Bad news

[prog]

The gravity of Gustav is starting to get through to me. (As is the possibility that we can now expect "100-year storms" every couple of years or so.) It looks like it could be worse than Katrina.

On the off chance anyone reading this lives on the northern Gulf coast: what can I say? Be safe. Consider leaving. Like, now.

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In other news, if you're buying that shit about Palin's baby (which I won't even dignify with a link), please put it down and back away from it. You do not want that; it is beneath you. There are so many more legitimate (and far less creepy) attack angles, if you wish to make attacks. Leave the kerning for the wingnuts.

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[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

It sounds as if "worse than Katrina" is no longer likely. Jeff Masters is saying that the rebuilt levees should be able to handle the storm surge if they perform as designed, which is, as we all know, an open question (Katrina weakened and shifted before landfall, and they were supposed to be able to handle the surge then). It's definitely not a 100-year storm.