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)
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.
On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here--> 
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.
Anderson- Don’t any of those preening “journalists” think law enforcement has anything better to do than scrape them off the buildings?
Looks like the center is going to pass over my roof..bummer.
Hmmm, Ike might go north of me. Still a cat 2, things are looking better and better all the time.
I had heard on Orlando local news last night that the track would probably go further and further north each time it came out.
Sure hope so, wind and tide are up here.
To quote someone from NO. YOU NEED TO GET YOUR BUT OUT NOW!!!!!
(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.”
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.
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.
"Godspeed, Dog Gone."
Good news!
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...
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