... the National Hurricane Center said Sunday. The U.S. watch -- meaning hurricane conditions are possible within 36 hours -- extends from Grand Isle, ... Beach, Florida, forecasters said. It does not include the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, the hurricane center said." Look back on when the Gulf Coast braced for Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike' last year. Learn about the ...

... makes landfall in Louisiana it would be the first storm to strike the state since Hurricane Gustav came ashore in September 2008. DEATH TOLL ... miles west-northwest of the western tip of Cuba, the hurricane center said. It was moving north-northwest near 10 mph ... resort, which is popular with American tourists. Ida first became a hurricane on Thursday off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, where heavy ...

... State of Louisiana has already declared an emergency and they have closed schools in Alabama! This will be the fourth (and a half) hurricane that has hit him as he has tried to move into, around in, or out of New Orleans (Katrina, Rita - when he evacuated to Houston, Gustav, and then Ike - which caused high winds and water while we were ...

... stronger the wind shear over her. Translation...Ida will not maintain her hurricane strength as she moves closer to us. Now the complicating factors. 1) ... ; in LA, 2-4" in MS). Gustav showed us our levees protect us up to a Cat. 2 storm very well. This will not be a Gustav, but it will be a good test to see what the new rock dam on the MRGO does to water levels. VIPIR flipped flopped on ...

... ? Is that another storm system? What if they combine and produce a SUPER HURRICANE? Ok now I’m just freaking myself out. Stupid coffee. It will probably all blow over and miss us ... ? It’s windy outside. :/ This neighborhood didn’t flood during Katrina or Gustav but everything around it did. Guess I’m going to wait and see. Meanwhile I think I’m supposed to care if the ...

... disasters such as Hurricanes Ike and Gustav. The volumes during August through to October this year slowed down as it became apparent 2009 was a lighter hurricane season than the previous ... activity is created, the market will open up beyond just those with specific insurance interests because hurricane futures will allow all interested parties, for example Energy companies, to hedge or ...