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CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 487220
8/26/2008 11:56 AM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
A high pressure ridge over the lower portion of the gulf states will force this beast into the Texas coast. It will not head east, invest 95 is close enough behind to cause it to continue tracking NW. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18328
INVEST 95 will soon become Hurricane Hanna. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 454051
8/26/2008 12:02 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
HAARP induced hurricane? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 491171
Way before HAARP was even thought of - I'm talking 50, 60, 70 years ago - who in the hell engineered these hurricanes? Could it have been an act of nature? SHIT lets not go there. Can't hardly fathom the thought that nature might have something to do with these hurricanes. Nope that would be too damn logical. |
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Doominator
User ID: 162364
8/26/2008 12:04 PM | |
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 321697
8/26/2008 12:04 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
A high pressure ridge over the lower portion of the gulf states will force this beast into the Texas coast. It will not head east, invest 95 is close enough behind to cause it to continue tracking NW.
INVEST 95 will soon become Hurricane Hanna. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 487220
It's extremely busy out there. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 487220
8/26/2008 12:10 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
These Hurricanes are Hungry Killers, they are programmed to hit the most populated areas to get most out of their rampage and destruction. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 434023
8/26/2008 12:16 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
it's still a long way out there, but it's headed straight for New Orleans. dey figna git dey riot on...knowhatim sayin???
[link to www.wunderground.com] |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 491314
8/26/2008 12:34 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
If gus takes aim at texas at cat4 im gone,Dallas area would not be safe from the wind/tornados/flooding.
Maybe take a vacation out west/New Mexico,i have way many Oak trees around my place and they have no tap roots so my house would be junk from high winds like gus would throw at us or those nados could take it out.
Ive went through really bad storms of late,not fun when your home alone and the trees are bending and creakin with 50-60 mph winds gust.Thank god the trees i lost were far enough away from the house as not ta cause any damage. |
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Para Noid
User ID: 488235
8/26/2008 12:35 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
There is nothing we can do. EAT *WARNED* us of this.
(and 55,263 other disasters) |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 255704
8/26/2008 12:38 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
The projected path takes it right over hundreds of offshore oil platforms, probably sinking and destroying several.. If this is cat3 or better, look for gas to spike to $5+ in a few weeks. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18328
8/26/2008 12:40 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
it's still a long way out there, but it's headed straight for New Orleans. dey figna git dey riot on...knowhatim sayin???
[ link to www.wunderground.com]
ROFL.......trailer parks and poor, congested run-down cities and slums, baby....!!!! That's what these killer storms seek out. They do da gub'mint's evil work! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 454051
8/26/2008 12:40 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
it's still a long way out there, but it's headed straight for New Orleans. dey figna git dey riot on...knowhatim sayin???
[ link to www.wunderground.com]
I knowwhatyour saying! I lived there when Katrina hit. Bet some are hoping for this to hit there. FEMA will give them $50,000 apiece again. Of course it only goes to the uninsured. The voice of experience here can tell you it will probably be best to cancel your insurance. You don't get squat from the insurance companies and you have to fight tooth and nail to get it. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18328
8/26/2008 12:42 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
If gus takes aim at texas at cat4 im gone,Dallas area would not be safe from the wind/tornados/flooding.
Maybe take a vacation out west/New Mexico,i have way many Oak trees around my place and they have no tap roots so my house would be junk from high winds like gus would throw at us or those nados could take it out.
Ive went through really bad storms of late,not fun when your home alone and the trees are bending and creakin with 50-60 mph winds gust.Thank god the trees i lost were far enough away from the house as not ta cause any damage. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 491314
I'll bet this one steams ashore around Beaumont at 145MPH...then we'll see some fireworks..... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18328
8/26/2008 12:43 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
it's still a long way out there, but it's headed straight for New Orleans. dey figna git dey riot on...knowhatim sayin???
[ link to www.wunderground.com]
I knowwhatyour saying! I lived there when Katrina hit. Bet some are hoping for this to hit there. FEMA will give them $50,000 apiece again. Of course it only goes to the uninsured. The voice of experience here can tell you it will probably be best to cancel your insurance. You don't get squat from the insurance companies and you have to fight tooth and nail to get it.
