Gustav - Looks like we’re in the clear
August 28th, 2008
After Tropical Storm Fay washed through, leaving us soaked I started to get really worried about some serious flooding if Gustav headed our way. Not to mention the wind damage that would accompany a major storm like that - but the potential for flooding with our already water logged ground is serious. But, luck is in our favor of avoiding a direct impact from Gustav and it seems like we may be spaired any effects of the storm itself. That doesn’t mean we won’t feel it in the pocket book, it’s headed right for a whole bunch of oil platforms and possibly Texas oil refineries, so expect those gas prices that had been dropping to creep back up again.
There is another Tropical despression out there that will most likely become a named storm over the next day or two - for now it’s TD-8. It looks like it’s developing fairly late in the game - in other words to far North to be a concern, for now. But computer tracking models do have it pushing West a tad but if it has any Northern movement at all it will make landfall well North of our area. We need the time to dry out!
