Hurricane Ike Live Thread Part II

NOAA/NHC ^ | 10 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[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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Buoy data: Western Gulf of Mexico

Forecast Models

Houston/Galveston Long Range Radar
Corpus Christi Long Range Radar
Brownsville Long Range Radar Lake Charles Long Range Radar

Ike
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Water Vapor	Water Vapor	Water Vapor	Water Vapor
Infrared Channel 4 Enhancements
None	None	None	None
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Funktop	Funktop	Funktop	Funktop
Rainbow	Rainbow	Rainbow	Rainbow

Additional Resources:

Navy Tropical Cyclone
Storm Pulse Very cool site

ABC 13 News Houston
FOX News Houston
KRIS-TV Corpus Christi
KZTV Corpus Christi

Brazoria County Emergency Management
Galveston County Emergency Management
Chambers Country Emergency Management
Liberty County Emergency Management

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)

[DrewsMum]

Hi, Seabrook, I am in La Porte, just wondering what to do...I don’t trust Harris Co. Emergency Mngment and I am afraid they will wait until the last possible minute to do any evacuations...what do you think?

[E=MC2]

Look noob, I know a troll when I see one. Best to find another sandbox to throw rocks. While you are at it, pick up a copy of "How to Win Friends and Influence People." You need it.

See below for how to post a nice reply instead of of being nasty.

Hurricane Ike Live Thread Part II
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 3:22:38 PM · 59 of 59 OrangeDaisy to E=MC2
"Please limit graphics to ~50KB, and do not post animated graphics." Is this a FR limit?
It's a limitation for the hurricane thread because evacuees and those who are the path of the storm often have to use less then broadband when viewing them.

[proudofthesouth]

First of all, NautiNurse thanks so much for your hard work. Even though I'm in northern Alabama I've have been watching this bad boy since it first formed.

To all of you in its path, may God keep you and your families safe. You are and will continue to be in my prayers.

I'm also praying that this monster goes down to a tropical storm and heads straight for an unoccupied Mexican desert someplace.

Thanks for allowing the vanity post NautiNurse.

[E=MC2]

Thank you.

[Cailleach]

LOL I live in Bell County...I read your first line, said “huh??!” then read the rest!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

The Greater Houston area is really large. Conroe is a good distance north of the City, so unless the storm turns and hit straight into Galveston area, or even to the east of Houston, they should be ok.

Just to give you an idea - I'm less than 30 miles from the Houston city limits, to the southwest, but TS Eduard hit east of Houston and we didn't even get a drop of rain or wind here.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Yikes - I said Fey instead of Eduard...sorry

[ThirdMate]

You are correct, do not trust Harrris County to make that decision for you. If you have any doubt, best to get out now before the crowds.

Frgds, 3/M

[Cailleach]

Good thing we didn’t make hard set plans to go south this weekend. Thinking about heading to Waco on Friday...haven’t done the Dr Pepper Museum or the Ranger Museum. I don’t know, maybe we will go tomorrow afternoon.

Phooey. I was looking forward to the vineyards and the B&B I found looked darling.

[eastforker]

Just got in and caught up on all the replies. My how things have changed in the last 24 hours. Everyone stay safe and leave if you need to, this could get kinda rough.

[gab1279]

So this is pretty much it at this point...Houston has decided not to call mandatory evac? I’m east, near Beaumont, and I know no one is evacuating here after many just did for Gustav and nothing happened.

If it turns, it would be the biggest holy royal clusterf*** you’ve ever seen...would dwarf the Rita evac from hell. It better stay put...and not strengthen...

BTW my niece is getting married in what is supposed to be pretty much when it makes landfall on Sat., with rehearsal night before. I wonder what kind of winds we might get over here as it stands. I kinda wish she’d postpone it!

[BlueAngel]

And I’m in Katy. I just got back from filling the cars with gas. There are already lines. I’m a little worried about shortages next week.

[2Jedismom]

I have a lot of family down in that area still...cousins and such in Brazoria County.

My brother and his family live in Cypress (part of Houston) and my parents live in College Station.

I moved to the Tulsa Oklahoma area 11 years ago and this is home for me now, though my folks keep trying to get me to move back.

Hey, I’m on stand-by though with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief...I might end up down there in your neck of the woods working in a shelter or something!

[SaveTheChief]

I don’t blame you for not wanting to be on the road with all of those care. I live just a stone’s throw from I-45 north of the city and was amazed at the mess that the Rita exodus caused. I think everyone in the area knows someone who spent twenty-four hours stuck in traffic just minutes away from home. I hope you stay safe.

[rodguy911]

One of our locals in Key West really nailed one of the Miami cub tv reporters a few days ago, there is one spot in Key West on duval street that floods on anything over a 20 knot wind at high tide.

The local told this tv guy who was standing in about 18" of water that he better get out because the barracuda would bite his leg! He didn't freak but you could tell he wanted to get out of the water right away and he didn't talk too much more.IT was funny.

[NautiNurse]

I hope that everyone has realized how unusually large—180 miles across—the hurricane wind field is for this storm. Hurricane Hunters found Category 2 winds 90 miles from the center. Very unusual.

[kempo]

The Arkansas - Texas game in Austin will be wet and windy if they still have it.

[rodguy911]

What a storm, we still have sustained 25 knot winds off key largo and almost double that at the tortugas,ths thing won’t quit.

[ErnBatavia]

but TS Eduard hit east of Houston and we didn't even get a drop of rain or wind here.

Interesting you should say that, because they were down there also for Eduard, and wifey got a phone call that started with, "Well, we got our 10 minutes of breeze and 4 minutes of rain..."

[txhurl]

Twisters are probably the one thing we’d cancel a game over.