Gustav By The Numbers? Photos, Rain Update
It's clear this morning that Gustav was not Katrina. But it could have been, and another will come, so the question from residents is: Is it worth it to rebuild New Orleans? the Associated Press has an article about this issue.
CNN just said on air that Gustav's damage could be $10,000,000,000 ($10 billion). That sounds ridiculously high to me, although they said it is 1/4 that of Katrina. But then ABCNews says it's "6 to 10 billion" and Bloomberg says it's too soon - but Katrina was $80b, not $40b anyway. They also said that 1,400,000 (1.4 million) are without power this morning, although other Google News sources say just "over a million" their web article said 780,000. Sigh. At least everyone seems to agree on the estimated number of Evacuees - 2,000,000 (2 million).
Here's an update on the rainfall. First, Gustav is moving quicker than expected, so my previous predictions of "feet of rain" may not happen, for that reason. Below is a 24-hour rainfall image starting Monday at 7 or 8 AM using the NWS Gauge-Adjusted Doppler-Precip Site, as you can see, there is a swath of 10-12 inches. I'll post a more detailed image tomorrow.
The New Orleans radar just went down for maintenance, so we may never know the total numbers for Doppler-Estimated Precip there, but I have links below to sectors showing where the radar said the heaviest rain fell.
RAW DOPPLER-ESTIMATED PRECIPZOOM WEST & ADD CITIES | CENTRAL | NORTH
It would appear from the above links that the following populated areas were affected with more than 10 inches of rain:
Ellisville New Roads Livonia Lake Fausse Point Maringouin
Other isolated, non-populated areas on land got over 15 inches.
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