I can’t believe this is happening again. Another Major Hurricane is barreling towards New Orleans almost 3 years to the day that Katrina did so much damage.
I pulled up images of Katrina’s path, and I took some solace (though very little) in the fact that Gustav isn’t taking the same exact path. Gustav’s is above. Katrina’s is below (and what you can’t see on that image is that Katrina came over Florida, while Gustav came up into the Gulf through Cuba).
I don’t think Gustav is going to reach Cat 5 status like Katrina did, and it might not hit NOLA as directly as Katrina did, so let’s hope that lessens the damage. But no matter where Gustav makes landfall, it’s going to make life messy for a whole lot of people.
Join me in praying for these folks. For their protection, and that they would find real peace in the middle of a real storm.
Posted by Bryan Allain
I can believe it, man. This is just part of life along the coastal regions. [I say that as someone with family in Bay St. Louis, MS who had everything wiped out by Katrina.]
I pray to God most every waking hour that Gustav weakens before coming ashore. I’d also like it to go a bit west—not because I want the area that got Hurricane Rita to be hit again, but purely because there are fewer people in harm’s way the further west you go in Louisiana. Also, if it goes west, the storm surge will be lower based on how the coastline goes [as I remember it].