God Bless The Gulf

Katrina makes landfall. I have some regular readers in Louisiana and Alabama. We're thinking good thoughts and praying for you.

Good news, if it holds: A forecaster just predicted that the hurricane's slight turn to the east means there won't be enough water to breach the levees of New Orleans.

NOAA:

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WTNT62 KNHC 291116
TCUAT2
HURRICANE KATRINA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
610 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...KATRINA MAKES LANDFALL IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

AT 610 AM CDT...1110Z...HURRICANE KATRINA HAS MADE LANDFALL IN
SOUTHERN PLAQUEMINES PARISH LOUISIANA...JUST SOUTH OF BURAS...AS A
CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE.  MAXIMUM WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 140 MPH TO
THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

FORECASTER PASCH

Update: I see an idiot Fox reporter is nominating himself for a Darwin Award, standing outside in the full force of hurricane winds while marveling at pieces of a hotel flying in his direction.