Flood protection officials have said they are confident they can hold back the river at that height, or even a bit higher.Yeah okay fine. Frankly, it looks like everything is going to be okay in New Orleans. The latest advisory this afternoon has hints that the rainfall totals won't be all that bad here. Another thing I would add to that is, with tropical storms, the rain tends to come in drips and drabs. It might rain a lot over the course of the storm. But it doesn't usually dump all at once the way it did Wednesday. Which is to say, under most circumstances, the rainfall is something the drainage system can handle.
That rise is coming more quickly than expected. The Mississippi is now just below 17 feet -- the height the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers uses as the the upper limit it tries to keep the river below -- and rising. It is now expected to briefly crest about 6 a.m. or 7 a.m., about six hours earlier than expected, said Jeff Graschel, a hydrologist with the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center.
"We'll still have the same crest for all locations, it'll maybe just be coming in a little sooner," Graschel said.
"We're pretty confident we're not looking any higher than 19 feet," he added.
So chill out, everybody. Looking at you, in particular, City Of New Orleans. Stop lashing out at all the "fake news." It makes you look like you are the one panicking.
Your headline is
not factual and there are multiple inaccuracies in this reporting.
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Today we did a short impromptu pre-storm bar crawl. We can report everything is pretty normal. Folks are milling about in the gentle breeze. The hotels on St. Charles are putting out little sandbags.
Probably won't be necessary but it's something to do, I guess.
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