re: Isaac Downgraded to Tropical Depression

just walked my dog near the Jeff Orleans border off W Esplenade. Gusts are pretty strong, weak limbs down all over the place

We have had a few here at fountainbleau and broadway.

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Heard the fat man who is in charge of Plaqemines Parish say it won't hold the surge.

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That fat POS is liable to sink the entire parish if he keeps stomping around down there.

Nutbags calling into 870 right now...not enough prayers and sandbags...too stressed to think or just the norm?

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That fat POS is liable to sink the entire parish if he keeps stomping around down there.

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wind or wine?

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boff

Yeah, not enough prayers. This thing could've been mless intense

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New Orleans is about to get hit by a pretty big band.

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fleetwood mac?

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WTNT54 KNHC 282356
TCEAT4

HURRICANE ISAAC TROPICAL CYCLONE POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012
700 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012

...ISAAC MAKES LANDFALL IN EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...
...STRONG WINDS AND A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE OCCURRING ALONG THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST...

NOAA DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT HURRICANE ISAAC MADE LANDFALL
ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH JUST
SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 645 PM CDT...
2345 UTC...WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 80 MPH...130 KM/H.

AT 700 PM CDT...0000 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS
ESTIMATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 29.0
NORTH...LONGITUDE 89.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE
MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND ABOUT 90 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA.

A SUSTAINED WIND OF 45 MPH WITH A GUST TO 62 MPH WAS OBSERVED WITHIN
THE PAST HOUR AT LAKEFRONT AIRPORT IN NEW ORLEANS. A WIND GUST TO
56 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT GALLIANO LOUISIANA.

A STORM SURGE OF 8.8 FEET WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT A NATIONAL
OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE AT SHELL BEACH LOUISIANA. A STORM SURGE
OF 5.5 FEET WAS OBSERVED AT A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGE IN
WAVELAND MISSISSIPPI.


SUMMARY OF 700 PM CDT...0000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.0N 89.4W
ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM SW OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
ABOUT 90 MI...140 KM SE OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...80 MPH...130 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 8 MPH...13 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...970 MB...28.64 INCHES

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FORECASTER BROWN/BRENNAN

No. Scorpions (Rock You Like a Hurricane).