yall have to check this out!
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/gmex-vis-loop.html
And these:
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/displaySat.php?region=GOM&itype=ir&size=large&endDate=20050922&endTime=-1&duration=12
http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/satellite/displaySat.php?region=GOM&itype=vis&size=large&endDate=20050922&endTime=-1&duration=12
BTTT!