I can only hope! I don't wish this thing on anybody but I don't want it.
I live just inside TX-- west of the L in LA on the map.
"The GFDL is the fastest, bringing Gustav to New Orleans on Sunday afternoon. This is a plausible forecast, but at this point, virtually any point along the Gulf Coast has a roughly equal chance of a direct hit by Gustav.
"Which set of model should we trust? I plotted up the errors for some of the computer model forecasts made during Fay. While Fay was over Hispaniola and Cuba, the GFDL model made the best track forecasts, among the four main models used by NHC: GFS, GFDL, NOGAPS, and UKMET. This makes me more inclined to trust the GFDL model's forecasts for Gustav, since Fay and Gustav are similar storms."
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1042&tstamp=200808
If so, I'm going to be watching to see if the dastardly Dems try to impede Jindal's evacuation and rescue efforts. They will try to use this against the Repubs....again. Roll the dice, and good luck. We could use the remnants in AZ, if it decides to drift this way.
Are you from Orange? I was born and raised there. Still have a lot of family in that area and in La.Hope folks will keep all of the coast in their prayers..