Gustav

[wraithfodder]

Geez, can't believe New Orleans is gonna get hit AGAIN! And now they have tornado warnings? Ack!

Meanwhile, I follow an oil site and this section- http://www.rigzone.com/news/hurricanes/gustav.asp - gives an interesting overview of how Gustav will affect the oil industry (not good). I had no idea that many oil platforms existed in one area! If only the gas in my car tank could last as I'm sure it'll shoot up tremendously this week.

I heard on the news that remnants of Hannah will probably reach where I live by the upcoming weekend (as long as it doesn't knock out power, or if does, hopefully after SGA airs as I don't count on SciFi being smart enough to put this season into repeats).

Hope that everybody down south is able to get out of the hurricane's path in time.

Comments

[alyssa22.livejournal.com]

It's crazy, isn't it? You have to wonder why people want to live there. I always think that about people who live in areas of Victoria that get hit by bushfires every year, but they just rebuild and stay.

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

Well, you can't just pick up and keep moving. Where in the world can you go where you're not hit by something that can turn into a disaster? I live on a 21 mile wide island, and I dred hurricane season every year and I watch the storms down south with a weary eye!

[gatedialer.livejournal.com]

I am not surprised but I am glad that the majority of people have evacuated. I saw some of them come into my city today and will be at one of the shelters tomorrow helping settle in those coming in by the busload.

New Orleans is a nice city, it has its problems and I preferred it pre-Katrina because culturally it was great but post-Katrina its so much different culturally as well as physically. I loved living there but had to leave that soup bowl because it was so dangerous.

But as I said, I am glad they are evacuating.

[nebbyjen.livejournal.com]

At least it looks as though people are leaving this time. Makes you wonder where they all go, though. Every time a hurricane gets near or hits in the South I think the North with its 6 to 7 months of snow really isn't all that bad.

As for getting gas...that's on the to-do list first thing tomorrow morning.

[ancientcitadel.livejournal.com]

It just makes me glad that Victoria has Bass Strait (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass_Strait), so we only have to deal with bushfires, lack of rain (and water restrictions (http://www.westernwater.com.au/library/scripts/objectifyMedia.aspx?file=pdf/55/21.pdf&siteID=2&str_title=Stage%203a.pdf)) and the occasion wild weather. :)

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

I love Melbourne!

[starbuck92.livejournal.com]

Delurking to make a comment. I read somewhere that 80% of the oil production in the Gulf was in the path of Gustva, which, looking at that photo on that page, sounds about right. We already saw a 20 cent increase in gas prices here in South Texas.

My sister actually lived in New Orleans the last five or so years because her husband took a job there. They happen to have moved back to Houston just over a month ago. I'm betting they're glad they did!