Hurricane Ida clobbered Louisiana with incredible force on Sunday and the damage was horrific. All electrical power was lost for the entire city of NewOrleansand they cannot use the pumps that drain away the water. It ripped roofs off of buildings, including a hospital. So far only one person has been killed by the storm when a tree was knocked down by the wind and landed on a man. But they expect that number to rise significantly
Hurricane Ida made landfall Sunday at 12:55 P.M near the city of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The category 4 storm ravaged the coast just as Katrina did 16 years ago. Winds reached speeds of 150 MPH. The National Hurricane Center declared Ida still to be a Category 4 hurricane at 6 PM. The storm surge was fifteen feet at its peak and it led to immense flooding.
FEMA condemned a large portion of my hometown of Amesville, Ohio. They bought all of the houses on the lower part of town and demolished the houses. The land was given to the town on condition that they never all anything built on it, with the exception of the fire department. It might be time to consider doing that to parts of New Orleans, rather than pay for rebuilding them every few years.
EYE OF A MONSTER: @NOAA's #GOESEast 🛰️ gives an up-close look at the lightning swirling around the eye of #HurricaneIda, a dangerous Cat. 4 #hurricane, nearing the coast of southeastern #Louisiana.
Please stay safe!More: https://t.co/arzjJiHnjF#LAwx #MSwx #idahurricane #ida pic.twitter.com/QosgjNT87l
— NOAA Satellites (@NOAASatellites) August 29, 2021
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said:
“This is not the kind of storm that we normally get. This is going to be much stronger than we usually see and, quite frankly, if you had to draw up the worst possible path for a hurricane in Louisiana, it would be something very, very close to what we’re seeing.”
“Hurricane Ida is one of the strongest storms to ever hit Louisiana. It is our goal to assist our local agencies and the citizens of the state as quickly as possible, and we have pre-positioned search and rescue teams, boats and other assets to begin helping people as soon as it is safe.”
Hurricane Ida made landfall in the United States as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm that could plunge much of the Louisiana shoreline under water https://t.co/ay2M1085rA pic.twitter.com/3d7R6wBgiS
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 29, 2021
Before and after security camera footage from Fire Station #12 in Delacroix within a 1 hour time span. #idahurricane #HurricaneIda #Hurricane #Category4 pic.twitter.com/9PL8V9KySA
— St. Bernard Parish (@StBGov) August 29, 2021
LAFOURCE PARISH: Part of the roof of Lady of the Sea General Hospital, in Galliano, blew off. 😳@BrennanMatherne told me @LafourcheSO is hearing reports of some broken power poles, roof damage, some structure damage. @wdsu #HurricaneIda pic.twitter.com/iXMmURLNH2
— Christina Watkins (@CWatkinsWDSU) August 29, 2021
1:45pm: Remarkable wind damage already taking place on Decatur Street in the French Quarter. pic.twitter.com/xs8387Ngtx
— Markie Martin (@MarkieMartin) August 29, 2021
Part of a roof flew off in the #frenchquarter taking out a street light. Stay safe during #HurricaneIda @CBSMiami pic.twitter.com/CzNt8YXuKF
— Ted Scouten (@CBS4Ted) August 29, 2021
Large tree uprooted and topped onto home in Morgan City, LA. Woman was asleep when it hit her house. She is fine. @weatherchannel @StephanieAbrams #HurricaneIda #Tropics pic.twitter.com/KtwhZ6HSC1
— Charles Peek (@CharlesPeekWX) August 29, 2021
Check out this video from an off-shore oil rig right as Hurricane #Ida gets set to make landfall. Maximum sustained winds within Ida are currently at 150 mph – strong enough to be a major category 4 hurricane. #LAwx
📍: Grand Isle, LA
📹: Michael Jicha pic.twitter.com/iophbOa0T7— MyRadar Weather (@MyRadarWX) August 29, 2021
The crew got the blades turning a little early to be able to make two passes through the eye as Hurricane #Ida made landfall. Here’s what we saw: pic.twitter.com/BrwKwFVQiB
— Hurricane Hunters (@53rdWRS) August 29, 2021
Joe Biden said he will declare a state of emergency just as soon as he talks with his senior advisors to make sure New Orleans is part of the United States. No word yet on whether he plans to turn over security in New Orleans to the Taliban since they did such a remarkable job in Afghanistan.
