Liberty's Blog

Out of the Blue

Tropical storm Edouard is stirring off the shore of Louisiana and promises to stir things up in Galveston. So far we are planning on hunkering down and riding it out. Last night there was talk of it growing into a hurricane. Today not so much. We will be paying close attention.

AT 4 AM CDT...0900 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED WESTWARD TO SAN LUIS PASS TEXAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW INEFFECT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WESTWARD TO SAN LUIS PASS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEST OF INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA TO PORT O'CONNOR TEXAS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 400 AM CDT...0900Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EDOUARD WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 28.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 90.1 WEST OR ABOUT 185 MILES...300 KM...SOUTHEAST OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA AND ABOUT 295 MILES...475 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GALVESTON TEXAS.

Coco the cat doesn't seem to concerned yet.

posted by Liberty @ 5:22 AM