[mylife]

Its a cat 1

[Allegra]

Its a cat 1

AFN News is showing it currently at Cat 2....???

[eyedigress]

1,300,000 without power, long restoration process.

[dixiechick2000]

It may be a CAT 1 or a CAT 2 hurricane, but that doesn’t take into account that it may be carrying a CAT 4 storm surge.

Katrina was a CAT 3 when she hit Mississippi, but she carried a CAT 5 storm surge.

[freepersup]

DATA FROM NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 110 MPH...175 KM/HR... WITH HIGHER GUSTS. IKE IS A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE AND COULD REACH THE TEXAS COAST AS A CATEGORY THREE...MAJOR HURRICANE...AT THE TIME OF LANDFALL. STRONGER WINDS...AS MUCH AS 30 MPH HIGHER THAN AT THE SURFACE...COULD OCCUR ON HIGH RISE BUILDINGS.