Maybe they just nuke it this time and let it go. Once is bad enough, twice.....uh-uh.... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 491410
8/26/2008 12:47 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
The projected path takes it right over hundreds of offshore oil platforms, probably sinking and destroying several.. If this is cat3 or better, look for gas to spike to $5+ in a few weeks. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 255704
In some places yes.. but, not the national average. I read during katrina gas rose in a week 60 cents.. so if it does the same thing this time we would be $3.99.. i already seen it at $4.04 regular gas prices so no big deal..... But, if it grows to a cat4-5 yes it will rise but not $5.00 national average unless it shuts down total production and stays months down.. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 491325
8/26/2008 12:50 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
If it is going to be a Cat 3 by mid Sat. (in the middle of the warm gulf) I would expect it to continue to strengthen until landfall unless a change in upper level wind sheer. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18328
8/26/2008 12:55 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
If it is going to be a Cat 3 by mid Sat. (in the middle of the warm gulf) I would expect it to continue to strengthen until landfall unless a change in upper level wind sheer. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 491325
I think this is going to be another ugly one we talk about for a long time.
So many earthchanging events so close together.... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 415176
8/26/2008 1:00 PM | |
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18328
8/26/2008 1:16 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
I think it's headed for Texas this time.
I guess we'll have a Gustav thread pinned at some point when it reaches the Gulf. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 2993
8/26/2008 1:38 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
If gus takes aim at texas at cat4 im gone,Dallas area would not be safe from the wind/tornados/flooding.
Maybe take a vacation out west/New Mexico,i have way many Oak trees around my place and they have no tap roots so my house would be junk from high winds like gus would throw at us or those nados could take it out.
Ive went through really bad storms of late,not fun when your home alone and the trees are bending and creakin with 50-60 mph winds gust.Thank god the trees i lost were far enough away from the house as not ta cause any damage. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 491314
Lazy Moose Lodge in Ruidoso, New Mexico. We have rented it before and it is nice. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 321697
8/26/2008 1:45 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
2pm update soon by the NHC. The eye is making landfall according to Cuban radar just east of Les Cayes, Haiti.
Could be a category 2 by now, but the mountains in Grand Anse and Ouest regions of the country should weaken Gus temporarily, then he will restrengthen once his centre is back over open hot waters. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 321697
8/26/2008 1:48 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
2pm update soon by the NHC. The eye is making landfall according to Cuban radar just east of Les Cayes, Haiti.
Could be a category 2 by now, but the mountains in Grand Anse and Ouest regions of the country should weaken Gus temporarily, then he will restrengthen once his centre is back over open hot waters. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 321697
Correction, he hasn't strengthened yet. He is over land, so we'll have to see where the strength goes once he is back over open water.
BULLETIN
HURRICANE GUSTAV INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072008
200 PM EDT TUE AUG 26 2008
...GUSTAV MADE LANDFALL ON THE SOUTHWEST PENINSULA OF HAITI...
A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM BARAHONA IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC WESTWARD TO LE MOLE ST NICHOLAS HAITI.
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR CUBA...FOR THE PROVINCES OF
GUANTANAMO...SANTIAGO DE CUBA...AND GRANMA. A HURRICANE WARNING
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 24 HOURS.
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HAITI FROM LE MOLE ST
NICHOLAS TO THE NORTHERN HAITI/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER.
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCES OF LAS
TUNAS AND HOLGUIN. A HURRICANE WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
INTERESTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA AND THE CAYMAN ISLANDS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF GUSTAV.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
THE EYE OF HURRICANE GUSTAV MADE LANDFALL ON THE SOUTHWEST PENINSULA
OF HAITI ABOUT 10 MILES...16 KM...WEST OF JACMEL...SHORTLY AFTER
100 PM EDT...1700 UTC.
AT 200 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GUSTAV WAS LOCATED
JUST INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 18.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 72.8 WEST OR ABOUT
40 MILES...60 KM...SOUTHWEST OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI AND ABOUT 190
MILES...310 KM ...SOUTHEAST OF GUANTANAMO CUBA.
GUSTAV IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH...16 KM/HR.
A TURN TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
FORECAST IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...AND A GENERAL WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
MOTION IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. ON THIS TRACK THIS HURRICANE SHOULD
MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN PENINSULA OF HAITI LATER TODAY AND NEAR
OR JUST SOUTH OF EASTERN CUBA ON WEDNESDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 90 MPH...150 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. GUSTAV IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY WHILE GUSTAV MOVES OVER HAITI...
HOWEVER RESTRENGTHENING IS FORECAST AS THE CENTER APPROACHES
EASTERN CUBA ON WEDNESDAY.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES...35 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70
MILES...110 KM.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 981 MB...28.97 INCHES.
GUSTAV IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES OVER HISPANIOLA...EASTERN CUBA...AND JAMAICA...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 20 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINS WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES CAN BE EXPECTED IN
AREAS OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA.
