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    a_s_k
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    Evacuated from New Orleans to Tallahassee yesterday. 11 hours in the car but I'm just happy we decided to leave when we did.

    Evacuated from New Orleans to Tallahassee yesterday. 11 hours in the car but I'm just happy we decided to leave when we did.

    21 votes
    1. JXM
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      Crazy to hear of someone coming to Florida to avoid a hurricane. Usually we're the ones running. At least you were able to get out safely.

      Crazy to hear of someone coming to Florida to avoid a hurricane. Usually we're the ones running.

      At least you were able to get out safely.

      14 votes
  2. spit-evil-olive-tips
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    /r/TropicalWeather is one of the highest-quality niche subreddits around, and always interesting to lurk during big hurricanes like this. they've got a live thread (using reddit's built-in "live...

    /r/TropicalWeather is one of the highest-quality niche subreddits around, and always interesting to lurk during big hurricanes like this.

    they've got a live thread (using reddit's built-in "live thread" functionality) plus a normal discussion thread.

    11 votes
  3. [3]
    cfabbro
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    All of New Orleans without power due to ‘catastrophic damage’ during Ida, Entergy says
    5 votes
    1. Kuromantis
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      Power outage USA is a live electricity tracking site which documents this kind of stuff. According to the LA state map, something in the order of 85% of the state east of the Mississippi is down...

      Power outage USA is a live electricity tracking site which documents this kind of stuff. According to the LA state map, something in the order of 85% of the state east of the Mississippi is down right now.

      The creator of the site also runs a twitter account where they update on various events that lead to power outages. Here's the most recent map of the outage because of Hurricane Ida.

      3 votes
    2. spit-evil-olive-tips
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      the power company: Based on historical restoration times, customers in the direct path of a storm as intense as Ida may experience outages for more than 3 weeks. New Orleans emergency management...
      2 votes