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- September 2: Weakened to a tropical depression, winds 35 mphhNational Hurricane Center: Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory
- Made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on September 1
- Tropical Storm Gustav formed in the Caribbean on August 25, 2008FOXNews.com: Hurricane Gustav Slams Haiti
- Hurricane Gustav made landfall in Haiti around 1 P.M. EST on August 26, 2008FOXNews.com: Hurricane Gustav Slams Haiti
- 23 people died in Haiti from the stormDaily Mail: New Orleans braces for Gustav to become powerful....(August 28, 2008)
- August 29 is the three-year anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast
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Tropical Storm Gustav became Hurricane Gustav on August 26, 2008. Gustav, the third hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, started as a Category 1 storm, making landfall on August 26, close to the capital Port-au-Prince.FOXNews.com: Hurricane Gustav Slams HaitiNational Hurricane Center: Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory The storm is held responsible for 23 deaths in Haiti.Daily Mail: New Orleans braces for Gustav to become powerful....(August 28, 2008)
Gustav eventually strengthened to a Category 4 hurricane, but on September 1 the storm was downgraded to Category 2 shortly before making landfall near Cocodrie, Louisiana, at 10:30 a.m. EST.National Hurricane Center: Public Advisory The storm has since passed by the city of New Orleans without doing nearly the level of damage done by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The storm then weakened into a tropical depression, but still produced rain across portions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma.National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory
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Hurricane Gustav Questions
Does the same forces that cause a tornado cause a hurricane? 1 Answer-----quote----- Tornadoes are formed because of instability in the atmosphere, whereas hurricanes are formed when a wet mass of air over the sea evaporates. Be... read more
Are the frequency of hurricanes in the last decade increasing or decreasing? 1 AnswerThey are downward trends in the frequency of intense Atlantic hurricanes during the past five decades. There is concern that the enhanced greenhouse effect may... read more
What are the boundaries of the hurricane box? 3 AnswersA Hebert box (pronounced AY-bear) is one of two regions of the Atlantic Ocean that are useful as predictors of hurricanes that will strike South Florida. They a... read more
What sustains a vortex in a hurricane and tornado, once it forms? 1 Answer-------quote----- The vortex of a tornado is the funnel like shape of the cloud of winds that if it goes above a certain velocity and reaches the ground then be... read more
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Hurricane Gustav - Noah's Wish Saving Animals in Disasters... http://tinyurl.com/y9xs64s
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Hope Gustav doesn't do much damage to Louisiana....New Orleans in the Hurricane paths again !
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Video (Youtube): HURRICANE GUSTAV NEW http://bit.ly/3ZcKeH
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@lilliangates4 Falcon Heene's Family Chases Hurricane Gustav Into The Eye: http://digg.com/d317Jtn?t
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Watching Dogtown ep with Hurricane Gustav. I do NOT understand people who don't put their dogs first--dogs are my FIRST priority!
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