The deal is with these storm is not only the obvious storm serge, wind, rain and flooding, its also the after effects. After Ike, there was no electricity for a couple weeks. So. You have to deal with all the destruction without power.

It's sinking at a rate of a centimeter to two inches per year, depending on who you believe. Reminds me of Swamp Castle from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Perhaps if it burns down, falls over and then sinks into the swamp, they'll build a new one on top of it.

As of now, they are estimating a storm surge of 12-15 feet. If that happens, their levy and pump systems are going to be useless. Ida looks like it could be a very ugly storm.

Two things: I hope Biden does a better job reacting than W did. Also, they should get a hospital ship on the way there to follow up behind the storm asap. All the hospitals are full of Covid patients along the Gulf Coast, and if the power goes out they'll need to be moved. Plus all the people who get hurt in the storm itself. This could be very ugly very soon.

Also, central Tennessee just had a round of flooding last week. If this thing burns out over the Ohio Valley, could be more flooding. Yikes.

And there's Nora coming up the west coast of Mexico through the Gulf Of California.

send a ship into the teeth of a hurricane. Thats Joe like

FOLLOW UP BEHIND THE STORM NUMB NUTS.
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Love to visit New Orleans. Would be horrifying to live there. Kinda like California but for different reasons.

I think Marcellus is right here. A city below sea level that gets hit by a huge hurricane every decade or so you got to ask how many times is it worth saving?

No kidding about California. I've mentioned before that one of my high school friends lived in Paradise. First, they had to evacuate the town because heavy rains nearly destroyed a nearby dam. Two years later, a fire destroyed the entire town and he lost everything. And since then the area has been threatened by more wildfires and he's had to evacuate twice. I remember my first reaction was "what's left to burn?" but the problem is the first fire killed all trees but left the dead husks standing, and now they're poised to go up like kindling. And of course this doesn't even factor in the potential damage from looming earthquakes.

I know it's easier said than done to simply pull up stakes and relocate, but at this point people who stay in that area are like folks moving in the Amityville Horror house, ignoring the booming demonic voice telling you to GET OUT.

So being an ol sailor can a ship stand a hurricane?

Ugh, that's going to take a lot of oil and gas production offline.

YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH DONGER

It's doubtful, but also not something the Navy is willing to find out. Ships at sea will take routes that are well away from hurricanes, and if a big enough one is approaching a base, like let's say Norfolk, the Navy will send out any ship that can move under it's own power out to sea temporarily until the storm passes.

I've been underway in the Atlantic when a hurricane was crossing over and we did have to adjust our trajectory further north to avoid it.