These weather people LOVE to hang crepe. I’m very worried about our people on the coast. Winds will make us lose power, because, as you know, my little town is like a forest with the Military Park and all the very old, beautiful trees which fall. It just takes one to knock out the grid.
Just heard Joe Bastardi on Hannity. He is not backing down much on his dire predictions for NOLA. Mainly because he thinks it will drop a foot or more of rain on the SE side of NO which will really test the levees. He did say he did not think that the Ms. And La. Coasts would be hit that hard. He still thinks that if we see an eye form in next few hours, that it will strengthen very rapidly and could be a 2 or 3 coming onshore. he said something about the storm surge but I missed it.
We went through a hurricane coming up through Natchez years ago and it was pretty scary even that far inland but I think it was a 3 when it hit the La. Coast. Those big old Ms. trees can for sure get scary bending and breaking in the wind.