Posted on 09/10/2008 2:18:37 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Texas began issuing mandatory and voluntary evacuations as Hurricane Ike continued to strengthen and slowly moved toward an uncertain landfall destination in the western Gulf of Mexico. Texas Governor Rick Perry issued a disaster declaration in advance of the storm. Louisiana Governor Jindal released several hundred buses to Texas for evacuation assistance.
Reports from Cuba indicate widespread damage from Hurricane Ike, which raked the length of the island nation. The U.S. State Department again offered Cuba humanitarian assistance after a previous offer was declined by the Cuban government.
The stock market Wednesday rose as investors bought oil stocks and and oill futures fell.
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| 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 |
Previous Threads:
Hurricane Ike Live Thread I
TS Hanna, Hurricane Ike & TS Josephine [Other than that, the tropics are calm]
Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, TD Gustav (Other than that, the tropics are calm)
Godspeed to all in Hurricane Ike's path.
bump
Headed straight for DFW, as a TS, but could be a bunch of tornadoes still associated with it.
Cubar really took a pounding to knock this thing down from Cat 3.
Thanks for the thread. We are in AR with parents in Magnolia, near Conroe, north of Houston. What is the prediticted effects in that area???? Trying to decide whether to evacuate them or not...thx
A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued from the mouth of the
Mississippi River westward to Cameron Louisiana.
A Hurricane Watch has been issued from Cameron westward to
Port Mansfield Texas.
Hurricane Ike is moving NW at 8 mph. Winds 100 mph, 958 mb.
Ike is a very large tropical cyclone. Hurricane force winds extend
outward up to 90 miles from the center and tropical storm force
winds extend outward up to 205 miles.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
Prayers up for all in Ike's path.
Thanx for the ping NN.
Track trend is rightwards. It would be interesting to see where Rita was forecast to go at this point.
My shipments going to the Houston area have been cancelled for now. Everybody in the area is stocking up and evacuating. I hope that this doesn’t become another Galveston-like hurricane from 1900 or Hurricane Mitch.
Now he's going to pull his arms in like a spinning skater over slightly cooler water, spin faster and slowly pick up forward speed
Prayers up for those in his path
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Anywhere north of Corpus looks bad for me - I’m on the southwest side of the greater Houston area -
Praying like crazy for all in the path of this storm for it to weaken somehow. Everyone stay safe!
Are you planning to evacuate?
Watching closely in Seabrook.
Frgds,
3/M
after being rather slow, pressure has dropped a lot in the past hour or so...
temperature between inner and outer eyewall has increased...
looks go for some strengthening here.
One of our glorious local TV stations here in Houston has in its crawler that Bell County has announced voluntary evacuation.
Ha! Bell County is in the center of the state.
It is Bee County, according to the Beeville news webpage, which is under voluntary evacuation.
Funny stuff. The TV station can’t get the name of the county right.
Thanks again.
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