Residents Prepare for Potential Replay of Katrina
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI -- Tropical Storm Gustav has killed about 22 people in Haiti since forming late Monday night.
On the eve of the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, South Mississippi residents are preparing well ahead of what could possibly turn into -- we all hope not -- a replay of Aug. 29, 2005.
Residents already are buying extra groceries and other hurricane supplies, including generators, batteries, etc. Hotel rooms well north of coastal counties have been reserved for the coming week, according to media reports.
Hurricane tracking agencies have Gustav on a beeline to New Orleans, the same predicted path of Katrina before she took an eastward turn toward Mississippi. Still, meterologists and hurricane officials have said it is too early to determine exactly where Gustav will go.
Gustav is the second tropical storm and expected hurricane directed at South Mississippi this 2008 summer season and within the past week. Possible landfall is projected for the Gulf Coast area extending from south Florida to Texas and Mexico.
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI -- Tropical Storm Gustav has killed about 22 people in Haiti since forming late Monday night.
On the eve of the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, South Mississippi residents are preparing well ahead of what could possibly turn into -- we all hope not -- a replay of Aug. 29, 2005.
Residents already are buying extra groceries and other hurricane supplies, including generators, batteries, etc. Hotel rooms well north of coastal counties have been reserved for the coming week, according to media reports.
Hurricane tracking agencies have Gustav on a beeline to New Orleans, the same predicted path of Katrina before she took an eastward turn toward Mississippi. Still, meterologists and hurricane officials have said it is too early to determine exactly where Gustav will go.
Gustav is the second tropical storm and expected hurricane directed at South Mississippi this 2008 summer season and within the past week. Possible landfall is projected for the Gulf Coast area extending from south Florida to Texas and Mexico.
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