New Orleans braces for tropical storm (International Herald Tribune)

Officials in Mississippi and Louisiana are on high alert as Tropical storm Gustav gathered strength Thursday.

Gulf oil braces for Gustav (CNN Money)

With Tropical Storm Gustav setting its sights on the Gulf of Mexico, oil facilities in the region are facing their first major threat since 2005, when Hurricanes Rita and Katrina knocked out nearly every barrel of oil production and sent prices soaring to then-record levels.

Gulf coast braces for Gustav (Detroit Free Press)

NEW ORLEANS -- As Gustav threatened to pack a wallop, leaders and emergency workers Thursday unfurled plans to avoid a repeat of the deadly mistakes that preceded Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Gulf Coast braces for 'serious storm' (USA Today)

Gulf Coast residents nervously tracked Tropical Storm Gustav through the Caribbean on Wednesday, and emergency officials readied evacuation plans as the storm's projected path pointed right at the Gulf of Mexico.

New Orleans Braces as Gustav Set to Follow Katrina (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)

Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Almost three years to the day after Katrina devastated New Orleans, disaster-response officials are bracing for Tropical Storm Gustav's projected landfall there as forecasters predict it will strengthen into a major hurricane.