After many days of watching, wondering, waiting and agonizing, finally GUSTAV has arrived. At least the first outer bands.
This morning crowned as a beautiful, sunny day here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast at Long Beach.
Not as warm as it has been, and with a very light breeze flowing through the nearby Magnolia and Live [...]
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GUSTAV UPDATE: Aug. 31 – FINALLY, IT’S HERE!
Posted in Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Katrina recovery, Hurricane Katrina three-year Anniversary, Mississippi Gulf Coast Blue Birds, gustav, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav, hurricane gustav preparations, hurricane protection for travel trailers, tagged coast rat prepares for hurricane gustav, gustav, gustav outer bands, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav, Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf Coast, hurricane protection for travel trailers on August 31, 2008 | 13 Comments »
GUSTAV UPDATE: NOW A CATEGORY 4? YOU’VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!
Posted in Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi Live Oaks, coast rat prepares for hurricane gustav, gustav, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav, hurricane gustav preparations, tagged coast rat prepares for hurricane gustav, gustav, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane evacuations, hurricane gustav, Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav preparations, Mississippi Live Oaks on August 31, 2008 | 12 Comments »
A couple of nights ago, commenting on the Weather Channel about then, Tropical Storm GUSTAV, Hurricane Meteorologist Jim Cantori said, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this storm.”
No kidding.
At 4:00pm this afternoon, the Weather Channel announced that Hurricane GUSTAV, which has just passed over western Cuba, and entered the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, [...]
GUSTAV UPDATE: IT’S GETTING CLOSER, …AND STRONGER
Posted in Gulf Coast beach restoration, Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf Coast, Hurricane Katrina Anniversary, Hurricane Katrina recovery, Hurricane Katrina three-year Anniversary, Hurricane beach erosion, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Pass Christian, Shaggy's Cafe in Pass Christian, Shaggy's cafe on the beach, gustav, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav, hurricane gustav preparations, tagged Shaggy's Cafe in Pass Christian, Shaggy's cafe on the beach, gustav, hurricane gustav, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav preparations, coast rat prepares for hurricane gustav, Pass Christian harbor, Mississippi Highway 90 on the beach, Hurricane Katrina Anniversary, Hurricane Gustav heads for the Gulf Coast, Gulf Coast beach restoration, installing hurricane shutters on August 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Editor’s note: I had intended to publish this GUSTAV UPDATE late last night, but wouldn’t you know, my internet connection took a hike then, and didn’t come back until a little while ago. I’ll attempt another update later this afternoon or early afternoon.
Preparations for the arrival of Hurricane GUSTAV in about four days, continue [...]
GUSTAV UPDATE: HEADING INTO THE GULF
Posted in gustav, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav, hurricane gustav preparations, tagged coast rat prepares for hurricane gustav, gustav, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav, hurricane gustav preparations on August 28, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Uncertainty.
That’s something we have a lot of, concerning what GUSTAV may do here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Labor Day.
GUSTAV, still technically a Tropical Storm, did a little dance overnight, down between the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, and that little indulgence just may have been enough to send the eye of GUSTAV about a [...]
GUESS WHO’S COMING TO LABOR DAY DINNER? GUSTAV!
Posted in coast rat prepares for hurricane gustav, gustav, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav, hurricane gustav preparations, tagged coast rat prepares for hurricane gustav, gustav, gustav preparations, gustav threatens Mississippi Gulf Coast, hurricane gustav, hurricane gustav preparations on August 27, 2008 | 13 Comments »
And he wasn’t invited, either.
I was kind of hoping that I would have this coming Labor Day Holiday to relax, and get caught up on a few things, including reading some posts of some of my blogging friends.
Well, it pretty much looks like that scenario is shot to hell, with the current weather forecast that [...]
COAST RAT UPDATE…
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2008 | 9 Comments »
The Coast Rat has been on vacation for the past 2-3 weeks up north in Wisconsin, and is now back in Long Beach in the August Mississippi heat and humidity.
On Tuesday, July 22, I flew from Gulfport to Dallas, then up to the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, with nary a hitch, for a [...]
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