trouble brewing
wikipedia reports: @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gustav_(2008)
Hurricane Gustav is the seventh tropical cyclone, third hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed on the morning of August 25, about 260 miles (420 km) southeast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and rapidly strengthened into a tropical storm that afternoon and into a hurricane early on August 26. Later that day it made landfall near the Haitian town of Jacmel. Between 59 and 78 deaths have been attributed to Gustav as of August 30, 2008.[1][2] It intensified from a tropical storm to a Category 4 hurricane in less than 24 hours,[3] and is now expected to become a category 5 hurricane.[4]
From this website, the AARL Web: Link
WX4NHC will be monitoring the Hurricane Watch Net on 14.325 MHz. Secondary HF frequencies will be 7.268 MHz and 3.950 MHz +/- interference, should we lose propagation on 20 meters.
EchoLink “WX-Talk” Conference Room and IRLP node 9219 will also be monitored. WX4NHC will also monitor CWOP, APRS and MADIS/MESONET automated weather stations in the affected area. Surface Reports using our online Hurricane Report form will be monitored. Amateur Weather Enthusiasts and ON-NHC Volunteers may report directly to WX4NHC online.
Go here to put in a form report on weather conditions.
i have been monitoring the 80M freq and there is nothing on there but rag chewers. the others are dead.
a cnn alert just came across saying the mayor of NO called gustav - “the mother of all storms.” wow. cat 4 in 24 hours. maybe my prediction of high gas prices on tuesday was a little short…
Update: Maybe not so much. Thankfully for all the people in that region. 9/3/08
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