Ida - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/ida/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:36:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ida - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/tag/ida/ 32 32 103504436 ‘Wind Fingerprints’: Scientists Dissect What Accounts for the Destructiveness of Different Storms https://houstonnewmedia.org/wind-fingerprints-scientists-dissect-what-accounts-for-the-destructiveness-of-different-storms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wind-fingerprints-scientists-dissect-what-accounts-for-the-destructiveness-of-different-storms Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:36:15 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28143 Last week, a story about ‘wind fingerprints’ in The Washington Post caught my eye. It purported to show the difference between Ida and Katrina. The story by Bonnie Berkowitz and Laris Karklis starts with this teaser: “Ida hit Louisiana with faster winds than Katrina, but a hurricane’s category number is just part of what makes […]

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]]> 163711 Cat-4 Ida Hits Louisiana with 150 MPH Winds and 12-Foot Storm Surge https://houstonnewmedia.org/cat-4-ida-hits-louisiana-with-150-mph-winds-and-12-foot-storm-surge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cat-4-ida-hits-louisiana-with-150-mph-winds-and-12-foot-storm-surge Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:32:08 +0000 https://reduceflooding.com/?p=28006 The forecasts turned out to be accurate. According to Jeff Lindner, Harris County meteorologist, “Hurricane Ida made landfall at 11:55 am today at Port Fourchon, LA with sustained winds of 150 mph and a central pressure of 930mb.” Storm surge at the coast is 12 feet above ground level. Wind Reports Although Ida’s extreme winds […]

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