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2008-08-28 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2008-08-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Looks like it unexpectedly stalled a bit over Haiti and got chewed up by the terrain there. That and there is some upper atmosphere shear that developed unexpectedly as well, that's keeping it from reforming as quickly as was forecast. Still, its a wild card once it enters the Gulf of Mexico and those warm waters.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-28 01:02|| 2008-08-28 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Here are the storm prediction tracks from various models

Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-28 03:29|| 2008-08-28 03:29|| Front Page Top

#3 ...And IIRC, they told us we'd have years to get ready for the next direct hit on Nawlins.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2008-08-28 06:59|| 2008-08-28 06:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Heh, the two different maps tell exactly the same story. "It'll hit somewhere in here, but we're not sure."

Oh, and storms have a tendency to curl at the last minute and miss New Orleans. It's what happened with Hurricane Georges in 1998, when people went into the Superdome for the first time. We remember Katrina and not Georges because it didn't miss.

Posted by gromky 2008-08-28 08:58|| 2008-08-28 08:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Katrina hiccupped east and missed New Orleans too. But the surge was strong and the levees weren't, so after the storm passed we got flooded.

Posted by Glenmore 2008-08-28 09:20|| 2008-08-28 09:20|| Front Page Top

#6 In the mean time, a million people are flooded out in India.

Posted by ed 2008-08-28 10:03|| 2008-08-28 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't forget to fill up before Sunday. Gas is going up, up, up every minute Gustav works toward the gulf.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-08-28 11:34|| 2008-08-28 11:34|| Front Page Top

#8 And once your car is filled, remember to top it off every six hours.

Posted by .5MT 2008-08-28 12:06|| 2008-08-28 12:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Folks, 22 dead in a piss-poor commie shithole does NOT translate into disaster in the US.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-08-28 13:43|| 2008-08-28 13:43|| Front Page Top

#10 This could be VERY destructive for the US. Speculation is starting that once Gustav gets to 100-200 miles off the Gulf coast-it will just stall for a couple days. All the time spinning and intensifying over very warm water.

Posted by Slats Glans2659 2008-08-28 15:01|| 2008-08-28 15:01|| Front Page Top

#11 Anyone got money on the speculation?
Or is it Emo I wanna die talk?

Posted by .5MT 2008-08-28 18:54|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-08-28 18:54|| Front Page Top

#12 At this point, it is JUST speculation. And given that spot oil prices were DOWN today, there is obviously much dispute on what will happen in 6 or 7 days.

Posted by Slats Glans2659 2008-08-28 19:34|| 2008-08-28 19:34|| Front Page Top

#13 I've never been good at Cassandra, so I think I'll wait. Granted, Gustav is likely to give Cincinnati a miss altogether, but even so, I refuse to panic. ;-)

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-08-28 19:51|| 2008-08-28 19:51|| Front Page Top

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