Posted on 09/10/2008 2:18:37 PM PDT by NautiNurse
Texas began issuing mandatory and voluntary evacuations as Hurricane Ike continued to strengthen and slowly moved toward an uncertain landfall destination in the western Gulf of Mexico. Texas Governor Rick Perry issued a disaster declaration in advance of the storm. Louisiana Governor Jindal released several hundred buses to Texas for evacuation assistance.
Reports from Cuba indicate widespread damage from Hurricane Ike, which raked the length of the island nation. The U.S. State Department again offered Cuba humanitarian assistance after a previous offer was declined by the Cuban government.
The stock market Wednesday rose as investors bought oil stocks and and oill futures fell.
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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 |
Previous Threads:
Hurricane Ike Live Thread I
TS Hanna, Hurricane Ike & TS Josephine [Other than that, the tropics are calm]
Tropical Storms Hanna, Ike and Josephine, TD Gustav (Other than that, the tropics are calm)
After that I remember the first moon landing was on 24 hrs a day.
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/crp/docs/research/hurrhistory/Carla/carla.html
I just read through this again, it has the storm surge info. I was young then and just observed what I saw, lol.
My 3 brothers are in the NASSA area.
Nice explanation Robert - it isn’t always that we “can’t” do something, but are asked not to for other reasons....
Jeff Masters is going to be on any minute here:
http://www.hurricanecity.com/live.asx
Hi everybody! I guess it’s time to see what’s going on with this storm. NautiNurse was sure helpful during the approach of Gustav. Thanks so much NN.
My Dad’s cousins live west of St. Francisville and they were terrified during Gustav. They didn’t evacuate and they are in their 80’s. They had some minor damage, but they said the winds were awful. They’ve ridden out hurricanes all their lives but they said this one really shook them up.
Maximun Water Levels: coastal areas from Matagorda to San Luis Pass - 10 to 14 feet
Ike intensifying explosively
Posted by: JeffMasters, 9:19 PM EDT on September 10, 2008
Hurricane Ike is intensifying dramatically. The central pressure has dropped 11 mb in just four hours, and stood at 947 mb at 7 pm EDT. The latest Hurricane Hunter data show that the pressure is continuing to fall at a rapid pace. The winds have not caught up yet to the pressure fall, and remain at Catgeroy 2 strength. The satellite presentation of the hurricane has improved markedly, as Ike has walled off the dry air that was bothering it, and has built a solid eyewall of 9 miles diameter of very intense thunderstorms. The appearance of Ike on infrared satellite loops is similar to Hurricane Wilma during its rapid intensification phase, when Wilma became the strongest hurricane on record. Like Wilma, Ike has a very tiny “pinhole” eye, but the storm is huge in size. Ike has a long way to go to match Wilma, but I expect Ike will be at least a Category 3 hurricane by morning, and probably a Category 4.
More: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1079&tstamp=200809
I can't believe Masters hasn't found a reason to end the call and finish writing his next blog.
Yeah, I already turned it off.. haha.
KTRK, KHOU, KPRC.... anything to appear the most hysterical.
We’re watching the ball game so as to avoid the netwerks.
I was always told that Carla was coming ashore south of Corpus.. but, stopped, backed up.. and, came in again further North.. Which was part of the reason the storm surges were so high.
I know, they have 20+ foot surges in Freeport. I was 2 1/2 years old.. but, I absolutely remember being with my mother in a shelter at a High School gym. There were cots set up... and, we stayed there all night. Most of the memories ar vague... but, parts are quite vivid.
Yeah, saw the photo. What’s coming out now is getting pretty freaky.
Ike has a very tiny “pinhole” eye,
can the planes make it through that pinhole eye?
Carla went by over our heads in northeast San Antonio: Watched hours and hours of rain and high winds through the school windows.
Unfortunately, that was the hurricane that blew Rather into the national spotlight.
And 10,000 rather-wanna-bee’s into future storms.
A post above claimed the eye was 9 miles.
The eye was measured 8 miles across last recon VDM.
Sure - The eye is 4-5 miles across. Which is small for a hurricane, but plenty of room for a plane. Small eye is harder to find, but modern GPS signals from satellites mean the plane’s navigator doesn’t need to depend on stars or radar or old Loran-type radio navigation signals.
and has built a solid eyewall of 9 miles diameter of very intense thunderstorms.
this is the same as the “eye”?
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