I sure hope not. Let's all collectively send our good thoughts to the people of all of those coastal cities/towns, and hope for them to not be directly hit or hit at all. As you probably remember, Katrina wasn't a direct hit and we saw the damage from that almost exactly 3 years ago. Tropical Storm Gustav is expected to strengthen into a hurricane later Thursday and pass close to Jamaica, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The storm -- which left at least 22 people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic -- is picking up strength, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph (110 kph), according to the center's advisory issued at 7:30 a.m. ET Thursday.
Forecasters said Gustav eventually could become a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained winds as high as 130 mph (209 kph).
The storm -- which left at least 22 people dead in Haiti and the Dominican Republic -- is picking up strength, with maximum sustained winds near 70 mph (110 kph), according to the center's advisory issued at 7:30 a.m. ET Thursday.
Forecasters said Gustav eventually could become a Category 3 hurricane, with sustained winds as high as 130 mph (209 kph).
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