Posted on 09/03/2008 2:45:49 PM PDT by 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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Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, TD Gustav (Other than that, the tropics are calm)
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Category | Wind Speed | Barometric Pressure | Storm Surge | Damage Potential |
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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 |
I don’t like Ike.
Ike looks like really bad news.
Thanks for the Post.
Jeeze, any chance we are gonna run out of names?
2008 Hurricane Names
Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gustav
Hanna
Ike
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paloma
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred
Ike looks like it wants to visit the entire Bahama chain. I’m sure they would rather not have that tourist.
Everyone in the town of Tina is very worried.
I often lurk, but this is the first time it has been of personal interest in awhile, since my parents live on a tidal island in coastal GA - just above St Simons Island.
Thanks to Hannah's dithering in circles in the lower Bahamas, it looks like she's predicted to miss the folks by the majority of the models -- (how historically accurate is the NGPS model? It's the outlier right now -- but it sends Hannah right over my parents' house!)
Yep, looks like Miami-Ft Lauderdale are definately going to be “in play” with Ike.
“Teddy” is gonna be a soaked, sodden and bloated storm....mark my words. Water everywhere and lots of sunken vehicles.
Hurricane Ike winds 80 mph, 984 mb, moving WNW at 18 mph.
Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 290 miles from
the center, mainly to the north.
Josephine weakened due to shear. Winds 60 mph, 997 mb,
moving W at 13 mph.
New thread.
Larry, Moe, Curly...
I predict hurricane Teddy to be HUGH windy SERIES blow that leaves us underwater. Teddy will knock down bridges and damage many autos especially Oldsmobiles. It will probably stay around and pester us for ages.
Wind Shear is a good thing
thanks for the update NN
I’ve resigned myself to my dock being underwater until NOV.
The wx and FEMA people here say we can expect two more days of this, and that we should be ready for the tail of Ike to bring even more rain over the weekend.
But to us in Puerto Rico this is largely an inconvenience. I really feel for the poor people of Haiti.
Thank you for your local report. Hispanola has been pummeled by tropical storms this season.
Please check in and provide updates when you are able. Take care. You are in my prayers.
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By this date in 2005 storm names had reached Maria. 2005 was the year storm names reached Zeta in the Greek alphabet.
I should receive an honorary engineering degree for designing these multi-storm threads.
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