ATL GUSTAV: Tropical Depression - Discussion

[jabman98]

Floodwaters over top Industrial Canal

I understand the CNN is reporting the floodwaters are coming over. This is not true. It's waves that are crashing against the floodwalls and splashing over. Local news in New Orleans had a reporter, on site, reporting this. Not complete overtopping, yet.

Yeah, splashing definitely not the same as overtopping. The lake is constantly splashing over... The surge could still rise though, huh.

MSNBC reporter onsite at the overtopping location says it looks like a waterfall - the water is just rushing over the top. He estimates it's about the length of seven rail cars.

[gboudx]

MSNBC reporter onsite at the overtopping location says it looks like a waterfall - the water is just rushing over the top. He estimates it's about the length of seven rail cars.

Go to wwltv.com and look at it for yourself. And decide if it looks like a waterfall. Not to me, but I'm not in the business of sensational reporting.

[Sanibel]

So Gus is playing out as an on-the-brink surger whose winds were lower than appearance but spread his winds out enough to carry the expected surge. I feel sorry for Nagin because this system was a devil to make decisions with always threatening the worst right on the brink. I hope this is going to play out like it looks and not surge into the areas so many volunteered to repair - or the West Bank either.

Thought I'd come on and check things out while I still have power and internet. Wish I hadn't according to the forecast track, the darn center is going to pass right over my house We are located south of Lafayette parish, in Youngsville.

Please give us reports when you get your power back.

[Evac3]

Guy on CNN was showing some pretty bad flooding.

[KWT]

Water is coming over the top, and as the surge increases, which it will still do for a few hours yet we may see a greater threat.

From what I've hard there a barge in the industrial canal which needs to be watched.

Still lets hope the water doesn't overflood too badly.

[Cape Verde]

MSNBC reporter onsite at the overtopping location says it looks like a waterfall - the water is just rushing over the top. He estimates it's about the length of seven rail cars.

Go to wwltv.com and look at it for yourself. And decide if it looks like a waterfall. Not to me, but I'm not in the business of sensational reporting.

It looks like mostly spray to me, with an occasional spash of water. We're talking gallons per hour. Oh the horror.

[tolakram]

[njweather]

I'm hearing that high tide will be around 1:00PM today...

That won't be good given the current overtopping.

[Hurricanewatcher2007]

From looking on CNN theres a river being created from that canal. Industrial buildings about half way underwater all ready.

[Shockwave]

Water is coming over the top, and as the surge increases, which it will still do for a few hours yet we may see a greater threat.

From what I've hard there a barge in the industrial canal which needs to be watched.

Still lets hope the water doesn't overflood too badly.

Yeah, a barge has come loose and it hitting the Industrial Canal and hopefully it won't cause the canal to rupture and flood the 9th ward region.

EDIT: It hasn't crashed into the canal, but it is flowing down the canal at this time and that is a grave concern.

[GoneBabyGone]

Just woke up...wind only like 30 mph here in Baton Rouge. Was supposed to be close to 50 by this point. Did this thing weaken right before it landed or something?

[Evac3]

Finally got my graphic update and now they aren't showing any west turn in north Texas, but a turn north instead.

[funster]

MSNBC reporter onsite at the overtopping location says it looks like a waterfall - the water is just rushing over the top. He estimates it's about the length of seven rail cars.

Go to wwltv.com and look at it for yourself. And decide if it looks like a waterfall. Not to me, but I'm not in the business of sensational reporting.

It looks like mostly spray to me, with an occasional spash of water. We're talking gallons per hour. Oh the horror.

It looks potentially serious to me - not sensational reporting. And this is not even the Harvey canal which is the real concern.

[mred53]

It looks like mostly spray to me, with an occasional spash of water. We're talking gallons per hour. Oh the horror.

Since it's video on demand and not live, is there anything that indicates what time the video was taken?

[Evac3]

Just woke up...wind only like 30 mph here in Baton Rouge. Was supposed to be close to 50 by this point. Did this thing weaken right before it landed or something?

Y'all still aren't in the worst of it yet.

[PTrackerLA]

Winds gusting to at least 40mph here right now as we're in a very heavy squall. Rain coming down in sheets. Still about 2-3 hours before we receive damaging gusts.

[gboudx]

It looks like mostly spray to me, with an occasional spash of water. We're talking gallons per hour. Oh the horror.

Since it's video on demand and not live, is there anything that indicates what time the video was taken?

I'm watching it live.

All of this was expected. A guy was on earlier, being interviewed standing right next to the Industrial canal and said it was expected. Water level appears to have 1-2' to go before complete overtopping.

[PhillyWX]

Images from NOLA TV on the water up against the canal:

http://philadelphiaweather.blogspot.com ... trial.html

[Frank P]

Surge is quite impressive in Biloxi right now.. breached over the sea wall and filling up the east bound lane of HWY 90... (probably about 1.5 feet deep, winds must be gusting close to 60-70 mph.. ceiling fan blades just blown off the front porch.. I knew I forgot to do something.. like take them down... here's a pix of the surge at about 10:05 am .. sea wall is ~10.5 feet above sea level in front of my house.. pixs do not do this justice..

[Praxus]

Lower 9th ward minor flooding as per CNN

edit - levee breaches at the north / west side "water spurting through the levees"