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Deadly Storm Surges Likely for Louisiana and Mississippi

As you're tracking the storm, don't just focus on where the eye of Gustav will make landfall. As we all learned during Katrina, the storm surge is one of the most dangerous components of a massive hurricane. You can track projections of the Gustav storm surge here (scroll down for map).

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Here's a good post on Folo about why we need to all take Gustav very seriously regardless of where exactly he makes landfall. Hat-tip for the surge map we linked above.

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DonnaLadd
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2008-08-31T10:37:01-06:00

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