OT - NO POLITICS Hurricanes, school buses, pumpkin spice oh my.

[Gee Wally]

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[Gator Mike]

Not good.

 

[Bruinaura]

Mmmmmmmm....pumpkin spice.

 

[Alicat]

Can the levees hold with this outage?

 

[Fenway]

Not good.

I just called my friend Holly who lives in the French Quarter and she doesn't have power but did not know what Entergy reported. She is now concerned but cut the call short as she has no way to charge the phone.

 

[Troublesome 85]

2 months away and Spirit is open?

 

[Gator Mike]

There are going to be a lot of people around New Orleans with no water and no electricity for a long, long time.

 

[JRull86]

You'd think that region would have learned from Katrina to invest in infrastructure and whatnot.

Hope everyone down there is okay, but its mind boggling that its starting to feel like a freaking repeat of Katrina

 

[Alicat]

You'd think that region would have learned from Katrina to invest in infrastructure and whatnot.

Hope everyone down there is okay, but its mind boggling that its starting to feel like a freaking repeat of Katrina

They invested in the levees but not the power grid :/

 

[Alicat]

 

[Alicat]

 

[Fenway]

Entergy said due to catastrophic damage to their transmission system, all of Orleans Parish is currently without power.

• As a result of Hurricane Ida’s catastrophic intensity, all eight transmission lines that deliver power into the New Orleans area are currently out of service. When this occurred, it caused a load imbalance in the area and resulted in generation in the area coming offline.
• We are currently working to assess damage and identify a path forward to restore power, to those who can take it, in the area.
• We have provided back-up generation to the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board.
• Power will not be restored this evening, but we will continue work to remedy.

 

[UncleRico]

Idk if there are any bruins fans or fans of other teams that frequent this board that live down in the states affected, but if you see this my prayers go out to you and your families. Hoping for your safety!

 

[Gator Mike]

Seeing reports on Twitter that several levees south of the city have either been overtopped, or have failed completely.

 

[Alicat]

 

[Alicat]

Seeing reports on Twitter that several levees south of the city have either been overtopped, or have failed completely.

Just heard someone on WDSU New Orleans say that he left b/c the levees aren't finished and don't have any vegetation on them so it is pure mud

 

[Fenway]

Sadly New Orleans and the state of Louisiana only care about downtown and the French Quarter.

New Orleans population dropped 50% after Katrina

This could kill the city for good

 

[Alicat]

Hancock County, MS is getting so many tornado warnings because of the storm. They are coming one after another.

Hancock County is where Gulfport and Biloxi are

 

[Fenway]

Again here is a live stream of NBC New Orleans - it is the station the locals trust

WDSU News Coverage of Hurricane Ida

 

[Alicat]

My friend said his family seems to be ok in Slidell which is on the north shore of the lake. I'm keeping my fingers crossed

 

[Fenway]

CBS New Orleans

 

[Alicat]

I'm scared to see what daylight brings

 

[Gator Mike]

 

[Alicat]

This is Katrina all over again

 

[JRull86]

Seeing reports on Twitter that several levees south of the city have either been overtopped, or have failed completely.

Shocking.