hurricanes in the Gulf affect me personally--I have a home and family in Houston.........I take them seriously, no matter what song and dance they are tootling to until they get around to doing their business if any at all.....are they predictable? ahem, NO..........that's why they are called tracking "models" by the meteorologists.......do we take them seriously.......well, you saw what happened with Katrina......I lived in NO for 2 years......it didn't take much to overcome the pumps (you didn't need a hurricane) and the levees were breached in the meantime......well, it's amazing that more people didn't die......it appears that more safeguards are in place now and there is a more efficient emergency response in place in case Gustaf (are there hurricanes in Sweden, Norway, Germany????
) decides to stop for awhile.........well, let's hunker down and see what happens........