It's going to take a lot more to run me, I know how to survive," he said. Republicans cut one day off their presidential nominating convention in Tampa, though in the end it bypassed the bayside city.
Isaac is also testing elected officials along the Gulf from governors on down to show they're prepared for an emergency response. President Barack Obama said Gulf Coast residents should listen to local authorities and follow their directions as Isaac Storm approached. Now is not the time to dismiss official warnings. You need to take this seriously," Obama said. The Army Corps of Engineers has spent the last seven years working nearly around the clock to raise levees several metres, install new stronger floodwalls at critical places and strengthen almost every section of the kilometre perimeter that protects the greater New Orleans area.
The system is built to hold out storm surge of about 9 metres where the city's boundaries meet the swamps and lakes near the Gulf of Mexico. The improvements include several massive floodgates that are shut when a storm approaches. In particular, a new surge barrier and gate that closes off the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal near the Lower 9th Ward has reduced the risk of flooding in an area long viewed as the city's Achilles heel.
I saw how it looked after Katrina back here. Although it only reached hurricane strength on Tuesday, Isaac killed at least 23 people and caused significant flooding and damage in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before skirting the southern tip of Florida on Sunday and heading across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The leading edge of the storm, which was about miles km wide, was felt along the Gulf coast.
Authorities warned that Isaac could flood towns in Mississippi and Alabama, as well as Louisiana, with storm surges of up to 12 feet 3. It is supposed to be coming.
I can feel it coming. Rainfall accumulations, potentially totaling as much as 20 inches 50 cm in some areas, could trigger widespread flooding. Oil production in the U. Gulf of Mexico nearly ground to a halt and ports and coastal refineries curtailed operations.
Intense hurricanes such as Katrina — which took out 4. This time, though, the U. Louisiana usually processes more than 3 million barrels per day of crude into products like gasoline. Thank you! Heavy rain continued to drench Louisiana and Mississippi as tropical storm Isaac trudged slowly northwards, but fortified levees and an elaborate flood containment plan appeared to have spared New Orleans from disaster.
Isaac, which was downgraded from hurricane status on Wednesday night, was expected to weaken further throughout the day, to become a tropical depression as it heads west towards Arkansas and Missouri. The National Hurricane Center said that Isaac is likely to be reclassified as a tropical depression on Thursday, but heavy rains and flooding could persist over the next few days. Winds — which had reached speeds of 70mph kph , just below the hurricane threshold of 74mph — are expected to drop below 39mph.
In New Orleans, rescuers picked up dozens of residents who had ignored warnings to leave low-lying areas, seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Power lines were cut and debris littered the streets, prompting city authorities to declare a dusk-to-dawn curfew. Louisiana officials said they would intentionally breach a levee in Placquemines Parish, south of New Orleans, as Isaac lumbered inland from the Gulf of Mexico.
So I just cranked up my generator up and bloodied my knuckles — it is an annual ritual in any case. All is good. The engine fired on my second pull. And I have a full five-gallon can of gas at the ready. So that means I can keep the refrigerator plus a TV, one fan and a couple of lights going when the electricity fails. It will fail. The batteries on this desktop computer will only last an hour at most, though, and my laptop battery is a thing of the past.
I figure to keep my cellphone charged off the generator. At the moment it is quite spooky with everything already so quiet, except for intermittent sirens. People are battening down, already inside watching the storm tracks on TV, hoping for a break. A resident of Guste Island, Louisiana, on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain, shot a video showing water surrounding and threatening to flood her home — swimming pool, jet ski and all.
The video is sideways. Updated at 9. Bobby Jindal is on the scene in Plaquemines parish. In a news conference that just ended, Jindal said engineers will let as much water as possible flow out of the area and then they will punch holes in the levee to drain remaining water from the neighborhood.
An estimated homes have sustained significant water damage in the parish, Jindal said. There is as much as 8 feet of floodwater in the area. For now, the official focus is heavily on Plaquemines.
Multiple local news organizations report significant flooding on the north side of Lake Pontchartrain after a levee apparently was breached. It's unclear whether residents are threatened; we'll post updates as we have them.
Search and rescue is underway in the subdivision. A Times-Picayune gallery of Isaac images is here. Updated at 8. The first confirmed death tied to Isaac occurred when a man fell from a tree, the Daily Advertiser reports. According to Vermilion Parish Sheriff Mike Couvillon, a Vermilion Parish man has lost his life after falling to his death from a tree Tuesday afternoon.
Carlos Medellin-Guillen, 36, of Erath, La. Isaac wfaaisaac ow. President Obama has been briefed on Hurricane Isaac. On a call with officials the president acknowledged the lasting effects of Hurricane Katrina, Reuters reports. This from the White House:. This morning, President Obama received a briefing on impacts of Hurricane Isaac, which is currently affecting Gulf Coast states including Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi, and the ongoing federal response.
On the call, the President opened by acknowledging the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the important reminder the anniversary provides of the lasting effects these types of storms can have on communities.
Updated at 7. Lawlessness in New Orleans during Isaac has been kept to levels that must compare quite favorably with an average overnight on the town. NOPD chief says all cops reported to duty. Seen few incidents. New Orleans has declared a rare day-after curfew for Hurricane Isaac, which continues to squat on the city. The curfew will be in effect tonight from dusk to dawn, Mayor Mitch Landrieu has announced.
Bobby Jindal just got done warning people that the storm hasn't moved much and they should stay put.
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