HURRICANE UPDATE

Rumors are flying all over campus on whether they will lock the dorm residents in. The campus is effectively closed overnight as Isabel approaches. We've had a lot of rain this summer, so flooding (possibly serious) is expected overnight and into tomorrow as the worst of the storm hits.

Computer labs and the library will close at 9pm, tonight.

Pennsylvania under State of Emergency, joining Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia and three other states. New Jersey to follow at 4pm.

For what its worth, the Hurricane Center's forecasted landfall has only shifted by at most 200 miles over the last five-six days. That is excellent. They called this track on Saturday and Isabel has gone exactly where they said it would. Whoever says that meteorologists are full of shit are full of shit themselves, as the NHC gets a A+ in my book for calling this nearly five days ago. Now, all they need to work on is intensity. When they do that, it'll be great.

Andrew Sullivan, of course, is an idiot. He added his comments, which you can go read at Atrios. I won't link to someone so stupid.