Diddle E.! What a wonderful, detailed report, which will help all who read it in your area. Thank you.
People always panic a little and worry about gasoline. Even here today, we had some lines and there's no reason for it. I can't quite understand why so many of your gas stations have shut down, unless they're already out of gas.
I am just now getting home and now trying to soak up all the latest news... now they're saying Port Arthur and the LA border, and that NO is taking on water. Can that be right?
Yep, NOLA is starting to get some storm surge(not huge) and rain from the outer bands of the hurricane. Don't know if landfall will move all the way east to Port A. and W. LA, it could still wobble and come in at Galveston or even further west. The models are splitting even farther apart, not converging.
Some models:
http://www.skeetobiteweather.com/picservice.asp?t=m&m=18
More models:
http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/guidance/atlantic/early1.png
And a stall close to or after landfall could throw everything off.
