Well, this bad boy is huge! Here's a satelite picture of him. I was just looking at the beach cam of Mobile. If the waves from the outer bands are any indication he's going to be a bad one.

Imagine the nightmare of trying to evacuate a city the size of Houston. Just for an example, according to Wikipedia, New Orleans has an inner city population of 180,000 and a metro population of 1,030,363. Houston, on the other hand has a population inner city of 2,208,180 and a metro population of 5,628,101. Even taking into account the fact that New Orleans has not totally re-populated after Katrina that is still a whopping difference. It looks like Corpus Christi, where my half sister lives, is going to be devastated. It's a shame, it is such a beautiful place.

I guess all the people who moved to Houston after Katrina, thinking it was safer, are just pissed right about now. I feel for them.

Here's the Southern Mississippi Valley Loop if you want to watch it on radar.

No wonder the boy's hotel is already full all the way over here...

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