

Weather is largely a means of moving heat around...Isaac is largely a means of moving money around.

The GOP got shafted!

No, doesn't look it. I still need to be prepared anyways. :D

Isaac is supposed to hit my area this afternoon. So far...nuthin', but I'm ready for it if it knocks out our power.

John, be careful. This event will last over several days and flooding is the biggest concern.

We're on a hill...flooding's not a problem, but it will rain major tomorrow. I'm more concerned about losing water and power for an extended period. Anyway, according to the latest weather maps, it should be movin' outta MS by Friday.

The people in the most danger are the Louisianians. Let's just hope there are no fatalities.

Be careful!

Still pretty calm over here. It is raining in Hattisberg.

Anyway, here's the projected path as of 6PM yesterday:

That's getting too close to my neck of the woods for the holiday weekend.

exactly what i just thought

It's looking worse for you at the moment, but that will probably change. The winds always push storms NE.

Good luck, John. I hope you've got water and batteries and flashlight/lanterns backed up.

Freakin' rain. We've had areas flood that didn't when Katrina hit. We have flooded roads 60 miles inland

Even though I won't even get drizzle out of this, my camper is prepared with hand crank radios and lanterns. Indispensable items for anyone really. I hope I never have to evacuate, but if I do, I will be ready!

ETA: I have friends in NOLA, two of whom are recovering from surgeries. No one has heard from them for days. They are NOT the type to "stick it out", so I am assuming that they evacuated ahead of the storm. I sent a prayer their way.

Three hours west of New Orleans...
 

...we lost power for a day.

...a limb came off the pecan tree.

...I contemplated how best to kill a crazy old woman and a frenetic 6 year old.

Today: business as usual.


From what I hear: Slidell -- a town north of N.O. where I lived for a chunk of time -- was hit hard (10 feet of water in some areas)...Slidell was beaten down badly by Katrina, so, I'm guessin' lots of folks (who stayed and rebuilt) there are less than fully gruntled today. Also: Plaquemines parish got it bad.

Hancock County got hit hard, too. Flooding has been the major issue in MS., but we still have the threat of tornados

Yesterday, in passing, I saw a reporter in Slidell, LA standing uphill from part of the town. The camera zoomed a little over his shoulder, and showed several businesses under what looked like at least 4-6 feet of water. The reporter said some of those shops were put out of business by Hurricane Katrina.

Some of them re-opened just seven (now eight) days ago.

Well, my power came back an about an hour ago, so...here's Isaac's latest predicted path.

I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Isaac to Kentucky.

Soggy sumbitch.

Did it help with that drought you guys were having?

I keep chacking in to see who is still checking in.
Love and support to those of you dealing with this and the aftermath. If you can, come and say Hello so we know you're okay.

I'd assume it came too late for any crops in the mid-West. In NEPA we actually got the rain we needed and seem to have a good corn crop.

Yeah, I'd assume that heavy rain on parched soil isn't good for much except filling reserviours.

We just got clouds in the end -no rain. Guess I should get the sprinklers on again

Dammmit! I NEED this rain! I MUST HAVE this rain!!!

dammit dammit dammit!

ps - the farmers say this is the worst time to get rain. all the soybeans will just mold now.

Isaac spilling his guts will help the (second crop) wheat, but, the corn is beyond fucked.

ETA: Rained bukkits here this afternoon, really. Harder than I've seen it rain in a long time.

Yup, rain. Creek jumped from 2.5 ft to 9 ft, and 30 cu-ft/sec to 3000 cu-ft/sec.

New Orleans had 20 inches + .

we had a soft, soaking rain yesterday and a misty rain today.

still -- the soybeans are fooked.

Crap for rain. Where was our 4-6 inches? All it was was humid humid humid and overcast. I have to say I'm so sick of the sun, too, because when everyone gets all excited about the sun being out I'm dying of perimenopausal heatstroke.

It's just been too long, too dry a summer.

Cool charts. Is that your own gauge, or are you tied into some government website?

It's one of thousands of government (USGS) real-time measuring stations around the country, except this one is practically in my back yard. This one has been recording since August of 1931, but wasn't online then. ;)

Why get off my ass and look out the window, when I can just bring it up on my monitor. :lol:

You don't have a closed circuit tv camera set up? You'd never have to move! :p:

Who said I don't?

If that creek gets much higher, you won't need to move, because it'll be around your ankles!