REPEATING THE 200 PM EDT POSITION...18.2 N...72.8 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...981 MB.
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
500 PM EDT.
$$
FORECASTER PASCH/BROWN |
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out to lunch in nola
User ID: 258519
8/26/2008 1:56 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
NO FUN GUS
On local radio in New Orleans the so called think tank show
host said he just saw on msnbc financial news that the projection red line comes to NOLA, the gulf, and they had a map of all the wells and drilling interests.
SO HOST SAYS that NOLA and LOUISIANA need to show the rest of the company why we matter, ie he said
turn off the tap
if they don't think we are important
hmmm
no one really OWNS oil anyway, ya know
it's all about retrievel and delivery
sort of like how you don't sell weed, it sells itself
you pay for delivery
it isn't yours to sell
gift from the earth, all that
yeah
control control control
oh well back to work! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18328
8/26/2008 1:56 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
Headed for the Gulf...... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 426194
8/26/2008 1:57 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
That may be a conservative estimate. Gustav could reach category 4 or even 5.
EPIC FAIL............WRONG AGAIN! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 463567
Read it again - they're projecting that it will enter the gulf at around CAT 3. By the time it makes landfall on the gulf coast, it could be much higher depending on how long it stays out there and strengthens.
Not wrong - it may very well be a 4 or 5 when it strikes the coast. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 426194
8/26/2008 2:00 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
I've lived near the gulf coast for over 30 years. CAT 3 or more and I'm gone.
What's more, I leave EARLY. If I THINK it will be a CAT 3 and I THINK it might be a threat to my location, I leave WAY early - before the mandatory evacuations and the crazy crowded roads.
Remember Rita.
They evacuated Houston unnecessarily, and all those on the gulf coast were trying to get through Houston on forced routes together with all of the Houston folks that were encouraged to leave. Don't wait for the forced routes and the mandatory evacuations if your job gives you the latitude to head out early. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 491460
8/26/2008 2:07 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
These Hurricanes are Hungry Killers, they are programmed to hit the most populated areas to get most out of their rampage and destruction. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 487220
Umm yeah, look man, the hurricanes hit highly poulated areas because humans are too dumb to realize the coast is a bad place to live.
The hurricans arent tracking towards us we just built our houses where they commonly hit. Everyone loves the beach and the nice climits the coastal areas provide. But when a hurricane smacks em they act all suprised. As if those areas haven't been hit for millenia.
I for one am shicked that a city like New Orleans that sat below the sea level got flooded. How woulda thunk it right?
Stupid often gets exactly what it deserves. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 18328
8/26/2008 2:11 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
Tomorrow this time we'll be taking bets on where land fall is between LA and TX. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 258519
8/26/2008 2:14 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
I spent time on the gulf coast pre and post Katrina and my thought was no one should build anything but a cabana anywhere near the coast. I couldn't believe people rolled in those modular homes soon to be so much more debris.
I keep thinking Gilligan's Island, and they are recreating Melrose Place? I just don't get it. The cool thing about tropical islands is the weather, and sometimes storms come and knock down your hut... |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 321697
8/26/2008 2:25 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
These Hurricanes are Hungry Killers, they are programmed to hit the most populated areas to get most out of their rampage and destruction.
Umm yeah, look man, the hurricanes hit highly poulated areas because humans are too dumb to realize the coast is a bad place to live.
The hurricans arent tracking towards us we just built our houses where they commonly hit. Everyone loves the beach and the nice climits the coastal areas provide. But when a hurricane smacks em they act all suprised. As if those areas haven't been hit for millenia.
I for one am shicked that a city like New Orleans that sat below the sea level got flooded. How woulda thunk it right?
Stupid often gets exactly what it deserves. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 491460
The problem was the hurricane lull between the 1960s and 1990s.
People didn't consider "hypercanes" because they didn't occur a lot. But, because of history and science we now know major hurricanes occur in intervals. Studies have gone back 3,000 years by using trees and soil deposits. Even Boston has had it's share of category 3+ hurricanes over the last thousand years.
It wasn't until Hurricane Andrew did anyone realize how dangerous Atlantic cities are. |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 258519
8/26/2008 2:31 PM | | Re: CAT THREE HURRICANE TO ENTER GULF IN 5 DAYS --- PREPARE NOW | Quote |
Jindal won't attend Republican Convention if Gustav becomes a threat
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said Tuesday morning that the threat of Hurricane Gustav possibly impacting Louisiana could force him to miss next week's Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.
Full Story wwl |
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