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 |
I’ve been afraid of that.
Maybe wife will get her wish and get to see it roll across Nueces Bay. :)
Very nice enhancement, NN
Horrid
Holy God! And there’s people in the street?
Here’s someone’s personal recounting of Hurricane
Andrew I’d not seen before. Terrifying, incomprehensible..
it was all that and more. We were the forgotten people
for so long. Thank God, things finally changed.
http://www.poetspriestsandpoliticians.com/2008/06/deadly-silences.html
Had seen the video of that scene multiple times today before realizing there were waves above the buildings. Video quality isn’t great, but very valuable to document the fury of the storm.
Looks like just north of CC about where Indainola used to be before it got wiped out by a Hurricane
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TANKS,,,I couldn’t remember that name,,,
IIRC it was more than one storm that hit them...
740 news said today that Brazoria county probably evacuating special needs people wednesday morning.
That slanted and terrible article was written by this person also, in other words, she is border line kook and author, she sells books.alienautopsy-yes.com/frankovich.html - 19k
a hot link http://alienautopsy-yes.com/frankovich.html
Wow—the alien encounter occurred four months before the alleged Hurricane Andrew head injury. Incredible.
Just goes to show ya gotta research everything you read on the internet and in marginal magazines.
Yep
The second Hurricane started a fire and the town burned to the ground.
All that remains of Indianola is a Monument to the German Immigrants of Texas and a few beach houses.
Found some info :
Talk about baad luck!...
Oh ... I just saw it for the first time.
I was lucky to ride out Hurricane Andrew
at friends’ place, way out west in the country,
known as the Redlands. As it turned out, it
was blessed that I did. My development was
labeled Ground Zero by the chopper pilots
later ferrying in supplies.
Had I stupidly stayed in that evacuation zone,
as too many of my neighbors did, I may well
have seen bodies, for the reports afterward
said that was where most of the alleged ‘deaths’
occurred .. which I never believed. But the
destruction was catastrophic.
My former development ... comprised of
3,000+ units.
We were ignored, totally on our own for
a good week-10 days, if not longer .. memory
is foggy from the shock of it all.
It was a freaking nightmare. If it wasn’t for
my friend’s boss, who brought us a generator
and some food and water, and neighbor helping
neighbor, it would’ve been much more of a
serious crisis than it already was.
There were no cell phones then, not that they
would’ve worked, but it was all neighbor to
neighbor communication, and the portable radio,
if you had enough batteries.
My friends were on well water; we rationed
the generator use very carefully for drinking
water, pot of coffee in the am, maybe 1 quick
cold shower/day and little flushing, and maybe
a warm meal. Otherwise,it was canned food and
growling stomachs.
Fuel was gold, because there was no power for gas
stations, no predictable safe travel on the roads,
with telephone poles, debris, dead horses, etc.,
and if you got a flat tire, you were screwed.
And those who were driving, were greeted on the
roadside by folks hitchhiking, as I did for the
1st time in my life... twice.
Yes .. MUCH of what that article states is far
from fiction, FRiend
Out in the country, and staying very close to the
ranch, we didn’t see any bodies, but we sure knew
about the reports from credible sources.
And if you lived in the Homestead area for 25 yrs.,
as I had, it is most believable.
When relief and order finally arrived from the
military, Salvation Army, Goodwill and many
wonderful church groups, we were so grateful
to see the outpouring of care and relief ..
finally ... and help and basic supplies abounded.
We could eat a couple of decent meals a day and
have accessible drinking water.
We stayed on that generator for a couple of
months, tho.
That was maybe a good 2 weeks afterward .. but
then, the memory fades when you’re thinking back
to a harrowing time, dealing with crisis, turmoil
and survival a day at a time.
SOME things .. like was it 10 or 14 days .. fade.
The basic events do not.
sometimes get like that with the bigger storms they literally suck the moisture out of the air.
I am not saying there wasn’t destruction, there was an enourmous amout. I questioned the authors stories of clandestine units secretly burning bodies and such. Being sworn to secrecy and Comparing the actions of our troops to that of Nazis like she did.If you remember their was similar stories after Katrina. K T Frankovich is a left wing moonbat conspiracy theorist and when she writes she sounds like someone from DU. When you quote someone you should be sure of their credibility and KTK has none.
That should be KTF not KTK. Katherine Frankovich.
Winds 80 mph, 966 mb; Moving WNW at 12 mph very near the
southern coast of Central Cuba.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
the gusts don't even seem that great
I think we've spit the hook ... prayers for all in Ike's path and wake
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Good evening...pretty windy here in the Lower Keys. Not much rain yet but it looks like that will be along sometime tonight. We’re having sustained winds of 40 mph or better here on Sugarloaf Key for the last two hours or so. The canal behind my house is about 80 feet wide and I’ve got the boat on the hook out near the middle with spring lines back to the dock. Just came in from a kayak ride out to the boat to check the anchor and to add some more spring lines, it’s blowing harder than what we had with Fay or Gustav, and looks like we might have this for 24 hours or more.
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