[topher]

I also heard the comment by the caller to NBC 2 in Ft. Myers. I felt very bad for their on-air meteorologist. Hurricane intensity forecasts are still a VERY inexact science. Many of you may remember Hurricane Lili last fall before it hit LA. It was a cat 4, but suddenly (and unexpectedly) decreased in intensity to a cat 1. Today, we saw the opposite occur. Hurricane intensity forecasts must always be taken with a grain of salt...we still do not understand fully how the internal dynamics of a hurricane work.

As far as Louisiana is concerned, they believe very strongly in prayer. Scientific people may not understand that, but some things can not be explained. Why did Lili go from Cat 4 to Cat 1 in the warm waters of the Gulf.

Of course, jet stream can be a scientific factor, but I believe in the unseen.

There is a very precious College to me that was close to the track of this storm. I am scared to death for them -- and they were at least 10 miles from landfall of the eye.

[Strategerist]

As far as Louisiana is concerned, they believe very strongly in prayer. Scientific people may not understand that, but some things can not be explained. Why did Lili go from Cat 4 to Cat 1 in the warm waters of the Gulf.

So what happened with Audrey? Slacked off in praying then?