Hurricane Ivan

By Wednesday night hurricane Ivan will be bearing down on New Orleans and the northern Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center has intentionally distorted Ivan's projected path for the last week in order to keep pressure on Floridians to be wary. The thought was that Florida is closer to the storm and the track could be adjusted later to the northern Gulf.

Even now, the forecaster (Lawrence) is saying that the official path is to the right of the path being forecast by most of his models. He says that in order to maintain consistency between the most recent path and previous forecasts he has only shifted the path 60 miles east of the previous track. He could have shifted it dramatically westward.

As the hurrican approaches I'll keep you up to date of preparations and the challenges of dealing with a storm like this. Please keep your fingers crossed for us.
- posted by J-Birds @ 6:11 AM |