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Bob Farmer Meteorologist:
From NWS: 0420 AM CDT: FLOOD; 3 WNW BELLE CHASSE , JEFFERSON LA...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 5 FEET OF WATER IN THE WOODLAWN FIRE DEPARTMENT
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Bob Farmer Meteorologist:
From the NWS: FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST BANK OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT * AT 353 AM CDT...PLAQUEMINES PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING FROM OVERTOPPING OF LEVEES IN THE EAST BANK PORTION OF PLAQUEMINES FROM BRAITHWAITE TO WHITE DITCH. THIS IS A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR THE EAST BANK OF UPPER PLAQUEMINES PARISH
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More from Plaquemines Parish Pres. Nungesser: "Working with U.S. Coast Guard to rescue people stranded on top of levee." #Isaac
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MT @TWC_Shawn: Plaquemines Parish Pres. Bill Nungesser: "Report of 12' of water in people's homes. Something I've never seen before." #Isaac
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Just in...378,000 now without power in Louisiana, per Entergy. 60-75 mph gusts continue in New Orleans. wxch.nl/NVVsaX#Isaac
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NWS: 83 mph gust 4 miles ENE of Metairie, LA #LAwx #Isaac
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http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/isaac-coverage-updates-20120822
 
Sounds like there are some bad issues in Mississippi too. They have opened additional shelters and there are TONS of tornado warnings isssued in that state right now. They are waiting on updates from the officals there.
 
http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012/08/28/hurricane-isaac-makes-landfall-in-southeast-louisiana/

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Early Wednesday water came over a levee in the town of Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish, WVUE reports. It's unclear if this levee system is one that the parish built, which protects just the parish or one that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built, which protects all of New Orleans and beyond.
There are reports of homes with flooding of 5-7 feet of water in the parish and at least one family is trapped in the attic of their home according to WVUE.


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2012...andfall-in-southeast-louisiana/#ixzz24vfqmatE
 
It is almost in the same spot it was when I went to sleep around midnight. Hang in there people.
 
I'm not familiar with the parishes outside New Orleans. Do any of our sleuthers live in the flooded areas?
 
Hurricane Central@twc_hurricane
Position update from NHC. Center of #Isaac now about 20 miles SE of Houma or 50 miles SSW of New Orleans, moving NW at 6 mph.
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Bob Farmer Meteorologist:
From the LA DOT: US 90B in New Orleans in both directions: Road closed between LA 45; Barataria Boulevard and Manhattan Boulevard (near New Orleans). The road is closed because of flooding. The Harvey Tunnel is closed due to high water in the tunnel.LA 23 in both directions: Road closed.
between LA 428; Anson Street and West X Street (near New Orleans). The road is closed because of flooding. The Belle Chasse Tunnel is closed due to high water in the tunnel.
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Hurricane Central@twc_hurricane
Power outages continue to rise. 420,000 in Louisiana (mostly in New Orleans) and another 3600 in Mississippi (mainly Biloxi). #Isaac
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Bob Farmer Meteorologist:
From St. Tammany Parish Emergency Mgmt.: There are currently 18,670 households in St. Tammany Parish without electricity. Road Closures: Albert Thompson Rd near 1077 in Folsom, Three Rivers Road in Covington, Lakeshore Road and Soult Street in Mandeville, Lake Road in Madisonville, Hwy 11 bridge and the Causeway.
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http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/isaac-coverage-updates-20120822
 
We need to hear from Bessie this morning. Hope she is safe.

:please:
 
Hurricane Isaac has made a second landfall near Port Fourchon, just west of Grand Isle, with sustained winds of near 80 mph and is now moving west northwest at 6 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. On its new track, the center of Isaac will be near Houma at 1 p.m., Evangeline at 1 a.m. Thursday, and Natchitoches by 1 p.m. Thursday, leaving the state near Texarkana, Arkansas by 1 a.m. Friday.
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http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2012/08/hurricane_isaac_makes_second_l.html
 
This storm is just not going anywhere anytime soon. 75 percent of N.O. is without power. Levee's around Orleans Parish holding up fine.
 
