Been on shore now for what? An hour and a half?
Yeah, I guess. The fun's gettin' ready to start. /sarcasm
The eyewall is supposed to go over NO in about an hour.
They can see the sky through the Superdome roof.
My sister and her kids, who evacuated New Orleans, went to Hattiesburg, MS. Just found out from my s-i-l who is in Jackson that H'burg is gonna get hit with Category 2 wind speeds! YIKES! That's what we had there during Camille. My b-i-l, the priest in Gulfport decided to stay, and go to his office, which is on the second floor of the old convent building. It is a concrete block, brick faced building and his Parish is about 20' off the level of the water, but Gulfport is getting the worst of this storm because the eye is going by just west of him. S-i-l says that there are reports that water is up to the second floor of the Beau Rivage Hotel/Casino, but it is literally ON the water. They were expecting 20-25' waves in the Biloxi-Gulfport area.