It’s much too early, of course, to know where Ernesto’s going. What it is time to do is finalize storm and evacuation plans, which is why I spent part of my morning on the phone with friends and “family” in New Orleans.
The good news is that everybody I’ve talked to knows what they’re going to do if Ernesto (or anything else) threatens. The bad news, of course, is that the Gulf of Mexico probably isn’t going to take a pass on this storm season after all; it’s just a matter of where and when.
And it’s also time to add the SciGuy Polimom’s list of Daily Reads…
Update: The graphic above is sourced from NOLA.com, and reflects their most updated version. Clicking the graphic will take you to the NHC.
Update 2: (Monday, Aug 28), Ernesto has become a modest storm, and likely will downgrade further as it crosses Cuba. We can all go back to our regularly scheduled programming now…
Looks like it may hit Cuba harder and then veer north into Florida. For some reason I don’t think it will strenghen that much. Of course a lot depends on the high and low pressure systems over the central US and how fast Ernesto moves.
Inevidibly there will be a storm to hit NOLA but hopefully it will be later than sooner.
The latest from the NHC indicates rapid intensification… very bad news for (probably) Florida.