Hurricane Laura

NOAA/NHC ^ | 25 August 2020 | NOAA/NHC

[EVO X]

Thanks. I caught that a bit later. It is now below 10 ft at that tide marker..

[palmer]

Looks like 11.07 was the peak surge there. Rita 2005 was 15 feet. Rita was stronger than this storm, weakened by landfall but carried more water with it. Audrey 1957 had a higher surge than this storm. Audrey was a little weaker by pressure and by winds.

One side note, Rita killed about 10 people but over 100 people died needlessly evacuating around Houston. The nice part about this storm is it didn't aim at south of Houston with a worst case landfall, and the forecasts in this case were much more accurate.

[EVO X]

At one point, the Weather Channel was posting graphics of 15 to 20 feet for the max storm surge. They downgraded it to 10 to 15. There is only 1 tide station near landfall, so I suspect there could be higher storm surges to the east. Water is still getting pushed into Vermillion Bay. It is almost 9 feet.

[drop 50 and fire for effect]

I am listenin to The Weather Channel on SIRUSXM on my smartphone

If you think these drama queens look goofy on t v

Ya outta Just “ hear em “

Stupid on a stick

I listened to it on the way into work this morning (live in Germany). I and among the goofiness was some useful info, but yes, pretty silly overall.

[palmer]

I agree there are probably higher surges east. The storm came at high tide but high tide is only 2 feet higher than low tide.

[GreenLanternCorps]

It’s better on TV, I woke up at 4:00 am and couldn’t go back to sleep, put the Weather Channel on just in time to watch Jim Cantore run (and I do mean run) for cover...

[basalt]

ummm..Katrina beat all records for surge and damage that Camille had set on the Mississippi coast.....hardly minor...

[EVO X]

Channel on just in time to watch Jim Cantore run (and I do mean run) for cover...

At one point he was wearing a Sgt. Schultz helmet. I think that for the backside of the eye wall passing through..

[janetjanet998]

Lake Charles avoided the huge record storm surge and the eye went over them instead of just west

[SomeCallMeTim]

NBC reported that 150 people chose to stay in Cameron. I’m not sure how they came to that conclusion?

It was also reported that the storm surge in Cameron was 11 feet.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Do you think they have skeleton crew at them for emergencies?

Yes. They ride out the worst of it together, in a central strong building that is tall enough to get out of any storm surge.

When I was younger, I used to volunteer for this duty. I watched the eye of Alicia pass over my head. And, I sweated out a couple of huge storms that just missed us.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Next time, I think I’d hide out in the Blue Shed!

[SomeCallMeTim]

Huckleberry?? LOL never been there,

[SomeCallMeTim]

Lake Charles avoided the huge record storm surge and the eye went over them instead of just west

A local guy from Lake Charles said the surge didn't reach the LC airport. That's good news. There are a lot of new houses in that area of South Lak Charles.

[basalt]

Lake Charles is 30 miles from the coast...there was never gonna be a storm surge there.....global warming hype..

[SomeCallMeTim]

Forecasters have a lot to learn about predicting surges. It’s not all just wind and pressure. Time over the ocean matters as well, and the topography of the ocean floor in the landfall region.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Lake Charles is 30 miles from the coast...there was never gonna be a storm surge there.....global warming hype..,.

Depends on where you are in Lake Charles. The elevations range from 3 - 16 feet. The distance from the coast doesn't stop water from getting there. It's all flat, and more than 50% water covered to the south of Lake Charles.

Water was just up to the airport when Rita hit. If this storm was only a foot or two higher, it would cover much of the city.

[NautiNurse]

Damaging Winds and Flooding Rainfall Spreading Inland Over Western
and Central LA...

...Life-Threatening Storm Surge Continues Along Much of the LA Coast...

800 AM EDT Update

Location...About 20 MI N of Fort Polk LA
Max Sustained Winds...100 MPH
Moving...N at 15 MPH
Minimum Pressure...970 MB

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the center
and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 175 miles

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[basalt]

this was supposedly the most powerful hurricane to hit Lake Charles....and there was no surge. Storm surge is a coastal threat...1 to 2 miles inland and thats it. Lets not get carried away...

[texanyankee]

I waiting for CNN to describe Laura’s landfall as “mostly peaceful.”