Hurricanes in the Gulf

by rob on August 29, 2008

This is bad, bad, bad.  Here’s what we have going on right now with Gustav to the west and Hanna to the east.

Close to 50 are dead in the Caribbean because of Fay and Gustav already.

It’s about to get worse though not just for the Caribbean.  Here’s what Hurricane Gustav is expected to do this weekend:

It goes without saying that this is just horrible for New Orleans.  And you may have heard about the oil rigs that are in trouble.  I found this map somewhere but can’t remember where.  It’s where some of the current oil rigs are around Louisiana:

Yeah, most of those oil platforms are in trouble.

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