Looks like we are going to get wet…

Tropical Storm Marco (possible hurricane) is pointed at New Orleans with a predicted landfall of Monday morning, then hooking west and ending up in Dallas on Wednesday. Hurricane Laura is predicted to follow and end up hitting possibly New Orleans on Wednesday then hooking east.

The crossing paths are unusual, to put it mildly, and the potential for damage is just flat huge… One hurricane is bad enough, but a second two days later… sigh…

The right side of the hurricane has the most wind/bad weather (see tornadoes), and that is the stuff that will probably hit us starting as early as late Monday, early Tuesday. That is also the area where the most rain is generated. The amount of flooding through Louisiana and East Texas could be really bad, approaching what was seen with Harvey (which dropped 60 inches of rain on Houston). Louisiana is already putting up evacuation orders, which are complicated by the current WuFlu crisis…

In other news, Three Gorges in China is dealing with flooding unlike any seen since it was completed…

Extreme floods have hit China’s Three Gorges dam, which recorded the largest inflow of water in its history, prompting officials to assure the public it would not be breached.

Inflows to the world’s largest hydro-electric dam reached 75m litres of water a second, according to state media. By Thursday morning, 11 outlets of the dam had been opened to discharge 49.2m litres of water a second, the largest release since its construction.

Full article, HERE.

Here is an 8 minute video on the current status of Three Gorges and downstream…

Thankfully, at least for now, there aren’t any tropical cyclones or typhoons headed their way, but it is early in the typhoon season. Bevi is the only storm in the area, and it’s heading for Okinawa right now.

Folks, take a minute to say a prayer for those in the paths of these tropical cyclones/hurricanes. They’re going to need all the help they can get.