Hurricane Gustav Watch Thread

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

I still had my Windows Media playlist from watching the Katrina coverage in 2005

This is the first time in history that Jefferson Parish has been ordered a manditory evacuation.

It appears that Mayor Nagin and Governor Jindal have done a very good job of preparing the New Orleans area and making resources available to residents without access to transportation.

Load these URL's directly into your Windows Media Player.  Hit CTRL-U to copy the URL for the stream in:

WDSU (NBC 6)
http://mfile.akamai.com/12912/live/reflector:38201.asx
WWL (CBS 4)
 http://www.wwltv.com/sharedcontent/VideoPlayer/makeASX.php?title=beloint_wwltv&live=1
WGNO (ABC 26)
mms://a527.l2258948526.c22589.n.lm.akamaistream.net/D/527/22589/v0001/reflector:48526

They just had Barack Obama by phone on WDSU.... I'm all for bringing him on to help encourage residents to leave NOLA... but having a campaign appearance in the middle of an emergency newscast seems absolutely ridiculous on the part of WDSU.

[Joe Biden 2020]

Eastern Oklahoma is preparing for anywhere between 6 and 20 inches of rain from late Tuesday through Thursday with the remnants of Tropical Depression Gustav.

We're supposed to get anywhere between 1 and 7 inches here in central Oklahoma where I live during the same time frame.

The storm is expected to get pulled away by a cold front that is now passing through Montana on Friday leaving us dry for Friday and Saturday.