Close to home…storm entering Chilton and southwestern Coosa County has a significant weather alert associated with it.
In Plaquemines Parish in New Orleans…a desperate effort to save a private levee on a diversion canal off the Mississippi River at Braithwaite. This is just downriver from downtown New Orleans and across the River from Belle Chasse. County employees, trustees and residents are working feverishly to save the levee, which threatens to flood 200 homes in a subdivision.
The center of Hurricane Gustav is near Opelousas LA along I-49 north of Lafayette. It is moving NW at 16 mph toward Alexandria. Top winds were 80 mph on the last advisory but they have probably dropped below hurricane force sustained.
Alexandria has NNE winds at 23 gusting to 50 mph. Lafayette is no longer reporting. Fort Polk has NNW at 24 gusting to 45 mph.
Hanna is strengthening and should move toward Savannah.
Ike is the new kid on the block and will move toward the Bahamas again.
