Tropical depression could form in Caribbean - NHC

Rooters ^ | 07/18/08 | reuters

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NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuters) - The low-pressure system in the eastern Caribbean Sea north of Curacao and Aruba could become a tropical depression during the next day or two as it moves toward the oil producing U.S. Gulf Coast over the next several days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its 2 a.m. EDT (0600 GMT) advisory Friday.

Most weather models predict the system will cross the Caribbean, hit Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, and reach the northern Gulf of Mexico in about five days.

It is too soon to tell where the system will make landfall, but the models point to a possible hit somewhere between Texas and Louisiana.

[tatsinfla]

i think they do a great job at advising us when a deadly storm such as katrina is coming. just don’t start too early. i know how these things can change. 1976 guam, went to bed without the island being threatened by super typhoon pamela. the next morning she was making a beeline for the center of the island and hit us with 190+ sustained winds for 36 hours. (google her)

[Paladin2]

But it’s not a herricane or himicane yet, if ever.

[Paladin2]

"Anytime a storm gets in the gulf oil goes up, no matter when reported, but I understand your point. "

Now I keep a tactical Diesel reserve to get me through the whole hurricane season along with the Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day fuel price shenanigans.