It might be hard to believe that a Category 2 storm in the Gulf of Mexico expected to make landfall in less than 24 hours could be one of the worst hurricanes in the history of Louisiana. That's what Gov. John Bel Edwards said, though, using a pre-Civil War time frame to magnify his urgency.
"One of the things we were told today by the National Weather Service during our unified command group meeting is that they are are extremely confident in the current track and the intensity as forecasted for Hurricane Ida. And you don't really hear them speaking very often about that level of confidence," Edwards said.
That's saying a lot, especially since the Louisiana coast has been vulnerable to hurricanes since the state's formation. And it's even more of a statement as Ida is expected to make landfall Sunday close to New Orleans on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's historic landfall in 2005.
And everyone will ignore warnings because it infringes on their freedoms.
That would be considered 'coincidence' not 'irony'.
Ida will likely take a terrible toll on NOLA. 😢
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