"dpb" wrote in message ...
Swingman wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote

What I found astounding, was that one of the news networks already
reported 'likely' storm damage at 3.6 billion BEFORE the storm even
made landfall.

Count your blessings ... with a hurricane in the Gulf, the price of oil
didn't go up another 50% overnight, maybe.

We're hoping it keeps up enough steam heading west to eventually swing up
the panhandle and give as a chance...

Not that we're hoping ya'll get drowned, but we're more interested in the
longer term prospects up thisaway...

At least a couple of the longterm models are projecting it just might so
hope they're right...

Hate to "rain" on your parade but the latest forecast model I saw puts
in moving almost directly west from the Brownsville area and even turning
slightly west-southwest.

Dave in Houston