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right now the storm is as close as it s going to new orleans. the worst winds should have been in the last hour. it s 32 miles from new orleans downtown to the center of the storm. not that far away. especially when you consider hurricane gusts go out 45 miles from the center. you can confirm that because new orleans at the airport was 74 and lakefront was 84. now up to 70 in reserve. you can see once you get to about this part of the storm, that s where you start to get into the winds above 70 and that s when the power goes out. i was looking at the map for the downtown new orleans area. it looks like about 80% of the city is without power. a lucky few, especially on the east side, haven t seen the winds quite as strong. and more of them have power. we still have that extreme wind warning for the category 4 hurricane that s still sitting there. any of these bands right around the center could produce the winds gusting 140, 150 maybe, at most. we haven t seen any of those lately, but

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