Post by shelly on Aug 22, 2008 14:10:06 GMT -6
I got the following from the St. Tammany Government Website for those of us on the Northshore:
For Immediate Release, Friday, August 22, 2008
10:30 AM
Contact: Suzanne Parsons Stymiest@ 985-898-5243
Tropical Storm Fay
According to the morning advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Fay may bring rain to St. Tammany Parish early next week. The unpredictable storm is moving west this morning. The computer models do not agree on when the storm will take its expected northwesterly turn.
“We expect only one to three inches of rain at this time,” according to Dexter Accardo, director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. “We are, however, taking precautionary measures for a larger storm since TS Fay has been unpredictable.”
The department of Information Services has run SLOSH (Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricanes) models. With the storm expected to track north of St. Tammany, it will bring winds from the north and west. “We don’t expect any unusual issues from storm surge if Fay stays on the projected path,” said co-director of Engineering, Dr. Elizabeth Smythe. “We will continue to monitor the storm and our river gauges in the event that rainfall to the north raises river levels.”
The department of Public Works has pumped down the Whisperwood and Lowe Ponds and open valves on Meadowbrook and Arrowwood ponds. The parish will also have employees on standby to assist with road and drainage emergency issues including clearing trees from the roads and preventive closing of roads with high water. No sandbag stations are being opened at this time. Sandbag crews will be on alert for call-in if necessary.
For Immediate Release, Friday, August 22, 2008
10:30 AM
Contact: Suzanne Parsons Stymiest@ 985-898-5243
Tropical Storm Fay
According to the morning advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Storm Fay may bring rain to St. Tammany Parish early next week. The unpredictable storm is moving west this morning. The computer models do not agree on when the storm will take its expected northwesterly turn.
“We expect only one to three inches of rain at this time,” according to Dexter Accardo, director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness. “We are, however, taking precautionary measures for a larger storm since TS Fay has been unpredictable.”
The department of Information Services has run SLOSH (Sea, Lake and Overland Surge from Hurricanes) models. With the storm expected to track north of St. Tammany, it will bring winds from the north and west. “We don’t expect any unusual issues from storm surge if Fay stays on the projected path,” said co-director of Engineering, Dr. Elizabeth Smythe. “We will continue to monitor the storm and our river gauges in the event that rainfall to the north raises river levels.”
The department of Public Works has pumped down the Whisperwood and Lowe Ponds and open valves on Meadowbrook and Arrowwood ponds. The parish will also have employees on standby to assist with road and drainage emergency issues including clearing trees from the roads and preventive closing of roads with high water. No sandbag stations are being opened at this time. Sandbag crews will be on alert for call-in if necessary.