What a night!!!
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What a night!!!
For a TS it was ferocious!!! Hugh palm trees down, major power outages, telephone poles down, water in some homes. It is a mess here.
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Glad you are safe. It might as well been a hurricane for you guys.
I hope Dennis does not hit NOLA as a large CAT3 next week. Something you need to watch very carefully over the next few days.
I hope Dennis does not hit NOLA as a large CAT3 next week. Something you need to watch very carefully over the next few days.
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The following post is NOT an official forecast and should not be used as such. It is just the opinion of the poster and may or may not be backed by sound meteorological data. It is NOT endorsed by any professional institution including storm2k.org For Official Information please refer to the NHC and NWS products.
Re: What a night!!!
bfez1 wrote:For a TS it was ferocious!!! Hugh palm trees down, major power outages, telephone poles down, water in some homes. It is a mess here.
Kinda really gets 'ya to thinking what a truly major hurricane would do to your neck of the woods, doesn't it....
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skysummit wrote:Hopefully everyone learned a lesson last night. Everyone was thinking (including me), "oh, it's only a tropical storm. It's not even a hurricane". Well Cindy kicked our butt last night for a tropical storm.
You can say that again!!! I was thinking, just a little rain, just a little wind, NOT!!!
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msbee wrote:I thnik many underestimate the mess, chaos and havoc that "mere" tropical storm can cause.
I don't think many people live in New Orleans for very long without having a sense of how strong tropical storms can be.
Still, who would have thought that a maximum sustained speed of merely 44 mph would cause hundreds of downed trees causing impassable streets, over 250,000 people without power in metro New Orleans, several closed bridges, an apparently sturdy street light pole to be knocked down in St. Bernard, major intersections closed, and more. This was not the level of storm to blow off roofs, but did cause widespread tree damage and local authorities ask us to stay off the street.
That level of damage certainly has never happened in other events that I have experienced with winds of 45 mph or so. The winds that I witnessed at my home in Metairie were of the same level as wind of 60 mph with gusts to 80 mph, that I have experienced in the past. I am surprised and perplexed at how low the measured wind speeds were compared with observations. Maybe I didn't see the right maximum measured winds? My neighbors are FURIOUS that we were told this would be primarily a rain event, and many felt sucker-punched by this storm.
Thank goodness I experienced no damage other than the usual 6' tree limbs down, messy yard, and so on. My next door neighbors' large tree was snapped in half, falling on their roof and damaging their house. Across the street, other neighbors had minor damage of some kind (looks like gutters or soffits or siding down?).
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Been having trouble posting. But I wanted to check in. Things seem okay in Chauvin. We just got power back, but it was somewhat rougher than I expected. Thank God we got a NE wind instead of something from the south. It came in just east of us and fortunatly that was enough to keep the wind in our favor and keep us from flooding. I do not think grand isle was so lucky, but I can not get any info. Glad everyone is safe.
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I still say my worst storm experience was from Tropical Storm Gabrielle a few years ago. I too was thinkin.. little rain.. little wind. Taught me a lesson. Dont underestimate ANY tropical system.
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I give Cindy a 5 out of 5 for a tropical storm. She brought me everything - downed Pecan limbs (on the order of 18-22' each); blew off molding I have to repair, a flooded street and finally my power went out around 2:30ish only to wake me up with that power surge sound and then realizing I had to reset my alarm clock, that forced me to think and stay up longer while the winds were howling. I still don't have digital cable or internet service. Frankly, I was kind of surprised she was as ferocious as she was. Tropical storms are primarily rain events when they come through here, but Cindy brought the winds. A good time was had by all at my house until my alarm clock went off at 7 and I realized I had about 4 hours of sleep and have to saw away tonight. Ugh.
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