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08-30-2008, 04:26 PM
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Get the hell out of there, Gustav just went category 4! Still has to cross the Gulf with all that warm water. Cat 5 by US landfall is not out of the question! Evac now! 
08-30-2008, 04:58 PM
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My thoughts are with everyone in the path of this monster. Usually hurricanes can't sustain themselves at a cat 4 or 5 for very long, hopefully it will burn itself out a bit before it hits land, or better yet doesn't make a landfall. Looks like there is a chance it may turn to the west before it hits land. I'll keep you guys along the Gulf Coast in our prayers.
08-30-2008, 05:17 PM
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08-30-2008, 07:00 PM
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I just came in off the water here in fort myers about 40 miles off shore and it was very gusty and quite choppy (bout 5 -6 feet), awesome fishing. This is going to be a beast, it's still in cuba and its effect was felt already quite well,.
08-30-2008, 07:12 PM
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Red HHR to Left, bottom.
Traffic backs up along westbound Interstate 10, as residents of the New Orleans area evacuate due to the threat of Hurricane Gustav, Saturday morning Aug. 30, 2008, in New Orleans. A million people took to Gulf Coast highways Saturday, boarding up homes and businesses and fleeing dangerous Hurricane Gustav by bus and automobile as the season's most powerful Atlantic storm took aim at Louisiana.
(AP Photo/Brian Lawdermilk)
08-31-2008, 08:32 AM
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I still don't believe it's heading straight to New Orleans. How many times did Fay change direction? I check the Weather Channel every few hours and have things packed to go, if I need to. I never had a chance to put the patio furniture back outside after Fay.
We still have Hannah to watch after Gustav. Welcome to the Gulf Coast!
We still have Hannah to watch after Gustav. Welcome to the Gulf Coast!
08-31-2008, 09:09 AM
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Traffic backs up along westbound Interstate 10, as residents of the New Orleans area evacuate due to the threat of Hurricane Gustav, Saturday morning Aug. 30, 2008, in New Orleans. A million people took to Gulf Coast highways Saturday, boarding up homes and businesses and fleeing dangerous Hurricane Gustav by bus and automobile as the season's most powerful Atlantic storm took aim at Louisiana.
(AP Photo/Brian Lawdermilk)
(AP Photo/Brian Lawdermilk)
Last edited by HillsdaleHHR; 08-31-2008 at 04:50 PM. Reason: Removed pic from quote
08-31-2008, 07:25 PM
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Actually, the smartest thing they could have done is declared all that land below sea level as uninhabitable. They never should have rebuilt homes there. I wonder if those people we able to get insurance on their homes this time around.