KTBB’s Owner Covering RNC in Tampa

TAMPA, FL — Tropical Storm Isaac passed west of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida and instead was targeting a broad swatch of the Gulf Coast, including New Orleans. Flood warnings, wind, rain and thunderstorms were in Tampa’s weather forecast for the week. KTBB Owner/General Manager, Paul Gleiser is in Tampa covering the convention. Most of what was scheduled to happen Monday, the first day of the convention, was cancelled. Gleiser said, they gathered to order, a parliamentary procedure, then immediately adjourned. He added, there was nothing of any substance that happened in Tampa yesterday.

Meanwhile, KTBB’s Dr. Bob Peters is keeping tabs on Isaac. At 5 a.m. EDT Tuesday, the large, lumbering storm was centered about 125 miles southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. He expected Isaac to become a hurricane by Tuesday afternoon, making landfall Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning somewhere south of New Orleans. Peters said the worst is over for Tampa. According to Peters, that city had had 2 1/2 inches of rain by Monday afternoon, and winds there had turned southeasterly. Peters added that Isaac might bring East Texas a few showers as it heads up the Mississippi Valley Wednesday and Thursday.

Paul Gleiser will be in Tampa all week covering the convention. Follow him online at http://KTBB.com/Decision2012 and on Twitter @ ktbbdecision12.