I know Jeff's already posted it but here is more detail from the Hurricane Center as of 10:00AM CST on Gustav:
"A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN GULF COAST
FROM CAMERON LOUISIANA EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER…
INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. A
HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. PREPARATIONS TO
PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF THE
ALABAMA-FLORIDA BORDER TO THE OCHLOCKONEE RIVER….AND FROM WEST OF
CAMERON LOUISIANA TO JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF CAMERON LOUISIANA
TO JUST EAST OF HIGH ISLAND TEXAS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA…GENERALLY
WITHIN 36 HOURS."
My wife and I went thru Hurricane Frederic in 1979 in Mobile. We've had brushes with several others. I don't even want to be near this thing!
One of the ARG boys, Jim Mc., is coming over today to work on the layout with me. Hope to get Burnsville in and Fulton finished. Hope it doesn't start up with some convective showers, I don't want to have to do any wood cutting in the garage.
After all this, we'll be B-B-Q-ing outside, rain or shine. My son works in one of the better local restaurants and has learned some tricks and is turning into quite a chef himself. When he cooks for his Mom and me, it has always been awesome. Last time it was steaks marinaded in merlot wine, red and green bellpeppers, potatoes, carrot sticks and some "special" seasoning. After being used as a marinade, this mixture was boiled until everything was cooked and their were the veggies. Cooked on the BBQ grill made it even better. I don't know what he used but the steaks were so tender we didn't need knives to cut them apart. Today its gonna be beer brats with some more "special" seasoning as part of the mixture. Of course Jim will benefit from this as well. Gotta pay the help some way! Aren't ya jealous!!!
It looks like Gustav will reach Cat 3 status just before landfall tomorrow in Cuba. Current models call for slight weakening over Cuba then another rapid intensification cycle while in the middle of the Gulf, bringing him up to a cat 4. After that, the models keep wanting to push him west, with a few wanting to take him to Brownsville. Some other models are still targeting New Orleans and all the models have moved 50-75 miles east or west during the last few model runs so landfall anywhere on the Gulf Coast is still possible. I don't know if we have any members who live within 40 miles of the coast but, if so , they should be preparing to evacuate tomorrow. Gustav may either speed up or slow down and waiting until Sunday could be a big mistake. The models also want to take Gustav as a tropical storm all the way to the Tex-Ark-La border so those of you in that area should get ready for heavy rains, wind, and tornados. I'm sure hoping we have a better handle on where Gustav is going by tomorrow afternoon since everyone along the Gulf Coast is sitting on pins and needles.
