Hurricane Gustav watch

[The Professor]

The storm has now been upgraded to Catagory 5

This catagory can reach up to windspeeds of up to 125MPH and is the strongest catagory

And yes, there has been a matadory evacuation,

I believe that the winds as we speak are getting stronger and are already up to 30-50MPH

I just hope for the best as they have only just finished re-building after the Hurricane 3 years ago

I dont know how they make up these names for the Hurricanes, there so silly!

To answer the question about naming hurricanes/typhoons etc, they alternate between male and female names in alphabetical order. So it could be Annie, Ben, Charlotte, Dirk, Edith, Frankie etc etc.

[Pyroka]

Eek people died in Louisiana. I'm worried about my mate who lives there, we get along really well... Agh he didn't evacuate because his dad works at the hospitals, so I'm really worried about him.

[habtasia]

It has now been upgraded again to Category 3

The Hurricane HAS hit New Orleans and pictures will be posted soon and all News Websites of the damage


@ Professor-Alex
I see jow , they come up with very weird names though

Thanks for that

[Slowpoke]

It has now been upgraded again to Category 3

The Hurricane HAS hit New Orleans and pictures will be posted soon and all News Websites of the damage


@ Professor-Alex
I see jow , they come up with very weird names though

Thanks for that

It hasn't, weather.com says -

It has weakened to a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 mph.

[Pyroka]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml

Look at that! Eek please, at Hanna especially... What timing. Gustav is losing its power as it's going over land, like everyone said.