Morning Express with Robin Meade

A Category 1 hurricane off the East Coast doesn’t sound like a huge threat, but I do anticipate a big change for the worse over the weekend.

Here's where we stand: Hurricane Sandy has weakened a bit since yesterday and stands at a Category 1, with 80 mph sustained winds. It is edging out of the Bahamas and should parallel the U.S. East Coast for the next few days. 

September 10th is the peak of hurricane season, and right on schedule.  I’m tracking two hurricanes and one spot in the Gulf of Mexico that could develop into a tropical system. 

Hurricane Michael grew into a major Category 3 hurricane overnight Wednesday into Thursday as winds reached 115 mph.  It's the season's first major storm ("major" is qualified as a category 3 or more).  I’m not worried about Michael doing anything but disturb the fish as it gradually swings north through the Atlantic and ultimately falls apart.

Officials are reporting "overtopping of a levee on the east bank" from Braithwaite to White Ditch, which will "result in significant deep flooding in the area," the National Weather Service said early Wednesday. Plaquemines Parish president Bill Nungesser tells CNN, "...not only did we see the worst case scenario, it got worse than that with the storm stalling. The levees can only take so much."

The levee in question is operated by the parish and not the federal government.

Isaac and Katrina are two different storms, but they share some unsettling similarities: 

• The path of Isaac just came away from the western Florida coastline Monday morning and is churning up the Gulf of Mexico. Katrina did the same thing.
   
• Isaac is moving to the west-northwest and should eventually steer to the northwest and head for the Louisiana/Mississippi coastline Tuesday night. Look at Katrina’s ultimate path: it did the same thing.
   
• It appears that Isaac will make landfall late Tuesday night or early Wednesday, August 29. Katrina made landfall near Buras, Louisiana on … August 29, seven years ago.
   

READ MORE: Isaac makes way toward Gulf Coast

The Atlantic hurricane season officially starts today, even though we already had two named storms in May. The last time there were two out-of-season tropical storms was in 1908! It's a quick start, to be sure, but what does it mean for the rest of the season?

In a two words: Jack squat.