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We Don’t Like Ike

Posted by PATRICK EDABURN in Uncategorized.
Sep 10th, 2008 | Comments

WEDNESDAY UPDATE

Sorry for the lack of updates, been busy with work

It looks like Corpus Christi will be getting hit by the weekend but the good news (no offense to our friends or my family in CC) is that it will avoid the oil fields for the most part.

Latest track below.

So far, the last few weeks have been something of a good-luck charm in terms of hurricanes. Gustav, once thought to be a monster destined to rip apart New Orleans, thankfully ended up to be far less serious. Hanna, once thought to be a risk to Charleston and Savannah has ended up being more of a weekend killer for the East Coast than anything else.

But now we have Ike…. It is a Category 4 storm now and will shred much of Cuba over the next few days.

After that… well, the storm track below shows us that we’ve once again got worries for the folks of the Gulf Coast

Let us hope good things come in threes (or fours or fives)

MONDAY UPDATE: Looks a lot like Texas and that little bay it seems to be headed for is Houston/Galveston.

So far it does not look like it will grow past Category 1 or 2 but things change very quickly so keep an eye open, especially if you live in Texas

PattonGuy

Are you f***ing kidding me?

Patrick E

I am afraid not...

Not that I wish bad news on our neighbors to the South but if Ike wants to visit Mexico.....

jwest

Patrick,

I’ve been meaning to comment on these hurricane articles for a few days now.

They are a refreshing break from the politics and it helps that they are always concise, informative and hopeful.

I’m sure I speak for all of us lowly comment writers that we look forward to articles on other topics written with the same style and optimism.

Your ability to write about hurricanes without referring to them with “Bush/Cheney/Ike” and not once mentioning the Halliburton weather machine is a refreshing change.

Jim_Satterfield

Actually there is another storm that is getting absolutely no attention. At least it isn't nearly as powerful as Ike, but TS Lowell is coming in off of the Pacific across Baja. Now, given the weather patterns right now the forecasters are saying that Lowell is going to pick up lots of moisture and start raining on KC a day or so before the remains of Ike get here. If Ike is as strong as they are saying and it follows the track that is being predicted we'll pick up enough remains from these storms to have about 4 days of rain in a row with areas of 5 inches or more in just the first round. Time to make sure that there's enough stuff in the house to make sure we don't have to go out this weekend. A minor problem compared to the people facing this on or near the coast.

DLS

Sadly, most people ignore the Pacific storms, with the potential for disaster this time of year being particularly bad in California with landslides. This can be worse if there are fires or a recent earthquake prior to the rare visit of a storm or the rain associated with it.

As for the Atlantic and Gulf hurricanes the nation follows so much, the remnants of them are a staple of eastern US weather. Not only did this affect me in St. Louis and earlier, in Atlanta, but the remnants of hurricanes could and did strike when I was in Upstate New York. It's a staple of eastern US weather, not merely a coastal hazard.

http://weather.unisys.com/surface/sst.html

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

also

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/EPS/SST/contour.html

and for those who like weather and are interested in a somewhat related item:

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monit...

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