It's gonna make landfall the same day as my birthday.

Stay safe man,

Weebit more worried about Daark then myself.

Goodluck Nutter, dont get hurt

(same to everyone else from that area)

It's quite windy even where I am and I'm a few hundred miles away from the eye.

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurrican...008/gustav.html

http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurrican...2008/hanna.html

Meh, Gustav wimped out already? Coming from somebody who has gone through several Cat 3s and greater, they just blow leaves off trees. They aren't anything to worry about unless you live in a trailer. Then I'd worry. A lot.

Take care and stay safe, guys...

I think smokey have been naughty this year, now is payback time, a category 5 hurricane

Nah.. i hope you surviveand have a good B-Day

Ahh.

Its Hurrican season again, isnt it. . . .

Are hurricanes in the South like earthquakes in the West? The locals don't care until they 'sense' its a big one and just about their daily business?

Hurricanes are like holidays around here. No school.

Alot of people are worried around here because it's the first 'major' hurricane since Katrina in our area.

My thoughts goes to all of you in that area!

Stay safe fellows!

Well, power is back on...but before that I was out there swimming in the pool with 40-50 MPH gusts and heavy rain.

New Orleans is gonna get raped again. We should just leave the damn place and let the wildlife retake it.

Stay safe to all of you in Gustav's path.

Oh, and good luck.

~Heartburn

It seems odd and almost defeatist to give a place with such history like New Orleans up. There must be better ways to protect it from storms. I mean Japan managed to protect itself effectively from earth quakes and they're just as devastating.

New Orleans held up fine. (Thank god it wasn't a direct hit however.) The only place that had real issues were the places where construction of flood walls wasn't complete.

There has been a few unfortunate people though on the US mainland. I think some car accidents attributed to the storm and some trees falling on people. Hope it peters out before anyone else perishes.