Hurricane Ida expected to hit Louisiana on Sunday

[Travelassie]

Originally Posted by Jimrob1

I hope a miracle happens and it at least weakens some before hitting them. I thought Katrina was as bad as they got, evidently this Ida is even worse.

Katrina was bad enough, but the real devastation came about when the levees were breached and the flood waters came. Apparently Katrina's winds were not as destructive as had been expected, I recall listening to the news and hearing talk about how New Orleans had "dodged a bullet", windwise. This was just before the levees started breaking, of course that was when the disaster started in earnest and all hell broke loose.

They're saying the levees have been repaired and updated/fortified, and they are expecting them to stand, to avoid the flooding that occurred after Katrina. Let's hope they are right.

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Yup, on one of Kamau Bell's United Shades of America episodes, they interviewed poor people who were taken out of their apartment complex and shipped to other states by bus before Katrina. After the storm, their damaged apartment buildings and everything in them were removed and the land sold to a developer who put up expensive housing. The people were sent back home but there was no place for them to go. Their homes and all their possessions were gone, and there was no plan for them.

Wow, that is really messed up!. I said something along those lines on the Florida apartment building collapse thread. That they will use this as an excuse to condemn older buildings so they can knock them down and put up new expensive ones. And the squeeze to the middle class, working class and the poor continues.

[Texas Ag 93]

Originally Posted by Sunbiz1

Elected officials in this state are lazy, and stupid.

That's putting it pretty harshly, but I will say as a Louisiana resident for 2 years (grad school in New Orleans during the 90s), I found the place to be inefficient, poorly managed and slow, slow, slow to react to anything. So, I can certainly understand your comment above.

Originally Posted by Travelassie

They're saying the levees have been repaired and updated/fortified, and they are expecting them to stand, to avoid the flooding that occurred after Katrina. Let's hope they are right.

I know several people who live in NOLA and per Facebook posts, it looks like they were all out on the road by Friday. One of them complained that multiple pumps in his area of New Orleans (Lakeview) were all offline and not working. In the middle of Hurricane season. That kind of thing is typical of how they do things there, sadly.

Fingers crossed for the state of Louisiana. They have really taken it for the team the past couple of years. I live in the Houston area on the water and I know the worry and stress of living on the Gulf Coast during hurricane season and the annual preparations you have to go through.

[elan]

It's over Grand Isle now 11am.

[Sunbiz1]

Originally Posted by Texas Ag 93

That's putting it pretty harshly, but I will say as a Louisiana resident for 2 years (grad school in New Orleans during the 90s), I found the place to be inefficient, poorly managed and slow, slow, slow to react to anything. So, I can certainly understand your comment above.

I know it was(my apologies)harsh, and based upon the interviews I saw yesterday live on the weather channel. Even local officials seemingly make excuses for not being prepared, and having time to give live interviews the day before a Cat 5.?
Slow is OK under many circumstances.

But I've been through 4 hurricanes when I resided in Florida; and slow only makes the aftermath that much worse...and more expensive.
Was it Lake Charles I saw on national news last week?.
The Mayor was pleading for last years' financial aid from Laura et al storms.
If this were South Florida, said aid would have arrived the day after; particularly during an election year.

[ocnjgirl]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

Yup, on one of Kamau Bell's United Shades of America episodes, they interviewed poor people who were taken out of their apartment complex and shipped to other states by bus before Katrina. After the storm, their damaged apartment buildings and everything in them were removed and the land sold to a developer who put up expensive housing. The people were sent back home but there was no place for them to go. Their homes and all their possessions were gone, and there was no plan for them.

Originally Posted by MJJersey

Can you imagine if we had to cram people into stadiums and shelters again but this time with COVID? What a potential nightmare.

Didn’t even think of that!

[ClaraC]

Originally Posted by ocnjgirl

Didn’t even think of that!

Someone said they're requiring masks and temperature checks in the shelters.

[Bluefox]

Originally Posted by ClaraC

Someone said they're requiring masks and temperature checks in the shelters.

What are they going to do if they have a temp? Can’t just send them home. Hopefully they have separate areas.

[Travelassie]

Originally Posted by Texas Ag 93

That's putting it pretty harshly, but I will say as a Louisiana resident for 2 years (grad school in New Orleans during the 90s), I found the place to be inefficient, poorly managed and slow, slow, slow to react to anything. So, I can certainly understand your comment above.



I know several people who live in NOLA and per Facebook posts, it looks like they were all out on the road by Friday. One of them complained that multiple pumps in his area of New Orleans (Lakeview) were all offline and not working. In the middle of Hurricane season. That kind of thing is typical of how they do things there, sadly.

Fingers crossed for the state of Louisiana. They have really taken it for the team the past couple of years. I live in the Houston area on the water and I know the worry and stress of living on the Gulf Coast during hurricane season and the annual preparations you have to go through.

Ah geez. Of course all the official muckety mucks are right there on the cable news programs bragging

about how the levees have all been updated and fortified, and saying there won't be the issues with flooding they had after Katrina.


It doesn't make for any vote of confidence in them to see, or hear that many of the pumps aren't working
at this time, are they doing anything to get them back online?. Or were, this storm's upon them right now.


I feel for the people in the path of Ida- though the news media has decided Ida will be New Orlean's storm, there will be other areas in LA, Alabama, Mississippi that will be just as badly affected. I'm all to familiar first hand with the devastating effects of major hurricanes, we lived in Miami for 36 years and went through hurricane Andrew in 1992. That was the worst, though we have gone through several hurricanes since then.

[Travelassie]

Originally Posted by Bluefox

What are they going to do if they have a temp? Can’t just send them home. Hopefully they have separate areas.

I'd bet they will have masks to give out to the people who don't have them, if they're requiring masks ( of course they are...).


They can't turn anyone away to face the wrath of the storm out there in the elements. There may be areas of quarantine, as far as they can, and space allowing.