* Brian Peters, enroute to Gulf Shores in the 33/40 Storm Chaser reported that police in the vicinity of Evergreen were standing by to reverse traffic on I-65 to all northbound if needed.
* At 3pm, Boothville, La., at the mouth of the Mississippi River was reporting 83 with NE wind 17, gusts 26, no rain. New Orleans International Airport was reporting a NE wind of only 9 mph. (Translation: Gustav is too far away)
* South Alabama reports at 3 pm:
87 cloudy Mobile Regional Airport
77 rain Andalusia/Opp, wind SE 15m gusts 30
87 Partly sunny Greenville, wind east 12, gusts 25
86 cloudy Gulf Shores Jack Edwards Airport, wind east 9
84 East Dauphin Island, wind NE 20, gusts 23
