With the ‘Hurricane Gustav’ approaching the U.S. Gulf Coast, a lot of precaution measures are being taken. Google Earth has also come up with a special folder by the name of ‘Hurricane Gustav’. You can find the new folder under the ‘Weather’ folder in Google Earth.
To find more about the precaution measures or advisory from National Hurricane Center, you can have a look at the forecast track. Furthermore a number of webcams have been set around Louisiana which were provided by Weather Bonk. With the change in situation, the folder is expected to be updated by the Google Earth team.
Image Source: Google Lat Long
On the accuracy of data, Google Earth Team’s Cris Castello said:
Please keep in mind when tracking the storm in Google Earth that the “Clouds” layer is 1-3 hours behind “real time,” so the storm is actually farther ahead than it looks. The “Radar” layer should be accurate within 15-30 minutes of real-time.
Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey has released a KML file which you can load into Google Earth. You can download the KML file here.
Gustav Information Center, which is being run by volunteers, has made an evacuation plan and have embedded a map on their site displaying evacuation centers and routes.
If you are around any of the affected areas, do take all the precaution measures and be prepared to evacuate any minute. Do stay in touch with the local authorities for any latest development.
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