Eric Lee's Profile

The National Hurricane Center says Gustav will be a major hurricane making
landfall near the Houma - Thibodaux area Tuesday morning.

"We're going to
have to really watch this track right now as it slightly moving a little farther
to the east," says Channel 4 Meteorologist Jonathan Meyers. He says, though,
there is still a lot of uncertainty.

"The cone of error runs all the way
from Pensacola to Corpus Christi Texas," Meyers told WWL First News.

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JAMAICA.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CUBAN PROVINCE OF
GRANMA.

A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS.

INTERESTS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN CUBA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE
PROGRESS OF GUSTAV.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.1 WEST OR ABOUT 45
MILES... 75 KM...EAST OF KINGSTON JAMAICA AND ABOUT 350 MILES...560
KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF GRAND CAYMAN.

Daily Home staff writers

Campaigners wave at cars in support of their candidates Tuesday at the Pell City
Civic Center. Elections for mayor and city councils were held in Childersburg,
Pell City, Sylacauga, Lincoln, Munford, Oak Grove and Riverside Tuesday. Bob
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