First National Bank on Airport Blvd
Bayfront Parkway impassable
First National Bank on Airport Blvd
Bayfront Parkway impassable
The bank shown in the images above is very lightly constructed.The perimeter "wall" appears to be little more than glass or stucco panels hung on metal studs (sheet metal) attached to the floor joists and not even reinforced with attachments to the column. I am surprised this would pass local codes, as it would not pass the less restrictive codes in the midwest areas I am more familiar with.
Because others here have posted that the water level seen in the I-10 bridge images appears to be "30 to 40" feet above normal, I have posted an image depicting the computed extent of a 9 meter (29.7 feet) storm surge. It is located at:
http://users.in-motion.net/~jefft/tech/Mapping/afghanistan/9msurge2.jpg
The original image, depicting a 4 meter (13.2 feet) surge is still located at:
http://users.in-motion.net/~jefft/tech/Mapping/afghanistan/4msurgetext.jpg
Note that in both images the surge elevation calculations were applied to the entire image, while in reality, the surge would probably peak just east of the eastern extent of the eyewall and gradually taper off in both directions.