I'm hoping everybody checks in soon.

I can't get any of the web cams to work that are by any of the rivers. Except this one. I spent a couple of hours watching it late yesterday, and it was pretty amazing watching the waves. It's 2 pictures that update every minute. It seems to have weathered the storm okay from what I can see.
http://www.thecauseway.us/causeway_new2/tps_traffic_cameras.htm
 
Nuts! Storm surge over topping levee. Hope they had evacuated.


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...-levee-sends-12-foot-flood-into-la-homes?lite

Updated at 7:42 a.m. ET: Hurricane Isaac made its second landfall in southeastern Louisiana early Wednesday, sending up to 12 feet of water into people’s homes as an 18-mile stretch of levee was overtopped, officials said.

Officials in Plaquemines Parish said Coast Guard personnel and others were attempting to rescue two men stranded on top of one levee and others trapped in houses.

The storm surge also flooded areas of the Mississippi coast with water rising several feet in some parts, authorities said. Weather Channel meteorologist Paul Goodloe reported a number of homes had been flooded in Biloxi Bay, Miss., according to a message on Twitter.
 
JMO...but these weather people are nuts. It's almost comical. They have a hard time containing their excitement.

Jonathan Erdman@TWCjerdman
Water rise continues along Pontchartrain shore in New Orleans...now 5' abv normal at the "New Canal Station": ow.ly/i/T8L9 #Isaac
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NOLA.com@NOLAnews
Hurricane Isaac rescue efforts begin, Plaquemines Parish residents using their own boats to bring some stranded... bit.ly/OJef6h
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Sustained winds nearing tropical storm-force in Baton Rouge. Gusts near 50 mph. Downed trees, powerlines now occurring there. #Isaac
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http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/isaac-coverage-updates-20120822
 
Another disaster possibly waiting for gulf coasts residents when Isaac has come and gone. One that can linger long after the flood waters receded, threatening the health of the residents.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...f-spill_n_1838064.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

As Hurricane Isaac batters the Gulf Coast, some experts are warning that the storm could threaten more than levees, power lines and gas prices.

Isaac's high winds and rains, they speculate, could also stir up remnant crude oil from the BP's Deepwater Horizon spill -- exposing more residents and wildlife to its potentially toxic effects.

"This is another disaster on top of the hurricane that we're going to have to deal with," Garret Graves, chairman of Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, told The Huffington Post. "The threat is not insignificant."

Up to 1 million barrels of oil are estimated to remain in the Gulf of Mexico. That oil remains, Graves said, because BP has failed to clean it all up in the more than two years since the tragedy. "That's four to five times the oil that was spilled with the Exxon Valdez," he added.
 
Nearly half a million people in Isaac's path are without electricity. It will be awhile before some of our posters can check in. Be safe my friends.


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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...-levee-sends-12-foot-flood-into-la-homes?lite

At 7:35 a.m. ET, more than 450,000 homes and businesses were without power as a result of the storm, according to power company Entergy.

"It's something I've never seen before,” Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said. “I rode out Katrina, and my home has more damage now. It has not let up one time throughout this whole event. The driving rain, all the telephone poles down in Plaquemines Parish. This is not a Category 1 storm."
 
Show Me said:
Nearly half a million people in Isaac's path are without electricity. It will be awhile before some of our posters can check in. Be safe my friends.


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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/201...-levee-sends-12-foot-flood-into-la-homes?lite

At 7:35 a.m. ET, more than 450,000 homes and businesses were without power as a result of the storm, according to power company Entergy.

"It's something I've never seen before,” Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said. “I rode out Katrina, and my home has more damage now. It has not let up one time throughout this whole event. The driving rain, all the telephone poles down in Plaquemines Parish. This is not a Category 1 storm."
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It is a category 1 but it's big. Ike was category 2 and also very big. The categories might not accurately describe the damage expected because there are other factors involved.
 
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