Here's Gustav!

It's not looking good for New Orleans. And that lends itself to an incredible night for a news junkie. The fun is already starting. (I preface that by saying I hope everyone has gotten out and no one gets hurt.)

Apparently CNN had plans for an Anderson Cooper special that was supposed to start running at 8 tonight. Unexpectedly, the first bans came in right when his special was supposed to start. It was incredible to watch. At 7:53 Doofus Rick Sanchez tossed to Anderson for a tease. He was standing in the French Quarter in sunny daylight. Seven minutes later, right when Anderson took over, the clouds rolled in, it was pitch black and the rains and winds started. As a reporter watching Anderson ad lib that unexpected situation was amazing. That's why he's their hurricane guy. But the second time he mentioned that "they didn't expect the weather to change this soon. It was supposed to start in an hour or two" it was obvious he was a little concerned how they were going to get through the show. That's when the clouds got too thick for their satellite signal to penetrate and they had to toss back to Sanchez.

It makes me want to grab a bag of popcorn and sit in front of CNN all night.

To me the most amazing part of the storm is the way the entire country is rallying behind that region before anything even happens. This morning I spent hours at the National Guard Armory in Frankfort. Last night they mobilized 350 troops from the state along with 5 black hawks and three smaller choppers. We were there as they loaded up and flew out. Most of the guys going didn't go to Katrina. They were in Iraq. I did talk with one Colonel who went to New Orleans in 2005. He's planning the mission this time. It's great to see everyone learned their lesson.

The choppers will be waiting in Mississippi until it's safe to move in. He said they would start on the east side of the storm as it moves west. They'll be there right when the clouds part, as opposed to three days later. They don't know where they're going or what they'll be doing, but 50 percent of the area is out of there and whatever is needed they're already prepared.

Now we just wait and watch just how bad it becomes.