The pics show this is bad but it could have been so much worse.
Yeah.
I forget the name of the town in Florida that was leveled completely by Hurricane Android, but that was the image in my mind.
I remember right after Isabelle, we all filtered out of our homes in shock at the devastation in our neighborhood. Power out, trees down, roofs smashed, night falling around us and the heat and humidity closing in. We were in shock, silent, acquainting ourselves with the new world that had been hurled upon us in the space of a few hours.
Isabelle - Category 1
I pray for strength for these people.
yes very much so.
couple of things happened that really saved New Orleans.
One, the Hurricane slowed down. This gave the land masses near the Hurricane more time to affect it, and weaken it.
Two, it wobbled East. Had this thing been 10-15 miles closer to New Orleans at landfall, the entire city might be flooded, not just the East side of the city
Three, it is moving faster than it was. Had this storm stayed at a slow motion for more than it did, the torrential rains, along with the winds would have caused even more flooding.