Full video of category 4 Hurricane Ida intercept in Houma and then going mobile inside the eye wall to Mathews and Lockport, Louisiana inside the eye, with minimum pressure measured below 940 mb. The eye of this devastating hurricane was heading NW straight toward Houma before stalling just east, with the western eye wall hammering Houma for hours. The back eye wall was particularly strong. When the eye turning slowly north, I blasted northeast in Dominator Fore to intercept. The eye had dead calm winds with light patches in the clouds above. Then back eye wall then caused substantial damage. We deployed two Subsonic microbarometers in downtown Houma with well-documented tornado-like mesovortices passing over the Subsonic network. We also deployed three storm surge sensors (Surginators) in two bayous in far southeastern Louisiana. We have recovered one of these sensors, but need to return to recovery the other two. The damage left behind by this monster hurricane in southeast LA is absolutely disgusting. The people of Louisiana are tough as nails, and will build back stronger than ever, but they sure could use our help.
30 авг 2021
