Reuters - While powerful Hurricane Gustav bore down
on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday, Tropical Storm Hanna swirled
east of Florida, embedded in a complicated climatic environment
that made it impossible to forecast its destination and likely
strength.
Archive for August, 2008
The stubborn hunker down in New Orleans as hordes flee (AFP)
Published August 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
AFP - As highways out of New Orleans crammed with people escaping the wrath of Hurricane Gustav, Jack Bosma shuttered the windows of his home, ate gumbo and stayed put.
Bush: No to convention, plans Gustav trip to Texas (AP)
Published August 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
AP - Bracing for a storm that could surpass Hurricane Katrina, President Bush on Sunday said he would skip the Republican National Convention and head instead to Texas to be with evacuees and emergency responders. He warned a jittery Gulf Coast that it could face “significant flooding.”
New Orleans evacuates for “big, ugly storm” (Reuters)
Published August 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
Reuters - Tens of thousands of people in New
Orleans and the U.S. Gulf Coast fled their homes on Sunday as
Hurricane Gustav moved within 24 hours of striking land,
possibly with a weaker punch than 2005’s Hurricane Katrina.
Gulf oil output at a trickle ahead of Gustav (Reuters)
Published August 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
Reuters - U.S. energy companies shut nearly all
offshore oil production and were racing to bring down
flood-prone Louisiana refineries on Sunday ahead of Hurricane
Gustav’s landfall, which could rival the wrath of 2005’s
Hurricane Katrina.