Hurricane Isaac

A radar and satellite history of Hurricane Isaac:

Isaac reached peak strength as it approached the Gulf Coast on August 28th with a minimum pressure of 968 mb, and winds at 80 mph. Wind gusted to 74 mph in New Orleans, and 78 mph at Boothville (on the Mississippi River Delta). Isaac knocked out power to over 900,000 customers in Louisiana, 150,000 in Mississippi, and brought 17.04" of rain to a CoCoRaHS station near Kiln, MS.

This is Hurricane Kirk in the central Atlantic with winds of 100 mph: