Hurricane Gustav: New Orleans evacuated, storm to hit on Sept. 1, 2008

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As many of you may know by now (and especially for those of you who don’t), Hurricane Gustav is projected to hit New Orleans and neighboring areas on Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.

Its mayor just ordered a mandatory, 100 percent evacuation of the city and says people “should be scared” and “should get their butts out of New Orleans”. Read the latest on Gustav on CNN.

I’ve been following Rick Sanchez’s newscast on CNN and he has been Twittering live. This storm is projected to reach Category 4 or even 5 levels and is anticipated to be worse than Hurricane Katrina. It is currently being called the worst storm of the century.

Our best thoughts are with anyone affected by this tragedy.