Link to New Orleans news coverage of Hurricane Gustav

for those of us outside the area who would like to know about preparation/evacuation...

http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/gustav.html

they are spewing racist crap.

and of course a couple of cracks about Obama.:eyes:

Hurricane-force winds will hit New Orleans, surge flooding threat rises for West Bank
by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune
Saturday August 30, 2008, 10:48 PM

The 10 p.m. forecast for Hurricane Gustav calls for its landfall to be just east of Morgan City early Monday afternoon as an intense Category 4 hurricane, a track that would bring hurricane force winds over most of the New Orleans area.

The eastern jog also would increase the potential for storm surge flooding of West Bank communities. The Slidell office of the National Weather Service this evening warned that it expects between 15 feet and 20 feet of storm surge near and to the right of the hurricane's center as it goes ashore.

While it's still unclear how high the water would be on the West Bank, farther away from the storm's center, it could be high enough to overtop the incomplete levee system in that area.

Moving the diagonal path Gustav will take closer to New Orleans also increases the potential of surge water rising in Lake Borgne, the Industrial Canal and Lake Pontchartrain, which could test levees and walls in St. Bernard, eastern New Orleans and the Lower and Upper 9th Wards, as well as areas south of Slidell and Madisonville.

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The storm weakened slightly while crossing the western end of the island, but is still packing 140 mph winds, making it a strong Category 4 hurricane. And the forecast calls for Gustav to intensify to Category 5 strength of 155 mph by 7 p.m. Sunday, as it moves over deep, warm water in the loop current in the central Gulf.

After Gustav makes landfall, forecasters warn, it will move very slowly northwest, its center crossing over Alexandria at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday and reaching Interstate 20 just west of Marshall, Texas, a day later. Gustav will be a tropical storm, with 60 mph winds, at Alexandria, and a tropical depression when it moves into Texas.

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2008/08/hurricaneforce_winds_will_hit.html

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oh, god....

Bookmarking.

You can choose the one you want to listen to at any given time.

Seeking a miracle here for the people of NOLA and Gulf Coast-- and trying not to dwell on all-too raw memories of Katrina..

I can't stop thinking about it, but it's so hard to think positive.

Thanks

welcome to DU :hi:

I like it that I can watch whichever one I want.

My friends from NO are watching all four channels.

They want to thank you so much.:hug:

I am thinking about them every moment. :hug:

Mother nature can be such a bitch... I wish no one ever had to go through this :cry:

is making us very sad.

What a beautiful city.

:hi:

about the only thing I can offer is information. I hate feeling helpless. :(

:(

But thanks for posting, anyway. It was just about this time three years ago I met you while I was in Houston after Katrina. :hug:

After all the work you have done on the Gulf Coast, I know it breaks your heart to see this happening again.

:grouphug:

You are a beautiful person. ((((HUGS))))

Thanks for posting your link too. It's always best to have multiple links available. You never know when you might lose one.

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