2008 August

Entries from August 2008

Gustav is Intensifying, but is it Too Little Too Late? #gustav

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Gustav is hardly the storm it was just 24 hours ago when it crossed the western part of Cuba. Then it was a Category 4 hurricane with sustain winds of 140 mph. At that time, some weakening was expected as it moved over land but it was forecasted to quickly regain its strength as it [...]

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Gustav is Weaker but No One is in the Clear #gustav

August 31st, 2008 · No Comments

I only have a little time to do an update as we stopped for lunch. I hope to do more when we get back home. It appears that Cuba weakened Gustav more than I initially thought late last night. Gustav has appeared very ragged with out a defined eye. Maximum winds have lowered to 120 [...]

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Gustav Enters the Gulf of Mexico

August 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Gustav has had a very impressive day since I updated Saturday morning. It became a category 4 hurricane with sustain winds of 150 mph right before it made landfall in western Cuba. Now Gustav’s center is back over water and has entered the southeastern Gulf of Mexico.
As Gustav moved over Cuba it weakened slightly, this [...]

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Gustav a Dangerous Category 4

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

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Gustav Becomes a Major Hurricane

August 30th, 2008 · No Comments

Overnight while most of us were sleeping Gustav rapidly intensified into a major hurricane. As of the 8 a.m. public advisory from the NHC, Gustav’s maximum sustain winds were 120 mph which is a strong category 3 and 11 mph away from becoming a category 4. Its central pressure has fallen to 955 mph or [...]

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