THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT HURRICANES FROM METERORLOGIST IN NOLA

Last night while at work, local Channel 11 broadcast WWL from NOLA which was covering Hurricane SJL Gustav wall to wall and commercial free, and the coverage was actually pretty good overall. However, I did learn a few things from the meterorlogistette as SJL Gustav played out and never posed a threat to anything.

First, did you know that as you get closer to the eye of the hurricane the winds tend to increase? What a revelation.

This lady also reported that she contacted the National Weather Service in an effort to ascertain which areas were most vulnerable to the onslaught of SJL Guatav. She reports that the NWS told her that the most vulnerable areas were those closest to the coastline. Well what do you think of that?

Later, after discussing the total needless evacuation of southern Louisiana, including NOLA, and declaring it a great success, the reporter implied that the reason the hurricane lost all its fury was because there were no people left behind to do damage to. Was it a coincidence that there was no damage and all the people were gone? Of course not, had the people stayed, the hurricane would have come ashore as a Cat 4 or 5 rather than barely a Cat 2 - anybody should know that, right?

See what goes on late at night that most regular people who sleep at night miss out on. Even Art Bell couldn't top some of this stuff.