"Barry, the garbage man's here."
"Good. Tell him to leave two cans."
Posted on 07/10/2019 11:22:57 AM PDT by plain talk
Neighborhoods across New Orleans were inundated with floodwaters Wednesday morning, with more than 7 inches of rain falling in some areas ahead of the storm forecasters now predict will become Hurricane Barry by the end of the week.
In addition to the torrential rains, which left residents stranded or forced to rely on boats to get down flooded streets, the storm also brought lightning and thunder. Power was knocked out to 19,000 Entergy customers and a water spout was spotted over Lake Pontchartrain.
As of noon Wednesday, the extent of the damage to homes, businesses and cars was still difficult to assess.
Meanwhile, forecasts now suggest the storm could push enough of a storm surge to raise the Mississippi River to 20 feet in some parts of the metro area, higher than the lowest levees that keep it within its banks. That has never happened in the city's modern history.
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“All this for a dang looted...”
Why doesn’t New Orleans just post a boat schedule at the bus stops? It could come in handy.
For my information....... how does the land sink?
Does ir sort of oooze out to sea?
so when you live in a city that’s six feet below sea level, how many times do you have to get your house flooded before you decide to move to higher ground?
The part of New Orleans everyone thinks about when they hear "New Orleans" (French Quarter, CBD, Marigny, etc.) is actually not below sea level.
Aaaah Yes.
Life below sea level. Whodathunk things could go wrong?
I know why it was banned. I listen to his webcast every morning and today while talking about the storm and the coming heat mentioned ambulance chasing climate change proponents. That I’m sure will get you banned from YouTube.
Is this Trump’s fault, because he pulled us out of the Paris global warming agreement?
Isn’t it a fact, that these storms would not be happening, except for Trump pulling us out of the Paris agreement?
sarcasm
Dang! The climate weirdos are as bad as the Muslims. You dare not insult their religion. You would have thought that Bastardi had drawn a picture of Mohammed or something …
You’re full of it.
The River today is 16 feet, according to the NWS. Not 19 as you say.
Flood stage is 17 feet, not 20 feet.
Eight to 10 inches of rain in 2 hours is not a “little rain storm”.
The United States has a strategic interest in the Port of New Orleans being where it is. This is not just a question of Bourbon Street and vomiting tourists. Please try to understand that.
The soil is full of water. When the water table drops (through modern drainage pumping) the soil compacts and sinks.
My limited knowledge is that the land under New Orleans is sediment built up as the Mississippi River deposited it over thousands of years. The land is soft, and compacts as time goes by.
There are other reasons. Right now, NASA says it's sinking at a rate of 1.5 inches a year, which seems high to me.
Thanks for the correction. I must have misread something. I see that it is expected to be 19 ft on Friday.
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