Hurricane Laura

VisualEcho · 08-26-2020, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by rebekahb

I don't know how you deal with tornadoes. At least with Hurricanes, we know ahead of time if we need to evacuate. Those suckers just pop out of nowhere it seems.

We are very lucky in Missouri where I am. Our weather moves across us, and many times goes around like a river around a rock. The unlucky guys are in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, where the weather is made right on top of them.

MKSixer · 08-26-2020, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by rebekahb

And her pressure dropped again. We just had 10 tornado warnings all over between Baton Rouge and west LA. It's going to be an interesting evening down south.

We've been getting the warnings since 1 PM today. I had 2 warnings centered less than 2 miles from my home.

It will be a very interesting evening.

Batteries charged, cars filled.

1claire · 08-26-2020, 10:04 PM

Praying for everyone's safety.

Alfisti · 08-26-2020, 10:21 PM

Good luck guys, she looks close to a CAT5, all the very best.

JerseyNinja · 08-26-2020, 11:01 PM

Looks like its going to be bad, stay safe.

AlpineWhite_SJ · 08-27-2020, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

We've been getting the warnings since 1 PM today. I had 2 warnings centered less than 2 miles from my home.

It will be a very interesting evening.

Batteries charged, cars filled.

Stay safe MKSixer

davidr3 · 08-27-2020, 02:26 AM

Stay safe fellas, prayers up

atzepeng1984 · 08-27-2020, 04:07 AM

Oh man, reading this from the other side of the ocean and really hope all of you are ok!! How you deal with tornadoes and hurricanes blows my mind everytime... Stay safe!

MKSixer · 08-27-2020, 08:10 AM

All is well in our area. High winds last night and a pretty good belt of rain. I haven't checked the back yard for fallen debris yet but the front was ok.

MKSixer · 08-27-2020, 08:47 AM

The winds just picked up here and the rain is coming down much harder now.

RickFLM4 · 08-27-2020, 08:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

The winds just picked up here and the rain is coming down much harder now.

Stay safe and good luck!

cmyx6go · 08-27-2020, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

The winds just picked up here and the rain is coming down much harder now.

Glad to see you posting, stay safe. They are talking a ridiculous storm surge.

RickFLM4 · 08-27-2020, 08:56 AM

I keep hearing about a storm surge that could reach 30 miles inland, which is unreal. I really hope that wasn’t the case. We are approx. 20 miles inland from the FL coast and storm surge has never been a consideration this far inland.

MKSixer · 08-27-2020, 09:18 AM

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Stay safe and good luck!

Thanks!!

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Glad to see you posting, stay safe. They are talking a ridiculous storm surge.

I've been crazy busy. All s good right now. Meetings this morning then going to check the rental properties. Maybe SUVs aren't the chariot's of the devil?

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Originally Posted by RickFLM4

I keep hearing about a storm surge that could reach 30 miles inland, which is unreal. I really hope that wasn’t the case. We are approx. 20 miles inland from the FL coast and storm surge has never been a consideration this far inland.

I hope this is the typical over-inflation of the media in these cases. The bad thing about storm surge is that it comes in THEN goes out. Double damages. Good luck to you!

rebekahb · 08-27-2020, 09:22 AM

From reports so far, the surge wasn't as bad as expected. They are saying Cameron took an 11ft surge instead of the expected 20ft. Downtown Lake Charles didn't flood like they thought. The wind damage is terrible as expected.

MKSixer · 08-27-2020, 09:26 AM

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From reports so far, the surge wasn't as bad as expected. They are saying Cameron took an 11ft surge instead of the expected 20ft. Downtown Lake Charles didn't flood like they thought. The wind damage is terrible as expected.

Yes. This isn't nearly as bad as projected, thus far. (I don't want these to be famous last words.)

wdb · 08-27-2020, 09:46 AM

It's moving through very quickly. Hopefully that will help minimize the impact. Stay safe!

It's remnants get here over the weekend. In the meantime it is pushing a bunch of heat, humidity, and unstable air this way.

AreWeThereYet? · 08-27-2020, 10:08 AM

My prayers to you guys experiencing this RN.

Stay safe!

chassis · 08-27-2020, 01:18 PM

Safety wishes to all in the path.

Outer cloud bands are over my back yard in Indiana.

rebekahb · 08-28-2020, 03:01 PM

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Safety wishes to all in the path.

Outer cloud bands are over my back yard in Indiana.

Hopefully, it didn't drop to much rain on you.

vreihen16 · 08-28-2020, 04:13 PM

The remnants of Laura will be paying us a visit Saturday afternoon. Just what we need locally, after the other side of our town took a hit yesterday from a possible tornado that left thousands of people in the dark until at least tomorrow.....

wdb · 08-28-2020, 05:42 PM

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It's moving through very quickly. Hopefully that will help minimize the impact. Stay safe!

It's remnants get here over the weekend. In the meantime it is pushing a bunch of heat, humidity, and unstable air this way.

Damn, I take that back. Laura managed to push a line of instability directly over us. I just watched a bunch of shopping carts get flung through the air; when I finally managed to get out of the food store I found that one of them had mashed into the side of my E350 kombi. :-(

I wish that was it but the damned storm hasn't actually arrived yet. Tonight we suffer the string of storms she pushed into our path. Tomorrow she passes through here.

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08-26-2020, 10:21 PM	#26
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08-26-2020, 11:01 PM	#27
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08-27-2020, 02:26 AM	#29
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08-27-2020, 04:07 AM	#30
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08-27-2020, 09:22 AM	#37
rebekahb First Lieutenant 3237 Rep 320 Posts Drives: 2020 X5 M50i Join Date: Nov 2018 Location: New Orleans, LA iTrader: (0)	From reports so far, the surge wasn't as bad as expected. They are saying Cameron took an 11ft surge instead of the expected 20ft. Downtown Lake Charles didn't flood like they thought. The wind damage is terrible as expected.
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08-27-2020, 09:46 AM	#39
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08-27-2020, 01:18 PM	#41
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