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#10001 Postby Solaris » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:45 am

Mayor of Army Corps of Engineers just was on WWL TV saying latest gauge reading at Industrial Canal is 11.83 feet. Walls are high between 12.2-15 ft.
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#10002 Postby jabman98 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:45 am

Serenity wrote:Where's the information for the Port? I have yet to hear anyone even mention it.

Either MSNBC or CNN was showing a reporter standing on a bridge overlooking the port. Can't remember which one, since I'm kind of flipping around to various channels. The reporter said signs that are about eight feet off the ground are almost completely under water.
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#10003 Postby PhillyWX » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:50 am

Solaris wrote:Mayor of Army Corps of Engineers just was on WWL TV saying latest gauge reading at Industrial Canal is 11.83 feet. Walls are high between 12.2-15 ft.


Yikes -- that's getting dangerously close.
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#10004 Postby O Town » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:53 am

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#10005 Postby Stephanie » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:53 am

PhillyWX wrote:
Solaris wrote:Mayor of Army Corps of Engineers just was on WWL TV saying latest gauge reading at Industrial Canal is 11.83 feet. Walls are high between 12.2-15 ft.


Yikes -- that's getting dangerously close.


All I can say it that the cameramen that are taping the Industrial Canal had better start packing up. The water looks to be almost at the top of the levee. :eek:
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#10006 Postby Solaris » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:56 am

WWL TV unconfirmed report of 5 barges loose
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#10007 Postby PTrackerLA » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:56 am

New Orleans, Slidell area, and the MS coast is just getting pounded right now. Hope everyone took this storm seriously.
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#10008 Postby Chacor » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:58 am

WTNT52 KNHC 011557
TCEAT2
HURRICANE GUSTAV TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008
1100 AM CDT MON SEP 01 2008

AT 11 AM CDT...1600 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS
ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 91.0 WEST OR ABOUT
70 MILES...110 KM...SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA AND
ABOUT 25 MILES...40 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF COCODRIE LOUISIANA.

DURING THE LAST HOUR...THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE AUTOMATED STATION
AT SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 71 MPH...
115 KM/HR.

$$
FORECASTER BEVEN
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#10009 Postby JtSmarts » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:58 am

I'm very surprised at the intensity of the winds in Gulfport. The east side of this storm was juiced up.
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#10010 Postby Frank P » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:58 am

Standing in the west bound lane of HWY 90, you can see the east bound is completely submerged as well as the top of the sea wall... winds had to be blowing 50 mph when I took this pix..

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#10011 Postby Shockwave » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:58 am

Solaris wrote:WWL TV unconfirmed report of 5 barges loose


That has to be wrong. 5?
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#10012 Postby Sanibel » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:59 am

From what FrankP is saying this is probably the peak.
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#10013 Postby funster » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:59 am

Gary Tuckman just said on CNN that water is coming in through levees on the lower 9th ward and that they had to leave the area.
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#10014 Postby SoupBone » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:00 am

Hey guys just a quickie. Out of power here in BR. Got my generator going though. 30-40 sustained maybe with higher gusts but nothing major at all. I'm worried about Houma. Dad is there for work. Any news from that area?
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#10015 Postby Recurve » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:00 am

WWL reporting barges loose in the river near St. Charles Parish water intake, may have damaged the intake, barges appear to be stuck now, they were blown upriver toward the 310 bridge but haven't reached it.

Scary images of Industrial Canal floodwall being overtopped by breaking small waves on WWL video now. CNN was also carrying this station's video nationwide.
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#10016 Postby ColdFusion » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:01 am

PTrackerLA wrote:New Orleans, Slidell area, and the MS coast is just getting pounded right now. Hope everyone took this storm seriously.



I have a friend directly on the Northshore of Slidell, in an area that had at least 8 feet of flooding in Katrina. He stayed for this one, said that its basically a non-event this time around, some limbs down, some hard rain. They were sitting in the kitchen playing cards, and report no issues or concerns.
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#10017 Postby jabman98 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:05 am

funster wrote:Gary Tuckman just said on CNN that water is coming in through levees on the lower 9th ward and that they had to leave the area.

Heard that too. He said it was "squirting out from the bottom of the levee." Police were leaving and told them to leave. That doesn't sound good.
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#10018 Postby Eddy Gurge » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:05 am

Frank P wrote:Standing in the west bound lane of HWY 90...


Great pics, thanks for sharing them!
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#10019 Postby Sanibel » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:06 am

I'm worried about Houma. Dad is there for work. Any news from that area?



It's been in the north eyewall for over an hour now.
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#10020 Postby Stephanie » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:08 am

Sanibel wrote:
I'm worried about Houma. Dad is there for work. Any news from that area?



It's been in the north eyewall for over an hour now.


That's where Jim Cantore is right now and they had to take shelter due to the damage going on outside.
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