Watching the hurricane

[pomtzu]

Unfortunately, I just heard on MSNBC that it has reached a category 4 and could go to 5.
Please be careful - head north. This storm is turning into a monster! At least New Orleans is on top of it this time with getting folks out already.
Good luck and God Bless!

[Daisy and Delilah]

I think all of us are scared for you and your neighbors, Laura. I am already feeling lots of apprehension and I can certainly sympathize with all of you. I'll keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers. You people have been through way too much already. God Bless all of you. Do whatever you need to do to keep everyone safe. Please check in with us frequently.
{{{{{HUGS}}}}}

[Hellow]

Unfortunately, I just heard on MSNBC that it has reached a category 4 and could go to 5.
Please be careful - head north. This storm is turning into a monster! At least New Orleans is on top of it this time with getting folks out already.
Good luck and God Bless!

The National Hurricane Center just made a special report over that, this thing has 150MPH Sustained Winds . Plus, it is not expected to make landfall for a few more days. Considering the fact that the thing strengthened into a Tropical Storm 2 days after it came off the cost of Africa, and the fact that it is getting slower, I would be surprised if it made it to Category 5 status. Everyone in the way of this thing: Get the heck out of there and go north.

[elizabethann]

They just showed the folks leaving the city and the highway is backed up for miles. It was amazing to see. I just hope the hurricane blows out in the gulf and peters out by the time it hits land.

[Hellow]

One of the 10 projected tracks has Gustav heading directly into Atlanta, so hope that i get hit and not Louisiana .

[Hellow]

Oh this is just wonderful:


Tampa is getting Rain Bands off Gustav and it hasent even crossed Cuba yet, I cant imagine how huge this thing is going to be once it even nears Mainland US.

[Catty1]

PRAYERS to everyone.

The traffic backups...gosh, I wish there was a faster way to get out. But if there's a few more days yet...

I hope no AH's jack up the gas and food prices, etc, to get richer off people in trouble!

[Hellow]

PRAYERS to everyone.

The traffic backups...gosh, I wish there was a faster way to get out. But if there's a few more days yet...

I hope no AH's jack up the gas and food prices, etc, to get richer off people in trouble!

Well, they are already evacing people off the oil rigs in the gulf for fear of it coming into the gulf. Here is the projected tracks for Gustav: http://my.sfwmd.gov/sfwmd/common/ima...s/storm_07.gif

[Scooter's Mom]

Laura, my thoughts are definitely with you. My immediate family (dad, brother/family, grandma) is all in Houston, except for my grandmothers younger sister who is in Mississippi and lost everything in Katrina. She rebuilt, though. (Stubborn is a family trait... lol)

[Ginger's Mom]

Prayers going out for everyone in the way of Gustav.

[cassiesmom]

Prayers going out for everyone in the way of Gustav.

Also from here in Chicago.

[Catty1]

Yahoo news...as of 2 hrs ago, Gustav's winds had dropped to 60 mph, and it was weakening as it headed overland and into Texas. If you click on the radar view above, and click on SW view, you can see that the worst has definitely left NO, and Baton Rouge has eased up.

I just wonder how everyone is?