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08-30-2008, 01:59 PM
After HUDGE apologies to the many many people who have been/are gonna be f'd up by Katrina and the now Cat 5 Gustav. Will be interesting to see how this plays out... There was talk of delaying the Convention, now sounds like it will be a go? They've gotta decide one way or the other tout de suite.
As Gustav Moves In, GOP Convention Planners on Alert (http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/30/as-gustav-moves-in-gop-convention-planners-on-alert/)
Republicans are moving forward with their national convention here next week, but with Hurricane Gustav gaining strength on its course toward the Gulf Coast, John McCain again raised the possibility the party could postpone its celebration until the storm passes.
The presumptive GOP nominee told FOX News, in an interview to air on “FOX News Sunday,” that holding the convention while Gulf Coast residents suffer would be insensitive.
“I’m afraid … that we may have to look at that situation and we’ll try to monitor it,” McCain said. “But you know it just wouldn’t be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near-tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster. So we’re monitoring it from day to day and I’m saying a few prayers too.”
The possibility of putting the convention on pause has been on the minds of party leaders over the past several days, as residents of New Orleans and other cities along the Gulf Coast begin to flee what some fear could be a storm that carries the impact Hurricane Katrina packed three years ago.
“There are no plans for any postponement,” Mike Miller, director of operations for the Republican convention, said Saturday. “We plan to start when we were going to start and end when we were going to end.”
The convention is set to kick off Monday.
Gustav Upgraded To Category 5 Storm (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/30/national/main4400711.shtml)
The National Hurricane Center upgraded Gustav to a Category Five storm this afternoon as it moved upon Cuba, with maximum sustained winds near 145 mph, making it the strongest Atlantic storm of 2008.
It could strike the U.S. coast anywhere from Mississippi to Texas by Tuesday.
By Saturday afternoon, Gustav was about 110 miles south of Havana and it was moving northwest near 14 mph.
In the Florida Keys, tropical storm warnings were posted in Monroe County from west of the Seven Mile Bridge westward to the Dry Tortugas.
Forecasters said there is a better-than-even chance that New Orleans will get slammed by the storm. That raised the likelihood people will have to flee, and the city suggested a full-scale mandatory evacuation call could come as soon as Sunday.
Having just yesterday marked the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is not waiting for the storm (which has already killed 78 people in the Caribbean) to make landfall.
As Gustav Moves In, GOP Convention Planners on Alert (http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/30/as-gustav-moves-in-gop-convention-planners-on-alert/)
Republicans are moving forward with their national convention here next week, but with Hurricane Gustav gaining strength on its course toward the Gulf Coast, John McCain again raised the possibility the party could postpone its celebration until the storm passes.
The presumptive GOP nominee told FOX News, in an interview to air on “FOX News Sunday,” that holding the convention while Gulf Coast residents suffer would be insensitive.
“I’m afraid … that we may have to look at that situation and we’ll try to monitor it,” McCain said. “But you know it just wouldn’t be appropriate to have a festive occasion while a near-tragedy or a terrible challenge is presented in the form of a natural disaster. So we’re monitoring it from day to day and I’m saying a few prayers too.”
The possibility of putting the convention on pause has been on the minds of party leaders over the past several days, as residents of New Orleans and other cities along the Gulf Coast begin to flee what some fear could be a storm that carries the impact Hurricane Katrina packed three years ago.
“There are no plans for any postponement,” Mike Miller, director of operations for the Republican convention, said Saturday. “We plan to start when we were going to start and end when we were going to end.”
The convention is set to kick off Monday.
Gustav Upgraded To Category 5 Storm (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/30/national/main4400711.shtml)
The National Hurricane Center upgraded Gustav to a Category Five storm this afternoon as it moved upon Cuba, with maximum sustained winds near 145 mph, making it the strongest Atlantic storm of 2008.
It could strike the U.S. coast anywhere from Mississippi to Texas by Tuesday.
By Saturday afternoon, Gustav was about 110 miles south of Havana and it was moving northwest near 14 mph.
In the Florida Keys, tropical storm warnings were posted in Monroe County from west of the Seven Mile Bridge westward to the Dry Tortugas.
Forecasters said there is a better-than-even chance that New Orleans will get slammed by the storm. That raised the likelihood people will have to flee, and the city suggested a full-scale mandatory evacuation call could come as soon as Sunday.
Having just yesterday marked the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is not waiting for the storm (which has already killed 78 people in the Caribbean) to make landfall.