Right now, this does not look good for New Orleans, let's just hope the storm misses. Meanwhile, Gustave also threatens to "swamp" (drown out?) news about the Republican convention, scheduled to start on Monday - just as Gustav could be hitting New Orleans. As Bob Brigham at Calitics points out, "I doubt Republicans will change the program to talk about global warming and effective government and protecting America." I think that's a pretty solid assumption right there.
Since all the hot air next week will be in the twin cities, many hurricanes could fire up.
In reality the forecasts are still uncertain this far out. Give it until Saturday, and then it will be a lot clearer what is really going to happen here.
"...lets just hope the storm misses" is a fig-leaf defense for what you are implying: wouldn't it be wonderful if we had another Katrina in the middle of the Republican convention.
Not cool, Lowell. Say you're sorry and take down this diary.
As Drudge pointed out a day or two ago .... Katrina ll during the Republican Convention .... a sad situation for New Orleans once again.
I sure do hope it just swings back out to sea or dies out.
TIME 18Z WED 06Z THU 18Z THU 06Z FRI 18Z FRI 18Z SAT 18Z SUN
PERIODS TO TO TO TO TO TO TO
06Z THU 18Z THU 06Z FRI 18Z FRI 18Z SAT 18Z SUN 18Z MON
FORECAST HOUR (12) (24) (36) (48) (72) (96) (120)
NEW ORLEANS LA 34 X X( X) X( X) X( X) X( X) 10(10) 11(21)
NEW ORLEANS LA 50 X X( X) X( X) X( X) X( X) 4( 4) 5( 9)
NEW ORLEANS LA 64 X X( X) X( X) X( X) X( X) 2( 2) 2( 4)
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE STILL REMAINS SIGNIFICANT
UNCERTAINTY REGARDING GUSTAV'S ULTIMATE TRACK AT DAYS 3-5...AND IT
IS MUCH TOO SOON TO KNOW WHAT IMPACT THIS SYSTEM MAY HAVE ON THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST
low aloft will shift from west to
northeast and east...well ahead of Gustav. Continental flow will
decrease the rain chances below norm... but will keep a slight
chance to low chances of rain over the weekend. It has been a
chore discerning the different tracks for Gustav. Please refer to
Tropical Storm Gustav discussion (tcdat2) for more information. We
introduced higher rain chances for Labor Day and Tuesday with the
last package. Now...we have introduced higher winds across land
forecast area and high precipitation totals associated with Gustav. In
addition...we have lowered day time temperatures for this time
"The Republicans can't seem to get a break when it comes to August and when it comes to the weather," said Rove, a FOX News analyst. "I know this is being thought a lot about in Washington and at the White House and discussed and I suspect they will monitor it carefully and figure out what to do."
But in August of 2008 when they need four good days of unfiltered propaganda and straight out fictional storytelling televised to the masses, well -- now we might need to alter the schedule.
Message received, loud and clear. Today's Republican Party -- they can run a campaign, but not the country.
...the last thing McCain wants is a crisis in the Crescent City reminding everyone how incompetent the Bush administration's response in 2005 was. That sound you hear is the Obama campaign readying spots featuring Bush, McCain, and the infamous "heckuva job, Brownie" line.
Bush administration officials are taking political cover from a duo of tropical storms on a path toward New Orleans by announcing aggressive preparation roles Thursday, in an effort not to repeat their public relations disaster of Hurricane Katrina on the eve of its third anniversary.[...]
Forecasters have revised their estimates that Gustav will land on Labor Day Monday and last until 8 a.m. on Tuesday. As a further reminder to the disastrous mistakes made by the Bush administration during Hurricane Katrina, Gustav will arrive just in time for the Republican National Convention.
President Bush has never been accountable for his unconscionable missteps during Hurricane Katrina.There has never been an adequate investigation of what went wrong. Too little has been done to assure that a similar tragedy will not happen again. New Orleans has not been rebuilt. And the government has not done enough to help the survivors.
We hope Gustav fades harmlessly away. And if it does hit land, we hope the people in its path are properly taken care of.
We must say, though, that we like the idea that as the Bush administration comes to an end, nature is forcing the President and the Republican National Committee to think back to the horrifically bungled response to Katrina - one of the worst part-natural, part-man-made disasters in American History.
Exactly!
Under the circumstances, John McCain would probably be thrilled if George W. Bush didn't show up at the Republican National Convention. For that matter, Bush would probably be thrilled if he got a second chance to respond to a hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast, without screwing it up this time.They might both get their wish.