Hoping for the best for Louisiana and Mississippi Treepers; Y’all stay safe and check in when you can.  It definitely looks like the New Orleans area will be feeling the affects of wind, rain and storm surge for quite a while….

Concrete seawall along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain

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Isaac Not Even Half Over:

• Reports of people trapped in attics, on roofs
• NOAA: Isaac poses ‘significant’ flood threat
• Storm is about 50 miles from New Orleans
• Isaac a bit weaker with 75 mph winds
• More than 500,000 without power

AT 1000 AM CDT...1500 UTC…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS  LOCATED BY NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 29.6 NORTH…  LONGITUDE 90.7 WEST…OR VERY NEAR HOUMA LOUISIANA. ISAAC IS MOVING  TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 6 MPH…9 KM/H.

THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT… FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST BY THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK… THE CENTER OF ISAAC WILL MOVE FARTHER INLAND OVER LOUISIANA TODAY AND TOMORROW…AND OVER SOUTHERN ARKANSAS BY EARLY FRIDAY. (more…)

Hoping for the best for Louisiana and Mississippi Treepers; Y’all stay safe and check in when you can.  It definitely looks like New Orleans might be the area of landfall.

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6pm Update – NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL092012  600 PM CDT TUE AUG 28 2012  …CENTER OF ISAAC NEARING THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA… STORM SURGE FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING…

Diana Whipple of New Orleans watches waves crash on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain as Hurricane Isaac approaches Tuesday

AT 600 PM CDT…2300 UTC…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC WAS LOCATED
BY NOAA DOPPLER RADARS NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH…LONGITUDE 89.2
WEST. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH…13 KM/H. A
NORTHWESTWARD MOTION AT A SLIGHTLY SLOWER SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISAAC SHOULD REACH THE COASTLINE OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS…AND CONTINUE MOVING FARTHER INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 80 MPH…130 KM/H…WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. ISAAC IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
HURRICANE WIND SCALE. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE
BEFORE ISAAC MAKES LANDFALL. GRADUAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER
LANDFALL OCCURS. (more…)

(NOAA ) AT 400 PM CDT…2100 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR
LATITUDE 26.4 NORTH…LONGITUDE 86.2 WEST. ISAAC IS MOVING TOWARD
THE NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH…19 KM/H…AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN FORWARD
SPEED. ON THE FORECAST TRACK… (more…)

The latest forecast map issued by the National Hurricane Center shows Tropical Storm Isaac heading toward New Orleans. The storm still is expected to make landfall as a Category 2 hurricane, according to a forecast map provided by Weather Underground. The hurricane center notes that computer models are not consistent after 24 hours, and everyone inside warning areas should be mindful of the potential for a direct impact.

Hurricane Katrina August 27th 2005 (left) Hurricane Isaac August 27th 2012 (right)

NOAA – AT 1100 PM EDT…0300 UTC…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ISAAC WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 24.2 NORTH…LONGITUDE 82.9 WEST. ISAAC IS
MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 14 MPH…22 KM/H. (more…)

UPDATED Aug. 26, 4:50 p.m.: Gov. Bobby Jindal declares a state of emergency for the entire state of Louisiana, while New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu declares a state of emergency in New Orleans in advance of Isaac. Orleans, Plaquemines, Jefferson and St. Charles parishes all have declared a state of emergency.

Seven years later, those caught in the destructive path of Hurricane Katrina are being urged once again to prepare for the worst, as the threat of Tropical Storm Isaac grows by the minute.

As the large and strengthening system crossed waters with temperatures of more than 80 degrees Sunday, forecasts called for the storm to make landfall along the Gulf coast late Tuesday or early Wednesday as a powerful Category 2 storm. (more…)