Hurricane Gustav

Damn! I just looked at the models, and it looks like several of them are showing a hook back to the south, into the Gulf, after making landfall in Louisiana!!!

my son just came back from walmart ,he said things were very crazy.No bread,milk or even toilet paper!! Hotel rooms in the Jackson metro area were gone bymidweek.
I have water and gas, no generator though gas lantern will have to do until I climb out of the woods to get to a friends with a generator.

Some see us, we have 3! The kids can play.. little ibd is going to go stir crazy in the house..

Watercolor contacted their vacation rental owners and many of them are allowing pets in their units due to the evacuation. Just thought I would post the info here too.

That is sweet. Pets need to be rembered also and last time many weren't..

Anyone heard from InletBchDweller? I sent her a private message. She is about 67 miles from New Orleans so I assume she might be far enough inland at Prairieville. Haven't heard back from her.

They are showing a 60% chance of rain for us Tuesday through Thursday from Gustav according to our local news last night. Rain Friday also now.

I have been thinking of the IBDs, too. I will call her.

I got your PM Lady D, and many others (thanks everyone), we are here. Our neighborhood fared well during Katrina and now house quite a bit more folks than normal as of yesterday. We have a closet under the stairs in case of tornado weather and plenty of beer & water, food, etc. Our neighborhood did not lose cable/internet/phone during Katrina so I am hoping for the best. I can SOWal... All kidding aside, we will stay safe.

Some see us, we have 3! The kids can play.. little ibd is going to go stir crazy in the house..

That is sweet. Pets need to be rembered also and last time many weren't..





I got your PM Lady D, and many others (thanks everyone), we are here. Our neighborhood fared well during Katrina and now house quite a bit more folks than normal as of yesterday. We have a closet under the stairs in case of tornado weather and plenty of beer & water, food, etc. Our neighborhood did not lose cable/internet/phone during Katrina so I am hoping for the best. I can SOWal... All kidding aside, we will stay safe.

Good to hear from you... Please keep us posted as much as you can & stay safe

Damn! I just looked at the models, and it looks like several of them are showing a hook back to the south, into the Gulf, after making landfall in Louisiana!!!

The forecaster (Beven, I think) who wrote the 11AM EDT discussion from NHC says this sort of model forecast usually translates into reality as a stalling of forward motion, rather than the reversal of direction the models forecast. But if it stalls, that just means Fay-like rain for LA, not a good prospect either.

I am a South Walton resident living this summer in the Floida Keys. Tonight we have had large bands of severe weather associated with Hurricane Gustav. We have had 3 Tornado Warnings in the last 2 hours. I cannot even imagine what the poor folks in the path of this incredible storm will go through. I feel so sorry for them. My thoughts and prayers will be with them. I am very thankful that South Walton Beach is not in the storms path. We are incredibly lucky.

How long are you staying? There is a huge group of us heading down in October.

Hang in there, Hanna is still brewing out there. If you need anything during a storm head over to the Bourbon Street Pub, they stay open regardless of weather and someone there usually has whatever is needed.

How long are you staying? There is a huge group of us heading down in October.

Hang in there, Hanna is still brewing out there. If you need anything during a storm head over to the Bourbon Street Pub, they stay open regardless of weather and someone there usually has whatever is needed.

Cool...THE festival.........I went down there once when my son was 9 the week before the festival while they were still decorating the window fronts, etc......I had to cover my son's eyes a lot and then he wanted to know why the weird looking man (Elvis) was in a pink Cadillac???? Swafia was full of questions and I had some explaining to do...all the while my mother was laughing at me and keeping her mouth shut.....letting me stutteringly explain things that are hard to explain......I wonder if Swafia remembers this????????? :shock:

HAs anyone been to beach in the last few hours? We are thinking of going down and taking a look---

HAs anyone been to beach in the last few hours? We are thinking of going down and taking a look---

Here at Watersound surf is up a bit as is the waterline, but not much. It is not even as windy as it was earlier.

