Thread by @bill_haus

Might go Cat 5!

Per @NHC_Atlantic: 700 AM CDT Key Messages for #Ida: Extremely life-threatening storm surge & catastrophic wind damage are imminent where core of #Ida moves onshore in next few hours
#Hurricane 🌀 #Ida #HurricaneIda #Louisiana #GulfCoast

9:20pm to 5:20am, #Hurricane 🌀 #Ida eye stabilizes & intensifies further just before landfall… winds topping 150 mph. Going to be devastating for those in and just east of eyewall. #HurricaneIda #Louisiana #GulfCoast #HurricaneKatrina 16 yrs ago today

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#Louisiana

Seems to be a trend with #GulfofMexico #hurricane 🌀 development … rapid intensification in major hurricanes.

#hurricaneida #Louisiana #GulfCoast

28 people are known to have intentionally stayed behind on Grand Isle to ride out #HurricaneIda. Grand Isle pictured below before the storm. Bad call IMHO.

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#GrandIsle #Louisiana, elevation of 7 ft, storm surge is expected to be 9-16 ft. 28 people stayed behind. Grand Isle in bullseye 🎯 for dangerous right side of #HurricaneIda eye wall. #Ida #Hurricane 🌀

Grand Isle Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Isl… maps.apple.com/?ll=29.233333,…

@johnhumphress on #GrandIsle, #Louisiana being submerged by #hurricane 🌀 #Ida’s storm surge.

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Security camera footage from Barnard Parish government before & after (1 hour later) from their Fire Station #12 in #Delacroix within a 1 hour time span. #idahurricane #HurricaneIda #Hurricane #Category4 #GulfCoast