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Hurricane Ida

I’m thinking landfall in Cocodrie, LA. This puts it on track to go through the heart of a very populated area of Houma.
 
NHC has finally upgraded Ida's winds to 85 mph indicating that the hurricane is indeed strengthening but still isn't forecasted to reach major hurricane strength until early tomorrow morning.
 
TH2002 said:
NHC has finally upgraded Ida's winds to 85 mph indicating that the hurricane is indeed strengthening but still isn't forecasted to reach major hurricane strength until early tomorrow morning.
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Hope that verifies -- the less time it gets as a major hurricane, the better.

Just had to share the image used with this story at NOLA.com; says it all, really. No one is mentioning 2005 right now, of course, but it is in everyone's thoughts. As are all those in Ida's path now.

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Parents are riding this one out in New Orleans. Told them any wobble east will mean a drastic increase in winds for them (current track would keep the eyewall out of the city) but surge looks to be bad. I guess this is the second big test for the new levees…first being Hurricane Isaac in 2012.

Seeing some of the traffic cameras this morning reminds me of 16 years ago to the day. Log jam traffic out of the city as the largest evacuation in the city’s history commenced.
 
Kory said:
Parents are riding this one out in New Orleans. Told them any wobble east will mean a drastic increase in winds for them (current track would keep the eyewall out of the city) but surge looks to be bad. I guess this is the second big test for the new levees…first being Hurricane Isaac in 2012.

Seeing some of the traffic cameras this morning reminds me of 16 years ago to the day. Log jam traffic out of the city as the largest evacuation in the city’s history commenced.
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Wishing them and the entire city the best of luck.
 
With the depth of the hot water it's about to go over in the next 12 hours, Ida is about to be a very happy hurricane. I'll be surprised if we don't see some really rapid intensification.
 
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