Tsunami Watch Issued for Hawaii

A Tsunami Watch has been issued for the Hawaiian Islands as a result of a 7.9 magnitude earthquake that took place near Sulangan, Philippines a short while ago.According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, "a Tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter".The bulletin goes on to say "if tsunami waves impact Hawaii the estimated earliest arrival of the first tsunami wave...

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Isaac, Though Weakening, Still Causing Many Problems...

Regular blog readers know that one of my greatest fears all along with Isaac (prior to landfall) had nothing to do with the wind, but the storm surge, and fresh water flooding.  Compounding that fear was the knowledge that the system would likely be moving very slowly, which would significantly extend the duration of the event, even longer than we saw with Katrina 7 years ago. Unfortunately, we continue to see those affects today, and are likely...

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Isaac Weakening (and moving) Very Slowy; Significant Impacts Continue...

Based on radar data at 5pm CDT (see below), the center of Tropical Storm Isaac was located between Convent and Donaldsonville, LA.  This is about 50 miles West of New Orleans.  Isaac continues to move very slowly toward the North/Northwest to Northwest at around 5 mph.  Maximum winds have decreased to around 70 mph, which resulted in the "downgrade" to Tropical Storm earlier this afternoon.  Despite the change in classification,...

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Isaac Still Battering Louisiana and Mississippi...

As feared, Hurricane Isaac continues to move at only a snail's pace across extreme southern Louisiana, producing widespread flooding rain, dangerous storm surge and damaging winds across the region.Wind gusts have exceeded 50 mph for 13 hours straight at the New Orleans Naval Air Station.  Gusts over 60 mph have been recorded for 10 hours straight now, and there have been 5 hours within that time period with wind gusts over 70 mph.  Unfortunately,...

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Outer Bands of Hurricane Isaac Reaching New Orleans...

Some of the outer spiral bands of Hurricane Isaac are spreading into the New Orleans area at this time, as you can see by the above radar image.  This trend will continue, and increase, throughout the day."Wait a minute, Rob - Isaac is a Tropical Storm, not a hurricane..." you say?  Wrong.  Isaac is a hurricane, it just hasn't been classified as such by the National Hurricane Center (NHC).  With satellite presentations like this:...and...

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