Mayor Nagin Announces Shelter Locations

"New Orleans city officials announced Friday evening three locations throughout the city where those living in FEMA trailers or who feel unsafe in their homes can seek refuge during tomorrow's tropical storm." |Read more|

Environment Becoming Favorable For "Tropical Cyclone"

"A weak low pressure system moving across Florida and into the Gulf of Mexico could become a tropical cyclone later today.

A routine and daily tropical weather outlook posted by the National Hurricane Center says that, "...the environment is gradually becoming favorable for a subtropical or a tropical cyclone to form..."" |Read more|