Hanna

1 depression, 2 hurricanes, 3 disturbances in the tropics in the morning hours of September 1, 2008. Image source: NOAA/NHC.

Hanna formed as a TS and meandered near the Bahamas for a number of days then become the fourth huricane of the Atlantic Season (Category 1) on Monday September 1 2008 (Labor Day) hitting the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos and then heading for the US Atlantic coast possibly as Category 3 hurricane by the end of the week. Nearly stationary today (Labor Day.)

September 2 (AM) downgraded to a - nearly stationary - tropical storm. Sadly, 14 or so deaths in the islands, the majority in Haiti.
September 3 - still a TS near/at Bahamas. Likely to land on the N. Carolina coast on Saturday and continue on inland via D.C. to NYC and beyond. We'll see...
September 4 - still a TS with roughly the same predicted track
September 5 (morning)- it's gonna land in South Carolina and hit south of the D.C. area tomorrow as a tropical storm.
Septemebr 5 (afternoon) looks like it is going to land right on the South/Norht Carolina border and head for New England and beyond...
September 6 (morning) lands in South Carolina and is racing along the Atlantic coast as a tropical storm.
Septemebr 7 still a tropical storm just off the north-eastern coast of the US/Canada, predicted to head for the open northern Atlantic.
Southern Maryland got a solid soaking but no wind damage to speak of.

Please help the hurricane victims in Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba!