Hurricane Ike Live Thread

NOAA/NHC ^ | 7 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Ike is the fifth tropical cyclone of the 2008 hurricane season to threaten U.S. Gulf Coast states.

Reports from Turks & Caicos Islands describe 80 per cent of homes damaged or destroyed. On Sunday, Hurricane Ike's position just north of Hispanola was hampering relief efforts for devastation incurred by Hurricane Gustav and Tropical Storm Fay. The death toll in Haiti from Gustav reached 200 people.

Florida Governor Charlie Crist held a press conference Sunday morning shortly after a Hurricane Watch was issued for the Florida Keys.

Public Advisory Updated every 3 hours

Discussion Updated every 6 hours

Buoy data:

Florida & Eastern Gulf of Mexico

Western Gulf of Mexico

West Caribbean

Forecast Models

South FL Radar Loop
FL Keys Radar Loop
Cuba Radar Warning: site gets overloaded
FL Long Range Radar Image

Ike
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Lat/Lon	No Lat/Lon	Short	Long
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Shortwave	Shortwave	Shortwave	Shortwave
Water Vapor	Water Vapor	Water Vapor	Water Vapor
Infrared Channel 4 Enhancements
None	None	None	None
AVN	AVN	AVN	AVN
Dvorak	Dvorak	Dvorak	Dvorak
JSL	JSL	JSL	JSL
RGB	RGB	RGB	RGB
Funktop	Funktop	Funktop	Funktop
Rainbow	Rainbow	Rainbow	Rainbow

Additional Resources:

Navy Tropical Cyclone
Storm Pulse Very cool site--scroll down for Ike

KeyNews.com Key West News
Miami Herald
NOLA.com
KPLC-tv Lake Charles News
WEAR-tv Pensacola FL
TBO.com Tampa Bay Online
KHOU Houston
WKRG-tv Mobile-Pensacola

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

[Elle Bee]

As usual the most dangerous place in the Keys this past week was between our mendacious mayors and a media microphone. It's time to start evacuating the media when the dynamic duo evacuate tourists. Perhaps denying them face time will make them a little less trigger happy.

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[jpsb]

Ike entered the Golf of Mexico! He's fallen into the trap, we've got him now. No place he can go without running into one of us.

You're surrounded, "I've got the enemy just where I want him." lol.

[NautiNurse]

As I’ve said many times, it’s going to take a massive head injury from flying debris before the wethead reporters come in from the storms. This will be followed by a week of reporters mourning their brave colleague. Then we’ll have to watch the rest of them reporting through their hotel room windows during hurricanes. Sigh.

[brytlea]

It rally does. I wish he’d just get finished already! (of course I hope he dies out in the Gulf, that would be lovely!)
susie

[Katlyn]

That is actually very funny.

I needed that.

Thanks

[NautiNurse]

He's fallen into the trap, we've got him now. No place he can go without running into one of us.

LOL--"we have met the enemy, and he is us."

[brytlea]

Advil doesn’t work for me. I take 2 excedrine migranes and one ibuprophen per my neurologists advice. Works more or less, but sometimes, nothing really does. I’m sure it’s the barometric pressure. It’s REALLY bad when we get a real hurricane.
susie

[NautiNurse]

Advil is ibuprofen.

[brytlea]

Oh silly me, see what a headache does?! Well, it doesn’t work by itself! ;)
susie

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

He's fallen into the trap, we've got him now. No place he can go without running into one of us.

Ike obviously hasn't watched any of the old westerns. Nobody falls for the "box canyon" maneuver anymore.

[SouthTexas]

Ike obviously hasn't watched any of the old westerns. Nobody falls for the "box canyon" maneuver anymore.

The rats sure did with the Barracuda!

[dfwgator]

“We’ll head him off at the pass.”

“Head him off at the pass? I hate that cliche...*gunshot*”

[CindyDawg]

lol. Too funny. Good way to look at it though.

[CindyDawg]

We may end up sharing this storm with CC

[CindyDawg]

We may end up sharing this storm with CC

[CindyDawg]

Isn’t that the truth? Yall think since the models have started going up I can stop cleaning house and over-preparing? I’m getting tired.

[rodguy911]

I was definitely a victim of what we call down here cabin fever.

[Pebcak]

Let me know when you quit. I’m already tired, and there’s 1000 miles to go.

[Pebcak]

Thanks for the laugh!

[rodguy911]

HI star, not really all that bad.
Worst thing I heard was that a Publix semi rolled over on a bridge during a 60 knot gust, other than that haven't heard too much.

One of the locals in Key West(during a live broadcast that I saw) scared away a tv rookie from Miami telling him that the baracudas would bite his feet if he insisted on standing in the water.It was a riot the guy really believed him as well.