Yes, stay safe. I;ve been watching the news and this storm looks extremely dangerous. I hope everyone is safe.

It's a wicked storm from the footage I've seen. So much rain. I'll bet those without power will be for weeks. I saw they took a planeload of animals to California to be safe. Ira may be as destructive as one in the 1850s. I hope not.

It's already downgraded to cat 3, so I think we're ahead of the game some. 🤞

Take care everyone! We're supposed to get rain, I think Wednesday from it.

What?!?

"Heavy rain was expected throughout the day, with accumulated totals of up to 24 inches possible in parts of southeast Louisiana and Mississippi."

Yikes!!

Ida is moving very slow and the rain is training across the same areas. I just got a text from a friend in Hattiesburg, MS that said he has never seen it rain so hard for so long.

Grand Isle, LA is sad.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/31/hurricane-ida-damage-louisiana/5664377001/

We're still getting drenched. Another 12 hours. Guess I won't bother getting rid of it until the rain finishes. I'm sure there will be more, since this was much earlier today.

We had tornado warnings last night from about 11:00 P.M. until nearly 1:00. We brought all the horses in, which was a little crowded given that we have 10 horses here and only 6 stalls in the main barn. But with doubling two best-buddies in one stall, having one in the wash stall, and two in crossties in the barn aisle, we managed.

In the end the suspected tornadoes went a different way, but everyone here was safe. (even if they did really poop-up the barn aisle.)

Today my barn manager saw that a tornado did touch down about a mile from her parents in Maryland.

Tornadoes, high winds and tons of water here near Philly. Blew the roofs off the Upper Dublin police station and the HS swimming pool across the street, Lots of street flooding and trees down. We figured 5 or 6" in a couple of hours, or more. Can't see anything right now, but will assess in the morning.

We are getting poured on right now with thunder storms. Flash flood warnings are up.

I'm always amazed at the total power of a hurricane. Water is heavy, very heavy. And to be able to lift that much water so high up in the sky and then let it loose over thousands of miles and still have the capability of dumping 5" or more on us this far away from making landfall is just stunning.

It’s been pouring insanely here on LI. Actually a lull this moment but weather app shows it heavy through 6am. Tornado watch came and went. News vans in my town having trouble getting around.

Annie - I agree with your comments. I never thought I’d be concerned about Ida. Henri gave us heavy rain but nothing like this.

We had between six and seven inches of rain here in PA. Flooded roads everywhere and I have been just watching Don Lemon on CNN reporting live from NYC where they had 35 billion gallons of water in their boroughs having also 6-7 inches. Subways are flooded. Global warming, climate change, folks. . Deal with it those who denied it for decades.

I've been awake all night. The rain is torrential and never stops. We are also on a tornado watch and fierce winds. It's four a.m. now We are surrounded by lots of very very tall trees so I stay in the family room which is in the middle of our house. Wish I could go to bed.

I can't imagine the devastation that is happening where Ida hit the hardest.

The Philly area is experiencing historic water levels. Watching the local ABC news reports from Philadelphia and the Schuylkill River may crest at 17.2" which would break the record set in 1869 at 17". Severe flooding along the waterways, the Manayunk canal is unrecognizable since it's covered with floodwater, they showed photos of flooding in Center City, the Vine Street Expressway is a lake, all the drives along the river (Kelly, MLK, and Lincoln) are closed and the rivers are still rising. Over a dozen tornadoes have been reported in our area. Some areas have been designated as having a 200 year flood.

Stay safe everyone.

I'm so sorry to awaken, and see/hear how is affecting the northeast. My heart goes out to you

These folks had to be rescued from their home by the Fire Dept. Normally, it's a gentle little stream with a sluice way to the water wheel.

Our town has over a dozen roads now impassable. Metro North trains into NYC are not running. It's a mess out there.

