All eyes on Hurricane Ian

Lazaro Aleman [email protected] As of press time, Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 10 a.m., Category 3 Hurricane Ian, which on Tuesday morning was just past the westernmost end of Cuba, was tracking northward into the Gulf at 12 mph, with the Big Bend area still well contained within its potential strike zone, although the latest projections showed the storm veering more easternly toward Florida’s west coast. Still, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) advised that shifts in direction could occur, and the National Weather Service (NWS) continued forecasting possible tropical storm conditions for our area as early as Wednesday night. Ian, which some forecasts earlier indicated cou