We're just trying to get away from kids (2 and 4) and taking a 3 days away. Open to suggestions though for anything driveable.
Austin would be better. Outside of the Riverwalk and Sea World, there isn't s*** to do in San Antonio. EDIT: The new Pearl Brewery area is nice, too...
Louisiana can't catch a break. Isn't kind of early in the season for a storm like this? Seems like it to me, but I haven't looked at the stats.
I talked to girl from NO today and she said the drainage pipes there are still blocked everywhere. She also said the river was already high a week ago. Doesn't look great. Let's face it, NO is sinking and held together with duct tape and bailing wire in the best situations. Big bad wolf don' have to blow too hard to knock dat house down.
You have a point, although I've enjoyed the times I visited France. Only had 3 or 4 instances where a Frenchman who spoke English pretended not to, and that was on different visits.
Does anybody actually enjoy the River Walk? We met some family over there a couple of months ago and I didn't really enjoy it. Tourist trap restaurants, a bunch of homeless people pan handling, and stinky water.
The US needs to catch a break. So many major natural disasters in recent memories. The last major natural disaster event in SE LA was the 2016 no-name-storm flood. That was a historic record setting flood. Hope this gets no where near that, but there are already concern that it might be another record.
No, New Orleans was built in a bowl. Do you not recall Katrina? If a levy breaks, expect more of same.
That was Monday. It's well to our East. We'll be lucky to even get a band of rain although we need some rain bad.
I know NOLA is built in a “bowl.” The sea level is also rising. New Orleans can’t catch a break. The levees can barely hold back the Mississippi, if that. Beyond New Orleans, the coastline of Louisiana is shrinking. It’s not because of rising seas, although, long term, that’s happening. The main reason are the levees, flood walls, and revetments holding back the river. That, and a labyrinth of canals built to provide access for oil and gas production. The annual flooding of the Mississippi in the Spring that spread sediment across large portions of Louisiana has been prevented. The state is one of the fastest disappearing places on Earth. I know a little about it. The state on typical maps The state if they only showed solid land. The rest is swamp, marshland, and wetlands, shown in lighter blue. The two maps are from The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/01/louisianas-disappearing-coast
After it's done with Florida I hope it doesn't head to the Gulf and strengthen up then hit land again.
