Hurricane Ike Live Thread Part II

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

[NautiNurse]

Ike remains a large category two hurricane and poses a
significant storm surge hazard. Weather will deteriorate along
the coastline early on Friday.

The radius of maximum winds is 80 miles. Hurricane force winds
extend outward up to 115 miles, and tropical storm force winds
extend outward up to 265 miles.

Winds 100 mph, 956 mb, moving WNW at 12 mph.

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[blam]

Hurricane Hazel

[NautiNurse]

Instead of a small tight ring of the strongest Category 2 winds wrapped around the eye, Ike’s maximum sustained winds extend out a whopping 80 miles from the center. The maximum wind field is jaw dropping.

[NautiNurse]

The Florida avocados are huge with smooth skin. A pile of them were thrown from the tree during some forgotten storm several years ago. We added them to the hurricane supplies. A can of tuna is used to illustrate relative size.

[Jaded]

Anderson- Don’t any of those preening “journalists” think law enforcement has anything better to do than scrape them off the buildings?

[hobson]

Looks like the center is going to pass over my roof..bummer.

[jpsb]

Hmmm, Ike might go north of me. Still a cat 2, things are looking better and better all the time.

[sheikdetailfeather]

I had heard on Orlando local news last night that the track would probably go further and further north each time it came out.

[NautiNurse]

Tell me you have seen the dire NWS warning in post #588, then tell me you will be outta there tomorrow morning. Pretty please.

[jpsb]

Sure hope so, wind and tide are up here.

[eastforker]

To quote someone from NO. YOU NEED TO GET YOUR BUT OUT NOW!!!!!

[txhurl]

(Chertoff responding to evac-fatigue:)

“Unless you’re fatigued with living, I suggest you want to take seriously a storm of this size and scale,” he said Thursday. “This is not a game of chicken with Mother Nature.”

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We’ve lost fellow-hurricane-freepers to many things, but not ever to hurricanes. That would be an extreme downer.

[NautiNurse]

Good news!

Heard from Dog Gone. He has been in Louisiana doing hurricane relief work where there has been no electricity. Returned home yesterday, and now is rushing his own family hurricane preparations to completion. He asked me to pass on this info. Sez he will check in as soon as he can.

Godspeed, Dog Gone.

[jpsb]

This storm is no stronger Alicia in 83, San Leon will be OK. Just about everyone here is staying. My neighbor has a concrete/stone three story house. I will be fine I am on the high side of San Leon (12’), I worry about the folks staying on the low side (4’)of San Leon.

[blam]

Excellent news about Dog Gone.

"Godspeed, Dog Gone."

[arkady_renko]

Good news!

[gab1279]

Greg Bostwick at KFDM-6 in Beaumont just predicting high possibility of 5-7 ft of water in south Jefferson County below I-10, assuming levee will overtop. Recommending to get out to higher ground.

A lot of people who weren’t leaving here before are now taking off in the morning. We’re headed to Dallas.

What a pisser...

[flattorney]

EIA Hurricane O&G Impact - Ike

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[BlueAngel]

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