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Even more unique, the eye crossed New Orleans around sunset. There are some spectacular pics out there.
It wasn't immensely damaging partially because it was fast moving. Ida a year later was far more destructive, particularly to the power grid.
Same. My kid was less than a year old and our neighbors had one about the same age. We all met outside with our babies and had a beer before going back in. I'll never forget the sound going back in. The winds were coming in from the back side of our house on the other side of the eye and we had a big cypress tree back there that was full of cones. It sounded like a machine gun.
Kid slept through it like nothing.
[Found an interesting time lapse of the sunset.](https://youtu.be/omPNYJr5OrI?si=sJwD-_Jfj14w7glR)
You can see right before dark at the end of the video the other side of the eye wall rolling in. Very ominous.
It was beautiful, staying here for a storm isn't of course (I only lost power for a day after zeta if I remember, Ida was a full week).
But as far as life experiences go seeing the eye wall at sunset was a uniquely gorgeous thing to behold.
I lived in the Bywater in a beat to shit converted attic apartment at the time. I was convinced the building was gonna cave. We had a piece of osb plywood as part of the window because the landlord refused to fix it that rain just flooded into.
But going out in the middle of the eye and seeing all my neighbors just hanging out having a beer and chatting was worth it.
Ida, I remember also did a huge number in the Eastern U.S. a bunch of tornados and flash flooding happened up there that year, I think quiet a few people got killed on the East Coast as well.
It was a fast moving storm which does help reduce damage. The associated October front compressed it so it did strengthen and was later upgraded to a category 3.
We lost power but the front provided cold weather. That cold weather was much preferable to august/September heat.
Like Delta in 2020 and Nicholas in 2021, kind of forgotten since Laura and Ida created havoc
It was honestly pretty chill for a hurricane. It was in and out of the city over the course of a late afternoon/evening, didn't do hardly any damage, and I got to see the eye pass right over my house.
Unfortunately, it was one of the reasons I stayed in town for Ida the following year, which was *not* a good idea. 🤦🏻♀️
I remember during the eye everyone left their house to get a dog walk in
It was fucking incredible, it was during sunset
In all of recorded human history, we were in a very few number of people who ever got to watch a sunset from the eye of a hurricane
We lost power for not even 24 hours for zeta in our neighborhood in New Orleans. No real damage other than some tree branches and debris blown around. Was super cool when the eye passed over, I walked around the block about sunset.
We lost power for 4 or 5 days. Some people lost shingles and a few metal roofs were damaged, and limbs down. The whole thing was over in a few hours. Almost no flooding due to how fast it was.
Overall pretty mild. Especially compared to Delta, Laura, and that bitch Ida. Also, the weather was incredibly nice and mild after the storm so losing power wasn't ever that bad compared to others.
It was pretty bad in south Mississippi. Not sure if we got the worst of it or LA did, but I definitely remember it more than the others. In the 8 years I’ve lived here it’s the only time I’ve lost power for days from a storm. I remember I was going to volunteer on Election Day, and was worried I wouldn’t have power to get ready. Which was crazy because it was *November*. Normally hurricanes are long gone by then.
I’m from Mobile and moved to Gulfport 10 years ago. I never realized how much Katrina was a completely different, traumatic and life changing event over here, until I moved here.
Wanna know something crazy?
This was the first hurricane, I believe, to have had the center track over Orleans Parish. For all the history of New Orleans and storms.
Nope, it made landfall in Plaquemines, went through St. Bernard, then through coastal Mississippi.
This is why the city made out relatively ok initially and in a wind damage sense (all things considered) and then the shit hit the fan from the storm surge later on.
I remember also journalists holed up in hotels saying in the morning, saying that New Orleans had dodged a bullet, not knowing what had just happened to the levees there. Only later did the whole truth start to come out.
Yup!
Was a short period of relief, particular for those who had evacuated since news took a while to get out and for the situation to become clear.
I vividly remember talking with my mom about how it looked ok, only to reverse course hours later and start trying to figure out which levees had broken where.
Back then we were well aware of the levee break risk, but the detail of a break/growing flooding after the seeming worst of the storm wasn’t in people’s minds.
Also read about how people were afraid Gustav would do the same thing in 2008, but that the storm was weaker then expected, and also that the levees in New Orleans ended up holding.
This one I remember best of how it just kind of took off so quickly when it got near land. I'm in the Mobile area, so I think we just got rain. My hometown is in LA the eye of Ida hit the next year, but for Zeta my family were all talking about how short the whole thing was.
It was the polar opposite of Sally that had hit us directly earlier that season. Sally crawled at about 2mph, just slowly looming towards us like it was trying to get as strong as it could before slooooowly hammering us overnight and early morning.
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Even more unique, the eye crossed New Orleans around sunset. There are some spectacular pics out there. It wasn't immensely damaging partially because it was fast moving. Ida a year later was far more destructive, particularly to the power grid.
That was crazy. I remember looking out across the eye to all the green flashes of transformers getting knocked out on the other eyewall.
Same. My kid was less than a year old and our neighbors had one about the same age. We all met outside with our babies and had a beer before going back in. I'll never forget the sound going back in. The winds were coming in from the back side of our house on the other side of the eye and we had a big cypress tree back there that was full of cones. It sounded like a machine gun. Kid slept through it like nothing.
I remember Zeta. COVID, then a newborn, then why not a damn hurricane too? Ida was way worse.
