Comments on: Hurricane Gustav could become a BIG deal http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/ Keeping you informed about the Georgia drought. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:51:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: grace http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4109 grace Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4109 thank you mickey for telling me you are 32 and i didn't know you started the site that is cool! thank you mickey for telling me you are 32 and i didn’t know you started the site that is cool!

]]> By: mickey http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4106 mickey Sun, 31 Aug 2008 15:04:24 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4106 Grace, I'm 32, and not especially "smart" about weather-related items. I simply started this site to try to keep all of the drought-related information in one place, and it took off from there. Grace,

I’m 32, and not especially “smart” about weather-related items. I simply started this site to try to keep all of the drought-related information in one place, and it took off from there.

]]> By: grace http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4105 grace Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:04:42 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4105 mickey you still haven't answered my question how old are you? And how can you be so smart? Oh one more thing if you still go to school what school do you go to? mickey you still haven’t answered my question how old are you? And how can you be so smart? Oh one more thing if you still go to school what school do you go to?

]]> By: mickey http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4103 mickey Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:18:07 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4103 Grace, If Gustov hit directly south of us and came straight to Atlanta, the damage would still be fairly minimal compared to what they'd experience on the coast. We're far enough inland that no hurricane will ever give us catastrophic damage. The water saving was in reference to the primary focus of this site -- the water shortage -- not the hurricanes. Grace,

If Gustov hit directly south of us and came straight to Atlanta, the damage would still be fairly minimal compared to what they’d experience on the coast. We’re far enough inland that no hurricane will ever give us catastrophic damage.

The water saving was in reference to the primary focus of this site — the water shortage — not the hurricanes.

]]> By: grace http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4101 grace Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:02:08 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4101 thank you mickey I will read through the other comments thank you so much for the info about hurricane Gustav and i will make sure to understand about water usage and how can you be so smart and how old are you? my friend wants to know what would happen if Gustav did hit us like how much damage and I am 11 years old so I am not as intelligent as you. and why would the water saving thing hurt or make the situation worst? thank you mickey I will read through the other comments thank you so much for the info about hurricane Gustav and i will make sure to understand about water usage and how can you be so smart and how old are you? my friend wants to know what would happen if Gustav did hit us like how much damage and I am 11 years old so I am not as intelligent as you. and why would the water saving thing hurt or make the situation worst?

]]> By: rkolter http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4099 rkolter Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:06:46 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4099 Gustav is currently catagory 4, and FEMA suggests it will become Catagory 5 tonight or early Sunday. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/30/america/NA-US-Bush-Gustav.php Gustav is currently catagory 4, and FEMA suggests it will become Catagory 5 tonight or early Sunday.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/30/america/NA-US-Bush-Gustav.php

]]> By: mickey http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4097 mickey Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:52:32 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4097 Grace, Gustav certainly won't "hit" Atlanta, at least in terms of destruction -- we're simply too far inland. In terms of generating decent rainfall, like Fay did, it seems unlikely. Possible, I suppose, but probably won't happen. Blindly cutting down on water usage won't necessarily help much. For example, <a href="http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080224/dont-put-a-bucket-in-your-shower/" rel="nofollow">putting a bucket in your shower</a> won't help much, and may even hurt the situation. Read through the older posts on this site for some info about the real causes of the situation and what you can do to help. Grace,

Gustav certainly won’t “hit” Atlanta, at least in terms of destruction — we’re simply too far inland. In terms of generating decent rainfall, like Fay did, it seems unlikely. Possible, I suppose, but probably won’t happen.

Blindly cutting down on water usage won’t necessarily help much. For example, putting a bucket in your shower won’t help much, and may even hurt the situation. Read through the older posts on this site for some info about the real causes of the situation and what you can do to help.

]]> By: grace http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4096 grace Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:44:46 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4096 I have a question will Gustav hit Atlanta Georgia?and why do people have to use so much water just cut down on water usage please it will help us and the environment.please help us stay in usage of water . thanks, (the girl who loves to save the environmental and picks up cigarettes) grace I have a question will Gustav hit Atlanta Georgia?and why do people have to use so much water just cut down on water usage please it will help us and the environment.please help us stay in usage of water .

thanks,

(the girl who loves to save the environmental and picks up cigarettes)
grace

]]> By: Don http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4095 Don Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:55:28 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4095 The coast of any state is a buffer zone for storms. If you live there be ready to fish your personal items out of the ditch. Florida is a sand bar with no real trees for a reason. I'm sick of hearing how great Florida is to live in at the holidays. Gee, lets live 20' below sea level in New Orleans and complain we got flooded. We get our water from storms that come on shore, let it come! The coast of any state is a buffer zone for storms. If you live there be ready to fish your personal items out of the ditch. Florida is a sand bar with no real trees for a reason. I’m sick of hearing how great Florida is to live in at the holidays. Gee, lets live 20′ below sea level in New Orleans and complain we got flooded. We get our water from storms that come on shore, let it come!

]]> By: rkolter http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/20080827/hurricane-gustav-could-become-a-big-deal/#comment-4094 rkolter Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:18:01 +0000 http://www.atlantawatershortage.com/?p=300#comment-4094 Actually, they ARE calling her Hanna since my last post. :) http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?5day#contents I'm not interested in her for any solid reasons really, no more so than anyone is interested in Gustav, but... She's a westward moving storm; the winds that are not there to cut off Gustav's top, also aren't there to push her north. If she hits the east coast, she will push in to the west. If she hits anywhere within a couple hundred miles of Georgia on either side, you're likely to get rain from her. Gustav by comparison, will move into the Gulf, and then may move anywhere - west to Texas, straight up to New Orleans (my bet just because of the irony - the USACE just said the levees are no where near finished, and my friends there just finished rebuilding their home), or maybe pull east and hit Georgia and Florida. If it doesn't pull east, you won't get a piece of this storm. It just seems early on that the odds are more in favor of Hanna, if you want the next big rainmaker. Actually, they ARE calling her Hanna since my last post. :)

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at3.shtml?5day#contents

I’m not interested in her for any solid reasons really, no more so than anyone is interested in Gustav, but…

She’s a westward moving storm; the winds that are not there to cut off Gustav’s top, also aren’t there to push her north. If she hits the east coast, she will push in to the west. If she hits anywhere within a couple hundred miles of Georgia on either side, you’re likely to get rain from her.

Gustav by comparison, will move into the Gulf, and then may move anywhere - west to Texas, straight up to New Orleans (my bet just because of the irony - the USACE just said the levees are no where near finished, and my friends there just finished rebuilding their home), or maybe pull east and hit Georgia and Florida. If it doesn’t pull east, you won’t get a piece of this storm.

It just seems early on that the odds are more in favor of Hanna, if you want the next big rainmaker.

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