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September 01, 2008

Hurricane Gustav Slams Into Louisiana

Storm Weaker Than Feared, Levees Holding For Now

With Hurricane Gustav now pounding the southwestern Louisiana coast, all preparations have been made. "Now, we pray," said an official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Monday.

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Klyde Morris (09.01.08)

Klyde Talks About The 'Doomsday' Scenario

FMI: www.klydemorris.com

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ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (09.01.08)

Aero-Linx!

Excellent blog chronicling the career of a flight engineer from the USAF thru the airlines thru retirement.

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ANN's Daily Aero-Term (09.01.08): Sun Synchronous Orbit

Aero-Terms!

A spacecraft orbit that precesses, wherein the location of periapsis changes with respect to the planet's surface so as to keep the periapsis location near the same local time on the planet each orbit.

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Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (09.01.08)

"Alabama Wing has activated a mission command staff and is identifying aircrew, ground team, urban direction finding (UDF) team and mission staff members who are available for a one- or two-week tour after the storm makes landfall."  Source: Maj. John P. Neil, director of operations for the CAP's Alabama wing. Civil Air Patrol members are making preparations to safeguard CAP assets and preparing to respond to requests for assistance after the storm makes landfall. Gustav could impact the gulf states by tomorrow. The storm is projected to move in a northwesterly direction but it is too early to tell specifically where landfall will occur.

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