Posted on 09/07/2008 8:37:37 AM PDT by 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.
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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 |
San Leon, but Dichinson is our post office. We don’t rate a post office of our own.
Johnson Space Center is preparing to close up shop and send its workers home for the duration. I’m not employed there so here I sit.
RUN!!
My folks are headed out today to our farm near Jewett. They’ll be ok. Best of luck to you.
NASA is smart, just a little north of the forecast track puts a lot of wind and water in the clear lake area. NHC says that 3 days out there best guess can be off by 200 miles. NASA is doing the right thing, expect other employers to follow suit.
She seems to be the type that the more they dump on her, the more determined she is. If she can make a free throw on a broken ankle to win the state championship, I think she can take anything they throw at her...and I admit to arguing against her nomination because "having five kids is not experience to be VP."
I am so glad we didn't get one of the boring ones I wanted!!!
One of my favorite songs “no where to run to baby, no where to hide”
Yep... Camille made a real mess up in Tennessee, IIRC. Mudslides, roads washed out, numerous deaths.
Trust me...you wouldn't want to pay the postage!
(BTW, an interesting aside...I think that's Dusty Springfield making the introduction)
Category 2 Hurricane Ike
Winds 100 mph, 958 mb, moving NW at 8 mph
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 80 miles from the center
and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 205 miles.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
Get a TV "stick" tuner for your laptop computer (you *do* have a laptop, don't you? That's mandatory hurricane bug-out gear IMO). Hauppauge sells a digital/analog combo unit that's about the size of a cigarette lighter, that plugs into a USB port. There's a threaded coax fitting on the opposite end, where you attach the included antenna (looks like an old-fashioned transistor radio antenna on a weighted base). It comes with tuner/recordersoftware for about $100.00.
If you have a way to charge the laptop, you have TV. Think about it - TV in one window, FR in another. :-) I've got one in my office, which is in a large metal and glass building. No problem at all picking up all of the local digital channels.
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That's how I've been set up for 8 years. Generally cable CNBC in a window during the day; sometimes broadcast HD in the evening. All kinds of solar and generator power for recharging, but of course stations won't be broadcasting during a general outage (unless PBS has purchased large standby generators which wouldn't half surprise me).
Looking like I 'could' get a direct hit in Victoria. 90 miles northeast of Corpus but only 25 miles north of Pt. Lavaca bay. Port O'Conner is also south of me.
We had a lot of damage from Hurricane Claudette 4 or 5 yrs ago. Even a hit in Corpus will give Victoria the bad counter clockwise damaging winds.
My brother, in the Houston area, is Emergency Co-ordinator for the NASA Bay area and called last night to make sure I was alert to the danger. He said they expected Ike to take a turn to the right. Perhaps the movement to the east of Corpus has already shown that.
My patio and yard has hundreds of things in it - oh my!! You put it all up and the storm doesn't come. Don't do it and get hit, lol. Worried about the RV getting damaged too.
Good site I'm looking at today - scroll down; LINK
O RLY? I hadn’t heard that. I’m across the street, so my company will likely do the same.
Thanks for the tip. Very helpful.
latest GFDL model run is devastating.....
Just flat worst possible run for Houston.
We will see if that expands to the other models.
Houston needs to start evacuating no later than tomorrow morning if this continues with other models.
This is very serious....
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod/analysis/hur_nested/storm_1/12/images/hur_pcp_060l.gif
Thank you. My family lives in the Houston area.
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