TS Hanna, Hurricane Ike & TS Josephine

NOAA/NHC ^ | 3 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Hanna remains a threat to the U.S. Atlantic coast while the storm spent several days stalled and meandering between the Southeast Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, and Hispanola. The islands have been battered with winds and torrential rains.

Ike continues to strengthen, reaching hurricane status Wednesday afternoon. The storm continues to move toward the Bahamas and U.S.

Cleanup efforts continued along the Gulf of Mexico states following Hurricane Gustav. Baton Rouge, LA has widespread wind damage and power outages. New Orleans residents were allowed to return to their homes despite Mayor Nagin's reservations amid power outages. President George Bush arrived in Baton Rouge Wednesday to survey the damage from the storm.

The U.S. death toll for Hurricane Gustav is 16, including evacuation casualties and post-storm tornadoes.

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Previous Threads:

Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, TD Gustav (Other than that, the tropics are calm)
Hurricane Gustav & Hurricane Hanna
Gustav & Hanna Thread I
Hurricane Gustav
Cat 5 Hurricane Sarah Is Catastrophic for Obama Campaign

Category	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Storm Surge	Damage Potential
Tropical Depression	< 39 mph < 34 kts			Minimal
Tropical Storm	39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts			Minimal
Hurricane 1 (Weak)	74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts	28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more	4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m	Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2 (Moderate)	96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts	28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb	6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m	Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3 (Strong)	111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts	27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb	9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m	Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4 (Very strong)	131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts	27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb	13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m	Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5 (Devastating)	Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts	Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb	Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m	Catastrophic building failures possible

[dfwgator]

What people don’t realize is that had the eye of Andrew hit only 10 miles north of where it did, the damage probably would have been triple. And that area has grown tremendously since 1992. A direct hit on Dade/Broward with a Cat 3 or above, would be the ultimate worse case scenario.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

TANKS,NN,,,

http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?a_id=66214

“Based on data from offshore operator reports submitted to the MMS as of 11:30 a.m. CST today, personnel have been evacuated from a total of 599 production platforms, equivalent to 83.5 % of the 717 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

Personnel from 91 rigs have also been evacuated; this is equivalent to 75.2 % of the 121 rigs currently operating in the Gulf.

From the operators’ reports, it is estimated that approximately 95.8 % of the oil production in the Gulf has been

shut-in. Estimated current oil production from the Gulf of Mexico is 1.3 million barrels of oil per day. It is also estimated that approximately 91.6 % of the natural gas production in the Gulf has been shut-in. Estimated current natural gas production from the Gulf of Mexico is 7.4 billion cubic feet of gas per day.”
~~~
And IKE mite be in the Gulf in 6-8 days ?

Looks like it will stay shut down...:0/

[Elle Bee]

better yet .... a lot of good people appreciate you here

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[NautiNurse]

That’s much better than an engineering degree. Thanks.

[NautiNurse]

Any word whether the workers are returning to the platforms yet? They don’t usually evacuate and return to work with as much fanfare as New Orleans citizens.

[NautiNurse]

We’ll hope it doesn’t come to that.

[blam]

Major Hurricanes That Cause Devastation Are Getting Stronger

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

I haven’t heard a word about any of them going back to work.

Some inspection/repair crews maybe,,,

Production will be out for weeks...

[dfwgator]

Major Hurricanes That Cause Devastation Are Getting Stronger

"...and Leon's getting laaaarger!"

[NautiNurse]

There is a lot of truth in the last sentence:

They caution, however, that the uncertainty over the
magnitude of the effect is still large, and the study does not
include other influential factors such as cyclone origin and
duration, proximity to land, solar activity and El Nino, which
is a warming of the ocean that occurs every few years.

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Tanx for da ping - Ike is all growd up ain’t he?

[gondramB]

CNN just reported Ike is up to category 3 and projected for 4.

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Ike has been upgraded to Category 3.

Winds 115, 960 mb. Moving WNW 18 mph.

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[Islander7]

That was qiuck!

[sig226]

The construction codes were vastly improved after Andrew. Bracing and siding are required so there are no more stud walls with vinyl siding holding them together. The newer homes should be okay in a three or a four. Owners of older homes have had sixteen years to improve their dwellings.

I hope people were smart enough to prepare for it.

[RedMonqey]

Ike looks like really bad news

IMHO I don't believe there's enough stored energy(heat) in either the Caribbean nor the Gulf to create to sustain a major hurricane(CAT 4,5). At best all I see Ike as an middling Cat 3 and that's if it gets into the Gulf. Any storm that goes along the Eastern seaboard will weaken quickly before it can do any serious damage.

Just my two cents....

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Here comes Trouble...:0/

[CindyDawg]

If it gets in the western part it might be warmer but there is no room (imo) for all of them.

[NautiNurse]

I’ve been wondering about all of the unfinished high rise buildings, cranes, and other construction equipment in Miami. That said, it is way too early to focus entirely on a So. FL landfall for Ike. Hanna’s track leaves a lot of alternative possibilities for Ike.

[DocRock]

NN, I usually don't post large graphics, however, I thought this needed to be seen.

Fox 13 LINK