We're also trying to confirm reports that two elementary schools were in the storm's path.
President Barack Obama warned Americans during a White House speech to follow emergency instructions if they are in the storm's path.
Financial firms shifted operations to backup facilities and made accommodations for customers and employees and as they closed offices in the storm's path.
Forecasters said it was too soon to know the storm's path, but the National Hurricane Center's projection models show Gustav heading toward Louisiana.
The retailer had sent 282 truckloads of merchandise in the storm's path, including generators, cleaning supplies, shovels, blankets and ready-to-eat foods, said spokeswoman Dianna Gee.
Airlines along the storm's projected path had already shut down about 450 flights for Wednesday, most of them at Washington DC area airports.
Airlines along the storm's projected path were already cutting flights too, including about 450 on Wednesday, most of them at Dulles and Reagan National airports in the Washington area, according to FlightAware.com.
We're working with governors to identify and secure out-of-state shelter for people in the path of the storm.
Direct Relief International has distributed ready-to-use hurricane preparedness packs to 20 clinics in the path of the storm.
Right now, let's find out where the projected path of the storm might be as Scott Kaiser joins us.
We pre-positioned water, food, generators, tarps and other supplies in incident staging bases based along the path of the storm.
But forecasters also said the path of the storm will depend on a high-pressure system over the southern United States.
Disaster recovery plans should be reviewed even if your business is hundreds of miles away from the path of the storm.
From the plane, I saw the path of the storm, which marched like a lead-footed giant across southern Oklahoma City and Moore.
Motif Investing has put together a motif index to track rebuilding efforts along the path of the storm called Rebuilding After Sandy.
Google's interactive crisis map of the hurricane shows the predicted path of the storm, the affected areas and links to local weather reports and warnings.
However, because of the erratic nature of hurricane movements, the forecast "cone of probability" shows the path of the storm could take it south into northern Mexico or north to western Louisiana.
As Isaac gathers strength in the Gulf of Mexico, forecasters with the National Weather Center are tracking the path of the storm, while federal disaster response teams are already in place throughout the Gulf region, coordinating with state response centers.
Had the hurricane-hunter planes studied the path of the storm, NWS could have helped to prevent the upheaval of many Floridians from their homes and assisted the millions of Floridians impacted by the uncertainty of the path of a dangerous and deadly hurricane.
As Hurricane Sandy moves away from the Bahamas and toward the East Coast of the United States, forecasters with the National Weather Center are tracking the path of the storm, while FEMA offices from Atlanta to Boston are readying for a potential impact.
While Isaac is likely to become a hurricane today, Fugate and Knabb urged those in the path of the storm to focus less on its particular classification and more on the storm's size and the potential for a storm surge that could reach 6 to 12 feet -- as well as record levels of rain fall.
According to the patents, many tub-like barges would be placed directly in the path of an oncoming storm.
The NWS has issued winter storm warnings and watches in its path.
Mr. Babits, who had been aboard the HMS Bounty replica several times and has sailed on other tall-mast ships, said he didn't understand why the ship entered the path of a large storm that everyone knew was coming.
It provides forecasts and graphics showing a storm's location, its predicted path, and areas under watches and warnings.
The storm cut a six-mile-long path through the city, destroying or damaging about 12% of it, Tuscaloosa officials say.
The storm is on a trajectory reminiscent of the path that Superstorm Sandy took but will also include areas farther north.
While the Romney-Ryan ticket is a done deal, the path of what is now Tropical Storm Isaac and its impact on the nominating convention is still a big question.
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The machinery for track switches and motors on subway systems is often many decades old, and replacements aren't readily available when stores of backup parts have been used up as PATH's was after the storm.
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