Tropical Storm Gustav is approaching Louisiana quickly and is currently bombarding Jamaica. Those in the storm’s path should listen to local news for updates and take shelter. Gustav will most likely become a hurricane in the next 36 hours.

Source: Marketwatch

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Did you know the dinosaurs might have been wiped out by a “super-hurricane” of sorts? Check out this little tidbit of information I dug up:

“Scientists have been trying to explain the extinction of dinosaurs for a long time. First it was a giant asteroid impact, which hurled vast clouds of dust into the stratosphere, causing a worldwide winter. The latest twist is that the asteroid now believed to have struck parts of the Gulf of Mexico heated large amounts of water to 50°C, much hotter than present oceans, and triggered giant “hypercanes”–hurricanes with near supersonic winds that also hurled vast quantities of debris into the stratosphere. ”

Would have made for a great Jurassic Park movie.

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