[mhking]

At this rate she'll be out into the Gulf, not much weaker before daylight.

I'm watching WTVJ's feed now; their weatherman says that it's less than 25 miles from the Gulf right now.

[onyx]

FNC just said that in some areas the storm has already dropped over ONE FOOT of rain. Imagine THAT.

[Dog Gone]

Well, geez, I'm not positive of her forward speed at the moment, but that surely isn't as long as four hours until she hits the Gulf.

If they officially downgrade her to a tropical storm tonight, which she probably will be, it's only a five yard penalty with no loss of down, because she'll be back to hurricane status before I wake up tomorrow.