howie: one more question for you. given the legacy, 16 years ago today of hurricane katrina, is there concern bowed flooding in the low about flooding in the low lying areas where it s sometimes the aftermath of the hurricane that is the most devastating. reporter: howie, definitely some concern because when you add that the storm surge could get up to 16 feet in some of the coastal areas, then it s also the rainfall, when this makes landfall a lot of times the storms stall and we could see dynamic thunderstorms, heavy down bursts of rain along with the storm surge and that s when the flooding could start to take hold in the low-lying areas, something we ll be watching through the afternoon and evening here in louisiana. howie: steve bender, thanks very much. we hope for the best in terms of the storm and the aftermath. that s it for this edition of media buzz. i m howard kurtz. we have to deal with the latest u.s. strike in kabul, we also had to deal with the approach of
first of all, can you tell us or explain anything why this storm is just sitting there? what actually propels it one way or another or causes it to stay put. do we know for sure? these are quirks in the stream. a lot of people fascinated, look how big and powerful the storm is. in the realm of the entire atmosphere, the movement is simply a product of what is around them and their interaction with it. there have been storms that have done this further north. hurricane carol stored for north to go days and just waited, wound up in providence august 31st, went by that anniversary. we see storms stall quite often between 25 and 30 degrees north. that s where the big upper hyatt that is up in the atlantic begins to break down. we have not seen a storms stall on top the northern bahama s like this. this storm very well behaved