Tropical Storm Hanna

I roll out of bed of a nice quiet sunny Thursday morning and a quick look at the National Hurricane Center in my web list and I am suddenly wide awake. Florida is caught in a pincer movement by the tropical weather. Gustav to the south and Tropical Storm Hanna to the East and rain and wind seem very much in the offing:

This a probability chart with the probability of heavy winds and rain highest where the colors are darkest red and brown and then yellow and least probable is green. Were I in New Orleans I would be gassing up the car especially in light of the recent news that the levees are nowhere near strong enough to keep the waters back in the event of another Category Three strike. If I were in Central and Northern Florida I would be wondering where any and all water from Tropical Storm Hanna would be going to go. Their living rooms again? Perhaps Atlanta will soon be out of its long held drought status. And the Keys? We shall see but I think it's time I took my camera to the grotto at St Mary's. Jimmy Buffett was right as usual, I see no way to reason with this lot. Duck and cover.