75 miles SSE of the mouth of the Mississippi River
160 mi SE of New Orleans
Max sustained winds 75mph, 975mb
Moving NW at 10mph
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You beat the Fox News Alert:
National Hurricane Center confirms Isaac reaches Category 1 hurricane strength — and getting stronger — as it heads toward landfall near New Orleans.
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75 miles SSE of the mouth of the Mississippi River
160 mi SE of New Orleans
Max sustained winds 75mph, 975mb
Moving NW at 10mph
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It’s also not a hurricane.
Still a tropical storm. 70mph.
Still a tropical storm. 70mph.
Clear skies and breezy here in Mobile.
LIVE On-line Coverage of Issac
channel 26 NOLA
channel 4 NOLA
http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/1/9216357
channel 6 NOLA
Fickle is right.
With the pressures it is showing, if it gets the eye completely closed off and expels the dry air we could see it go from 75 MPH to CAT II quite quickly.
Hopefully that won’t happen, but right now we pressure readouts that support a 95-100 MPH storm, and there are clear indications he is getting his act together.
With the slow down in speed this could go from bad to very very bad quite quickly for LA/MISS/ALA.
At least there is no indication in any of the models of the worst case scenario ala Kate and Juan etc from years back — stall out right along LA coast then loop around and come back in along the Ala/Fla Panhandle.
Rush just announced the change. Says the media and Democrats are loving it - split screen at the convention (to detract from the convention message), if not enough destruction from Isaac, they will run clips from Katrina (thinking hopefully the unwashed multitudes won’t know the difference). Rush is usually right so no doubt we will be treated to scenes of Shep Smith at the same location as he was back in 2005 except this time he will blame Jindal instead of Bush for anything that goes bad.
Lib-dems are wetting themselves; they’ve now got a ***hurricane from the evil GOP*** to hurt the poor and disenfranchised in NOLA! Screw the fact that the rest of the inland areas can use the rainfall.
understatement alert! *SMIRK*
It occurs to me after watching the hype over Isaac by the Weather Channel (owned by NBC) and the potential damage this barely Cat I hurricane will do to NOLA, we will see much ballyhooing of Obama after he “saves the day”. The new levees and flood containment efforts by the Corps of Engineers will all be due to Obama. The relief efforts for the few will be perfectly executed all because of Obama’s leadership and foresight. The perfectly executed evacuation and subsequent sheltering efforts will be the smoothest and best ever. Prepare to retch.
I listened to BO on the radio addressing this. Sometimes you have to really listen. Hi advised us to “listen to our local officials.”
When will we have a true leader like the old days who will tell us, “you have been advised, please be responsible and take care of your self and others.”
Excellent post and conservative color commentary to boot!!
Prayers up for all.
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