Isaac Thread #1 From New Orleans

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9. Godspeed

If NOAA is correct and the track continues towards NO, Isaac will make landfall early Wednesday morning. At a certain point when it's a couple hundred miles away, the winds will pick up, of course. but we're talking a nearly 24 hour period.

The other mandatory evacs may begin sooner than you expect, perhaps later today, so you will need a GO-BAG to move when need be. Fuel will run out tomorrow, most likely, so gas up now.

NO evacuated USCG & USN personnel very early during Katrina, to be able to have them return and utilize them in rescue operations.

Good luck. Gulfport is in deep doo-doo again, and Westin USAF & Pensacola NAS the same. The storm is expected to track north, hitting at least Arkansas and as far north as Illinois.