Fingers Crossed

Some good news about Gustav, hopefully. The forecast (see table below) seems be topping it off as a Category 3 storm, with a 40% chance it could weaken. The chances of it growing into a Cat 4 or 5 storm are put at 13%. The prediction of 115 mph winds would make it closer to a minimum Cat 3 (111 mph) than a Cat 4 (131 mph). Granted, Katrina was only a Cat 3 when it gave New Orleans a glancing blow.

I sure hope those levees hold.