Hurricane Ike Live Thread IV

NOAA/NHC ^ | 14 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[topher]

The 4 AM Discussion by NHC/NOAA has stated that Ike has not lost any of its intensity.

Ike is still hammering away at Houston.

Thank God we appear to done with Tornado Warnings and Watches and I am 200 miles East of Houston and the storm.

Now the tornados are getting closer to Houston.

This storm wimp out

Maybe when the pick the pieces from the Astrodome, it will have wimped out and be past Dallas, TX.

[MEG33]

I did not get that info..I got that from the KHOU station..
Not knowing is hard, I know.

[dglang]

IKE may be moving fairly slow, but it is not as slow as tropical storm Faye was earlier here in Florida.

The rainfall from Faye was much worse than what IKE will drop.

[topher]

Anyone know if the Astrodome still has a roof. I imagine the winds might cause problems for the Astrodome.

The Superdome had some problems with Katrina, but I am not sure if the winds were as strong as Ike.

I guess the Eye of the Storm has passed over Galveston but has yet to pass over Houston...

The Astrodome has one good thing going for it -- it is on the Southwest side of Houston...

[mylife]

East is the dirtyside of this thing. stay safe.

Looks like i am gonna miss it now. I may get the west side.
At any rate stay safe. But it looks awful weak too me at this point

[mylife]

Rita didnt take the Dome off

[DrewsMum]

any info is helpful, so thanks. I would certainly be lost without FR...

[TornadoAlley3]

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - A Hurricane Ike evacuee gave birth in the bathroom of a shelter Friday with the help of an expert in geriatric psychiatry who delivered his first baby in two decades. Dr. Mark Burns told the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung in a report for today’s newspaper that it was kind of like riding a bicycle. Ku Paw had her fourth child, a baby girl.

[topher]

Katrina damaged the Superdome roof.

I expect the Astrodome may have problems with the roof.

I believe Houston may still get hit with 110 mph winds and 130 mph gusts...

Large structures are an impediment to such strong winds...

[topher]

But I am 200 miles away.

Lake Charles, Louisiana is only 100 miles away...

[DrewsMum]

eye was over pasadena at 3:30

[mylife]

So whats the ground report in Lake Charles? What are your winds?

[stlnative]

So how does someone from Oregon know about a tiny town called Chester? (you can FRmail me if you like)

[freepersup]

I goose hunt on occasion, at the site near Reynoldsville.

It looks like the big story is going to be all of the foolish people that elected to stay behind, ignoring the mandatory evacuation orders, and ignoring the ‘certain death’ warnings from the NWS.

Now, a huge rescue operation will no doubt have to be mounted, weather permitting, to bring these folks to safety. Perhaps, charging them for their rescue costs, such as what stranded mountain climbers face from time to time, would drive the point home.

[mylife]

Well not Lake Charles, but whats the ground report where you are?

[Clive]

To add to your reply:

The eye of the storm is a quiet area in the centre of the low pressure area. Surrounding this quiet area is the eye wall which has the strongest winds in the storm.

When an eye passes directly over, the winds increase dramatically as the storm passes over until they reach maximum as the lead wall passes. Then the winds die completely. The sea in the eye is very disturbed but no wind, When the trailing wall passes, the winds suddenly resume at full force in the opposite direction. (no build-up like the lead wall passage, just sudden resumption of the full wind force). This is a good time for anything loosened by the lead wall's passage to come unstuck.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Legend/N0R/HGX_N0R_Legend_0.gif

Houston/Galveston, TX radar

[angelsonmyside]

Thanks for the update. I'm from TX and all my family is spread out around the Houston area. One lives in Katy but they left town. Any word on the Sugarland area? Or Fort Bend County?

[SE Mom]

Did you see # 332 and # 333?

[freepersup]

There's a bit of work in getting the radar gif to display properly. I was fortunate to find the instructions, but too tired to undertake the process. The radar display is equivalent to 7-8 ‘panes’ stacked on top of each other. There are instructions at NOAA, and they refer to a RIDGE product. Your link displays the top ‘legend’ key or function.