Hurricane Ike Live Thread

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

[NautiNurse]

This storm is so big, a wide miss will still produce hefty storm winds. Everyone in the cone of uncertainty should have storm preparations well underway, and folks living in coastal and other flood prone areas should know where/when they will go in the event of evacuation.

[OB1kNOb]

My condolences on your husband's passing. My guess is that he had a power inverter (example below) that converted the battery's 12 Volt DC to 110 Volt AC power.

[Ditter]

I live right in the middle of Houston we are not going to flood, we are higher than most places around here. I could get a tree through my roof, or a tornado could take the roof off, but we aren't leaving, even with a direct hit. The days or weeks without electricity is the big worry for me. I think I'll go to the grocery store and buy a few cans of tuna and some crackers.

[sweet_diane]

Don’t forget a hand powered can opener! (I did once) lol

[af_vet_rr]

I’ve been following Jeff Masters’ blog since earlier this year, and I’m surprised more people aren’t following it - the guy knows how to put it in perspective without dumbing things down.

[Orange1998]

Tuna and crackers sounds like a plan. I live with many pines trees north Houston, so I am concerned.

[L,TOWM]

Criminy! That looks like a Houston shot, unless it starts taking a serious left (westward) drift.

[STARWISE]

Stay safe, God bless.

[lainie]

I agree, I really like it. I don't know about his reputation or anything. (Like, Joe Bastardi has a bad rep and I wouldn't want to follow his blog.)

Something else I like (which I haven't seen posted in awhile) is the USNavy plot for the current storm

[OB1kNOb]

See post #938. NASA may be saying, “Houston, we have a problem”, soon. Galveston’s nightmare to be sure. I use to live in Port Bolivar across the channel. My prayers are with those folks.......or whoever gets Ike head on.

[Rightly Biased]

I was in Cuero for Claudette and it was a mess.

I am not looking forward to this one at all.

[af_vet_rr]

The first I heard of him was almost 20 years ago, when he flew into Hurricane Hugo (he's done a big write-up about it here). I knew somebody who was on the Air Force plane in the area at that time. He and the rest of the people on that plane were lucky to have survived (and he decided it was his last hurricane mission). I've heard people recommend wunderground.com but just never connected it with him.

If you read through all half dozen or so pages of that link above, you'll find it interesting - They did things with a P-3 (or rather Hurricane Hugo did) that should not have been possible - that aircraft should have fallen apart.

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

[...Everybody catches their breath as they await the next NHC update...]

[blam]

You'll like these:

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Be My Baby

Don't Make Me Over

He's So Fine

[rwfromkansas]

watches up for all TX coast....crazy.

This may go far enough north to go over a cool water area, so we will see......that may keep it at bay if it does.

But, I doubt it.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I understand that 50,000 are under evacuation orders in Brazoria County, and they want everybody else to leave also.

Joe Bastardi (I know) on FOX said he expects Ike will be a cat 4, possibly more, at landfall, and may come in East of Galveston. Twenty Feet and more storm surge.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Just heard on WFTV tornado warning Osceola county, Fla.

[RGVTx]

The latest 5 day forecast at wunderground has Ike a cat 4 by Fri and a cat 2 well after landfall.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200809_5day.html#a_topad

[Jaded]

I had planned a vacation day for Friday. I’m seriously re-thinking that..... and rescheduling.

[rwfromkansas]

Well, if Bastardi is bullish you know it will go over the cool eddy instead of the warm eddy that the NHC just mentioned...

and come in as a weakening cat 1.