Valley Weather

As Canadians we talk about the weather relentlessly, I just talk about it a little more! I hope to provide useful information to my family, friends and all those who simply enjoy talking about the weather. While I try to include information of interest from all over North America, my primary region of concern is the St. Lawrence Valley of Quebec, Ontario, and New York, as well as our neighbouring regions. This Blog is dedicated to my late father for inspiring my interest in weather.

Monday, September 01, 2008

Gustav Update

Water sweeps over the levees in the Industrial Canal area of New Orleans in this Reuters photo.

8:00PM: Hurricane Gustav is well inland over Louisiana near Baton Rouge. The storm made landfall today with major damage from Grand Isle to the Texas border and east into New Orleans and beyond towards Florida. Plenty of wind and water damage along the entire coast. 700,000 are without power. The levees in New Orleans were over topped, but they appear to be holding so far. Major flooding is occurring in other Parishes around the southern part of the state as other levees fail. A fierce effort is underway with sandbagging to save numerous homes. Some regions along the immediate coast remain under 10 feet of water.

Our attention will turn shortly to now Hurricane Hanna and Tropical Storm Ike. Hanna is heading through the Bahamas and is expected to threaten the southeast by weeks end. Ike is in the open waters of the Atlantic heading west.

1 comment:

Chipper said...: Too soon for a Scorpions joke I presume?
The East Coast has a bad magnet going of late for bad weather.; 1:21 PM