What if/will happen if Gustav & Hanna converge over the southern states? ?

Question

We already know that Gustav will hit the gulf coast. ( I predict landfall around Morgan City ) and Hanna will impact the the Atlantic coast. According to this model with the National Hurricane Center they are only going to be a day or so behind each other.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at2+shtml/144513.shtml?tswind120#contents

Answer 1

It would be the perfect storm, and George Clooney will drown.

Answer 2

What cyswxman says is correct - the stronger storm will disrupt the circulation of the smaller and tear it apart.

Over land, the storms start to fall apart anyway, so you would likely have rain and wind over a larger area, that's all.

DK

Answer 3

Gustav will likely hit Louisiana and Hannah appears as if she'll stay south of Florida. The only thing I can say based on your analysis is that it'll be hellacious depending on the strength of the storms when they make landfall. However, it is a relief that they aren't going to hit the same places. If you've ever been though the aftermath of a hurricane, you know it's not pleasant. The (rest of the) south will pick up the pieces and move on...however, Louisiana will whine and complain for the next decade.  

Answer 4

The environments in and around hurricanes are such that they will not allow them to converge.  Tropical systems have gotten fairly close to one another before, and the results normally are that one system will overpower and weaken/destroy the other.  What typically happens otherwise is that one will simply follow the other in the upper air flow pattern that will exist over the southeastern U.S. at the time.  

Answer 5

they will be a Fujiwhara effect......

two hurricanes dancing together...lol

look it up it is real.....the last time one happened 1995!