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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Hurricane Gustav and the Gulf Coast

August 29, 2008 – 8:57 pm

On the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has a wary eye on Gustav, some communities canceling several scheduled memorials and focusing on storm preparations instead.
On Friday, Tropical Storm Gustav was near Jamaica -claiming 67 deaths in its path. Forecasters said it could hit the Louisiana coast early next week as a major hurricane. [...]

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Watching Fay in the Keys

August 16, 2008 – 6:21 pm

Fay, the sixth tropical storm of the 2008 hurricane season, is expected to become a hurricane as it passes through western Cuba. Having recently moved to the upper Keys, we are calmly keeping an eye on the latest developments. Hurricanes are nothing new us as we have lived in this state before Andrew in ‘92 [...]

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