Monday, September 01, 2008

Hurricane Gustav - August 30, 31 & September 01, 02, 2008

* Hurricane Gustav *
(Last update on this post)
Tuesday, 4:00am CDT -
GUSTAV WEAKENS EVEN MORE
Now A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED
TO
NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUST
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Monday/Tuesday UPDATES:

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* NOAA's Last Public ADVISORY on this storm HERE

>>> The KTBS website had this report out Monday for all us folks who live in Northeastern Louisiana.
Be sure to click it out at link below...
Wind and flooding rains headed for the ArkLaTex

> KTBS has these Up To Date Ark-La-Tex Weather Reports HERE

* Shreveport, LA *
> Long Range Radar Loop
HERE
> Updated NOAA Forecast/Watch/Warnings HERE

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More Info on:
GUSTAV - TROPICAL STORM HANNA
& TROPICAL STORM IKE at...
NOAA’s Official Website -
HERE

.. * Latest Satellite Imagery at links below...
- Atlantic Floater Imagery Visible Loop
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Atlantic Floater Imagery Color Infrared Loop
>
New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA Long Range Radar
Info/Map & Satellite Imagery by NWS TPC/
National Hurricane Center, Miami FL/SSD

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Older Posing on Gustav Below This Point:

New Orleans Prepares for Hurricane Gustav


About News Video: Lines of people waiting for buses to take them out of the city grew longer Saturday and traffic grew heavier on main highways as Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm on track for the Gulf Coast.
Video posted on YouTube by AssociatedPress
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Links:
* Emergency.Louisiana.gov

* Department of Homeland Security
* FEMA
* American Red Cross
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About Photo: President George W. Bush calls Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Saturday, August 30, 2008, to discuss the impending storms that are expected to strike Louisiana and other areas of the Gulf Coast as a result of Hurricane Gustav.
White House photo by Chris Greenberg
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* Louisiana Public School Cancellations *
Governor Bobby Jindal Issues Executive Order of Closure of Schools
> Read Order
HERE

The following School Districts will not be in session this...
Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday:
(Note: Monday was already a Scheduled Holiday)

Avoyelles, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn
Info/Photo from Louisiana official website
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* New Orleans told to flee Gustav *

Photo from official New Orleans website
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NOTE: To all my friends in the southern part of our state of Louisiana... I ask you to WATCH this press Conference and prepare as needed. Especially those in the New Orleans area...

> BBC News website has the following Article and News Video of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s press conference.
It’s just under 8 minutes long and you can click it out HERE
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CONTINUING LIVE COVERAGE:
WDSU COVERS HURRICANE GUSTAV
Watch it live online HERE of continuing coverage of Hurricane Gustav as it churns toward the Gulf Coast.
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AubreyJ.........

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