According to us locally, we still have the evacuations started today. With the mandatory evacs tomorrow and the contraflow being started by the state police.

From what i'm seeing on the updates is that the storm will graze the coast around houma and head in not that far west of lafayette, intercoastal city. Or maybe even Iberia (home of Tobasco Sauce).

One local meterologist that works with a private company, here in st bernard. Insists it will pass either the tip of cuba or just along the coast, which puts it closer to the west of the cone of error. He says his predictions, which have been on the dot so far, is that the wind shear in the gulf and the high coming down will push it into or very near the Galveston area up towards Houston. He said it will be another Katrina or even worse. He says that NOAA has it only as a strong Cat 3 when making landfall, but his predictions have it at a strong Cat 4 - to low Cat 5.

Whoever this storm hits along the coast will not be good at all.

Since Katrina i've lost faith in just about everything, yes even God. But late last night, standing by the side gate and looking at my neighbors houses, I said a prayer. I know all along the Louisiana coastline the parishes are all going under mandatory evacs. I'm praying that Texas is doing the same. I hope Galveston heeds to the warnings. The storm they got in 1900, i think the year was. Was the worst natural disaster in history. Everyone needs to leave from there. And everyone east of that area. Houston has had problems with flooding for so many years and i hope our governor is doing what he said and sending some of our buses over there to help them evacuate those who have no transportation. Only 7000 out of 31000 from the city signed up to take a bus out. So there are many extra buses here. Our governor also has trains and planes to evacuate. I hope what we can send to the Galveston/Houston area gets to them.

Ya'll pray for them all. There is going to be so much lose wherever this hits.

Sky and everyone else. If the storm does decide to come back at us. We will most likey evacuate, but our decision wont be made till sometime sunday evening. That would give us a little more than 24 hours to beat the storm.

I'll keep you all updated as to what is going on with gustav. But im sure you are all keeping tuned in also to it. thank you all and keep your thoughts and prayers out there not for me, but the others.

Chalmette