The Gustav 5-day forecast is a bummer.

[phantom power]

[dkf]

1. I hope the Republicans can do a decent job handling this.

Now we will see the difference between trying and not trying.

If they are as lackadaisical about it this time around, they simply want to lose.

[Kittycat]

2. That's not looking good at all

I bet if it passes just a hair to the left of that tracking, It's going to hit both hot spots in the gulf and pick up, too.

[uppityperson]

5. map where it is forecast to go...

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200807_model.html#a_topad
sorry, I can't link the graphic itself, can't figure out how on computer I'm using (language issue)

[valerief]

3. I wonder if they'll cancel the convention. nt

[ElectricGrid]

4. Imagine if we had wind farms in the Gulf!!!!

We would have power for everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dead_Parrot]

6. Oops

Anyone foreseeing anything? No? Oh good.

[XemaSab]

7. What were you saying two days ago?

:P

[Dead_Parrot]

8. That people shouldn't question my omniscience?

;)

[XemaSab]

9. That too.

:eyes:

[Dead_Parrot]

10. .

:evilgrin:

[NNadir]

11. Oh shit.

[Dead_Parrot]

12. A question occurs to me...

...has all that floodwater from Iowa drained from the Mississppi yet? I can't find a definitive answer anywhere, but it would unfortunate if NOLA got hit by another hurricane while the river was unusually high.

To put it mildly.

[Nihil]

15. Don't worry, be happy ...

All of the floodwater is busy replenishing the drained aquifers by slowly
filtering through the water-meadows across the flood plains along the
length of the river. No problem, just nature doing what it does best!

Oh ... wait a minute ...

[tinrobot]

13. Straight at New Orleans

Crap.

[amandabeech]

14. I hope that folks in Jamaica and the Caymans start preparations now!

All-in-all, that's one ugly looking track.

Ray Nagin is cutting short his stay in Denver to get back. If Gustav hits NO, I hope that they are better prepared than they were last time.