Hurricane season '08

[AGDee]

Gustav is up to a Cat 4, highest winds in the eye wall were measured by the hurricane hunters as 163 mph! I truly hope he loses some steam before he hits the US. Cuba is really in for it. It's down to 935 mb of pressure too. Yikes, what a monster.

[DreamfulSpirit]

I really hope the people of New Orleans leave. I spent the summer of 2007, for 8 weeks, as an AmeriCorps VISTA working with youth organizations in the city of New Orleans. Words can't even describe my fear for the still recovering area if they get a direct hit there. Just continuing to hope and pray for the safety of any area it may hit.

[AGDee]

It's looking less and less like NOLA will be hit directly, but I think they'll still feel some pretty severe effects. They are really having a hard time predicting where this thing is going to make landfall.

[DreamfulSpirit]

Originally Posted by AGDee

It's looking less and less like NOLA will be hit directly, but I think they'll still feel some pretty severe effects. They are really having a hard time predicting where this thing is going to make landfall.

I love how you know NOLA!!! I made great friends there, some that still live there, and my students of course, and there's even OPA chapters down in Louisiana...so Louisiana has a huge place in my heart.

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by AGDee

It's looking less and less like NOLA will be hit directly, but I think they'll still feel some pretty severe effects. They are really having a hard time predicting where this thing is going to make landfall.

While it may not take a direct hit, it looks right now as if the city will get the right side of the storm and that is often the worst side.

Gustav is now a Cat 4, and it is just entering the Gulf....I don't know how they think it will be a 2 when it lands...

[DreamfulSpirit]

Originally Posted by Thetagirl218

While it may not take a direct hit, it looks right now as if the city will get the right side of the storm and that is often the worst side.

Gustav is now a Cat 4, and it is just entering the Gulf....I don't know how they think it will be a 2 when it lands...

Its because the farther north it goes, closer to the coast...the waters are cooler. That will cause it to weaken. But in my opinion...that's only hoping it weakens!

[AGDee]

They are talking about some wind shear that think will weaken it up some before it hits. Katrina was huge in the Gulf and was starting to weaken when it too though.