Hurricane Gustav

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Water from the industrial canal floods a road as Hurricane Gustav strikes the Gulf Coast September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. (Photo by Getty Images North America)

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Water flows over the Industrial Canal Levee Wall as Hurricane Gustav strikes the Gulf Coast September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.

In this satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Gustav strikes the U.S. Gulf Coast at 15:15 UTC on September 1, 2008. Gustav made landfall this morning as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.

Rufus Herndon watches the effects of Hurricane Gustav through the window of Kajun's Bar September 1, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana. Herndon and several other patrons spent the night at the bar to avoid violating a 10 p.m. curfew. Gustav weakened to a Category 2 storm as it neared the Gulf Coast.

Soldiers from the 256th Infantry Brigade of the Louisiana Army National Guard rest while hunkered down inside the Morial Convention Center during Hurricane Gustav September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Morial Convention Center was where thousands of stranded Hurricane Katrina evacuees were taken. Hurricane Gustav, although still powerful, was downgraded to a Category 2 storm as it began to hit the Gulf Coast, with winds slowing to 110 miles an hour.

A roof blown off by winds ffrom Hurricane Gustav rests on top of a car September 1, 2008 ing New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.

A section of metal roof is twisted around a power poll as Hurricane Gustav strikes the Gulf Coast September 1, 2008 New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.

A videographer working with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shoots video of the waves slapping against the industrial canal levee as Hurricane Gustav strikes the Gulf Coast September 1, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, Louisiana with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph.

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'Hurricane Alley' on Alert as 3 Storms Line Up in Atlantic; East Coast Possible Target

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As Hurricane Season Reaches its Peak, There Could be Plenty More After Hanna, Ike and Josephine; All Three Could Strike the Atlantic Seaboard Within a Week Parade of storms: As the remnants of Hurricane Gustav (left) continue to dump torrential rains on northern Louisiana, eastern Texas and Arkansas, Tropical Storm Hanna (center) roars through Haiti and the Dominican Republic while Tropical Storm Ike (right) churns in the open Atlantic. The latter two cyclones -- along with Tropical Storm Josephine (not pictured), which formed late Tuesday in the eastern Atlantic -- and all three could roar up the U.S. Atlantic Seaboard in the next week. ... Read Full Story

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'The Big Easy' Breathes Easier As it Avoids a Direct Hit By Gustav

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Hurricane Now a Tropical Storm, But Still Drenches Louisiana With Heavy Rains; Surge Splashes Over Industrial Canal Levees, But Reinforced Walls Hold; East Coast Keeps Wary Eye on Hanna Swollen water sloshes over the side of a levee Monday on the Industrial Canal in New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav slammed into the Gulf Coast, driving a surge of water to the lip of the levees protecting the below-sea-level Crescent City. But after several tense hours, the levees held fast, to the great relief of New Orleans city officials and the Army Corps of Engineers, which reinforced the levees after a catastrophic failure during Hurricane ... Read Full Story

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"In a world where Dvine Wrath and Judgement are invoked to explain especially severe weather's destruction ..."

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more animals AS IF WHAT REMAINED OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA'S SOAKING THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR INTO NEW ENGLAND WASN'T AWFUL ENOUGH before heading off to sea on the overnight, there's a new meteorological time bomb ticking away in the Caribbean by name of Hurricane Ike. Keep the "I Like Ike" buttons your grandparents wore in the 1950's in the attic for now, folks; Ike is showing its real face as a destructive storm of the highest order, already bringing even further devastation upon Haiti, itself the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and itself already devastated by Gustav and Hanna previously, with nearly 200 dead ... Read Full Story

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AIR: Gustav Losses Between $2 Billion-$4.5 Billion

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Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide Corporation estimates that insured losses to onshore properties in the U.S. are between $2 billion and $4.5 billion, with an expected loss of $3 billion. These loss estimates do not account for any flooding that may yet result from the breach of natural defenses such as levees. “Hurricane Gustav not only failed to reintensify during its passage through the Gulf of Mexico, it actually weakened slightly just before landfall,” said Dr. Peter Dailey, director of atmospheric science at AIR Worldwide. “For much of Gustav’s journey through the northern Gulf of Mexico, Gustav's intensity was regulated by the ingestion ... Read Full Story

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Hurricane Ike is the Latest Wild Card in the “Guess the Gasoline Price Game”

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Last week’s crude and gasoline inventories dropped more than expected as the effects of Hurricane Gustav resulted in some production disruptions. Gustav, which struck last month, was the fourth-most-destructive storm to hit the United States, causing $20 billion in damages. And then came Hurricane Ike. Ike made landfall in the Galveston area of the U.S. Gulf Coast on in the pre-dawn hours Saturday (the day I was penning this column) as a Category 2 storm with winds hitting 110 miles per hour. Ike’s path toward Houston makes it the first storm to hit a major U.S. metropolitan area since Hurricane Katrina eviscerated New Orleans ... Read Full Story

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County receives Hurricane Gustav reimbursement

Payne County received a $1,557.21 payment from the federal government to compensate the Payne County Emergency Management Office for work associated with Hurricane Gustav in 2008. The money was placed in the office’s accounts. “We received heavy ...

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Blunt mobilizes 600 guardsmen for Hurricane Gustav

As Hurricane Gustav heads toward the Gulf Coast just 3 years after Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans, Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt announced he is mobilizing 600 members of the state National Guard.Blunt ordered 500 guardsmen to New Orleans earlier this week to assist in evacuation orders and to help secure the city.“Missourians know firsthand the destructive forces of Mother Nature. As our neighbors to the South prepare for Hurricane Gustav...

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