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First tree down across the street from where I am in the Heights. It was a dead tree and it snapped. Nothing amazing. Winds here gusting to...
This is true but highly dependent upon where you are. Central Houston and many of the larger suburbs will probably be back up within a couple...
Where this thing makes landfall is going to be a BIG deal for everyone. The worst winds are actually well to the northwest of the center, which...
Just turn on the TV. You think people have had the time to take, process and post pictures on the internet???
The NHC has said that the worst winds are well to the north and west of the center of circulation and tropical storm force winds extend out 300...
The three most reliable models (HWRF, GFDL and UKMET) for this storm are right where the official forecast is, so I doubt the NHC will move much...
The storm surge is going to be awful for anyone along the coast. Looks like central Houston will get hurricane force winds, but not much...
Truth is, no one will know until it makes landfall. Katrina was going right through NO when it made a last minute eastern turn and went into...
Wunderground posts the info to the net sooner than the NHC website does.
Latest NHC just came out. The track has only shifted slightly to the right pushing the storm over the east end of Galveston Island. One more...
That is only one factor in the strength of a hurricane. To gain intensity, storms generally need a combination of warm ocean water (sea surface...
Not necessarily. Storm surge is created by the storm pushing massive amounts of ocean water towards the coast. Ike has been doing that for a...
You won't have any weather problems, but they are going to have a VERY large storm surge. It would just be smarter to go somewhere inland away...
For local news, no one is better than Billingsly for hurricane stuff. I gained a great deal of respect for him during Katrina and Rita.
Not everywhere. SciGuy, Jeff Masters, the NHC and a few others always present very fair, accurate and balanced data for hurricane forecasting....
77008 - The Heights I'm staying. Just me, my gf and my cats. :)
I used all-purpose wood screws. I wish I had gotten and installed Plylox earlier. Those things are amazingly easy to use. I'm not boarding up...
Latest from the NHC has some encouraging and troubling news. The good news is that they finally got hurricane hunter data that confirms the...
This is a very unusual hurricane. The eye is tiny and the pressure is low - stable, but low. That normally corresponds with a very powerful cat...
The latest 11am update is basically the same. Ike is still a really weird storm with a TINY eye and hurricane force winds extending out as far as...
