This buoy has stopped reporting wave height. Last report that it did have that was just under 40 foot waves.
This buoy is in deep water.
Weather Channel has storm surge figures, and I hope they are wrong. I have seen those levees -- but they are saying 20 to 25 feet for the storm surge.
Storm seems to be heading a little to the East of New Orleans. But it may not be far enough East.
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This storm has a nasty habit of taking out all the buoys in her path.
Greetings from a dolt in Delaware.
Who has never, alas, seen a levee or even understands just what they are.
But I've got a million questions about Louisiana with all the hype. Perhaps some of you experts about the area can enlighten me.
First, why on earth would anybody build a city BELOW sea level?
I've certainly heard this factoid bandied about these past few days so hey, I must ask.
And why is New Orleans below sea level? The city is a "bowl" as I understand it.
Finally, what the hell are levees and how did they come about? I've heard the song about going down to the levees, of course. So how does one go down to a levee and what does one do when they get there? Is a levee something you can walk on?
Also, I've been doing some thinking about the future after this storm. I think there's going to be a lot of finger pointing. I dread to think that if that Superdome doesn't hold what the fallout will be. Imagine if the superdome collapses after the government directed people to it.
It also occurs to me that NO must be a city filled with homeless and the poor. At least I judge by the problems they've had with evacuations. While all cities have this sort of population, is it worth in NO?
Feedback appreciated because hey, if you don't ask you won't find out.