Gustav report - far eastern edge

I'm about 40 miles southeast of Mobile, 10 miles north of the beach.
I live on Wolf Bay.
We're about 200 miles from the storm center.

Since 5 a.m. we've had moderate showers as rain bands pass over.
Winds around 30 mph interspersed with periods of relative calm.
Water is almost over the dock, which is about 9' below house foundation slab.
May get some higher water later.
Tornado warnings all over the place, but no actual sightings or touchdowns reported yet.

So far it's just a rainy, blustery day.
TV shows surf up at Gulf Shores.
:hi:

I live in Mobile and wifey and I have been commenting all morning on how lucky we may get today. Seems as though, for us, it will be just heavy rain and some semi-light wind. Stay safe down there bud.
Btw, we should get together sometime.;-)

Thankfully this is no Katrina
:grouphug:

glad that it appears that the worst case scenarios have not and likely will not occur. Praying that this continues to be the case.

:hi:

or the day before. its like a gol-dang jubilee out there before these storms. lil' fishnfla caught a 10 lb seatrout right before faye. my previous bests was a coupla 8 pounders before gordon

they use buckets and the fish literally jump in.

I've heard tell of such stories, they call it a "jubilee" fish goes crazy and jump right out of the water.

Best hurrycane story I heard was of a treasure hunter, had a shipwrecked spot all figured out under the sand down near the cape. Storm came in, I wanna say Floyd, and washed out all the sand in that spot and the tide was lower than a bugs belly, he dodged the cops and snuck on the beach picking up spanish silver coins like they were easter eggs

Hope you and beautiful Wolf Bay luck out with this storm. And Pensacola too. My brother and his wife and my mother live there.

U.S. Warnings by County

http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp

Alabama Tornado Watch: Baldwin, Mobile, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe, Washington

Tropical Storm Warning: Lower Baldwin, Lower Mobile, Upper Baldwin, Upper Mobile

Inland Tropical Wind Warning: Washington

Hurricane Statement: Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Monroe, Wilcox

Flash Flood Watch: Lower Baldwin, Lower Mobile, Upper Baldwin, Upper Mobile, Washington

Lake Wind Advisory: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chilton, Dallas, Elmore, Fayette, Greene,
Hale, Lamar, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Russell, Sumter, Tuscaloosa

Record Report: Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston