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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They should started closing down on Thursday. Houston is democratic stronghold and the mayor here would have.
See, see!! Trump’s racist and anti-climate change tweets again!
Will we only rescue the people who want to get out?
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
The mayor threw her hands up 3 days ago
Quick, get the school buses running!
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.
You can bet Joe doesn’t have the Feds ready for this either!!
She might have but not Lootie. He’s ready for action after the storm subsides.
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.
Clayton Homes at trains at the ready.
Sunday is peach cobbler with a scoop of vanilla!
joek got so excited that Doc Jill had to do an extra diaper change!
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
I’m sure the media will go all apeshit when lake Pontchartrain cuts loose.
Probably blame Bush again.
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