My sister is visiting her daughter and her family in Mount Vernon NY, a suburb of NYC. They are all serious tennis buffs and had tickets to the US Open yesterday. When the rain got so bad the matches were cancelled, they waded out to the parking lot to make their way home. Took them over 4 hours to make a less than 30 minute trip as there were dead, flooded out cars everywhere.

Fortunately they made it home safely but it took some very creative driving to avoid both the stranded traffic and the lakes of standing water!

Gosh! The POWER of water! I'm so sorry for all of you KT pals in the path of Ida. Please post as you're able.

Fires. Floods. (Drought for us.) Can we still cancel the locusts?

Oh, my, i was just watching some videos of the torrents of water coming into the subways, streets, and homes! How awful!

UnbeUnbelievable amount of rain last night. My power was out for a short time but I have a generator. The river near me has flooded not only the roads alongside but also the roads that run down to the river. Its an incredible sight. Here is a building along the river .

dedtired - what river is that if you don't mind me asking.

Schuylkill River.

Here is a picture of a nearby bridge over the schuylkill river, top is the usual view, bottom is today.

Props to anyone NOT from PA who can correctly pronounce the name of that river. Ded, has it started to subside yet? those pix are incredible!

I heard it was supposed to peak at 2 p.m. I havent gone to see but I have dinner reservations this evening in Conshohocken, which means we have to cross a bridge across the Unpronounceable River. Another option would be to take the Blue Route , which is higher, and come back down to the restaurant. Will tell you what I see. Looks like the town of Bridgeport took a huge hit,

Your before and after pic of the bridge is unbelievable!

(And I have no trouble pronouncing Schuylkill. 😄)

I had no terrible pronouncing it either. It just isn't the same way the Commissioner of the Fire Department n Philadelphia pronounced it just now. First time I have ever heard it out loud.

SKOO-kull. :-)

Here's video of a major highway through Philadelphia, which now looks like a canal:

We are close to all the destruction in Ambler and Upper Dublin and Ft. Washington. EF2 rated tornado. Have been hearing about friends of friends who had serious damage. Much of our shopping/dining/business is in that area. So what I had a little water in a corner of the basement.

We were fortunate to have a friend, a neighbor, our son, and his friend all with shopvacs and dehumidifiers. And we have a call in to the people who will pull out the carpet, if necessary. But we are safe and sound. Our hearts go out to all the others.

Yea, Greater Pittsburgh got some flooding and a few minor hill slides but nothing unusual. Just the same places that has been flooding for centuries. Global warming, I don't think so. Locals know what areas flood and just drive a different route. Of course there is always idiots that think they can drive through it. and fail. Two thing to look at in the Pgh area before you buy a home is the flood plane map (unless your on a hill) and the coal mine map.

I've been over that bridge many times and now I'll never forget this shot. It was on our local news tonight. The Schuylkill looks ferocious. It's going to take many many millions of dollars to clean up the Northeast, not to even mention Louisiana. If something isn't done about climate change quickly, events like this will happen almost every year. 60,000 people a year will die of heat-related events.

Made it to Conshohocken tonight. the roads along the river were closed. The bridge was lined with people looking at the flood. On the way home we ended up having to drive all over because so many roads were closed. We could see mud everywhere and it didn’t smell so good. Now our water company is asking that we keep water use to a minimum while they recover the water system.

Saw many foolishly built office buildings, condos and parking garages that had been swamped.

Sushi, so glad your damage was minimal. My heart goes out to those hit by the tornado.

Relieved to see your post, sushipup.

dedtired -- Glad you're able to get out and about.

Elmer -- Guess I missed the post to which you responded. People get 'invested' in the lies they've believed. Today I read about a man in Des Moines, one of the Jan. 6 rioters. He was re-arrested for violating his probation. He had returned to following the junk promoted by the Mr. Pillow group. Sad to think some people are so desperate for 'community'.

"Global warming, I don't think so."

