Hurricane Ida is basically a Category 5 hurricane right now, 75 miles south of Grand Isle with winds of 150 mph. Track brings it right into Houma and then Baton Rouge at the moment. This will be one of the strongest, if not the strongest, hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana. So basically there is no good news here. It'll be about 5 hours until landfall, I think.
1:12 pm update: Amazingly we still have power although it has momentarily gone out four or five times so far. The wind gusts are getting fairly strong but I think it will be a while longer before we feel the full effects. I've been hearing transformers blowing out in the area for a couple of hours, so of course we expect the power to go out for good at any time now.
4:30 pm update: Power keeps flickering but is still on. Under a severe wind warning now. Lost one of the gutter downspouts a little while ago. More rain now too.
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