Hurricane Ike Live Thread

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

[NautiNurse]

Feeder band. Good sized one too South FL radar

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

The problem you have in the Keys is that with a number of near misses under our belt everyone starts ignoring the weather broadcasts.
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We seem to have that problem all over,,,

Sometimes they get away with it,,,

Sometimes they don’t,,,

NOAA Floater - Visible Loop seems to show IKE still heading

nearly west on 21 N. over water,,,(hard to see),,,

We’ll see if the 5 day forecast shifts west...

[eastforker]

5 Day still headed to Houston I’m looking at!

[floriduh voter]

Take care. Ike’s due to gain some strength and turning north is less likely.

[abb]

Latest computer models. More westward track now.
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200809_model.html

[mewzilla]

I wonder what the Cuban government did with all the tourists.

In the interests of good PR and future money-making, evacked them most likely. I just hope the gov't took the same care with the locals.

[NautiNurse]

Forecast models are tight between Galveston and Corpus Christi.

[Centurion2000]

Well, at least north Texas looks like it's going to get a LOT of rain.

[NautiNurse]

I’ve heard there are sturdy hurricane bunkers in Cuba. Another question is: What do these people have to go home to when they exit hurricane bunkers?

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Yup,,,saw that,,,

Looks like they have shifted it a little more west,,,

Mite move it a little more next update,,,

I just hope the damned thing don’t stall like some have in

that area...:0/

[mewzilla]

I’ve heard there are sturdy hurricane bunkers in Cuba. Another question is: What do these people have to go home to when they exit hurricane bunkers?

Sigh. I don't know. I just hope the gov't doesn't use the storm as a way of shedding itself of some of the needier members, say the elderly for example, of its society.

[jpsb]

I don’t like that a little more west stuff, at some point this thing will turn nw or nnw, much better to have it heading right at you then that turn happens. Heading south of you before the north turn is not good. But maybe it will do an Allen and never turn, just keep on truckin right into the Mexican desert.

[Old Professer]

TS Fay.

[NautiNurse]

much better to have it heading right at you then that turn happens.

I know what you mean. There is some small comfort in having the center of the track pointed exactly at your location five days out. It doesn't often end up that way.

[metmom]

Well, it’s not like they’d be able to get much spying done in those conditions if that’s what Castro is worried about. Might as well let them have a look at the hurricane.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Well,it’s all still a krap-shoot at this point,,,

NOAA Floater - Visible Loop shows IKE heading WNW from what

I can tell,,,

That 5 day forecast mite be moved west in the next few updates,,,(WU),,,

More toward Corpus Christi I think...

[lainie]

This is true, though it was under gritty and rather extreme circumstances (and they still go the job done). I was looking for pics showing the rain but none of them show much more than drenched uniforms. Cuba's destruction looks pretty bad, though.

[rodguy911]

Looks like its cuba coast bumping.

[rodguy911]

The trick is to put in more on air time then the politicos, then they are afraid of you!!

[rodguy911]

We are in between bands now but wind is steadily picking up maybe 35-40 knots by now.Just check the neighborhood docks and if it keeps coming up it will be close by 6 or 7 eastern.