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I wish them all the best of luck!

posted by shelly_b on September 1, 2008 at 8:51 AM | link to this | reply

It's great news that the storm....

has not lived up to predictions.....4-6 foot swell is all that is now expected.........great news.....Now I want my convention back!!!!!

posted by Corbin_Dallas on September 1, 2008 at 7:01 AM | link to this | reply

I just read that Gustav has weakened to a cat 2

keep praying folks, we may chase him out yet.

posted by Bel_ on September 1, 2008 at 6:52 AM | link to this | reply

TAPS

I have been following the course of this storm on the tube, and it doesn't look good. I certainly hope that all concerned have learned from the Katrina disaster, and that there will be no loss of life! The physical damage caused by this storm is another matter, and I pity the people whose lives and properties are affected...

posted by Nautikos on September 1, 2008 at 6:43 AM | link to this | reply

I hope this one is a pale imitation of Katrina...

We don't need no natural disasters....

posted by Pat_B on September 1, 2008 at 5:30 AM | link to this | reply

TAPS

I agree this does not look like what I think of as Mother. She shouts of a harsh delivery. Please keep our coastal children in your prayers.

posted by Justi on September 1, 2008 at 12:30 AM | link to this | reply

Being from an island in the Caribbean and living now in Miami Beach, hurricanes are a part of life to me.  That does not mean that I am not terrified of them .   I  respect and fear their tremendous destructive power.  I do not know where many of you are and  I truly feel for those of you that are at or near  the Golf coast.  Tonight will be a terrible night but hopefully it will pass fast and with not too much damage.    I will pray for that.  Good luck to all.  Great post Taps :-)

posted by Sinome on August 31, 2008 at 11:10 PM | link to this | reply

I hope they escape a horrible hurricane! It would be so devasting! sam

posted by sam444 on August 31, 2008 at 5:42 PM | link to this | reply

The closest I've been to a Hurricane was in Cape Hatteras. We had to evacuate by car and there were so many of us on the road, it was going so slow that I,m still surprise we made it "out" on time. I still remember the big windows ondulating in the wind too and my Mann who is from Australia  and use to this kind of thing telling me to get away from them. Not my sort of vacation.

posted by auslander on August 31, 2008 at 4:42 PM | link to this | reply

Yes, this storm looks bad.  Of course the media
always makes them seem worse.

posted by Samantha39 on August 31, 2008 at 4:30 PM | link to this | reply

The deja vu of this just gives me chills

I pray that it won't follow the pattern of Katrina in the way that it destroyed so many lives.

posted by Bel_ on August 31, 2008 at 2:27 PM | link to this | reply

It would appear the Mayor is far better prepared than last time

He learned a hard lesson.  As did a number of other gov officials. . . .

I do hope and pray the new levees hold. 

posted by JanesOpinion on August 31, 2008 at 1:36 PM | link to this | reply

kingmi, Cape Girardeau, MO offered to take Gustav refugees and at the same time are experiencing minor earthquakes.  That sounds akin to "out of the frying pan into the fire".  LOL

posted by TAPS. on August 31, 2008 at 12:30 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS, I think KC is safe. Your neighbor can relax. OK on the other hand

is preparing for refugees.  As for Iowa, ten thousand families were offered Katrina refuge here, they turned it down.  Lol

posted by kingmi on August 31, 2008 at 12:23 PM | link to this | reply

Re:

What gets me are those that get flooded or burnt out here where I live and return to build new homes, but of course these are people that are either rich or famous or both

posted by lustorlove on August 31, 2008 at 10:06 AM | link to this | reply

lustorlove and Rabbit, I don't think that I would have whatever it takes to return to a place to live after it was destroyed.  But, I guess one never knows for sure until they go through something like that.

posted by TAPS. on August 31, 2008 at 10:01 AM | link to this | reply

what a mess those people have already experienced.

I don't even think I'd move back there after Katrina.

posted by RabbitFromtheWoods on August 31, 2008 at 9:48 AM | link to this | reply

taps

son seem to just be protective of their mom's, my son is like that too, but those poor people in New Orleans, why ever go back there its not safe to live there

posted by lustorlove on August 31, 2008 at 9:39 AM | link to this | reply