* HURRICANE GUSTAV MAKES LANDFALL*

[KFDM COOP]

[HoopInsider_Cooper]

Westward bend at the end of that run looks all too familiar.

[KFDM COOP]

Interesting times ahead!!!

[East TX]

That is interesting in that it is projected to cross Cuba long-ways just like the great Hurricane of 1900 that  totaled Galveston.

[KFDM COOP]

Man we really have to watch this!!

[PNG70]

Whatcha think Coop....should we be worried?

[KFDM COOP]

To early to say but sure. This is going to be a Cat 3 or higher!

[bullets13]

somebody's about to get rocked.

[westend1]

Don't like the looks of the new computer models.       

[82 5A State Champs]

This aint gonna be good. I actually saw one model that put it coming right into SETX as a Category 5! I have friends in New Orleans, and I hate it for them, but I would rather it go there than here. We need to watch this one very closely, folks. This one could be REALLY bad!

[PURPLE 4EVER]

I got a bad feeling for the New Orleans area...

Wonder if Nagin handles things different this time?

Wherever this thing ends up, God Bless the area...

Talk about total devastation...

[PURPLE 4EVER]

Coop...

Will the high pressure over the South East weaken over the next few days??

That might hold the key to where Gustav tracks.

I got a feeling this could be a CAT 5 when it makes landfall.

[KFDM COOP]

There will be 2 Highs, one over us and one over the SE..The one over us is the key. It will be a close call i'm afraid.

[82 5A State Champs]

At 6, Greg said that there was an area of high pressure over Florida. He said it looked as if it might flow to the west, thus keeping Gustav in a more westerly direction and away from us. Has this changed?

[KFDM COOP]

At 6, Greg said that there was an area of high pressure over Florida. He said it looked as if it might flow to the west, thus keeping Gustav in a more westerly direction and away from us. Has this changed?

We won't know for sure where it will go until probably Friday.

[82 5A State Champs]

Well, I know what that means. Better start buying gas cans and plywood.

[KFDM COOP]

Maybe so!  :'(

[HoopInsider_Cooper]

Yep....sa that this great group of seniors could miss their final season...not like ncaa where they get an extra year of eligibility.

If true what they say, this will make Rita look like a girl.

My new chant: G-A-G....G-A-G....G-A-G....Go Away Gustav!!!

[CardinalFan]

I hear one of our local weather peeps on an unnamed TV station are already freaking out and ready to head for the hills...

[tvc184]

We can what if this thing until it makes landfall. Anything more than about 48 hours out is a guess based on conditions "at that moment". The odds of making an accurate forcast of landfall 7 days out are slim to none.

Due to that, I am encouraged that the thing looks to be heading our way.  ;D

[KFDM COOP]

Me to

[westend1]

The computer models seem to be taking it further east now.

[bullets13]

The computer models seem to be taking it further east now.

the cnn map currently shows it hitting around new orleans as a category 3.  of course, as ya'll have said, things can change.

[tvc184]

Wow... the computer models have all changed from the time I went to bed and the time I woke up.

Go figure.

I am guessing Alabama or the panhandle of Florida. Landfall will be no farther west than New Orleans.... in my totally bias and unscientific guesstimate. Pensacola had better start boarding up those windows.

[stevieray]

Talk about a compact storm...I heard on the weather channel last night that a Category 3 storm that is compact can be more destructive than a large Category 5....Is that true????