Hurricane Ida Forecast to Become a CAT4

[chilerelleno]

This is going to be a no sh!t, 'Get the Hell Out of Dodge!' Cat4 strength hurricane or stronger.
Forecasting 140mph or stronger winds at landfall around the eye.
If I was looking at this coming at me I'd be gone today, headed west, north or east, anywhere out of it's direct landfall and inland path.
As it is I'm prepping tomorrow as if it is coming at us here in Mobile, AL.
To all our members in LA, and extreme southwest MS, if you ain't leaving you're gambling it all.
We'll pray for ya, stay safe.

 

[motocrash]

indaswamp needs to get outdaswamp?
Hope you guys the best be safe.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

This one I'd be concerned about. Stay safe my friends and think...

 

[SmokinEdge]

Hoping the best for all of them as well, but this is something they go through every year just about. I’m sure they know what they can ride through and what to run from. CAT 4 on the gulf coast is not a new phenomenon in the region. Wishing all of our American brothers and sisters safety and wisdom on the gulf coast.

 

[chilerelleno]

Hoping the best for all of them as well, but this is something they go through every year just about. I’m sure they know what they can ride through and what to run from. CAT 4 on the gulf coast is not a new phenomenon in the region. Wishing all of our American brothers and sisters safety and wisdom on the gulf coast.

No, it is not something we go through just about every year.
Yes, we generally have our idea of what we can weather and what we can't.
Yes, Cat4 hurricanes are not a new phenomenon, but making landfall on a specific area is not a regular occurrence and people make bad decisions to stay home for any number of reasons.
Any encouragement that might make somebody rethink a decision to 'Ride It Out' and instead opt to evacuate is a good thing.

I encourage any of our members in Lower Louisiana to evacuate before it's too late.
indaswamp 73saint foamheart and any others that skip my mind.

 

[SmokingUPnorth]

Stay safe everyone. . Head up here to Michigan if ya need a place!!! Hope all is well with everyone down there!

 

[indaswamp]

Watching the weather....
This one is not going to be fun. Looks to be taking the track of Andrew back in 1992. They are calling for 60mph winds sustained and 85mph gusts here in town during the worst of it.

I just checked the offshore forecast:
Sunday seas 42ft. gusts over 100knots.....

let that sink in...42ft. waves...

Will be finishing up preparations tomorrow, tying down everything I can in the yard.

 

[indaswamp]

I am far enough inland...30 minles south of baton rouge. but the people living outside the levee system in New Orleans-those people need to GTFO NOW!

 

[indaswamp]

Will know more after it passes Cuba on the expected track...

 

[indaswamp]

Louisiana had Laura in 2020...a massive Cat5. We don't need this schit again.

 

[pineywoods]

I am far enough inland...30 minles south of baton rouge. but the people living outside the levee system in New Orleans-those people need to GTFO NOW!

That's what I thought with hurricane Michael I'm 80-90 miles from the coast but when it passed about 20 miles west of us still a cat 4 or 5 I had to second guess being far enough from the coast

 

[cornman]

Prayers for everyone in this storm’s path.

 

[Wurstmeister]

Don't know what to say except be careful and be smart Please un a$s the AO before Ida comes to visit. There is nothing at home that is worth your life or the life of a loved one. Our prayers are with you.
John

 

[indaswamp]

Please un a$s the AO before Ida comes to visit.

What?

 

[Wurstmeister]

Sorry Indaswamp too many years working with the military and disaster response folks. Basically - get out of dodge while you can! I didn't want the admin folks get upset with my comment - un as# the Area of Operations (AO) before Ida comes to visit.
John

 

[daspyknows]

Take care all those in the path and get the F out of town if you are in a low lying area.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Stay Safe everyone in the path. Living inland from the coast does not always mean much to big storms. We lived 30 miles inland in NJ. Our damage was not Storm Surge but Wind, Power Outage and Flooding from heavy rain. I'm sure a lot of the older East Coast guys, especially the folks from NEPA, remember AGNES in '72. That Witch hit the Panhandle of Florida, dumping heavy rain causing Floods, through every state all the way up the East Coast states and in to Canada. It was the worst storm to ever hit the Coal Mining Towns in North East Pennsylvania, a couple hundred miles from the Jersey Coast...JJ

 

[SmokinAl]

It looks like it will end up in PA, before it’s over, JJ. Nasty stuff!
Al

 

[smokerjim]

It looks like it will end up in PA, before it’s over, JJ. Nasty stuff!
Al

Yep they said if it keeps it track it will hit here Wednesday and Thursday but no where near as bad as the southern states

 

[normanaj]

Sister-in-law lives in Slidell.She's gonna ride it out.