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2008-08-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Glenmore 2008-08-26 10:40|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 The forecaste models are already predicting it having 180mph winds by the time it clears the Yucatan channel on Saturday.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-26 12:20|| 2008-08-26 12:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Yo, Ray. Just in case, a reminder...

Posted by tu3031 2008-08-26 13:02|| 2008-08-26 13:02|| Front Page Top

#3 One good thing for Louisiana is that Bobby Jindal is governor, not Kathleen Blanco. I would expect that he will not hesitate to activate the National Guard, and call for federal aid as soon as necessary.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-08-26 13:17|| 2008-08-26 13:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Any way we can redirect it to Denver by Thursday or Friday?

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2008-08-26 13:30|| 2008-08-26 13:30|| Front Page Top

#5 I'd be very surprised if Jindal doesn't already have the La. National Guard on at least partial alert. That guy is on top of things.

Posted by Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-08-26 13:46|| 2008-08-26 13:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Might wanna gas up too, folks...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil rose on Tuesday as Hurricane Gustav took aim at U.S. oil and natural gas installations in the Gulf of Mexico as it churned through the Caribbean.

Weather models showed Gustav either entering the Gulf -- home to a quarter of U.S. oil production and 15 percent of natural gas output -- by early Sunday or veering toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

"All of the oil platforms off Texas and Louisiana will probably be at risk, but that's real long-range," Eric Wilhelm, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc, told Reuters, adding that Gustav could hit the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane.

U.S. crude rose 30 cents to $115.41 a barrel by 12:41 p.m. EDT. London Brent crude traded down 7 cents to $113.96 a barrel.

...and it's still early.

Posted by tu3031 2008-08-26 14:45|| 2008-08-26 14:45|| Front Page Top

#7 The Seattle papers today hava a long-woe-is-me piece about Katrina vicitms STILL suffering due to fraudulent contractors. One (dumb)victim even stated that she had forked out a lot of money to an unlicensed contractor who took it and fled, but she is now on her THIRD unlicensed contractor.
Sorry, there is no vaccine for terminal stupidity. (BTW, where are all the woe-is-me articles about the folks along the Mississippi who lost everything in this year's floods?)

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-08-26 15:23|| 2008-08-26 15:23|| Front Page Top

#8 Jack, please NO - I've had tornado warning sirens here for 3 straight days, S & E of Denver.

Getting kind of tired of the tornadoes.

Be more than happy to send them up north to Mile High on Thursday.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-26 16:23|| 2008-08-26 16:23|| Front Page Top

#9 I believe that the Corps of Engineers stated a month ago that New Orleans Dikes could not withstand a Level 2 Hurricane. Everybody Panic

Posted by Chief 2008-08-26 19:18|| 2008-08-26 19:18|| Front Page Top

#10 Cannot withstand a cat 2? Really?

They better have plans to move everyone completely out of S New Orleans and 15 ft above sea level. And if it hits there as a cat 5, stop with the nonsense of rebuilding there. Rebuild to the north like they should have last times. New Orleans rises to the N, Old Orleans stays south in the above the waterine areas (whcih is where al the tourist, business and historical stuff is anyway).

Posted by OldSpook 2008-08-26 21:09|| 2008-08-26 21:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Cat 2, huh? Wet yourself much?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-08-26 21:52|| 2008-08-26 21:52|| Front Page Top

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