Up
To 25 Inches Of Rain! – New Orleans
Is About To Be Absolutely Devastated By A Storm Of Biblical
Proportions
11
July, 2019
New
Orleans is about to be hit by “an extreme rainfall event” that is
likely to be the worst disaster that the city has seen since
Hurricane Katrina. It is being projected that Tropical Storm
Barry could officially become a hurricane before it makes landfall on
Saturday, but in this case the wind speed is not really that
important. Instead, the massive amount of rain that this
immense storm will dump on southern Louisiana is the greatest danger,
because the region is potentially facing flooding that is absolutely
unprecedented. In fact, one weather expert is even warning that
the flooding could be so dramatic that it might actually “change
the course of American history”…
Weather
expert Eric Holthaus warned that, while the impending disaster would
be “an entirely different type” of flooding than 2005’s
Katrina, it could be just as harmful – and might even “change the
course of American history.”
So
why is there so much concern?
The
NOAA Weather Prediction Center (WPC) upped
its rainfall forecast for
Barry on Thursday afternoon, calling for a pocket of 20-25” amounts
near Barry’s track between Thursday and Sunday evening. It’s very
unusual for a NOAA/WPC forecast to depict amounts above 20”, which
testifies to the center’s high confidence in this extreme rainfall
event.
Many
parts of New Orleans are already severely flooded, and if that amount
of rain actually falls on the city over the next several days the
water pumps are going to be completely overwhelmed.
In
addition, this is the very first time that New Orleans has ever had
to deal with a tropical system when water levels on the Mississippi
River are this high.
According
to CNN,
the river is about 8 to 10 feet higher than it normally would be at
this time of the year…
Tropical
Storm Barry presents New Orleans with an unprecedented problem,
according to the National Weather Service.
The
Mississippi River, which is usually at 6 to 8 feet in midsummer in
the Big Easy, is now at 16 feet, owing to record flooding that’s
taken place this year all along the waterway.
Tropical
Storm Barry is going to produce a substantial storm surge, and
normally that wouldn’t be too much of a problem, but in this case
it could push the water level in the Mississippi River above the
levee system that protects New Orleans. The following comes
from the
Daily Mail…
The
center warned New Orleans residents that if the storm becomes a
hurricane, it could potentially bring a coastal storm surge into the
mouth of the Mississippi River capable of raising the river’s
height to 20 feet above sea level – the highest crest in more than
90 years and high enough to overflow some sections of the levee
system protecting the city.
We
are being told that authorities have “great confidence” in the
levee system, but we all remember what happened during Hurricane
Katrina.
So
basically New Orleans is facing a perfect recipe for flooding, and
nobody is quite sure what is going to happen next. Already, a
state of emergency has been declared in
five parishes…
“Look,
there are three ways that Louisiana floods: storm surge, high rivers
and rain,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday. “We’re going to
have all three.”
States
of emergency have been declared in Orleans, Jefferson, St. Bernard,
Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes. Jefferson Parish and
Plaquemines Parish have instituted mandatory evacuations as a
precaution in low-lying areas or those outside major levees.
And
at this point, we don’t have to wonder if there will be
“catastrophic flooding” in New Orleans, because some parts of the
city are already under “3
to 4 feet of water” thanks
to all of the rain that has already fallen…
After
Wednesday’s onslaught of heavy rain, Valerie Burton said her
neighborhood looked like a lake outside her door.
“There
was about 3 to 4 feet of water in the street, pouring onto the
sidewalks and at my door,” Burton said. “I went to my neighbors
to alert them and tell them to move their cars.”
Over
the next few days things will get a lot worse for New Orleans.
The
only question is how much worse.
And
guess what? Once the storm leaves southern Louisiana, it is
expected to head north directly through the heartland of America.
Yes,
the exact same area that has been relentlessly pounded by storm after
storm for months. We were already potentially facing widespread
crop failures all
across the middle portion of the country, and this massive storm is
going to make things much worse.
According
to the
NOAA,
the 12 months ending in June were the wettest 12 months in all of
U.S. history…
Rain
– and plenty of it – was the big weather story in June, adding to
a record-breaking 12 months of precipitation for the contiguous U.S.
It’s the third consecutive time in 2019 (April, May and June) the
past 12-month precipitation record has hit an all-time high.
And
now here in July an absolutely monstrous storm is going to rip
through the middle of the country at the worst possible time.
The
scenarios that
I have been warning about are
starting to develop right in front of our eyes, and many Americans
are becoming extremely concerned about what the months ahead will
bring.
It
seems like every week we are talking about another unprecedented
disaster. America is being hammered over and over again, and
this latest blow to New Orleans looks like it could be extremely
severe.
Let
us hope that this storm does not turn out to be as bad as the
meteorologists are now projecting, because it appears that many
Americans are about to have their lives completely turned upside
down.
... ALREADY BEGUN!
The storm surge from this Tropical Storm has just started hitting the mouth of the Mississippi within the past hour. Here is the actual storm surge water gauge reading:
Prudence dictates you take action NOW to protect yourself and your family. I recommend you stop what you're doing, pack your valuables, family photos, some clothing, some food and insurance policies, get in your car and GET OUT NOW.
Don't wait. Because by the time the government tells you to leave, it may very well be too late for you.
BULLETIN
FLASH UPDATE 11:45 AM EDT --
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell warned that 48 hours of heavy rainfall could overwhelm the pumps the city uses to fight floodwater, leading to flooding.
"We cannot pump our way out of the water levels that are expected to hit the city of New Orleans," Cantrell said. "We need you to understand this."
Water pumps already were working at capacity after heavy rains, she said.
----- Hal Turner Remark ----- Now? Now she says this???? It's been clear for days. Folks in and around New Orleans are URGED (by me) to EVACUATE RIGHT NOW.
UPDATE 12:07 PM EDT --
This "Tropical Storm" is rapidly becoming a Hurricane. Look at this satellite infrared image:
Barry Intensifying & Earthquake Report with Margo (July 12, 2019)
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