Shocking Images Of POWERFUL Hurricane Isaias SLAMMING Gulf Coast

The Gulf of Mexico just built a hurricane in 30 hours, out of the warmest water ever measured there in October, and aimed it at Mobile Bay. Hurricane Isaias went from 40 mph to 80 mph in a single day. A hurricane warning runs from Ocean Springs, Mississippi to the Florida Panhandle; a storm surge warning from the mouth of the Mississippi to the Steinhatchee River. Five to seven feet of ocean is forecast into Mobile Bay. A quarter of the Gulf's oil is already shut off. Destin is under a mandatory evacuation. And this is the first hurricane of the entire Atlantic season, in October. Landfall is Friday night. IN THIS VIDEO • Thursday morning: Okaloosa's mandatory evacuation, Dauphin Island's water shut off, Pensacola's dry gas station, Amtrak and the Destin airport closed • The NHC clock: 80 mph now, 100 by Thursday afternoon, 110 by 1 AM Friday, landfall near the Alabama–Florida line late Friday night • The water: 5–7 ft of surge for Mobile Bay and Ocean Springs to Indian Pass, up to 8 ft in the back bays, 3–7 in of rain (10 locally), a "dangerous tornado event" possible • Why it should not exist: zero hurricanes through two months, then depression to hurricane in 30 hours over 86–88°F water • The warm eddy the storm crosses on Friday morning, and the shear that follows • The west side and the east side: St. Bernard's "as long as this thing keeps tracking more east", Plaquemines' one floodgate, New Orleans' pumps • Sally 2020, Zeta 2020, Michael 2018: the three Octobers this coast remembers • 511,000 barrels a day shut in, 14% of US refining in the path, the reserve at its lowest since 1982 • What is observed and what is forecast, as of 7 AM Thursday SOURCES NOAA National Hurricane Center, Advisories 1–7A, Discussions 1–7 and the 10:30 PM Oct 7 special update · NWS Mobile and NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge hurricane local statements (Oct 8) · Alabama Emergency Management Agency (Oct 7) · Office of Gov. Ron DeSantis via Spectrum News 13 · CNN · AP via weather.com (Oct 8 live blog) · WWL-TV (Paul Murphy, Oct 7) · WKRG (Ed Bloodsworth) · FOX10 (Nicholas Hermoso) · Yale Climate Connections (Jeff Masters and Bob Henson, Oct 7–8) · Brian McNoldy, University of Miami · NWS Mobile Hurricane Sally summary · NHC tropical cyclone reports for Zeta (2020) and Michael (2018) This is a developing situation. Storm figures are from the National Hurricane Center's advisory of 7 AM CDT, Thursday, October 8, 2026. As of that hour no damage, deaths or outages had been reported in the United States from Isaias. Peak intensity, surge heights and the landfall point are forecasts and will change with each advisory. Hurricane Isaias of 2020 was a different storm. #HurricaneIsaias #GulfCoast #MobileBay #Pensacola #GulfShores #NewOrleans #Hurricane #StormSurge #Alabama #Florida #CrisisRadar