Posted on 08/30/2008 3:25:36 AM PDT by HAL9000
DATA FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT GUSTAV CONTINUES TO RAPIDLY STRENGTHEN AND NOW HAS MAXIMUM WINDS NEAR 115 MPH...185 KM/HR WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES GUSTAV A DANGEROUS CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE...THE SECOND MAJOR HURRICANE OF THE 2008 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON.
Lafayette is oil capital of LA. Fill your tank now before the prices jump.
Saw on the news that a huge fleet of tour buses is being placed at the ready to evacuate people if an order if called. People are already being evacuated from nursing homes and other facilities where people are not ambulatory.
Michael Chertoff is on the scene. Jindal, Chertoff and FEMA are on top of things. Nagin might as well go to Las Vegas, or something. His input is meaningless.
not sure where it will go....it could actually go west of NO like that map shows despite the media hype....in fact the track LIKELY will go west of NO and only bring them tropical storm conditions.
However, it could stall and move west along the coast, devastating a lot of W LA and E TX.
We will see.....still too early to tell. It could still hit NO if it moves east, and I am a bit concerned with the track this morning that that might happen.
“I can see the convention coverage already—the MSM are praying for disaster so they can show a split screen of Palin’s acceptance speech with shots of destruction.”
They aren’t even being coy about it either. Brian Williams last night specifically mentioned on NBC Nightly News that the GOP was hoping to avoid “us showing split screen of the convention and destruction from Gustav.”
“I thought Obama was going to end all hurricanes.”
Yea he probably wishes he would have gotten an earlier start before Hurricane Sarah arrived...hehehhehe
Yeah, but it should pass WELL to the west, so it should bring rain.
We are!!! They have already started showing up here in Central Texas (Killeen -Fort Hood area)
The AP story is still accurate....
It is currently over very hot waters.
The shear and cooler waters are right before landfall.
What moron could drive west or east along the coast. You go inland.
Man La. residents are idiots.
“Hey, let’s head west where everyone else in this craphole state is going....hey, let’s get stuck in traffic and let the hurricane just come in a bit further west to wipe us out.”
Morons.
My prayers for all in the storm’s path.
Didn’t look to see if this was posted, but I like this link for watching the weather radar:
http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php (You’ll need to scroll over and down.)
From a dumb FReeper - thanks for the link - great site! ;-)
I live in Shreveport and all the evacuation shelters were opened here yesterday.
Thanks for the link.
MUST SEE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071014/posts
“Gustav proves there is a God in heaven.”—Michael Moore
He was on MSNBC with Keith Olberman. It is the most vile thing I have seen in quite a while.
You Tube Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lrAf_TE-1I
And also devastated a section of Mississippi coast filled with Republicans, military bases, and crucial Navy ship construction facilities.
Hurricanes have been hitting the Gulf Coast for hundreds of thousands of years; in a lot of that time, more frequently than now. We just happened to build stuff and have festivals in the way.
I heard they may postpone the convention. This would not be a bad thing.
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