Hurricane Gustav

I sure don't want Gustav to hit SoWal, but 1 model has New Orleans as a direct hit with a Cat 3 or higher. That would not be good.

Not sure how N.O. can survive if they are smacked head on so soon after Katrina.

Because Gustav is weak and disorganized, and because there are many weather systems in the area that could push it around, my guess is that it'll wander quite a bit. I wouldn't change my plans. What the heck, a category 2 hurricane will give you some fun stories for the folks back home!

A vacation renter won't experience anything over a Tropical Storm. Florida State law requires a renter (short term only) to vacate by law. In fact if they refuse technically the rental company is supposed to call the Sheriff's department to have them removed. For a renting vacationer to stay in anything over a Tropical Storm is just insanity anyway.

I'm assuming the threads got merged, because my head hurts from trying to figure out what just happened. Kurt did a tornado hit the weather thread?

We're coming down tomorrow night thru labor day. How's it looking until then?
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I think you'll be okay for a fun weekend based on the current tracks & timeline, but depending on what happens in the next couple days you might choose to return home a little earlier.

Just remember that a storm will kick up the waves so be careful about checking conditions at the beach.

I agree with SB above. From a weather perspective, it looks like you would be fine through Monday. From a beach perspective the waters could be rough on Sunday and Monday depending on where Gustav goes.

Just drove by the beach a few minutes ago in Miramar Beach area and there are double red flags posted. I expect that those will continue to fly for a while...

2:00pm models.

...my freezer is packed with steak, shrimp and fish--that means, "run for the hills!"

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We have 200 pounds of frozen, but freshly caught, Alaskan Salmon and Halibut from a recent fishing expedition. As I was putting it in the freezer, I was making mental plans of how to take it with us during an evacuation . . .

I've been gardening and cleaning the house - that's like an engraved invitation to a hurricane, which is why I'm convinced it's coming here!

For God's sake, STOP!!

...my freezer is packed with steak, shrimp and fish--that means, "run for the hills!"

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Eat the d*mn food, and save us all. Many of us will sacrifce ourselves for the cause. What time should we be there? I'll bring wine.

Pack it in a cooler, cover it with less important frozen stuff, then bury it in the interior of the car ................... then bribe people w/ fish to let you put it in a freezer!

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We have made tentative reservations at Casa de Sister in Tallahassee just in case.

Saw the storm track on Sowal.
Lord, this don't look good at all!

Okay. I'm officially having a Y'at attack right now.

We're supposed to be moving next week. It's gonna come here.

I did not like the looks of this one when it was forming.

We have made tentative reservations at Casa de Sister in Tallahassee just in case.

Ditto - just emailed Hotel Uncles! :roll:

Poor Punzy - she wasn't happy about moving again BEFORE Gustav!

Great...trying to decide what to do about vacation... Supposed to arrive Sat and come home the next weekend. Any thoughts on if we should come Friday and just see how it goes or should we totally postpone?

Great...trying to decide what to do about vacation... Supposed to arrive Sat and come home the next weekend. Any thoughts on if we should come Friday and just see how it goes or should we totally postpone?

We won't know for sure for a few days- just monitor Weather Underground like we are! If you read that we are packing up and hoping our homes will be here when we return, you might want to rethink your vacation. If there is a mandatory evacuation, you are either not coming or going home anyway.

Haha...yeah, we're keeping an eye on weather underground as well as noaa.gov

Just don't want double red flags/rain/etc for our vacation...but who does?

D*m*...I think I remember the NOGAPS one being the most accurate one (well at least the CLOSEST to accurate) and it is coming right at us.....

well Gustav made oil go up by a dollar a barrel.

The discussion on Bloomberg was definitely upsetting. I hope they are very wrong.

Haha...yeah, we're keeping an eye on weather underground as well as noaa.gov

Just don't want double red flags/rain/etc for our vacation...but who does?

I hear ya. We don't want a Cat 3 or worse hurricane - so believe me, we are watching. Double red flags/rain would suck for your vacation, but would be a relief to us at this point!

That's true. I spend at least 40 days per year down there and have had NO rain or bad weather in 3 years, so I consider myself lucky. In fact, we had a week of mosty green flags. Hey, a vacation is a vacation whether or not it's perfect...!

The website I follow has the storm continuing west toward Texas and not toward Sowal as of 4 EST. We'll see if they change in the morning.