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 |
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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)
You stay safe as well.
We are not contemplating eveacuation yet, but laying in supplies.
Frgds, 3/M
They'll be getting a flood of phone calls about it.
I wonder if Palin will cancel her trip to Houston. I feel we are right in its path, wish me luck.
They figure they'd better be on scene if there's wind or water concerns.
Thank you
Though I’m not sure it can hit cat 5 in the GOM, Ike may dwarf Rita in terms of U.S. impact.
The end.
Maybe she’ll reschedule for Austin?
Wouldn’t that be great?
This town would have a collective aneurysm.
San Antonio news now... waiting to see what they say we could get from this - besides the obvious rain and breezes. A strike in CCTX would be the worst for us, but better probably then a Rita path which takes it over the Petro-areas.
Wow - that comparison is pretty spooky. Ike’s path keeps moving to the East - should be an interesting week and weekend in H-Town.
Maybe some of our Katrina evacuees will head for greener pastures :)
You go get them NaughtyNurse. You have been the best hurricane person on FR. Kudos! I am batten down the hatches in North Houston.
I am afraid that Hurricane Ike might grow in sheer size as well as develop perhaps into a Cat 4 storm.
It will be really bad if HURRICANE IKE's forward motion slows down so that it impacts a day later... (Forward speed stalling).
That would allow the storm to grow in size.
Texas needs to prepare now.
Louisiana might stay alerted, as a shift in direction would be bad on Thursday/Friday morning...
Too close to call whether you will be on the dirty side of the storm with surge. Either way, the storm has a very large hurricane wind field. A miss can still mean dangerous winds.
SATX - they are saying if Port Oconnor landfall - sustained 40-60 mph winds, gusts 60-80 mph, 2-6” rain, twisters possible. Worse east of here. Wowzers.
ROFLMAO!!! That would do them Justice. Austin is full of Libs.
SATX - they are saying if Port Oconnor landfall - sustained 40-60 mph winds, gusts 60-80 mph, 2-6” rain, twisters possible. Worse east of here. Wowzers.
Spouse and I are (still?) planning on spending a couple nights there and in Galveston week after next. No wonder I got a room so cheap ;^)
Lost my sailboat in Kemah to Alicia back in '83 and this was gonna be my first nostalgia trip back since '85.
I was thinking, just looking at the continuing eastward shift of the modeling trends, that out FRiends in Nawlins and the rest of LA may be well advised to pay close attention. The parabola that I am seeing after Ike broke past Cuba looks pretty close to Gustav tracking. I am know that high pressure systems and other atmospheric conditions may have changed in the last 10 days, but the base track looks too dammed familiar.
It's a limitation for the hurricane thread because evacuees and those who are the path of the storm often have to use less then broadband when viewing them.
At 5PM ET, the NHC issued a Tropical Storm Warning all the way to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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