Katrina

Here is a good live news feed from Louisiana covering Hurricane Katrina. If you are anywhere near New Orleans you need to get out of the area now or you will die. This is possibly the most destructive and deadly storm in history to hit the United States. Besides the nearly total destruction of the city and surrounding communities, the hurricane's impact on offshore oil facilites will likely create a short-term oil production shortage, causing a temporary spike in oil, then gas, prices in this country. Here is a current animated infrared video of the hurricane as it approaches and makes landfall.

Here is a current NOAA visible satellite loop, and here is a page with links to all types of storm-related maps.