GUSTAV A DANGEROUS HURRICANE; FEARS THAT STORM COULD STRIKE AS A CAT 4
Today is the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.. As memorial services played out in New Orleans to mark the tragic events of three years ago when the state, local, and federal government all failed, a new storm (and maybe 2) on the horizon is causing fear along the Gulf Coast. And fear, again, three years later, in the city of New Orleans.. Hurricane Gustav, now over open water, is set to explode into a hell storm in the Gulf of Mexico.. Accuweather is predicting that a building high pressure in the United States will force Gustav to Louisiana.. A map tonight on Accuweather shows Louisiana is set to get extreme damage from Gustav.. Henry Margusity wrote today of the 'ultimate disaster' in which two storms, Gustav and Hanna, could strike the Gulf Coast and play havoc with the nation's oil production.. Three years later, New Orleans on edge over Gustav.. Oil Rig insurers brace themselves.. National Guard troops activated.. Offshore oil producers evacuate workers .. The five day cone of possibility for Gustav takes it directly to Southwest Louisiana.. A discussion statement tonight from government forecasters: "DUE TO THE NOTABLE MODEL SPREAD LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD...IT IS ONCE AGAIN IMPORTANT TO RESTATE THAT IT IS SIMPLY NOT YET POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN GUSTAV WILL MAKE FINAL LANDFALL".. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1100 PM EDT..

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