Gustav’s impact on Wichita

You can see it out the window as I type this a few minutes before 3 p.m.

As Gustav moves northwest from the Gulf of Mexico, it’s pushing other systems out of its way. That shoved a line of showers from east to west through Wichita and southcentral Kansas.

We almost always see storm systems move west to east — so you can accurately announce to your friends that the weather’s really backward in Kansas.

I’m marveling at how well-organized Gustav remains more than 24 hours after coming ashore in Louisiana.

Gustav swirling into Arkansas from Louisiana

4 Comments

  1. bkm1890
    Posted September 2, 2008 at 4:25 pm | Permalink

    Gustav is coming through Wichita? Where are the evacuation shelters? When can we expect the Federal Government to come in and save us? What is the government doing to protect me?

  2. toadx4
    Posted September 2, 2008 at 4:42 pm | Permalink

    Two words… Hurricane Party!

  3. soyjournalista
    Posted September 2, 2008 at 11:01 pm | Permalink

    Does the hurricane party include thunder and lightning? Mammattas? :) Yeah for hurricanes because now I can open my windows and doors again!

  4. n7mk
    Posted September 3, 2008 at 12:22 am | Permalink

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