jojo762 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 ): 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazwoper Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Problem right now is the apparent complete stall of eye right now. The moisture feed into NO is still strong. Winds have dropped a bit, but yes, freshwater flooding doesn’t look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cary Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 38 minutes ago, hazwoper said: Maybe. I just look at the radar and the reduction in stronger returns coming in from south of NO. One of the New Orleans local stations said earlier that hurricane/tropical storm radar returns aren't always accurate in terms of intensity, i.e. it can be heavier than it looks on radar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Just now, Dunkman said: I’m not sure how reliable the don’t enter the attic source is. Sounds like some hyperbolic language considering what we’re heard from NO proper so far. It was a big thing in Katrina. Only go into the attic if you bring an axe to be able to hack through the roof. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RU848789 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 19 minutes ago, jacindc said: I would assume the water pumps have backup generators... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 You have to just hope that the combination of surge and fresh water flooding doesn’t overwhelm the levees. I will never forget looking at CNN the day after Katrina in my college’s computer lab in the student union the morning after. I had thought that New Orleans had dodged a bullet, but when I pulled up CNN and saw an aerial shot that showed essentially the whole city flooded. I don’t want to see that again. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MN Transplant Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 minute ago, Dunkman said: I’m not sure how reliable the don’t enter the attic source is. Sounds like some hyperbolic language considering what we’re heard from NO proper so far. Tweets aren’t reliable, but I’ve run across several of these just using Laplace as a search term. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Rather apparent that catastrophic, potentially deadly flooding is taking place in Laplace. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Re: Laplace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Jon Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Jefferson Parish EMS scanner, something about people needing roof rescues, water rising to roof-level? Sorry, couldn't quite make it out but something like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPITSnow Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dunkman said: I’m not sure how reliable the don’t enter the attic source is. Sounds like some hyperbolic language considering what we’re heard from NO proper so far. Not hyperbolic at all. A lot of people died in Katrina in attics when they couldn’t breakout to the roof. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPetrulli Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, jojo762 said: Rather apparent that catastrophic, potentially deadly flooding is taking place in Laplace. Really sad, a simple search of LaPlace reveals a growing number of people asking for help on Twitter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grep1 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Fleekskill @fleekskill · 13m Bayou Barataria is overtopping its levee in Jean Lafitte LA. Jefferson Parish Fire Chief on scanner just now: “the entire town of Jean Lafitte will be under water in two hours i know it’s Twitter. So consider it unconfirmed 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jebman Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 If that levee was overtopped, it will get very bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo762 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 This might be a little disruptive to more important things happening... But what a damn child. He begs for help, as if he's in imminent danger... Now he's responding to backlash on twitter for putting himself in a piss poor position? Some emergency, huh? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sojitodd Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Just now, MattPetrulli said: Really sad, a simple search of LaPlace reveals a growing number of people asking for help on Twitter. That address is not some isolated area either. That is right in the middle of it surrounded by thousands of other houses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 LaPlace is in a really bad situation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Jon Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 question - are those levees earthen levees that erode when overtopped or full-on concrete flood walls anchored in Casons driven into the bedrock? Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonPeon Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Could we not bring attention to those who seek it? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 26 minutes ago, jacindc said: given the limited info, I looked up transmission towers near the eastern Jefferson parish bank and downtown, and found this area. I’m guessing one of these big boys came down In this area. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 New orleans is in a bad spot as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, cptcatz said: If whoever manages the pumps didn't say a couple days ago "of there's a hurricane coming, maybe we should test the generators to make sure properly", then they should be fired. Emergency generators for this kind of infrastructure are tested biweekly, and once monthly under load. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Feeder band just parked over city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zinski1990 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 I don't think most forecasted this to slow down this much. Definitely going to be some super flooding 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Astounding this is still a high end cat 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeEater Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 This might be a little disruptive to more important things happening... But what a damn child. He begs for help, as if he's in imminent danger... Now he's responding to backlash on twitter for putting himself in a piss poor position? Some emergency, huh? There's many words for that idiot I can't use here, he does this all the time too. Sent from my SM-G973U using Tapatalk 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eskimo Joe Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Doc Jon said: question - are those levees earthen levees that erode when overtopped or full-on concrete flood walls anchored in Casons driven into the bedrock? Anyone know? Withing NOLA, its steel and concrete with buttressing. I do not know of any pure earthen levees in NOLA. Earthen levees in that part of the country typically have, at the least, a concrete or packed clay core with grouting to prevent piping and internal failure from water pressure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Jon Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 thanks. I was wondering about how sturdy they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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