Got a Bit Windy Outside
Spend most of the day yesterday offline because Hurricane Gustav was coming through1 town. Actually, I didn't have to be offline because we never lost power, through it did flicker on and off at times. It sounds like we were some of the luckier ones, as some parts of town were without power.
No house or roofing damage that I can tell, either. Sure, it went over Lafayette as only category 1 hurricane, but you are still talking about 73 MPH or higher winds, with gusts that can go above the hundreds. That can still do some damage. And this is in addition to the large amount of water being dumped from the sky. In the case of Gustav, it seems some dry air mixing into the system disrupted the rain cycle, causing the rain to stop after the eye passed by. It was somewhat odd to see 100 MPH gusts without the accompanying drenching rain to go with it.
I did manage to get some video of the winds and rain either before or during the eyewall and loaded it up on YouTube:
There it is, a small part of Gustav for those of you who never experienced one. Though the camera didn't pick up the wind and rain noise too well. I'm sure you can find better videos elsewhere.
This hurricane season looks to be an interesting one for the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Not only is Hanna predicted to hit Florida/Georgia as a category 1 hurricane at the end of the workweek, but Ike and Josephine are following on their heels.
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