Landfall

So as you may have already heard, Gustav made landfall today along the Louisiana coast. As you may have also heard, New Orleans and Louisiana in general dodged a serious bullet. The storm decreased fairly quickly so it only hit as a Category 1. That being said there was still a large amount of rain that accompanied it. This rainfall was so intense that it flooded the Industrial Canal and started lapping over the western levee which goes to the Upper Ninth Ward (my neighborhood). The best report I have heard is that there was 6 inches of rain in that area, although I live in one of the higher elevated areas so it is possible that my house had no water. The other main issue was that there was a barge and two other vessels that got loose from where they were docked and floated into the Industrial Canal. If you remember from Katrina it was barges crashing though levees that caused many of the flooding issues. Alright well now it is time to prep for Tropical Storm Gustav to make its way though Shreveport tomorrow.