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)
Good to know they are safely off the island and en route home.
That old saying...Prepare for the worst, and hope for the best.
Same here...pretty much everyone I know around Beaumont-Port Arthur is staying, and Houston too. Friend of mine going to Rice will be riding out his first hurricane on campus, where they’re sheltering a lot of the students...
We live in Nederland, fairly close to Port Arthur, and now local KFDM-6 is trying to scare everybody out by threatening the Port Arthur levee is going to overtop or break and bring Cat 3 type surges due to the sheer size of the storm. I think this is overboard prediction wise, though my parents are getting really nervous.
Best case will be that it doesn’t strengthen at all, no matter it ends up. We can handle the wind, we got through Rita and now have a super new roof so that part is okay - it’s just the water.
I guess Galveston will be flooded with CNN, FOX, and PMSNBC come tomorrow - we’re making predictions on where Geraldo will be screeching from this time. I laughed my butt off during Rita when he was almost got blown out of the Port Arthur Holiday Inn...
"I got my weather tip from the girl who was buying a box of burgers."
If things do not change, and it remains this large, the storm surge WILL be stronger than would normally be expected to be associated with that wind strength.
I don’t think this point is being over-hyped.
Now that would be interesting. I am a little annoyed with the reporters. It’s going to be bad, we know that, but honestly I swear, they’re going on like there is going to be nothing left.
Like NN says, prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
LOL, my mom said that I should sleep through it. :-)
It looks like the new models are still in agreement with the old ones. I think the track is prety well set.
“... he was almost got blown out of the Port Arthur Holiday Inn...”
File that one under ‘silver lining.’
Prayers continue for all in the path of this terrible storm.
A valid point. I guess I just want someone to give me something other than doom and gloom.
My uncle said this reminds of of Carla from 1961. He said that was the worst he rode out.
I hate the waiting aspect of it. I know I shouldn’t wish it faster, but waiting is ...not my best virtue.
I keep doing double takes at the winds 12 hours after landfall
It can’t possibly still be a hurricane in dallas, and up near Arkansas
thank you for your devotion to keeping these threads going girlfriend!
I cant imagine all that water in Gal/Houston area. My couple years of living in Houston were “interesting” to see after a SHORT HEAVY rain, the road dips (under another road) FILLED with water & cars floating. Men & women in business suits swimming thru the waters pushing their cars.. that image really stayed with me. All rains produced flooding in streets, neighborhoods.
Prayers for safety for everyone. “My beach” Matagorda will no doubt be affected. It was just a very small fishing community closer to corpus of maybe 300 or so people.. very rugged & primitive area..
Well, old Ike is a purdy big wheel spinning, lot of mass there.
If you go to the “discussion” link up top, and hit the “storm surge” map ...
They call it “experimental”... but there are a whole load of 20+ surges indicated on that map.
none of that looks good for Gal/Houston! .. well except the one to the extreme East
That surge model shows “10% chance surge will be greater than xx feet”
No, i got the tip from a girl who works in an airport tower. really hope she knows, oh and she was cute;-0
That CLP5 model has wanted to go to Alabama since about last Saturday, I believe.
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