Hurricane Ida Disruptions
Aug 28, 2021, 2:32 pm
#31
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: MSY
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We skedaddled at 6:30 AM today and are now ensconced at a Comfort Inn in Montgomery. Waze did us right and sent us all the way past Bay St. Louis via Chef/90 rather than staying on I-10, which was a [mess] even at that hour, due to bridge traffic and then an accident somewhere past Slidell. Thank God I decided yesterday to head east rather than west, because my friend who went to Houston left at 5 AM and still hadn’t cleared Lake Charles by 11 
I also live close to the river levee (near the Fly) so have to put my faith in it!!! I’m not sure flood zone X means anything anymore, but that’s what I’m clinging to
I also live close to the river levee (near the Fly) so have to put my faith in it!!! I’m not sure flood zone X means anything anymore, but that’s what I’m clinging to
Last edited by l etoile; Aug 28, 2021 at 4:03 pm Reason: Profanity
Aug 28, 2021, 2:51 pm
#32
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,925
I was out running an errand and noticed the lines to get gas aren’t long now. 
I’d say 90+% of my neighborhood is staying. However, just talked with some friends and it has taken them 12 hours to drive to Houston. Traffic and a couple of “blinding rainstorms“. They left at 4:30 AM this morning.
I’d say 90+% of my neighborhood is staying. However, just talked with some friends and it has taken them 12 hours to drive to Houston. Traffic and a couple of “blinding rainstorms“. They left at 4:30 AM this morning.
Last edited by FLYMSY; Aug 28, 2021 at 3:46 pm Reason: Added 4:30 AM
Aug 29, 2021, 7:18 am
#36
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Jupiter, FL
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ETA: is one of them named Hank? A friend of a friend posted they are riding it out in Houma. Says currently 30 mph winds there.
Last edited by pbiflyer; Aug 29, 2021 at 8:39 am
Aug 29, 2021, 8:53 am
#37
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,925
Midnight to 7:30 AM, .71” of rain at my house. (Have a digital rain gauge) Power just went out in my neighborhood. Have a gas generator, but can’t use it until after the storm passes. Some of my neighbors have whole house natural gas generators.
edit: power back on at 11:40 AM
At noon, wind gusts up to 61 mph at MSY.
Total rainfall at my home since midnight:
7:30 AM - .71”
Noon - .98”
3:00 PM - 1.81”
6:00 PM - 4.41”
edit: power back on at 11:40 AM
At noon, wind gusts up to 61 mph at MSY.
Total rainfall at my home since midnight:
7:30 AM - .71”
Noon - .98”
3:00 PM - 1.81”
6:00 PM - 4.41”
Last edited by FLYMSY; Aug 29, 2021 at 5:33 pm Reason: Update rain totals
Aug 29, 2021, 1:18 pm
#39
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,925
It’s well over 250,000 outages in SE Louisiana, including Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Lafourche, Terrebone, St. Charles Parishes, plus a few others.
Link to Entergy outages map:
https://www.etrviewoutage.com/map?st...027.1630264295
Actually, the bigger problem in Orleans Parish right now is that power has been lost at some of the sewer lift stations.
https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/...48d323567.html
Link to Entergy outages map:
https://www.etrviewoutage.com/map?st...027.1630264295
Actually, the bigger problem in Orleans Parish right now is that power has been lost at some of the sewer lift stations.
https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/...48d323567.html
Aug 29, 2021, 1:37 pm
#40
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,925
Here’s an interesting story about stranded passengers at MSY:
https://www.fox8live.com/2021/08/29/...official-says/
And, power outages over 300,000 statewide:
https://wgno.com/news/hurricane-ida-...without-power/
https://www.fox8live.com/2021/08/29/...official-says/
And, power outages over 300,000 statewide:
https://wgno.com/news/hurricane-ida-...without-power/
Aug 29, 2021, 2:48 pm
#43
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,925
We’ve lost Cox Cable for TV and AT&T for internet.
Really feel sorry for the residents who are impacted by the outages of the sewer lift stations in Orleans Parish. That could be very messy during this hurricane.
Aug 29, 2021, 3:13 pm
#44
Join Date: Jul 2001
Posts: 2,925
Both the Chalmette and Algiers ferries broke loose in the River. Both grounded.
https://www.wdsu.com/article/chalmet...river/37425529
update at 4:30 PM: just got an emergency alert on my cell. Major wind until 6:30 PM. True enough, the wind and rain picked up tremendously. And, of course, the power went out immediately.
https://www.wdsu.com/article/chalmet...river/37425529
update at 4:30 PM: just got an emergency alert on my cell. Major wind until 6:30 PM. True enough, the wind and rain picked up tremendously. And, of course, the power went out immediately.
Last edited by FLYMSY; Aug 29, 2021 at 3:32 pm