Of course it is due to global warming/climate change!! There is no other valid explanation for the frequency of these very severe storms or the amount of rainfall they can produce in such a short period of time.....more than 3 inches an hour??? That is not typical nor is the very widespread flooding of areas that have not ever experienced flooding before.

Even the meteorologists and other scientists agree that the increasing frequency and severity of these storms is due to climate change.

Gardengal, the same places have been flooding since the 1700s when founded. There has been 28 record floods over the past 250 years. The top 3 were 1936, 1763, and 1762. It isn't from global warming. Every year or two and sometimes a couple times a year there is always some kind of minor flooding like we had this week. Nothing new to the area. There is only so much flood control technology. Sometimes it's from rainfall and sometimes it's from a combination of rainfall with snow melt.

Lots of places flood regularly. Your knowledge of one place applies globally? I think your comment shows your understanding is rather limited.

"Gardengal, the same places have been flooding since the 1700s when founded."

No. They haven't! In some place perhaps but the flooding of NY subways, downtown Manhattan streets awash with feet of water and people drowning in flooded basement apartments is NOT typical and is in NO way minor flooding!

Do you not see the news?????

https://theconversation.com/hurricane-ida-2-reasons-for-its-record-shattering-rainfall-in-nyc-and-the-northeast-long-after-the-winds-weakened-167252

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-declares-state-emergency-response-record-breaking-flooding-result-tropical

Note the "record shattering rainfall" and the "record breaking flooding" comments.

When 500 year floods become 5 year floods then things they are a changing....but hey, 30 years of Al Gore jokes were worth it right?

I've also noticed that they will declare a flood a 100 to 200 year flood, and then five or ten years later, there will be another one. So a 100 year event shrinks to 5 years and a 200 year even shrinks to 10 years. I don't see this as an accurate way of describing floods, and I think they do it mainly for dramatic effect. Anyway, the frequency of these floods seems to be increasing dramatically, and they need a new way to describe it.

In California, we are very aware that temperatures are rising and droughts are becoming worse, but I think it is much easier to see this as a result of global warming, whereas it's easy for people not to associate increasing floods with global warming. I defer to professional meteorologists.

Gardengal if you would of read my posts correctly you would of noted that I was only talking about Pittsburgh. The title of this post is "Stay safe-those in Ida's path". I don't live in NY. The flooding in NY or anywhere else does not effect my safety or area. I was stating the flooding for my area from Ida is not unusual, has been ongoing and not caused by global warming.

Most of us concerned about climate change don't just focus on our little neck of the woods. It's freaking worldwide. NYC has NEVER called flash flood warnings in its history. Europe had devastating heat , floods, and fire this summer. But some people are concerned only about their tiny little province. Tell that to the people in Philly where a major highway is under feet of water. Tell that to the people in NYC who drowned in their basement apartments.

I am rather astounded that one can have such a narrow outlook on the world! Like nothing outside of their block matters. The frequency, intensity and duration of the severe storms that spawned the heavy rainfall to cause the flooding - however common it maybe in your neighborhood - have been directly attributed to climate change and global warming. I'm not sure what kind of arguments you could possibly put forth that would counter that.

Lily -So apparently it is a crime to only talk about your local area and not include the world. Me bad!

I will post my comment again for those who have failed to read it or are having problems with comprehension. As you note I started with Pgh and ended with Pgh and only spoke of Pgh. I just was stating that the repetitive flooding in Pgh is not due to global warming.

"Yea, Greater Pittsburgh got some flooding and a few minor hill slides but nothing unusual. Just the same places that has been flooding for centuries. Global warming, I don't think so. Locals know what areas flood and just drive a different route. Of course there is always idiots that think they can drive through it. and fail. Two thing to look at in the Pgh area before you buy a home is the flood plane map (unless your on a hill) and the coal mine map."

Everyone have a nice holiday weekend. My bag is packed and in the car. Pulling out shortly. Thanks for the entertainment .