Just thought I'd provide an "on the ground" report from New Orleans. Some people have expressed concern since apparently a few models have Harvey heading towards us so I thought some might be interested.
New Orleans had minor flooding yesterday due to rain bands from Harvey, and this occurred at 60+ streets or intersections that were listed by the news media. The mayor told everyone to stay at home all day today. Schools, government offices, and so on are closed.
We were supposed to get up to 10" overnight, starting as 12-1 AM, so I stayed up until 3 waiting for that. It mostly just drizzled, so I went to bed.
Then at 8:38 this morning my phone awakened me from a sound sleep with a loud flash flood warning alert. I stumbled out to listen to the TV, and it said this was just a pre-emptive warning since the rain had become intense. There is no flooding visible from my front door, but for the first time ever, I could hear water whooshing through the storm drainage system below the street.
The TV weather guy says that we will get a break now for a little while, between bands of thunderstorms, and indeed that intense rain has backed off for now. But there is a very bad looking band that is all red on the radar, that will be the next to arrive and that should be here pretty soon. He says that there is no major flooding here today, so far. He says to stay put so we will.
We might be getting 10+ inches of rain and he says that "by Thursday morning we will be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel".
Nothing like what Houston has had, thankfully.