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Note the long list of key industrial sites. Map of the Port of South Louisiana, on the Lower Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. This may have factored into the decision not to order a mandatory evacuation. Louisiana is currently suffering from one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the country, so not ordering a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans will reduce much COVID-19 spread among the residents of New Orleans (who have a relatively high one-shot vaccination rate of 62%) than otherwise could have occurred. John Bel Edwards warning that patient evacuations 'are just not possible' because 'the hospitals don't have room.' Via #louisiana- Brent Tippen August 28, 2021 вЂњPreparations for Hurricane Ida are being complicated by Louisiana's huge Covid wave, w/ Gov. As discussed in yesterdayвЂ™s post, there is reason to be optimistic that New OrleansвЂ™ levee system will withstand IdaвЂ™s storm surge: The 7-11вЂІ surge predicted for the city is below the maximum surge that Hurricane Isaac of 2012 brought.

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We will have to accept New OrleansвЂ™ vulnerability to major hurricanes unless tens of billions are spent to upgrade the cityвЂ™s defenses to category 5 capability.

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Many have criticized this decision, but New Orleans found itself in an impossible situation: the city needs a full 72 hours to fully evacuate, and making reliable intensity forecasts that far in advance is very difficult.

However, no mandatory evacuation was ordered for the city because officials judged there was insufficient time to set up contraflow, having all lanes of traffic converted to lead out of town. #TropicalUpdate #lawx рџЊЂ /Ylg1c7KQTE- Dylan Federico AugNew OrleansвЂ™ impossible situationДЄ mandatory evacuation was issued for portions of New Orleans outside of their levee system on Friday, and a voluntary evacuation for inside the levee system. Gridlock on I-10 westbound near Lafreniere Park. Hurricane #IDA evacuations are underway in New Orleans this morning. Ida is predicted to pass over a warm eddy in the Gulf of Mexico with unusually high heat content Saturday night into Sunday, and the heat from this eddy can fuel IdaвЂ™s rapid intensification. With high temperatures extending to unusual depths, these waters give the system plenty of ocean heat to power it. However, conditions are in place for Ida to rapidly intensify right up until landfall, with light to moderate wind shear of 5-15 knots, a moist atmosphere, and very warm sea surface temperatures of 30-31 degrees Celsius (86-88вЏ). Ida has not rapidly intensified as soon as anticipated, which is good news, since it means the hurricane will be unable to push as large a storm surge to the coast. Shaw, NOAA Corps.ДЇollow for latest forecast and advisories #FlyNOAA #sunset /rPEWH6k764- NOAA Aircraft Operations Center AugIntensity forecast for Ida

OVER THE CARIBBEAN вЂ“ NOAA WP-3D Orion #NOAA42 mascot and turbulence indicator 'Kermit' enjoys the sunset during a calm period while tracking Hurricane #Ida on 08.27.21.