My mind won't let me believe the current predictions will happen.
Tennessee valley could get hurricane force gusts by Tuesday per Fox news meteorologist.
I am having trouble getting my arms around it myself.
The loss of life, the destruction of property, the effect on the oil industry, the incompetence of the local officials.
Like watching an impending train wreck in slow motion. Only so much worse.
Normally, I think I'd be the same way. But I've spent countless evenings researching everything I could about a major hurricane hitting New Orleans. It was just an interesting exercise in understanding the power of these storms and our own vulnerabilities.
It was also interesting to see the effort put into modeling these storms. LSU has done some outstanding work.
Anyway, I not only believe the current predictions but realize that it could be even worse than I imagined. Most of those models envisioned a Cat 3 or Cat 4 storm.