ATL: IDA - Remnants - Discussion

[KBBOCA]

Looks like the surge has been blown(?) off Grand Isle. Winds are still ripping!

Does it look like one of the stilt houses is no longer there? I'm having trouble judging.

[xironman]

Jokko is in a really open spot. You don't the wind to flip you vehicle.

Does anyone have a link to the chaser who's there?

This is the feed I have. I can see now he points the vehicle into the wind so it does not get sideswiped and flipper. Chasing a couple of TORs can teach you lessons.

[KBBOCA]

 https://twitter.com/DylanFedericoWX/status/1432060253022179330

[CronkPSU]

something hit Jokko's windshield...all cracked up now

[tallywx]

Of course if this doesn’t turn soon, Houma is going to get a direct hit. Largest population center down along the bayou.

[CryHavoc]

https://twitter.com/iCyclone/status/1432054806605094916?s=20

Too far west.

For some reason he always positions himself in the left front quadrant or weaker side of the eye path. Not sure what is objective is if it’s to document the most ferocious conditions. Always taking cat 1 conditions and saying he intercepted a cat 4.

Josh has intercepted plenty of maxed out cat 4/5 eyewalls.

[KBBOCA]

 https://twitter.com/news_fuentes/status/1432060955094093825

[PavelGaborik]

Jokko is in a really open spot. You don't the wind to flip you vehicle.

Does anyone have a link to the chaser who's there?

This is the feed I have. I can see now he points the vehicle into the wind so it does not get sideswiped and flipper. Chasing a couple of TORs can teach you lessons.

Link?

[Sanibel]

Houma good TS conditions now...

Should be in play for the eye...

[FireRat]

It's unbelievable how good Ida still looks. If you removed land outlines from the sat/IR image you could've probably convinced me that it hasn't even made landfall yet.

It really is, dang this thing even looks like a Cat 5 to me, reminds me of Michael a lot. One of the best looking Cat 4s in recent memory.

[xironman]

I disagree. He's said before that chasing hurricanes in a swamp is a fools errand, I don't think this particular position is anything more than the safest place of all the unsafe places.

It seems he stresses safety over recording the most extreme conditions among peers, with some notable exceptions (Dorian).

Case in point, you have a bevy of chasers right now along Highway 1 (Raceland to Lockport) who will catch the RFQ while he’s “safely” in Houma.

Hurricane Josh has been around since the old days at EasternWX, I am sure he can deal with a bit of ribbing.

[KBBOCA]

 https://twitter.com/iembot_lix/status/1432062305810800641

[xironman]

Does anyone have a link to the chaser who's there?

This is the feed I have. I can see now he points the vehicle into the wind so it does not get sideswiped and flipper. Chasing a couple of TORs can teach you lessons.

Link?

sorry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcbk3NcScRM

[Nimbus]

No confirmation but one of my Cajun Navy guys just posted on Facebook that a Grand Isle levee may have just broke

A lot of stories like this going around.

Grand Isle got the eastern eyewall so Gretna might have had more like cat 1 winds at the surface.
News story claims a pole was taken out, but you wouldn't try to drive around much in winds above 100 mph.

"It’s not clear if the stormy weather moving through the New Orleans-area on Thursday contributed to the pole falling down. Richard Parker, the deputy chief of the Harvey Fire Department, said the wind was very strong at the time of the accident."

https://www.nola.com/news/article_38159 ... 78f29.html

[jlauderdal]

https://twitter.com/iCyclone/status/1432054806605094916?s=20

Too far west.

For some reason he always positions himself in the left front quadrant or weaker side of the eye path. Not sure what is objective is if it’s to document the most ferocious conditions. Always taking cat 1 conditions and saying he intercepted a cat 4.

There was no good place to be for landfall, getting to the eye was going to be easy, surviving the surge was a different story.

[KBBOCA]

 https://twitter.com/thegoprodad/status/1432049760496758791

[KBBOCA]

 https://twitter.com/MesonetMan/status/1432049507995422738

[AlabamaDave]

Feels like this storm is crawling!

[FLpanhandle91]

Ida's appearance on both IR and radar is more impressive than it was at landfall. There's even still lightning in the eyewall.

[KBBOCA]

 https://twitter.com/CrockettWDSU/status/1432059394280337413