The Taco Traveler

Even as Gustav dies down as he rolls over the coast of Louisiana, there are 5 more potential trouble-storms out there, either waiting to form or waiting to roll in. Check out this screen from www.nwc.noaa.gov:

In one glance, you see Gustav, Hanna (which is now a Cat 1 Hurricane, should hit the coast of Georgia on Friday and then make her way north as a Tropical Depression), TD Nine, two other potential storms even closer than Nine, and another "high probability" storm just now leaving the coast of Africa. Nine will be called Ike, Josephine or Kyle depending on when it becomes an actual named storm. Most likely it will be Ike, but if the other two "low probability" storms form more quickly, they could still the first two names, leaving Nine with Kyle. Not likely, but I wanted to list the next two names because I thought it was funny that Ike and Kyle are both names from South Park. Interesting, too, that "Nana" is the "N" storm this year in the Atlantic. That would suck if Nana created havoc, as millions of small children all around the Southeast US would be angry thinking their grandmother had something to do with the destruction.
[Edit 5pm CDT - "TD Nine" is now "Ike"]

I'm still here with the boys at R's house, waiting for the weather (though I could wait forever for weather) and to figure out where / when I'm going next. I had planned to visit friends in New Orleans, but with Gustav there will likely be complications in that plan. The most likely scenario is I'll be borrowing a bike and riding / camping my way down to Key West to check out the rest of Florida. I need to be back here in Panama City on Sept 17 so R can go visit her mom. Outside of that, the business responsibilities are all do-able from the road.

Good luck, New Orleans - seem so far today that the levees are holding.

TT