Haven't been to the beach (obviously) but I've been to the gas station twice. My folks are out of town, so I went to fill up their car, too...

Just got out of the water. The wind is really starting to pick up and the waves were fun while they lasted!!!!View attachment 9974

We have a live TV feed from a NOLA station here in Houston. I am so encouraged to watch the professional and organized way the powers to be have risen to this awful occasion. My hat is off to the people of LA and my prayers are sent to them wherever they are.

I hope what I have heard about the storm losing some power before landfall holds true. If Gustav hits as reported, NOLA is on the east side of the eye. Bad for water accumulation, especially if it lingers.

What say the weather bugs?

We have a live TV feed from a NOLA station here in Houston. I am so encouraged to watch the professional and organized way the powers to be have risen to this awful occasion. My hat is off to the people of LA and my prayers are sent to them wherever they are.

I hope what I have heard about the storm losing some power before landfall holds true. If Gustav hits as reported, NOLA is on the east side of the eye. Bad for water accumulation, especially if it lingers.

What say the weather bugs?

The national news on NBC is live from NOLA. The first thing I noticed is how clean the streets look.

I am back on the "storm comfort food diet". Tonight it's lasagna, garlic bread, red wine, and 5 more pounds!

But it's keeping me sane.

I am back on the "storm comfort food diet". Tonight it's lasagna, garlic bread, red wine, and 5 more pounds!

But it's keeping me sane.

Put the leftovers in the mailbox and I will swing by and get some drive through!:funn::funn::funn:

I am back on the "storm comfort food diet". Tonight it's lasagna, garlic bread, red wine, and 5 more pounds!

But it's keeping me sane.

Yummmm...I wish I had a storm!

We have a live TV feed from a NOLA station here in Houston. I am so encouraged to watch the professional and organized way the powers to be have risen to this awful occasion. My hat is off to the people of LA and my prayers are sent to them wherever they are.

I hope what I have heard about the storm losing some power before landfall holds true. If Gustav hits as reported, NOLA is on the east side of the eye. Bad for water accumulation, especially if it lingers.

What say the weather bugs?

The sober meteorologists in New Orleans are feeling pretty good about this storm hitting cool water between now and the strike and the intensity waning to the point of a weak 3 or strong 2. My source in the Corps of Engineers feels good about New Orleans proper, the concern is the west bank of the Mississippi River. Time will tell.

Just back from the beach, clouds are very ugly and dark to the south and the water is getting higher. Everyone stay safe.

The most recent Dave Barry book I'm reading talks about how much worse these storms would be if it weren't for the barrier of newspersons putting themselves between the storm and the beach as a buffer just so they can tell us that it's windy.

It would be the humanitarian thing to do.............go to NO and line em up!

The sober meteorologists in New Orleans are feeling pretty good about this storm hitting cool water between now and the strike and the intensity waning to the point of a weak 3 or strong 2. My source in the Corps of Engineers feels good about New Orleans proper, the concern is the west bank of the Mississippi River. Time will tell.

Fingers crossed, prayers sent. Thanks for that info.

The most recent Dave Barry book I'm reading talks about how much worse these storms would be if it weren't for the barrier of newspersons putting themselves between the storm and the beach as a buffer just so they can tell us that it's windy.

It would be the humanitarian thing to do.............go to NO and line em up!

...and thanks for that humor!

Call me crazy but something tells me Gustav is going to hit Louisiana. How often do they all line up like this? Myst be a record or something...

Call me crazy but something tells me Gustav is going to hit Louisiana. How often do they all line up like this? Myst be a record or something...

You're crazy. (You said...)

looking at the BMB cam there are some waves kicking up. That last few days it's been flat.
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looking at the BMB cam there are some waves kicking up. That last few days it's been flat.
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It must be updating on sowal too, cause all I see is black, or that's one heck of a wave.

You're crazy. (You said...)

You see where the projection heads back south....back in the gulf....oh boy!