What could be worse than a category 5 hurricane hitting the U.S. mainland next week?

[whistle]

...Well, how about two category 3 hurricanes or higher!

Gustav is projected to be a category 3 by this weekend and is being projected to hit the Gulf Coast of Louisiana by early morning on Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Hanna now forming in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Puerto Rico will be moving northwest along the outer Bahama Islands could also become a category 3 hurricane by next Tuesday and turn due west at that time threatening landfall along Florida's Atlantic Coast anywhere between Melbourne to Jacksonville.

We are still experiencing heavy rains in Orlando as the result of the Tropical Storm Fay system.

Here are the latest reports from NHC:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

[NightWatcher]

1. shit, we've still yet to fix the window from Fay (in Jax)

we were in the dark for 3 days this time. If a Cat 1-3 comes this way again, I'm taking the SO to my rental in Savannah. (not too far inland, but higher, dryer, and outfitted with survival gear for the apocalypse

[navarth]

2. Is this the stuff the fundies were praying for?

funny if it hit the Reptile party instead...

[valerief]

9. The Reptile Party. I LOVE it! Thanks for the name. nt

[ColbertWatcher]

3. The GOP exploiting it?

The GOP fucking it up and covering their fuck-up up?

The GOP-controlled media ignoring all of it?

[EV_Ares]

4. Not much for the people involved in something like that, eom

[alfredo]

5. This just shows some of the areas of concern. Several are still over Africa

Let it load. It's an animated gif.



On edit Oil platforms in the bulls eye

[Catherine Vincent]

12. Is that a hurricane at the coast of Mexico?

[alfredo]

13. No, it is a BAS

Big Ass Storm.

[whistle]

17. Now it is a huricane, Gustav was upgraded this afternoon

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/205016.shtml?5day#contents

[alfredo]

18. Got a bad feeling. Those levees must hold in NOLA

[dkofos]

6. McPOW winning the election!!!!!!!

[kimmerspixelated]

7. Bingo!!!!

[valerief]

10. You mean P.O. Dubya stealing the election. Winning is not possible. nt

[loves_dulcinea]

8. another republicer admin

[Karenina]

11. Nuclear war?

:shrug:

[Evoman]

14. A meteor landing in St. Paul? No, wait that would be better.

(but only if it was a small one and landed in a very....ahem...localized area) :evilgrin:

[MiniMe]

15. God is routing for Obama

[amuse bouche]

16. My stomach is in knots the entire season