Gustav may be a record breaker... I have been watching the pressure in this thing drop & drop... & with each new report it seems to be more grave.As of 5:00p.m. EDT Gustav is at 941mb. (If you'll recall in the record breaking year 2005, Wilma had the lowest pressure ever recorded @ 882mb.) The millibar pressure is interesting to watch because it shows you how fast a storm is intensifying. Gustav is now over Cuba right now.
If you have the ability to watch The Weather Channel, I highly suggest it. They are very informative... not to mention they have a few good looking meteorologists! (Had to lighten the mood a little! LOL)
New Orleans is already under a mandatory evacuation. They are not going to make the same mistake as they did with Katrina! HOWEVER... Gustav can end up anywhere from Gulf coast of Texas to panhandle of Florida. So, please be on guard!!
The picture above is from the NOAA website. The link will take you to a whole laundry list of link of satellites... the best one to click on is the Gustav Visible LOOP (I believe it needs Java... if you can't run Java, then just click "image")... however, if you're viewing it later... the visible does go black at night. Then you can click on the Infrared link... but it's not as impressive to me as it is to see the clouds view... to me!
More updates later!
P.S. Don't take your eyes off Hanna, either!!!
I was just reading awhile ago that Gustav in Hebrew means "Staff of God"....
ReplyDeleteLooks like a doozy!!! And yup.. Im watching.. CLOSELY.
Many prayers are going up ^^^^.
Pray it turns west or goes back out to sea. back out to sea is best, but west would invlove less people! It will hit us if it stays on it's present course. Not evacuating hit, but strong winds, rain and power outage!
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