It's now Hurricane Isaac as New Orleans hunkers down
Source: MSNBC
Updated at 12:20 p.m. ET: Isaac finally reached hurricane strength on Tuesday, closing in on the Louisiana-Mississippi coast as a slow-moving giant of a system expected to make landfall Tuesday night or early Wednesday.
At 12:20 p.m. ET, Isaac had 75 mph sustained winds, a mile above the speed needed for a Category 1 hurricane.
National Hurricane Center Director Rick Knabb said "rain bands will become more frequent and more potent" along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast as the day goes on.
Isaac is very wide as storms go, with tropical storm-force winds stretching 205 miles from its center.
Its size and slow motion, Knabb said, will make for a large storm surge, especially in southeast Louisiana where surges up to 12 feet are predicted.
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to have a "Hurricane" hit NO during the GOP convention.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER...
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES...
ONLY THE HEARTIEST (trees) WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT (will) BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED...
WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS...
"If they have to water, let them drink cake!"
rocktivity
too freakin bad