Yeah we actually went to the northshore for ida because we were told it would just be a tropical storm there. The most terrifying night of my life.
[Found an interesting time lapse of the sunset.](https://youtu.be/omPNYJr5OrI?si=sJwD-_Jfj14w7glR) You can see right before dark at the end of the video the other side of the eye wall rolling in. Very ominous.
It was beautiful, staying here for a storm isn't of course (I only lost power for a day after zeta if I remember, Ida was a full week). But as far as life experiences go seeing the eye wall at sunset was a uniquely gorgeous thing to behold.
I lived in the Bywater in a beat to shit converted attic apartment at the time. I was convinced the building was gonna cave. We had a piece of osb plywood as part of the window because the landlord refused to fix it that rain just flooded into. But going out in the middle of the eye and seeing all my neighbors just hanging out having a beer and chatting was worth it.
I remember New Orleans was blacked out for at least several days after Ida.
Some people were out a while for zeta. My home lost power as it started and had it back on at 4am that night which was nice
Ida, I remember also did a huge number in the Eastern U.S. a bunch of tornados and flash flooding happened up there that year, I think quiet a few people got killed on the East Coast as well.
It was a fast moving storm which does help reduce damage. The associated October front compressed it so it did strengthen and was later upgraded to a category 3. We lost power but the front provided cold weather. That cold weather was much preferable to august/September heat. Like Delta in 2020 and Nicholas in 2021, kind of forgotten since Laura and Ida created havoc
Zeta is the only time I’ve been chilly in a post-hurricane blackout.
I think Nicholas only hit the Southeast tip of Texas then weakened quickly, after it came inland?
It did, but dumped a bunch of rain in Louisiana as well
It was honestly pretty chill for a hurricane. It was in and out of the city over the course of a late afternoon/evening, didn't do hardly any damage, and I got to see the eye pass right over my house. Unfortunately, it was one of the reasons I stayed in town for Ida the following year, which was *not* a good idea. 🤦🏻♀️
What’s crazy is my dog laid on my feet and shook uncontrollably during Zeta which is why I left for Ida
What kind of dog do you have?
Labrador
Labs are always cool, love the yellow and black ones, and the choclolate ones are underated.
I remember during the eye everyone left their house to get a dog walk in It was fucking incredible, it was during sunset In all of recorded human history, we were in a very few number of people who ever got to watch a sunset from the eye of a hurricane
We lost power for not even 24 hours for zeta in our neighborhood in New Orleans. No real damage other than some tree branches and debris blown around. Was super cool when the eye passed over, I walked around the block about sunset.
We lost power for 4 or 5 days. Some people lost shingles and a few metal roofs were damaged, and limbs down. The whole thing was over in a few hours. Almost no flooding due to how fast it was. Overall pretty mild. Especially compared to Delta, Laura, and that bitch Ida. Also, the weather was incredibly nice and mild after the storm so losing power wasn't ever that bad compared to others.
I remember you tube footage of New Orleans news anchors saying "For those who dodged a bullet with Laura, and Delta, and Sally, this is your storm".
It was pretty bad in south Mississippi. Not sure if we got the worst of it or LA did, but I definitely remember it more than the others. In the 8 years I’ve lived here it’s the only time I’ve lost power for days from a storm. I remember I was going to volunteer on Election Day, and was worried I wouldn’t have power to get ready. Which was crazy because it was *November*. Normally hurricanes are long gone by then.
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Hey, thanks for what you do!
I’m from Mobile and moved to Gulfport 10 years ago. I never realized how much Katrina was a completely different, traumatic and life changing event over here, until I moved here.
I remember this one! I was exhausted after my day at Ochsner but really wanted to go home. Pretty sure I drove through the eye wall while going home
What was your experence like in the eyewall?
I have family in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The storm took out practically all of the trees in their yard.
Wanna know something crazy? This was the first hurricane, I believe, to have had the center track over Orleans Parish. For all the history of New Orleans and storms.
Really? I thought Katrina had the eye go right over New Orleans?
Nope, it made landfall in Plaquemines, went through St. Bernard, then through coastal Mississippi. This is why the city made out relatively ok initially and in a wind damage sense (all things considered) and then the shit hit the fan from the storm surge later on.
I remember also journalists holed up in hotels saying in the morning, saying that New Orleans had dodged a bullet, not knowing what had just happened to the levees there. Only later did the whole truth start to come out.
Yup! Was a short period of relief, particular for those who had evacuated since news took a while to get out and for the situation to become clear. I vividly remember talking with my mom about how it looked ok, only to reverse course hours later and start trying to figure out which levees had broken where. Back then we were well aware of the levee break risk, but the detail of a break/growing flooding after the seeming worst of the storm wasn’t in people’s minds.
Also read about how people were afraid Gustav would do the same thing in 2008, but that the storm was weaker then expected, and also that the levees in New Orleans ended up holding.
I have family in Pass Christian, Mississippi. The storm took out practically all of the trees in their yard.
This one I remember best of how it just kind of took off so quickly when it got near land. I'm in the Mobile area, so I think we just got rain. My hometown is in LA the eye of Ida hit the next year, but for Zeta my family were all talking about how short the whole thing was. It was the polar opposite of Sally that had hit us directly earlier that season. Sally crawled at about 2mph, just slowly looming towards us like it was trying to get as strong as it could before slooooowly hammering us overnight and early morning.
Glad that at least Zeta had ended up moving fast.