Gulf of Mexico says Hello Dolly

Update.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/07/22/tropical.weather/?iref=hpmostpop

 

Probably won't be a huge deal, not a Cat 3 or anything like that, but it'll definitely be a rainmaker.

Doesn't bode all that well for the rest of the season; we're in late July and already up to four named storms, with the possibility of a fifth off the coast of Africa in the coming days.

 

No oil worries, it appears; the price is off $5.

 

Thanks for jinxing us, rich.

 

South Padre Island is awfully vulnerable. And a great place to chill.

Having spent three years on the border, which spawned my alter ego, of course, Godspeed for all those kind folks in the Valley.

Including the suits from Freedom Newspapers, I guess.

 

I heard on the news this morning that because a foot of rain or more is expected in some areas, officials are saying the levees there will not hold. I'm wondering if anyone learned anything from Katrina; you'd think people would be out of there without a second thought and there wouldn't be one person left within 50 miles of a raindrop, wouldn't you?

 

Isn't flooding a potential problem as the storm goes through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona? It's my understanding that those places are prone to flooding because of the terrain and the hard ground.

 

Cantore is in Padre.

Head for the hills.

 

This is where the thread really begins.

 

Hurricane season without Danger Jim just really isn't a hurricane season.

 

The good thing is that there aren't a whole lot of people down there anyway.