Hurricane Gustav

[TNJed]

Just took these photos at the Ramsgate/Summer's Edge access. The water is nearly up to the stairs.

For those not familiar with this beach, I'd say about 70 yards of it is wet and there's about 20 dry yards left.

Sorry for the quality. The flash lights up the foreground so much!

 

[Miss Kitty]

Great pics, thanks. ...it is however what I was afraid of.

 

[greenroomsurfer]

Maybe that blue sign will be gone in the morning!

 

[beachmouse]

It's interesting- for all that the NHC didn't have high confidence in the models in the beginning, they've been remarkably consistent for days saying coastal Louisiana pretty much the whole five day forecast cone.

 

[Matt J]

hey, I guess I should have saved it in a pdf and posted it! I didn't think about it actually streaming and updating (or whatever you call that).

You just have to right click it and save it. Then post. Just think what people are going to see tomorrow, a week from now, or even next year.

 

[Rudyjohn]

You just have to right click it and save it. Then post. Just think what people are going to see tomorrow, a week from now, or even next year.

I know. I only rt. clicked to copy the property info for the link.

 

[Rudyjohn]

I just Googled Earth the NOLA area and I would hope everyone living in Venice, LA evacuated. Man, it IS the last township on the southern most tip of LA.

 

[TreeFrog]

Just took these photos at the Ramsgate/Summer's Edge access. The water is nearly up to the stairs.

TNJed got me curious, so I just went down to Ramsgate for a peek myself. Lotsa waves there, and the waves and surge are already about halfway up the beach.

But way cooler...

The dune is completely broken down at the Eastern Lake outfall and the waves are flowing INTO the lake. Hope that's still going on in the AM. If it is, I'll have pics.

 

[InletBchDweller]

ho hum. sitting here
no wind
no rain
the anticipation of this storm and the political threads are going to be the death of me...

 

[organicmama]

ho hum. sitting here
no wind
no rain
the anticipation of this storm and the political threads are going to be the death of me...

Wind picking up here finally.
Be safe.
Don't let the political threads kill you.
Give Little IBD hugs from mine.