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Hurricane Ida sparks travel chaos as ALL Sunday flights at New Orleans airport are canceled and fleeing Gulf Coast residents create hours-long traffic jams as the Category 4 storm barrels down on Louisiana
dailymail.co.uk ^ | 28 August 2021 | CHRISTOPHER EBERHART and CHRISTINA COULTER

Posted on 08/28/2021 9:51:10 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

With Hurricane Ida intensifying over the Gulf of Mexico Saturday and barreling towards the Gulf Coast, thousands of fleeing residents clogged highways as they raced inland, and the New Orleans airport cancelled all of Sunday's inbound and departing flights.

As of Saturday night, Ida was whipping winds of 105 mph and is about 145 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said that the storm will be 'one of the strongest hurricanes to hit anywhere in Louisiana since at least the 1850s.'

Forecasters predict it could make landfall by Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening as an 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale with winds of 140 mph.

It's predicted to cause heavy downpours and a tidal surge that could plunge most of the Louisiana shoreline under several feet of water.

'We’re going to catch it head-on,' Bebe McElroy told the Associated Press as she prepared to leave home in the coastal Louisiana village of Cocodrie. 'I’m just going around praying, saying, "Dear Lord, just watch over us."'

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TOPICS: Weather
KEYWORDS: callingbatonrougue; gulfcoast; hurricane; ida; louisiana; lsubandplaysneck
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Prayers for people in Louisiana.
1 posted on 08/28/2021 9:51:10 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

They should started closing down on Thursday. Houston is democratic stronghold and the mayor here would have.


2 posted on 08/28/2021 9:52:57 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

See, see!! Trump’s racist and anti-climate change tweets again!


3 posted on 08/28/2021 9:53:18 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Berlin_Freeper
 
 
Dang. Shaping up to be Katrina 2.0.
 
 

4 posted on 08/28/2021 9:56:14 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Will we only rescue the people who want to get out?


5 posted on 08/28/2021 10:00:39 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Too bad the residents have to rely on the current political structures involved

From Slow Joe on down to the mayor of NO, it’s guaranteed to be a schittshow


6 posted on 08/28/2021 10:02:24 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Fai Mao

The mayor threw her hands up 3 days ago


7 posted on 08/28/2021 10:04:22 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Quick, get the school buses running!


8 posted on 08/28/2021 10:06:37 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: lapsus calami

Or worse. Katrina hit land as a downgraded Cat 3 hurricane. This one is gearing up to be a Cat 4 by tomorrow midday. Grand Isle is looking at a 10 to 15ft storm surge. It’ll get wiped out.


9 posted on 08/28/2021 10:07:07 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: pnut22
HOUMA, La. – “This is it. This is the one. But I’m not evacuating,” said 63-year-old Barry Rogers, who has lived in Louisiana his entire life.
10 posted on 08/28/2021 10:08:51 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: White Lives Matter

You can bet Joe doesn’t have the Feds ready for this either!!


11 posted on 08/28/2021 10:09:48 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: digger48

She might have but not Lootie. He’s ready for action after the storm subsides.


12 posted on 08/28/2021 10:10:31 PM PDT by White Lives Matter
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To: SaxxonWoods

Amtrak might get them out.

Oops, to late.

They really don’t give a crap. Just leave a walmart or 2 to loot and they are good to go.


13 posted on 08/28/2021 10:12:02 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: White Lives Matter
 
 
Ugh. I'm thinking of all the worthless hacks who are in charge at the state and federal level who will deepen the disaster and the media that will cover for them. Another national debacle in the making and all I can do is watch.
 
 

14 posted on 08/28/2021 10:12:19 PM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Clayton Homes at trains at the ready.


15 posted on 08/28/2021 10:13:09 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

Sunday is peach cobbler with a scoop of vanilla!


16 posted on 08/28/2021 10:15:22 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: eyedigress; Trump Girl Kit Cat
Sunday is peach cobbler with a scoop of vanilla!

joek got so excited that Doc Jill had to do an extra diaper change!

17 posted on 08/28/2021 10:24:20 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hurricane #Ida is approaching the Louisiana coast and forecast to rapidly intensify into a dangerous major hurricane before landfall. Here are the latest Key Messages. See https://t.co/tW4KeFW0gB for details. pic.twitter.com/f6GMTR8NOr— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 29, 2021


18 posted on 08/28/2021 10:26:09 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper


19 posted on 08/28/2021 10:30:55 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (President Trump: "It's a great vaccine, it's a safe vaccine and it's something that works.")
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To: kiryandil

I’m sure the media will go all apeshit when lake Pontchartrain cuts loose.

Probably blame Bush again.


20 posted on 08/28/2021 10:32:14 PM PDT by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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