2011’s TWELFTH STORM

FROM TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13 TO TROPICAL STORM LEE

IN GULF OF MEXICO ON SEPT 2

TO DYING IN NORTHEAST USA

ON SEPT 7

Dr. Walter Hays,

Global Alliance For Disaster Reduction

SEPTEMBER 2: TROPICAL DEPRESSION 13 BECAME TROPICAL STORM LEE

SEPTEMBER 2: FLORIDA BEING SANDWICHED BY LEE AND KATIA

SEPT 2: Lee is about 295 km (185mi) miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River, heading north at 3 kph (2 mph);

the slow pace means that it could be a SUPER SOAKER

rainmaker BEFORE AND AFTER landfall on Sept 3.

SEPT 2: Almost half the oil production in the Gulf of

Mexico and a third of natural gas output in Lee’s

path were shut down.

SEPT 2: Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour

declared a state of emergency in several

counties expected to be hit with heavy rain of 25 - 50

cm (10-20 in) as Lee nears.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal declared states of

emergency in ten Louisiana parishes, and officials

urged voluntary evacuations in parts of Lafourche Parish and

Grand Isle.

SEPTEMBER 3: FORECAST FOR LEE

SEPT 3:LANDFALL FOR LEE

• The storm is expected to make landfall on the central Louisiana coast late Saturday and turn east toward New Orleans, where it will provide the biggest test of rebuilt levees since Hurricane Gustav struck on Labor Day 2008.

SEPT 3: LEE: A SUPER SOAKER IN POINT AUX CHENES, LA

SEPT 3: LEE: A SUPER SOAKER IN MANDAVILLE, LA

SEPT 3: LEE: MANDAVILLE, LA

SEPT 3: LEE: RAIN LADEN CLOUDS IN NEW ORLEANS

SEPT 3: LEE: WATER RISING IN LONDON AVE CANAL

SEPT 3: LEE: LONDON AVE CANAL IN NEW ORLEANS

SEPT 3: LEE: FLOODING NEAR LONDON AVE CANAL IN NEW ORLEANS

SEPT 3: LEE: A SUPER SOAKER IN NEW ORLEANS

SEPT 3: LEE: POT HOLE IN NEW ORLEANS

SEPT 3: LEE: WIND DAMAGE IN NEW ORLEANS

SEPT 3: LEE: DOWNED TREE IN NEW ORLEANS

The prospect of flooding in low-lying New Orleans evoked 2005’s memories of Hurricane

Katrina, which flooded 80 percent of the city, killed 1,500 people, and caused more than

$80 billion in damage.

SEPT 4: At 8 a.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center said Lee's center had come ashore

on the Louisiana coast about 80 km (50 mi) west of Lafayette, LA with maximum sustained winds

of 75 kph (45 mph) headed north at 5 kph (3 mph)

As Lee weakens in the coming days, the system is expected to unleash heavy

rains over a wide area of the central Gulf Coast and the

Tennessee Valley as it moves northeastward.

LEE (SOURCE: NASA’S AQUA SATELLITE)

LOUISIANA

SEPT 4: NEW ORLEANS escaped without a Katrina-

type, breached-levee, flooding disaster and no deaths, but the

city had some local flooding and tens of thousands were

without power.

SEPT 4: Since Thursday (Sept 1), parts of New Orleans had as much as 37 cm (15 in) of rain; 40 cm (16 in) in nearby

Gretna, and over 27 cm (11 in) in parts of St. Bernard and

Jefferson parishes.

SEPT 4: OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION RESUMED

• Exxon Mobile and Royal Dutch Shell returned workers to some oil and natural gas platforms as Tropical Storm Lee moved out of the Gulf of Mexico, drenching LA, MS, and AL as it accelerated to the east-northeast.

ALABAMA

SEPT 5: FLOODING IN BIRMINGHAM, AL

SEPT 5: FLOODING IN BIRMINGHAM, AL

SEPT 5: A RESCUE IN FLOODED BIRMINGHAM, AL

BESSEMER, AL

BESSEMER, AL

BESSEMER, AL

HUEYTOWN, AL

SEPTEMBER 6: As of 10 p.m., there were 213,000 power outages reported

statewide, including 162,000 in the Birmingham area..

The Birmingham Shuttlesworth-International Airport received 16 cm (6.69 in) of rain between midnight

and 8 p.m., breaking the record of 5 cm (2.1 in) set on the same day in 1949.

The auditorium of Pinson Valley High School

collapsed during the night (therefore, no deaths),

leaving 1-1 ½ m (3-5 ft) of rain standing in the

building.

TENNESSEE

SEPT 6: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN TENNESSEE (GREEN)