Santa Clause Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Am I too hopeful or does it look like rain may lessen in couple hours around NO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed, snow and hurricane fan Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 11 minutes ago, KPITSnow said: That is potentially extremely bad. I think that is where the memorable footage of a driver driving into the water and a reporter rushing in to help him was, near the I-10/610 split. I've been to New Orleans and Venice enough to know that area. That video was on TV before people outside NOLA knew about the flooding in the city. I don't know if that is rainwater flooding alone, or there has been a flood control/levee breach. But that area was where the first indication New Orleans wasn't fine, as reported by reporters staying in the French Quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy4Wx Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Wmsptwx said: Am I too hopeful, or does it appear that the rain may lighten awhile in New Orleans proper within couple hours? Depends how far west it travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, mempho said: I'm saying that because my understanding is that there is no risk of storm surge inside the system.... That's what they were telling everyone, at least. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk This isn't storm surge, this is torrential rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 6 minutes ago, mempho said: This is inside the Storm Damage Reduction System for New Orleans. I mean, could easily be extreme flash flooding... I hope so. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk I don't believe it is. It is not according to the maps of that system I am pulling up. It iappears it is west of where that system ends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 5 minutes ago, jacindc said: This isn't storm surge, this is torrential rain. Lake P surge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mempho Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 The NWS New Orleans is saying the cause is flash flooding That's definitely better than the alternative Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed, snow and hurricane fan Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 It could be rain, but the second floor window flooding rescues in Houston/Harvey didn't start the first day with the first foot of rain. Not claiming to be any kind of expert in rainfall runoff, but roof top rescues from a foot of rain, that doesn't seem likely in fairly flat terrain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, Doc Jon said: 2900 block of Donner drive in New Orleans flooded, water rising. Looks like there is some sort of small stream that runs parallel to Donner Dr in NOLA. It looks tiny, so the fact that they're reporting flooding from it is pretty astonishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ed, snow and hurricane fan said: It could be rain, but the second floor window flooding rescues in Houston/Harvey didn't start the first day with the first foot of rain. Not claiming to be any kind of expert in rainfall runoff, but roof top rescues from a foot of rain, that doesn't seem likely in fairly flat terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Levees are failing in some areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ed, snow and hurricane fan said: It could be rain, but the second floor window flooding rescues in Houston/Harvey didn't start the first day with the first foot of rain. Not claiming to be any kind of expert in rainfall runoff, but roof top rescues from a foot of rain, that doesn't seem likely in fairly flat terrain. Roof top rescues are happing in Laplace, not NOLA. Laplace is getting hammered by both surge and rain-induced flash flooding. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Eskimo Joe said: How cool would this be: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyHolt Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 28 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: What kind of bandwidth is there to even do rescues at this point? Good point I sure hope cell towers have backup power.... who knows if some are damaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Jon Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 okay, this could potentially be bad - reports of flooding at Waterford Nuclear Power Plant in Killona. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I know it’s not land perse but it’s not the Gulf either so 9 hours off the Gulf and still 100+? Whatever else do that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Desperate situation in Laplace now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, tim123 said: Levees are failing in some areas. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillsdaleMIWeather Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 https://twitter.com/k8roulette2/status/1432172862903832577?s=21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed, snow and hurricane fan Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, jojo762 said: Roof top rescues are happing in Laplace, not NOLA. Laplace is getting hammered by both surge and rain-induced flash flooding. Makes sense now. Houston isn't adjacent to a lake open to the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 As of the 10pm CDT NHC advisory it is still at 953 mb and 105 mph sustained winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amped Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Several barges came loose during the storm. I hope that's not what cause the levee failures or transmission line collapse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPetrulli Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Pretty ominous wording from the NWS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 30 minutes ago, drstuess said: Blackstart is also a pain in the ass. Not sure what generation is local or on this side of the transmissions outages, but could be a while till back up. Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk Entergy said they had a load imbalance after the transmission lines tripped/failed. Too much load, not enough supply. Probably had to load shed and lost the local generators eventually. Will be an interesting recap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said: The flooding was not being reported at that time, was it? Are we sure this is not fake news here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, KPITSnow said: Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skierinvermont Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said: https://twitter.com/k8roulette2/status/1432172862903832577?s=21 From my googling, this levee is not in New Orleans, hopefully separated by other levees/land Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed, snow and hurricane fan Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, HillsdaleMIWeather said: https://twitter.com/k8roulette2/status/1432172862903832577?s=21 The Bayou Bouef I know of in Louisiana outlets near Morgan City, so this isn't a metro New Orleans levee failure unless there is more than one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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