Looking at the Pensacola radar, the eye is now entirely on-land. The western half of the bottom part of Mississippi (not sure if it's a bootheel or panhandle or whatever) is getting raked - the eyewall is bright red.
Winds now look to be out of the west over northern Ponchatrain - which will push the surge out. Surge danger should drop off quickly now.
However, there is a nasty-looking band south of NO that will probably hit within an hour. The TV talking head idiots will convince folks that the worst is over, they'll start going outside and that band will hit with enough force to blow debris around.
Unfortunately, many deaths occur after the bulk of the storm has already past.
Has the back side of the eye hit the N.O. area yet? I'm cubicle-bound, with no access to streaming anything as my office has it blocked.
Another thing I was wondering about - did the traffic jams on I-10 and the other roads clear or where there people still stuck on them when this thing hit?
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The inland wind damage from this storm will be substantial. As I mentioned a moment ago--Mobile appears to be taking a beating on the dirty side of this storm too.
This is a real danger, often spoken of. People think it's calm so they venture out and get hit with another round.