When Did This Happen?
The last time we checked, Hurricane Gustav was a tropical storm that we could still make jokes about. Particularly jokes about Mississippi. Not anymore, though, as within the last twenty-four hours the storm has turned into a Category Four monster that’s poised to slam into New Orleans, a city that still hasn’t recovered from the devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina three years ago.
Gustav could strengthen soon into a Category Five storm, threatening a national emergency that could end up postponing the Republican National Convention.
Evacuees are already pouring out of Louisiana, and the mayor of New Orleans has issued a mandatory evacuation order set to begin tomorrow in anticipation of “the mother of all storms.”
Obviously, Gustav is no longer a laughing matter, with the distinct possibility that it could retain its Category Five strength when it makes landfall sometime Monday afternoon.
You can keep tabs on the storm by clicking on the BoatUS Hurricane tracker page, and obviously we hope you’ll join us in keeping folks along the gulf coast (including Mississippians) in your thoughts and prayers over the next few days.
Comments
By Veritas on August 30th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
I hate the new format. Please revert back. Not all change is good. Remember New Coke?
By fitsnews on August 30th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Dude,
We’re still playin’ wit it. Sort of like Sic Willie’s still “playin’ wit it.” Literally … thirty four years after he found it.
-FITSNews
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