Gustav May Be Upgraded To Category 2 Hurricane

[Muddy]

Muddy Carol told me to quit picking on you so here's the deal, data can be made to read what ever you want it to read so anyway don't give me statistical data as an argument because I'll eat your lunch; look over at the $EC has no equal topic.

I don't know about Sicilian blood but us Cajuns like to argue to no

 You know I dont care about Football I put thaty up b/c it backed up your contention that the SEC was frequently in the big picture,I just don't know when Fla amd Fla St came in

[Sam]

I follow the storms on www.weatherunderground.com.

Great site.

Storm to go up to a Class 4 before hitting Louisiana coast west of New Orleans when it will be a Class 3.

I hate when this happens.

The marshes have come back strong and the south Louisiana fishing has been outstanding since Katrina.

Plus the fact that the eastern side of the storm is the worse and we have no idea if the levees will hold, although I expect them not to be a problem.

[Dan:]

I have a couple of friends that go to the University of Loyola New Orleans and they have canceled classes from this past thursday until next thursday. Their campus wasn't damaged from Katrina because they are uptown. I hope the rebuilt levees hold

[Catt]

All kidding aside regardless of the category y'all need to pray for everyone in it's projected path.  

[Muddy]

I spoke with onwe of my friends last night he is leaving tommorow for his folks house in Tenn. He said 2 of the main pumps, in the 9th and 13th wards are not pumping right . The Gov. and Mayor are thinking about an all out evacuation on Sunday. No matter what,hurricaine or tropical storm any rain over 8 or 9 inches alone is gonna be very dangerous.

Part of an article from today's Times-picayune:

Metro area waiting for Gustav

by Robert Travis Scott, Mark Schleifstein and Michelle Krupa, The Times-Picayune

Friday August 29, 2008, 10:13 PM

Residents of vulnerable coastal parishes should evacuate as soon as possible in anticipation of an expected dangerous Category 3 Hurricane Gustav, packing winds of 115 mph and arriving early Tuesday, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Friday.

A Louisiana State University scientist working with state emergency preparedness officials warned late Friday that Gustav could push as much as 15 feet of storm surge onto a wide stretch of the state's coastline west of New Orleans.

"If it stays on this southwest Louisiana track, Gustav will be like a hybrid between Katrina and Rita, " Robert Twilley said. "And right in the middle, you've got the huge Atchafalaya basin. . . . I just hope people don't wait too long" to get out.

The state will open contraflow traffic patterns on interstates "early, early Sunday morning" to assist the exodus, Jindal said as he announced preparations to move people out of at least 19 parishes in which a state of emergency has been declared.

For the first time, the state's contraflow plan, in which all lanes of interstate highways flow in a single direction away from the storm, will be implemented for southeast and southwest Louisiana simultaneously, Jindal said.

Jindal and other officials urged residents of the New Orleans area to move north or east -- not west, where Gustav appears to be headed.

He said more than 1,500 National Guard troops moved into New Orleans today, adding that he expects the state to deploy an additional 7,000 Guard soldiers to secure the areas that are evacuated.

"We don't want folks worried about their property, " Jindal said at the state's Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge. "We want people to be worried about their personal safety."

State officials by Friday had noted a 400 percent increase in demand for gasoline, Jindal said. State officials had requested gas from Texas and from stored winter blends to ensure that fuel supplies hold up, he said.

Coastal flooding expected

[Catt]

The best scenario possible would be if it hit the Atchafalaya basin since the basin could adsorb the tidal surge and while this might be detrimental to wildlife it would not be to human life.

If you want to look at statistical data this what you need to look at because it more accurately predicts the actual events.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/refresh/AL0708T_sm2+gif/085813P_sm.gif

[Muddy]

What will it do to the Crab and Crawfish farms there?

[luger306]

don't look good for me started picking up things and geting the camper ready yesterday today we got the last of it done the wife will drive the truck with the boat and I will drive the camper we just don't know just yet how bad if it is a cat 1 we stay put any higher we head north just hope for the best and plan for the worst

[Muddy]

Good luck you are all in our prayers.

[Catt]

Unless things change there is a mandatory evacuation in place for Lake Charles at 12 noon tomorrow; we'll be heading out for Tennessee.

To all of you on the gulf coast, stay safe and see ya  

[Muddy]

Stay saf, check your PM's before you leave. You and yours in our prayers.