Isaac has now been upgraded to a hurricane. Reports from an USAF Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicates that maximum sustained winds associated with Isaac have increased to 75 mph, a category one hurricane on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. It is centered about 75 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River or 165 miles southeast of New Orleans, moving toward the northwest at 10 mph.
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Thoughts and prayers continue for this area and people affected!