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Gustav's been upgraded to Cat 4 and is predicted to be Cat 5 by tonight.
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bkdelong is working on setting up some sort of communications thing in regards to Gustav here: Gustav communications project. I'm not terribly techie, at least not in this way, so I only understood parts of the project, but if you're a techie type with social networking experience of any kind, you may want to take a look at this and see if you can help out. Overall, the purpose of the project, like the one that interdictor started up for Katrina, is to provide communication and information on what is happening in the area being hit by the hurricane.
bkdelong also has links to the Cat 4 announcement and the chart with the predictions at the above link. Looking at the chart, it's looking to hit Cat 5 while still over/in range of Cuba, then downgrade to Cat 4 before making landfall. Still, it's currently heading straight for Louisiana (LA) and, if the predictions hold true, will be somewhere between Cat 2 and Cat 4 upon landfall.
Landfall is predicted to be on Tuesday, but LA will start suffering the effects of the hurricane Monday. Once it makes landfall of course it'll lose a lot of it's force, hence the Cat 1 on the chart.
Levees, pumps, and other infrastructure are in better shape in LA than they were before Katrina (which was Cat 5 at sea but Cat 3 by the time it made landfall). However the repairs and improvements are not complete, with the work schedule running into 2011. Plenty of sandbagging of weak levees and sea walls is still ongoing.
In addition to the plus of being in better shape than they were in 2005, the evacuation process has already begun.
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Meantime, I feel really bad for the folks in Cuba. Their evacuations process is supposed to be completed already, but looking at this map, I'm kind of wondering where they evacuated to.... the eastern half I guess. That skinny white line on the picture outlines Cuba.
The southern tip of Florida's getting hit with part of the hurricane as well, but the eye of the hurricane is right over Cuba. They're all going to have a lot to rebuild...
We'll see what the next few days brings.
bkdelong is working on setting up some sort of communications thing in regards to Gustav here: Gustav communications project. I'm not terribly techie, at least not in this way, so I only understood parts of the project, but if you're a techie type with social networking experience of any kind, you may want to take a look at this and see if you can help out. Overall, the purpose of the project, like the one that interdictor started up for Katrina, is to provide communication and information on what is happening in the area being hit by the hurricane.bkdelong also has links to the Cat 4 announcement and the chart with the predictions at the above link. Looking at the chart, it's looking to hit Cat 5 while still over/in range of Cuba, then downgrade to Cat 4 before making landfall. Still, it's currently heading straight for Louisiana (LA) and, if the predictions hold true, will be somewhere between Cat 2 and Cat 4 upon landfall. Landfall is predicted to be on Tuesday, but LA will start suffering the effects of the hurricane Monday. Once it makes landfall of course it'll lose a lot of it's force, hence the Cat 1 on the chart.
Levees, pumps, and other infrastructure are in better shape in LA than they were before Katrina (which was Cat 5 at sea but Cat 3 by the time it made landfall). However the repairs and improvements are not complete, with the work schedule running into 2011. Plenty of sandbagging of weak levees and sea walls is still ongoing.
In addition to the plus of being in better shape than they were in 2005, the evacuation process has already begun.
***
Meantime, I feel really bad for the folks in Cuba. Their evacuations process is supposed to be completed already, but looking at this map, I'm kind of wondering where they evacuated to.... the eastern half I guess. That skinny white line on the picture outlines Cuba.
The southern tip of Florida's getting hit with part of the hurricane as well, but the eye of the hurricane is right over Cuba. They're all going to have a lot to rebuild...
We'll see what the next few days brings.
