New Orleans has evacuations…..
In its 5 p.m. advisory, the National Hurricane Center warned of “extremely life-threatening inundation” and “potentially catastrophic wind damage” near where Ida comes ashore, as it boosted its predicted landfall intensity a category, from 3 to 4.
Anticipating flooding, New Orleans Mayor LaToy Cantrell issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents outside the city’s levee systemFriday and called for voluntary evacuations elsewhere in the city.
“If you have any medical needs or wish to voluntarily evacuate on your own, now is the time to start that voluntary evacuation,” Cantrell said at a Friday morning news conference…..
On the 16th anniversary of Katrina. I helped gut houses in St..Bernard Parish just downriver from New Orleans in summer 2006. 10 months after the hurricane and subsequent flooding and only 10% of residents had returned by that time.
I hope this one spares them
The main street in NOLA sits right on the water…..
Great place to visit…..
I hope they get thru ok……
Hurricane Ida is poised to explosively intensify Saturday as it churns ever closer to crashing ashore along the Louisiana coast Sunday afternoon or night. The storm poses a serious threat to New Orleans and numerous other population centers along the northern Gulf Coast and even well inland.
The National Hurricane Center predicts Ida will strengthen to a Category 4 storm with 140 mph winds by Sunday. It warned the powerhouse storm will push ashore an “extremely life-threatening” ocean surge of up to 10 to 15 feet above normally dry land at the coast while producing “potentially catastrophic wind damage” and inland flooding.
Tropical-storm-force winds could reach southeast Louisiana by Sunday morning, with deteriorating conditions expected thereafter into early Monday….
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One might think that someone is mad at this country…..
I have been to New Orleans several times, but I am not sure what “main street” James is talking about. I haven’t been there since Katrina.
I was in NOLA right before Katrina and had the responsibility for moving Merchant Marine training ships into place and obtaining Cruise Ships that could be used for housing and power in the recovery effort. My office worked hard and actually made a difference after they got “Brownie” out of the way. Those ships help power the Port back into business. I got an award from GWBush for my efforts.
Two things; one, NOLA is basically a saucer the will fill up with water when either the levy if breached or the water surges into the City. The City is, for all intensive purposes, below sea level.
And, two, I know of no Main Street that runs along the water. NOLA is surrounded by levies.
The main street i’m talking about is Decatur by Jackson Sq opposite the river…..
Okay James. This is a good example why it is frustrating to communicate with you. Decatur Street is parallel to the river, but I don’t think it sits “right on the water” at any point. I’m not even sure you could see the river at any point because the levees block the view. Also, who thinks of Decatur as the “Main Street”? Maybe Canal, Bourbon, Poydras, Royale, Espanlade (sp?) to name a few off the top of my head. I’ll give you that Decatur might make the top 20 because Jackson Square is such a prominent tourist attraction.
There’s a fair amount of touristy stuff on Decatur St so I can see where it would be considered a main Street–though not as much as Bourbon or Canal Streets.
And yes Decatur is closest to the water but the levee separates the city from the river.
All cities on the Mississippi River have some sort of flood protection. New Orleans has the levees. Memphis is built on a bluff and St. Louis has a flood wall near the Gateway Arch.
https://www.neworleans.com/plan/streets/