Hurricane warning for northern Gulf Coast as Nate to strike Saturday night; New Orleans at risk

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post



By Jason Samenow and Brian McNoldy October 6 at 11:17 AM

After killing at least 22 people in Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Tropical Storm Nate is on a collision course with the northern U.S. Gulf Coast. Southeast Louisiana, including vulnerable New Orleans, lies in the path.

The storm, which is predicted to intensify into a hurricane, should make landfall between late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Damaging winds and flooding threaten the region from roughly Morgan City, La., to Pensacola, Fla.



Along the coast, near and just to the east of where the storm center moves ashore, a storm surge or rise in ocean water of several feet above normally dry land is expected. “Life-threatening storm surge flooding is likely along portions of the northern Gulf Coast, and a storm surge warning has been issued from Morgan City, Louisiana, to the Alabama/Florida border,” the National Hurricane Center said.

The Hurricane Center has issued hurricane warnings for southeastern Louisiana and coastal Mississippi and Alabama, including Biloxi and Mobile. New Orleans and Pensacola are under a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch. Rainbands and tropical-storm force winds could begin there as soon as Saturday afternoon.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/10/06/hurricane-warning-for-northern-gulf-coast-as-nate-to-strike-saturday-night-new-orleans-at-risk/?pushid=59d7a2a70cb7851d00000005&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&utm_term=.97f7d6ed0a0e

[irisblue]

1. NOLA getting hit on a Saturday night.....those people are sure in harms way

Best hopes for them.

[DK504]

2. In Bay St. Louis, people here think this will be here and done

by Sunday night. I'm worried we will have to get the hell out of dodge tomorrow before realize he's slowing down.

[beachbum bob]

3. most likely will be a mid-range Cat 1 hurricane, still nothing to ignore

when if hits the gulf coast buts it no cat 4 or cat5....


I figure all people will hear is "HURRICANE", the media will certainly blow it out of proportion

[Grammy23]

5. So far, they do seem to be containing their rhetoric.

No one is exaggerating the strength of the storm or its speed. In fact, they keep insisting that it is most likely to be a Low End Cat. 1 storm. That will still bring wind, rain, beach erosion and risk of tornadoes. The only thing they are really stressing is the storm surge which could be significant for low lying areas, especially if it comes ashore at high tide.. They have new graphics on the Weather Channel to explain what the numbers mean in relation to your house so people have a visual of what an 8 foot storm surge means.

I am glad they are keeping us informed without overly dramatizing it. I live in Pensacola so the most stressful thing for us we’re on the “dirty side” of the storm—

[Achilleaze]

4. republicans promise to release their official climate change lies

before, during and after Nate.

Please activate your DANGEROUS-LIES receptors now (aka Stop Believing What You See).

[KY_EnviroGuy]

7. LOL, these days make me wish I could still drink.

Nothing like a big slug of vodka & soda to "activate your DANGEROUS-LIES receptors".

My theory on the cause of all these storms is that Trump and his administration sucks. He sucks so bad, all the ill winds around the globe are being drawn toward US shores.

[tclambert]

6. Why do I get the feeling the hurricanes are winning?

[csziggy]

12. Hurricanes are what Dolt45 meant when he said we'd be "tired of winning?" nt

[nitpicker]

8. Link to NHC updates

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

[nitpicker]

9. Gulfport decided to be safer

And condensed their Friday-Saturday music festival into Friday.

But I'm a bit worried about the tourists that may be sleeping in instead of getting gassed up and moving.

[nitpicker]

10. About 24 hours (or less) to go- heads up, Gulf Coast

5 am EDT position:

24.5 North
87.0 West
80 MPH
Moving NNW 22 mph (340 degrees)

345 miles SSE of the mouth of the Mississippi River

Over the last three hours, it moved 1 degree north and 0.5 degrees W

Implication: Nate should be hitting the Gulf Coast around midnight Saturday.

[Baclava]

11. Should be all over in a day - it's still speeding along, good news