Louisiana, post your conditions

T-man · #101 Postby **T-man** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:48 pm

wind and rain from the same direction since storm started here,I live 20 mi above Grand Isle, this aint good......

lapeym · #102 Postby **lapeym** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:49 pm

I'm at west end and damn this is a LOT more than I was counting on. Wind gusting in excess of 45, enough to make the boat masts wail across the street. Enough wind to be fun but not enough to be scary.

#103 Postby **Steve** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:53 pm

Been hearing a few transformers pop as well as seeing some of the signature blue flashes from power surges and down lines. Looking at radar, it apperas that Cindy is moving again toward the NNE or NE. If that verifies, we should be on about our worst in the next hour or two.

Steve

#104 Postby **bfez1** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:53 pm

Steve wrote:Been hearing a few transformers pop as well as seeing some of the signature blue flashes from power surges and down lines. Looking at radar, it apperas that Cindy is moving again toward the NNE or NE. If that verifies, we should be on about our worst in the next hour or two.

Steve

My lights are flickering on and off right now. :eek:

MannyG · #105 Postby **MannyG** » Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:56 pm

Still storming very heavily in eastern New Orleans with serious wind gusts. Lost power for a couple minutes but its back up. I think New Orleans didn't pay enough attention to this storm expecting the NE turn. Fast food places (etc.) was still up an running as the first strong squalls was rolling into the area and I noticed many people at bus stops around 9:30 PM. Still don't expect serious problems, but would feel better if everybody was indoors.

#106 Postby **bfez1** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:00 am

MannyG wrote:Still storming very heavily in eastern New Orleans with serious wind gusts. Lost power for a couple minutes but its back up. I think New Orleans didn't pay enough attention to this storm expecting the NE turn. Fast food places (etc.) was still up an running as the first strong squalls was rolling into the area and I noticed many people at bus stops around 9:30 PM. Still don't expect serious problems, but would feel better if everybody was indoors.

I sure didn't expect it to be this severe. I am in St Bernard.

Matt-hurricanewatcher · #107 Postby **Matt-hurricanewatcher** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:03 am

Any reports of 75 mph 1 minute winds???

https://www.youtube.com/user/senorpepr · #108 Postby **senorpepr** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:07 am

Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:Any reports of 75 mph 1 minute winds???

That would be extremely unlikely. Any reports of GUSTS to 75 mph will be VERY limited, but sustained at 75 mph... let lightning strike me twice.

(I hope I don't regret saying that. :wink:

)

#109 Postby **bfez1** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:08 am

It is wild here right now :eek:

Lindaloo · #110 Postby **Lindaloo** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:10 am

bfez1 wrote:It is wild here right now

Hang in there Bonnie! ((HUGS))

#111 Postby **bfez1** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:12 am

Lindaloo wrote:
bfez1 wrote:It is wild here right now

Hang in there Bonnie! ((HUGS))

I'm trying, Linda, I'm trying

#112 Postby **TSmith274** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:19 am

My lights keep going dim. Is this going to screw up my computer? BTW, strongest wind all night on the bestbank.

#113 Postby **bevgo** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 12:24 am

My son is on the west bank. He said a while ago that it was really nasty

lapeym · #114 Postby **lapeym** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:02 am

Reports of 69 MPH gusts at the lakefront. So you can figure 50 mph + sustained in the city. 54 MPH gusts at the airport, but that is west of the city. Transformers are blowing all over the place.

#115 Postby **bfez1** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:14 am

Local mets sure played this one down. I had no idea it would get this bad. :eek:

Sean in New Orleans · #116 Postby **Sean in New Orleans** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:16 am

I just had a gust to 61MPH Uptown...Cindy is either stationery, again, or is just barely moving Due North right now...

lapeym · #117 Postby **lapeym** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:29 am

I ask...are we sure this wasn't a minimum hurricane?

New Orleans isn't exactly on the coast, so allowing for some land friction a 75mph storm would only produce 60 mph in the city....which is close to what I am seeing. I just watched a tree across my backyard fall on my neighbors house.

I ain't scared for my life or anything like that...but this sure the hell wasn't what I was expecting when the met said 30-40 mph winds in the city!

#118 Postby **Aslkahuna** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:33 am

That's why you look at the latest advisories which had the storm passing very close as a 70 mph TS which is not very much below a Cat 1 hurricane.

Steve

Matt-hurricanewatcher · #119 Postby **Matt-hurricanewatcher** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:35 am

70 mph is just a place mark. It could be 65 mph winds or 75 mph winds. Nothing is stable in these things.

#120 Postby **crazycajuncane** » Wed Jul 06, 2005 1:49 am

Cho,

That's how it was for Tropical Storm Isidore. We didn't get a drop of rain, but 50 miles to the east of US was soaked.

Looking at the radar today we didn't get a drop of rain today or yesterday. We had been getting rain everyday before that. Cindy brought us very dry weather here on the west side. Go out 120 miles to the east side of Cindy... different story.

Louisiana, post your conditions

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