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 [...]
Entries from August 2008
Gustav is Intensifying, but is it Too Little Too Late? #gustav
August 31st, 2008 · No Comments
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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, [...]
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Gustav a Dangerous Category 4
August 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Content-Type: text/html; charset=”iso-8859-1″ This will be short since I am moblogging from cel= l phone. Gustav has become an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane as i= t approaches Cuba. NHC reported maximum sustained winds of 145 mph. = Please visit the links over on the right side or in the links in the previo= us [...]
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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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