Ida now forecast to hit Louisiana as a Cat 4 - 140mph winds plus storm surge on Sunday

[Stinky The Clown]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/27/weather/tropical-storm-ida-friday/index.html

Leaders in Louisiana and elsewhere issued mandatory or voluntary evacuation orders Friday in anticipation of major damage.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards asked the federal government to declare an emergency to free up recovery resources.
And in New Orleans, Mayor LaToya Cantrell issued a mandatory evacuation of all city areas that are outside its flood protection system, as well as a voluntary evacuation alert for the rest of the parish

Also talking about 11 foot storm surge.

Watch out, people.

[SheltieLover]

1. Stay safe, All!

[mcar]

2. Please NOLA friends, leave now

[zuul]

5. I'm not leaving and none of my friends or family members are leaving

I expect to lose power and get lots of rain. I’ve prepared as much as I can. Now we just wait and hope it’s a fast moving storm.

[LisaL]

3. Yikes.

[Hoyt]

4. Like Katrina. Wow.

[Champp]

6. .

[jpak]

7. I am so glad I don't live on the Gulf Coast anymore

This will not be good.

[Lovie777]

8. And the Saints are still playing? . .

[NightWatcher]

10. Nope, just saw on twitter they have cancelled.

I guess they needed to free up the Superdome

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

11. No, cancelled, for the price of a ticket you could have had evacuation shelter accommodations

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

9. Very little time to get out of Dodge

[Politicub]

12. Oh no! :(

[abqtommy]

13. Thanks for this.