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It’s starting to transition. 

Starting to take on an Isabel shape. It’s almost in the same spot. 
 

All but done over here in East Harlem. It looks like we’re over a foot, possibly 14”-15”. I’ll have to walk through Thomas Jefferson Park to get a good idea. My family in Massapequa said they’re over 20”. 

About 10” here in East Harlem. 

It’s pretty windy with snow falling at a steady to near heavy point here in East Harlem just beside the FDR. 

I was a teenager during Katrina, did the levees initially fail in outlying areas before they failed in New Orleans? Is a similar chain of events happening here?

2 minutes ago, Doc Jon said:

didn't catch it, they mentioned it as part of a rescue call.  I'll see if I can catch a cross-street if I hear anything.

Awesome. Thanks! Keep us updated!!

1 minute ago, Doc Jon said:

from scanner - water 10 feet high in Jefferson Parish

What part? That’s a huge area we’re talking about. 

1 minute ago, Will - Rutgers said:

it's just crazy how many of the big storms over the last decade or so 1) have RI'd right up to landfall and 2) have basically stopped moving shortly after landfall

More resilient high pressure systems? It might be similar to why there’s been more numerous heat domes in the past decade as well. 

2 minutes ago, Cary said:

New Orleans doesn't consist solely of downtown.

Yeah a majority of the people that are still in danger from wind and the eyewall are poor and impoverished people who were pushed out of the main areas of NO due to Hurricane Katrina. 
 

1 minute ago, Normandy said:

Easily a top five hurricane landfall in the north gulf coast.  Thankfully a far west track and slow movement spared New Orleans the worst but others certainly took it on the chin

New Orleans is not out of the woods yet. 

3 minutes ago, SRRTA22 said:

Wall cloud?

Something interesting was over there earlier on the radar. It looks like whatever it was, is now closer to Floyd Bennett Field right now. 

JUST.

NON-STOP.

LIGHTNING.

It has not stopped lightning for the past five or so minutes in Massapequa near Broadway and Jerusalem. 

WOW.

Ground strike 200 feet from my car outside the 7-11 parking lot. 

This has been one of the more impressive storms over Long Island in recent memory. The light show is incredible.