Hurricane Ida Takes Aim at U.S. Gulf Coast

Tropical Storm Ida makes landfall in Alabama.

Tropical Storm IDA Public Advisory

AT 600 AM CST...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IDA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 88.0 WEST OR ABOUT 25
MILES...40 KM...SOUTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA.

IDA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH...15 KM/HR. THIS
GENERAL MOTION WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IDA SHOULD REACH THE
MAINLAND ALABAMA COAST LATER THIS MORNING. AFTER LANDFALL...IDA IS
EXPECTED TO TURN EASTWARD.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR
...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL WEAKENING IS EXPECTED...AND
IDA IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 999 MB...29.50 INCHES.

IDA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM STORM TOTALS OF 8 INCHES...THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING FROM THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF COAST ACROSS
THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES INTO THE SOUTHERN MID-ATLANTIC
STATES.

A DANGEROUS STORM TIDE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 3 TO 5
FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL ALONG THE COAST NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF
WHERE THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE WAVES.

I guess its effect on El Salvador was quite huge. Maybe something for people in US to not take lightly

National mourning in El Salvador

Three days of national mourning have begun in El Salvador following the deaths of at least 130 people in floods and landslides. Thousands are living in shelters as a result of the disaster and large parts of the country are without electricity and clean water. The areas around the capital, San Salvador, and the central province of San Vicente were hit hardest. President Mauricio Funes has declared a national emergency. At least 49 of the dead are believed to be children.

Source - news.bbc.co.uk...

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Right now it's raining in Atlanta. It will be raining for the rest of the day...

It's a nice, steady, cleansing rain.

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Some pics of the storm and it's affect.
The one taken at night was actually as the storm hit us here in Milton. Can't tell, but the water was up over the board walk, puts the surge at around three feet at least.

The one in my truck, which isn't to clear, is of the storm surge near the bay. The pier there is usually about three feet above water, so it's roughly the same swell here.
Didn't get to go out to the beach.