Gustav moves slightly to the east

[brooklynite]

Source: Times-Picayune

The projected path for Hurricane Gustav edged a tiny bit closer to New Orleans, according to the National Hurricane Center's 4 a.m. forecast, with the storm still expected to cross the coastline at Category 4 strength by 1 p.m. Monday.

That increases the chance that New Orleans will experience hurricane-force winds and that West Bank communities could be hit with devastating storm surge high enough to overtop the area's incomplete system of 8-foot to 10-foot levees and gates.

A hurricane warning has been issued for the coast from the Texas border to the Alabama-Florida border, and includes New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. A hurricane warning means hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area in the next 24 hours.

A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch extends west to High Island, Texas and a tropical storm warning east to the Ochlockonee River in Florida.

Read more: http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2008/08/hurricane_warning_posted_for_n.html

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[hedgehog]

1. Oh, man, that's just plain UGLY!

[DainBramaged]

2. THIS is ugly

and this

[zeemike]

7. Looks like a hurricane train out in the Atlantic n/t

[stray cat]

3. Practically on the aniversary of Katrina - it looks so similar by radar

[humbled_opinion]

4. Hmmm

and so the shall be the response by Bushco.... Failures... Let Obama respond he will show America how to take care of its people.

[stray cat]

6. The response looks better but it proves NO has not been rebuilt

and reminds us all of the administrations and McCains response to Katrina

[Ian David]

5. Sure to overtop the area's INCOMPLETE system of levees that the GOP filibustered. n/t

[Chovexani]

9. Levees stuffed with newspaper

:puke:

[2QT2BSTR8]

8. Is it just me....

Or has anyone else heard McCain say ANYTHING about how the new federal levee system can handle Gustav and potentially Hanna? Or do you think he is just staying out of it until NOLA disappears under the ocean, and then he can point to Busco and its failure to protect the American people?

[jimjones2474]

10. NO

Glad it missed NO.

[KillCapitalism]

11. What's left of Gustav is right on top of where I live.

It's been raining pretty hard for the past 12 hours, and the wind would really kick up at times. I've never seen a tropical system stay this strong as far north as I am.