Just over three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New orleans and the Gulf Coast, another significant storm will make landfall in Louisiana today. The category 3 storm, last night, "was moving swiftly to the northwest over the Gulf of Mexico, and a hurricane warning was extended from the Florida-Alabama border to a point just east of High Island, Texas. The warning encompassed the entire coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The storm, which was expected to hit somewhere along the central Louisiana coast today about noon, was moving at 18 mph, although that speed was expected to decrease, " reports The Times Picayune. "[T]he Republicans' convention in St. Paul, Minn., scheduled to start today, plans to cut back on anything that might seem frivolous in deference to people along the Gulf Coast who are struggling against nature's violence. President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and [Gov.] Jindal canceled their trips to Minnesota, and the campaign organization of Sen. John McCain chartered a plane to Jackson, Miss., for delegates who want to fly home. The return flight was to take family members out of Gustav's target area who want to be with their families in St. Paul."