NOAA Satellite - Laura tonight

[denem]

Last edited Wed Aug 26, 2020, 11:16 PM - Edit history (2)

"The storm surge in Louisiana is expected to be up to 20 feet high with flooding as far as 40 miles inland."



https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/hurricane-laura-storm-track-path-forecast-today-2020-08-26/

[captain queeg]

1. I wonder if the storm surge backs up into the bayous?

Looks like a direct hit coming.

[Leghorn21]

2. Have

mercy

[NJCher]

3. the storm is nearly

the size of Texas!

[love_katz]

4. Kicking for visibility

Wow!

[mrsadm]

5. K&R

Looks terrifying

[tblue37]

6. My brother lives 30 miles south of Houston. I was hoping he wouldn't be affected too badly, but

that storm is so big I fear he will.

[bamagal62]

7. That eye. 😱

[Ilsa]

8. That is a really tight, well-formed eye.

This beast is strong. If it moves slowly it'll tear everything up as it floods. Frightening. And I've been through a few of them.

[malaise]

9. Another gif

[brer cat]

10. I fear what devastation will be left behind.

[tblue37]

11. Animation of storm surge above 9 feet. Fascinating & terrifying!

Link to tweet

[dweller]

12. reminds me of Isaac's Storm

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%27s_Storm
😰

✌🏼

[nocoincidences]

13. See those red boxes?

And the orange feathery looking structures in the yellow band? Mesovortices...tornadoes.

[ornotna]

14. It's big and ugly

[Talitha]

15. Bad enough any time, but at night it must be horribly terrifying.

I'm not at all religious, but FWIW am sending thoughts and prayers.