Hurricane Gustav Heading To New Orleans

Our Thoughts and Prays Are With You

Hey folks,

We are all watching Hurricane Gustav as it seemingly targets New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Our thoughts and prayers are with them that are still there. I hope that Gustav will continue to down grade before it hits. Making a total change in direction would not be bad either. According to the Weather Channel

Mark Avery, Lead Meteorologist, The Weather Channel 5:09 a.m. ET 8/31/2008

Gustav became a very dangerous Category 4 hurricane on Saturday afternoon. Gustav has weakened from crossing the western tip of Cuba, now with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph. Gustav is expected to reintensify today as it moves through the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. See Video HERE.

As of 4 a.m. CDT, Gustav was centered about 425 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, moving northwest at 16 mph.

Along the northern Gulf Coast, a hurricane warning is in effect from east of Cameron, Louisiana, to the Alabama/Florida border, including Lake Pontchartrain and the City of New Orleans. A hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within 24 hours.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Lower Florida Keys west of Seven Mile Bridge to the Dry Tortugas, and from the Alabama/Florida border east to the Ochlockonee River. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the next 24 hours.

A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch is in effect from Cameron, Louisiana, westward to High Island, Texas. A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the next 36 hours.

From the southeast Gulf, the forecast track continues to indicate that Gustav head northwestward reaching the central Gulf Coast Monday afternoon. Gustav will slow as it moves inland, likely unleashing excessive rainfall and devastating flooding.

Meanwhile, squally weather and the threat of tornadoes are sweeping over the Florida Keys and will persist through Sunday, spreading northward up the Florida Peninsula as Sunday progresses.

The outer rainbands of Gustav will begin impacting coastal areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle as early as late Sunday with scattered downpours and thunderstorms. Wind, rain, and waves will increase significantly through Monday with the worst conditions arriving along the Louisiana coast by Monday afternoon.

All interests along the Gulf Coast should pay very close attention to this extremely dangerous storm.

Right behind Gustav, we have Hanna. Hanna seems, at this point, one that we here in South Florida REALLY need to keep an eye on ourselves. But that will be later this week toward the Weekend.

So to all my friends in New Orleans and Louisiana, and all through the Gulf Coast, PLEASE get to safety. PLAESE heed the warnings. Be safe and may God be with you.

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Peter