New Orleans is going to get hammered again.

[Gomez Adams]

Ida has increased to a category 4 hurricane and is due to hit Louisiana this afternoon.

First death reported in Louisiana as Hurricane Ida continues wreaking havoc across southern US

Hurricane Ida pummeled Louisiana as it made landfall early Sunday afternoon as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane that has left more than 1 million customers without power.

www.cnn.com

It will be the third major storm to hit the New Orleans area in a year.

It also hits 16 years to the day that Katrina hit.

They still haven't fully recovered from it yet and here they go again.

 

[Zeedox]

They do seem to at least be leaving the low areas sooner then last time.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Well, they didn't mince words with the warning:

"this storm surge is NOT SURVIVABLE"

That was the actual warning.

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

A million people out of power. All the power lines that failed last time and caused all the outrage failed again. Fucking typical.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Well, on the bright side at least the pumps didn't fail this time. That helped out a good deal.

 

[Zeedox]

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Pretty cool. Got kind of a heavy Johnny Cash sound to it.

 

[Zeedox]

They're considered one of the top ten Canadian bands. The lead singer died very suddenly of cancer which they only announced before their last tour. The last concert was held live on TV and I would say probably 95% of the country had it tuned in.
I got to see them live in 2005 as one of five opening bands for the Stones